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I’m bored. Take me for a walk.

Thursday, October 26th, 2006 by tony

お気に入りの場所

Monday, October 23rd, 2006 by tony

日本に来るといつも僕が立ち寄る場所がある。まず一つはカメラ機材専門店のアクアフォーラム。
フイルムを使っていた頃、ニコノスRSの用品を揃えたり、修理などは全部ここにお願いした。最近はデジタルに伴い、新しい機材がまたまた必要となり、こちらで沢山の時間とお金をかけてしまう。
今回は、日本に来る前にマナドで、初めてジリオンのキャノン5Dハウジングでマクロ撮影したので、その報告をする為にお店に行った。始めて使うハウジングはいつも心配するが、このハウジングは軽くて使いやすかったので、いい写真が撮れた。
そして、リブリーザーを取扱い専門のブルークエスト。ここに行くと珍しいオモチャ(機材)が山の様にあって目を引く。
現在僕は「KISS」製品のリブリーザーのライセンスを持ってるが、今後は、レベルアップされてるリブリーダーをこちらで講習を受けてライセンス取得をしようと思う。また、オモチャが一つ増える。
今回は、伊豆の冷たい海に生まれて初めて潜りに行くので、ドライスーツを借りに訪ねた。
友人の情報に寄ると、今の伊豆の水温は22度ぐらい。南国ダイバー(水温27、8度)の僕にとっては水温を聞いただけで鳥肌がたつ。もちろん、ドライスーツを着るのも初めてで、四苦八苦した。

Bamboo Nights

Saturday, October 21st, 2006 by tony

My recent trip to North Sulawesi reminded me of an adventure I had three years ago in the area, which turned out to be a life-changing experience. I wrote a story about it shortly afterward, and even went to the effort of laying out the text and a few images in article format (an exercise [...]

Perspective — Intra-Species Communication

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 by tony

Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Intra-Species Communication”:

Eric’s Excellent Adventure

Monday, October 16th, 2006 by tony

Eric Cheng is on his way to go diving in PNG, and had a few hours’ layover in Singapore. We managed to hook up at the airport, and of course, true to form, Eric ended up working on his laptop…
Note the white phone he’s carrying too. It’s a Netgear skype phone. You can make calls [...]

Making Friends

Sunday, October 15th, 2006 by tony

I was looking through more photos from my recent trip to North Sulawesi, and came across this, which I had completely forgotten about!
A few minutes into a dive at the Sahaung II dive site in Bangka, I felt a strange sensation on one my legs, sort of a repetitive nibbling feeling. Of course, since I [...]

Back from North Sulawesi

Friday, October 13th, 2006 by tony

I’ve just returned from a fantastic trip to North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Over the years, I’ve watched this area grow from a relatively unknown destination to one that’s now arguably among the top dive destinations in the world. People travel from across the globe to dive here. I’m lucky. Being based in Singapore, this world-class dive [...]