cebu

damn it's hot here!

what a difference between Tokyo and the domestic terminal at Manila.
Cebu was crazy as i couldnt find the person who was supposed to pick me up.
i was expecting a big white dude and a filipina named anne was looking for me after over an hour of me scrambling to find michael.
i ended up buying and losing a SIM card in less than 30 minutes (after i put like 500 pesos on the damn thing too)
oh well. i'll pick up another.

time to shower (i must stink by now).
and i need to try and wind down
but it looks like it's going to be damn beautiful here!
It's the kind of weather and place that makes you want to rinse off and take a walk.
on the way here there were small crowds of people out and about.

i am staying at the Bigfoot Studios' guest facility
i guess it's in Lapu-Lapu city not too far from Cebu City and the Mactan airport where i spent most of this evening so far.

And i have internet ;-)

there are giant cockroaches outside!!

i wish

i had some sort of actual itinerary so that i could prepare

some guy just knocked on my door (i had just woken up anyway)
it's 8:45 here now and i have to be at the main lobby to go to day 1 of underwater training!

aiyaaa!!

head shaving time!
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last nite i posted photos and video of feb 4/5 in japan.








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traveling

so from Tokyo to Hong Kong, and then to Manila international over to Manila domestic and then a jump over to Cebu

talk about a change in architecture, customs, and attitudes!

hong kong HKG


Manila domestic MNL - looked like an oversized DMV waiting room


but i forgot to get fotos of Cebu airport.
oh well.

it's all worth it to get to where i happen to be right now.
no rain or storms or cold or snow here.
none at all.

spent the day diving mostly. and trying to do breath control without the regulator and also seeing how long i can hold my breath for with and without the mask. also taking off the mask and keeping my eyes open underwater for a duration of time.
got to look at lots of fish, anemones, coral, urchin, and starfish. some pretty big ones too. a sea snake swam by as well.

oh this is where i was all day today