Archive | March, 2006
Dives 26 and 27

Dives 26 and 27

Yaay, more diving. The weather was great. Went out to Kubbar Island. Dry suit again. The visibility was great first dive. Saw a cool nudibranch (Sea Slug). This one is from the Red Sea but very similar to the one here. The first dive was like two as we went back to the boat for [...]

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Mufty day at BSK

Mufty day at BSK

Click here for a large photo. Last week was Mufty day where the students dress as a know character in literature. Surya was Arthur Dent from Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy Savitri was Hermione from Harry Potter Sumati was Piglet from you know what Janaki was Junie B Jones from Junie B Jones books Now [...]

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Feeling like on vacation

You know, I was walking around today on a very pleasand sunny day of the weekend and realized that whenever it is warm and sunny it feels like a vacation. It is because when I grew up, the summer vacation was the time when it was warm and sunny. True, or speculation?

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bookofjoe: BehindTheMedspeak: The woman who has altered my thinking about hypoxic brain damage

Did we evolve from whale? or apes? How long did pearl divers used to stay underwater? bookofjoe: BehindTheMedspeak: The woman who has altered my thinking about hypoxic brain damage

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Cookies with Ringo

Cookies with Ringo

Janaki made cookies today along with her weekend buddy, Ringo. She got Ringo from Mr. Mike her guitar playing, singing teacher. Ringo is given to a student who worked hard for the week and they than have Ringo for the weekend to do everything with. Ringo comes with a book where all the children write [...]

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Dive Videos

Here are the first SCUBA videos. Well, they are only from the top as I don’t have a waterproof housing, lights, etc. etc. Click here for the file. You’ll need Windows Media player and make sure your speakers are on. If you want to see some cool ones, look here. Particularly the Nanaimo one. They [...]

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News from Canada

News from Canada

Two guys from Toronto die and wake up in hell. The devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and toques warming themselves around the fire. The devil asks them, “What are you doing? Isn’t it hot enough for you?” The two guys reply, “Well, you know, we’re from [...]

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FunkyCam

FunkyCam

This is a great camera. Though I wonder if a cell phone camera is much different? The article is amusing reading. FunkyCam

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Air Conditioning

Well, today we turned it on. During the day it isn’t really fully needed but more in the night so we can close the windows for quiet and have a bit of fresh air flowing. The daily highs are near 30 now, nights go down to the teens.

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Blood Money

One of the janitors came by this morning into my office in shock with tears in his eyes. His expression of pure grief is something I will never forget. My first thought was that he’d been fired but that didn’t really match his expression. But he said with his limited english that his son had [...]

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