Angel and I have two kids. If you ask any of their grandparents they are the two brightest, most beautiful, most advanced-for-their-age kids on the planet. Clearly modesty and realism go out of the window when you are grandparents, and occasionally as a mother I lose those qualities too. Since the arrival of our youngest, […]
There’s a chinese proverb which goes “Learn till old, live till old, and there is still one-third not learned” meaning that no matter how old you are, there is still more learning or studying left to do. I think that it is a saying which has a lot of relevance to our candidates, and our
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Would you like to save some cash? Maybe save a dive one day? By putting some of these everyday items to use when you go scuba diving, you can do both! Our beloved sport/hobby/career of scuba diving could not exist without scuba gear manufacturers, and they could not exist without us. Check out any dive
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“Never work with children or animals”. That’s the old expression reminding TV and film stars of the perils of working with unpredictable creatures. A few months ago I was wondering why I had not heard of a comparable saying for PADI Instructors. Something like, “Never teach your parents how to scuba dive”. How it began
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It’s been more than 5 years since I left my previous life in the north of England, and started travelling. In that time travelling has changed so much for me. Now I am no longer “one” and we are “four” and with that comes a whole new way of transporting yourself and your belongings. Gone
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If you are considering a career teaching scuba diving, then it’s important to consider the pros and cons. This blog is just one look at what you can expect working as a dive instructor. It’s time for another blog post from me. That’s because I am laid in bed due to a nasty infection in
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What is the correct plural of “fish”? This is something which has been niggling away at me for a while now. Something which started to bother me when I began working as a dive instructor and which has become more relevant to me now that my son is learning to talk. Maybe not the most
