Entries this day: Getting_Scuba_License

Getting Scuba License

12:21pm JST Monday 25 April 2005

I'm meeting Christ Goodman from Gaba to begin the proces of being Scuba Certified before P-B. I emailed him about a week ago and said, "I'm ready to get certified" as he suggested/offered/encouraged me (and everyone else at Gaba) to get scuba certified. He is a certified trainer type.

He said it will be nearly impossible to get my certified before 21 May, but then he emailed back saying I could study on my own, then take the test and do a couple of dives to prove I can do 16 things under water. Or something.

55,0000 yen. ($550), and helping out a friend. rock on.

12:52pm

I'm here at the Starbucks where I'm meeting Chris and a woman smiled at me; I don't know if she looks familiar because I've seen her before or for a different reason or two.

I researched Piraeus, Greece a bit today. We will be there for but a day; I kinnnnda doubt that is ample time to get into Athens on the electric railway and see the old school buildings. I found a few internet cafes listed; I don't know how close they are to Piraeus, but one site I saw suggested a lunch type adventure in the small marina is preferable to trying to find toouristy stuff near the big port.

The woman here in Starbucks talked to a guy who could be an unshaven Tony LaQuesta, who was manager at Shibuya LS when I met him.

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I have 310,000 yen in my Gaba bank account; that's enough that I can afford to get fitted for contacts before I get outta here onto the boat. These glasses with cool frames that I got in Dallas with janette's help, after losing mine in Hawaii (and getting contacts with janette's help) are the only pair of corrrective lenses I have right about now, so I would be hard pressed to see if I lost them while on PB.