MSDT
Saturday evening we had an orientation about the Master Scuba Diver Instructor classes. Three people including myself are taking part in the program. You choose at least 5 special areas of interest and then you study to become an instructor in those areas. I have chosen Deep Diver, Night Diver, Wreck Diver, Fish Identification, Digital Underwater Photography and Nitrox. By taking the class from a course director (basically a highest level PADI instructor), you are qualified to teach the class right away and you don’t have to teach regular classes first. These classes are easier to teach and usually make more money for the instructor and student.
Later that night, Ben (one of the med students - pictured above with his girl friend) had a birthday party. About 20 people showed up and most got pretty hammered. Ben actually managed to get several fellow students from England to attend. We had a great mix of people and even the course director came. We ate at the Irish Pub that serves Vietnamese food. I left at 10:30 and they were just headed to a couple more bars. Most didn’t get home till 2:30 or later and some had been drinking since about noon when they went to a small uninhabited island to drink, smoke stuff and snort stuff etc. They were totally wiped out when they got to the party. This group included at least 4 medical students.
I was suppose to start the wreck class on Sunday but one student had a cold and couldn’t dive and the other had a hangover and didn’t want to dive. I used the time to prepare for several other classes so I’m ahead of the game now. The day ended up being pretty boring as watching video’s and reading most of the day isn’t too exciting.
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