Advanced Diver: Certified

Well Hi there everyone that bothers to read this.
Today is Saturday and it's an absolute scorcher here on Sairee beach.
Thursday evening I hung out at the dive shop with Nell then head with Brad, Chris, Brendan and Lee to this amazing thai restaurant about 10min moped ride away. After we'd been there we went to this little rasta bar with amazing music and just a great and chilled out atmosphere. Being the day after full moon the island still hadn't filled up yet and the whole island fels so different. Much nicer - well different. Both are good.
Yesterday I woke up at 9 and watched the departed with Nicole. Both of us weren't feeling our best and I made her honey and lemon & she did some inhalation because she had a chesty cough. So nice just to chill out with a really good film.
Had lunch at home then down to the shopand sat with Luke and went through the boredom of filling out 5 knowledge reviews for our dives. It was absolutely boiling outside and Amelie finished her DMT reviews before me and jumped in the pool then continued to bed me to come in. Then she got out just as I finished my reviews. The pool felt amazing after a whole afternoon of book work. After a good swim, chat and chill out I power walked home, got changed, then loads of us went over to Brad's to watch some South Park and have a beer or two. Then we walked down to Choppers (basically exactly the same as Walkabout - even sells snakebite - but has 2 massive screens upstairs showing films too) and had dinner. Half price Thai food and 2 for 1 on daquiries - you can't really go wrong can you lol.
Loads of the boys decided it would be a great idea to get tattoos so they got those done (don't worry I didn't get one). Got to Lotus bar about 11 when it was still dead so went to the DJL bar, and ended up jumping in the pool fully clothes drinking vodka red bulls (oh yead the red bull isn't fizzy out here - weird). Went to Lotus at about half 1 when it was buzzing but I was getting bitten so walked home after getting some pad thai (fried noodles) and as a result was followed by dogs.
OH yeah basically on the night of the full moon animals definately go crazy because me and Nicole were walking home and we walked past this house (the was on Wednesday night) and about 6 poodle puppies come hurtling out of this house and start chasing us up the road barking and I absoultely shat myself and jumped out of my skin. got goosebumps and everything I was that scared and actually started barking back at the dogs to try to scare them off which didn't work particularly well. But yeah, looked like a bit of a tit which is always good.
SO yeah today was up nice and early and head down to the show - bought the mandatory hangover croissant from Cafe Corner. There was only me asa student diving, with Vince, Virginia, Jocelyn and Wahiet (sp?) DMT-ing and Paulo instructor. We head out to the boat and dived on this funny sounding pinnacle but it was really really nice. Finally did my deep dive - my equalising was spot on and we opened a few eggs at 26m down and the pressure is so great that it keeps the yolk together so much that you can bat it about between you and it stays intact. To an extent lol.
Went to do another dive with a swim over to White Rock but I just couldn't equalise my right ear., Paulo says I have a phsycho block about free descents which I think is true because as soon as me and him went over to the line I equalised fine and me and him ended up on a half house 19m dive on our own just pootling around the pinnacle again. Saw a blue spooted ray and got really close to the coral which pushed my buoyancy control which'll be really usefull for when I get down there with a camera.
This afternoon I've been marking my knowledge reviews but we've breaks so the boys can watch the rugby match so I'm just chilling out in this nice little bar at the end of my road where I got chatting to my waiter. He's studying MA Engineering at University in Bangkok and taught me how to write my name in Thai. I'm definately goign to write postcards today. I'm just not doing the whole touristy thing really and shopping for things like that. Today I bought a box of yellow tea - you see what I mean? Toilet paper is more important than postcards lol.
Tonight I'm plannign on chilling out and maybe having Virginia over for egg and soldiers, some South Park and chill out because she's diving tomorrow mornign assisting an open water, and hopefully I can find someone to fun dive with too just to get my numbers up.
WIll be starting my rescue diver in about 2 weeks give or take which will be awesome also.
It's such a lush day... goign to shut down and read a bit before heading back to finish my knowledge reviews and get signed off as an advanced diver! wahoo :)
Much love xxxx