Portulano!

My picture won! Wohoo!!! Well, I did not actually win anything. The good folks at www.gadling.com picked my photo as the picture of the day last October 22, 2008 . I am so happy that I will ignore the fact that they misspelled my name. I guess this makes the trip to Portulano resort worth it. A lot of things happened during that trip. The waves were high and the current was strong and one of my friends ended up being cut all over by sharp rocks and corals while snorkeling. By the time he climbed back to the boat blood started gushing out from…

My first dive in 6 years

[I have been meaning to post this for the longest time but I was just too busy doing some other things. It’s a shame to waste though so here it is, enjoy] I have always wanted to go back to diving. My love affair with the fishes and the corrals began when I was introduced to skin diving during my college years (note that's skin diving and not skinny dipping!). I took it up as one of my physical education subjects (the other was advanced swimming - I loved being in the water ever since I was a small kid in primary school) and even joined a stud…