The Possibility of Drowning A Tropical Cyclone Has Blown Into Subic Check out YouTube for my videos (Darn StaTravel and crappy internet arrrgh!!!!!!)Rain on Mother's Day Since this video it has literally been 30 hours of non-stop torrential rain. A tropical cyclone has reared it's head just off the coast and I am still worried about the possibility of drowning. To think Gianne and I were scared in the dark last night with no power and a strange tapping n...

Sunday Boxing also Mother's Day but that seems to have been forgotten today.... Diving has been called off today for a far more important engagement:Manny Pacquiao just defeated Shane Mosley in the Welterweight Boxing World Championship. He is a national hero here in the Philippines and dare I say it, they are all a little bit excited today! Vasco's restaurant has been jam-packed since 9 o'clock this morning Brian has set up no less than FIVE televisions arou...

History of Homan: Part 1 The first discovery in 1983 Breakfast of Champions:Brian was a little concerned the other day that he had a doctor's appointment at 8 in the morning. Probably the worst of this was the fact that he had to stop drinking at 8 the night before so they could perform some tests. At 11am today I finally got out of bed, it being my day off, and ventured down to Vasco's for breakfast. Brian came over to show me the magazine that signifie...

Night Diving No blog yesterday, I had more important things to do..... It was a running joke during my Fiji trip last November, that of every turtle siting on our dives, I missed Every. Single. One! Until last night..... I saw my first EVER green sea turtle!!! No longer can my friend Bill, (who has just subscribed to my blog!) have a chuckle over my desperation that I just wanted to "see a freakin' turtle" but can now instead picture me having a ...

Subic Summer I am still in a state of shock after finding out about the death of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan after almost 10 years. While it must be a relief and a sense of comfort to those families who tragically lost loved ones as a result of his terrorism plots, what a dreadful shame that we still see images of people celebrating this out on the streets; drinking and partying like it's new year. Congratulations you are a credit to instilling a sense of ...