Fishies and phoneography
First off, a big WHOOHOO!!! for being included in The Daily Post’s phoneography favorites for March! The staff chose my “My Neighborhood” post to include in the roundup of their favorite entries. It always feel good to be recognized Second: one good thing about working in an island resort is that the water is only...
There’s something about Miniloc
I wonder what it is? The sunshine? The crystal-clear water? The towering limestone cliffs? The extraordinary critters under the water’s surface? Personally, I think it’s the people I work with. I miss the ones who have left the island
More explorations of the Miniloc house reef
I got to take the G12 for its second dive yesterday when the Community Ecology (Comeco) Lab crew came over to Miniloc to check the house reef. Yay friends visiting my workplace! Still had difficulty manipulating the camera to get the look I wanted (so many buttons!) but it was a bit easier this time...
A night on the (El Nido) town
Mavic and I got to stay out in El Nido town last night with some friends from UP MSI. YAHOOO!!! Thank you to Ate Mags, Fleur, Kuya Mel, and Renmar for letting us crash with them last night (hey, I did help somewhat in making the cages ). It was a great night filled with...
Testing out our new toy
Aside from being Aids’ birthday and Valentine’s Day, February 14 also marked the day our department got our brand-spanking-new Ikelite underwater housing for our Canon G12. YAHOOOOO!!! Unfortunately, Kring was too afraid of wrecking it (and the camera) to actually test it out. Fortunately, I have no such fear I tested the camera and housing...
The AWESOMEST day of 2012 thus far
So. What happened today that made it so freaking awesome? This: Yep, that is a freaking WHALE SHARK (Rhincodon typus) in front of Miniloc Island Resort. You can hear our excited squeals in the video Now, people have been spotting these whale sharks all around the bay starting December 2011 but those sightings tapered off...










