drager ear.

i'm contemplating setting up a new blog for photos only, cause photos causes my blog to take way too long to upload. however considering the lack of readers here, setting up a second blog might be unnecessary since there isn't an audience anyway.

sermons speak the truth. the bible tells the truth. i hear the truth. but it's so hard to live the truth. it's not disbelief.. i guess its more a lack of conviction.

it's been quite a weekend anyway. only got to book out saturday afternoon, but managed to meet up with some dear friends. but guess the fun was spoilt by the stupid drager ear and my tiredness. somebody should realize diving is rather straining, and really, they should limit us to diving only 3 days a week or something. and especially, ban O2 diving on bookout days. heheh.

drager ear is when the oxygen in your middle ear is absorbed by your flesh, thereby creating a low pressure space in that cavity. when we dive on O2, our ears are saturated with O2, so when all the oxygen is absorbed, you get a vacuum there. but you wont get a vacuum if you keep clearing your ear and balancing the pressure. problem is you cant do that in your sleep. so divers wake up with painful blocked ears and are temporarily half-deaf.

and this is just one of the things we have to endure. sufficiently compensated by the 25obucks diving allowance? nay, says me.

if there are any old friends reading this, lets find some time to catch up yeah? i kinda want to find out who the old me was. and i wonder how you all have turned out. :)