Hi everybody...Hello Dumaguete....

[justine]

hello everyone,

i am justine, a native from Dumaguete, now just arrived here in Germany with my family... i just miss there very much... the diving, the people whom i work with before, and of course the place itself, i am very happy to be find this forum... it helps me a lot ... to read about this familiar places... i miss the reef very much and the very nice Dumaguete town... and the beaches nearby... we will have our vacation by Dec. 2009... looking forward to be at home on this time...

best regards,
justine

[jellyfish]

Welcome Justine.
If you're sad or happy you always can write some stories on this board.
It's good to keep in touch with your home-place via this forum.
You are already missing the beaches here and the diving ?
Germany has also beaches in the northern part and diving .......try ice-diving before you come back here in December next year .
It's quite different from diving in the Philippines but if you have tried it at least once, you could tell the forum members how a Filipina has experienced that "strange" type of diving (if at least you're not frozen )

[justine]

hi jellyfish,
you are right, i should try that, honestly i would like to try that cold diving at least once just to get an experience, and you know what even while i am writing the word" cold diving" i am already freezing, how much more if i am already there, i think "back roll" entry i think will help, he he he... anyway... i try to have always in my dreams the very nice spots and really tiny marine life, the soft and hard corals, the pigmy seahorses in different colors, have you seen them already as well? they are just very cute... i miss all these creature whom i left behind... i look forward to see them again next year...

regards, justine

[jellyfish]

".....the very nice spots and really tiny marine life, the soft and hard corals, the pigmy seahorses in different colors, have you seen them already as well? "

Yes Justine, I did.
My hoby is not only diving. I always take with me my underwater video camera. Through all the years I could collect nice stuff, including the funny pigmee seahorses. But I have to admit that finding these tiny little creatures I needed the help in most of the cases from the local dive guides.
Everyone his own speciality......compliments for these guides.