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"Achievers" Class Top Notchers

Good looking Mom and son (of course!)...2nd from left; my son CJ and wife Baby during Moving-up Ceremonies for Preparatory-level students at Oxford Louise Academy in Dasmarinas, Cavite

My kid CJ on a school field trip (Antipolo Zoo)

My kid CJ on a pre-schoolers Field Trip (Antipolo Zoo)...(the camera date was not set properly)

Open Water Diver Class

I formally signed up for an Open Water Diver course with SCUBA World and attended the first classroom module yesterday. Been planning so for some time now after getting a taste of scuba diving with the "Discover Scuba" 2-day non-certification crash course in Boracay way back 1999...finally got to squeeze this into my schedule (and budget!).

It is a small class at the Paranaque, Metro Manila branch of SCUBA world but perhaps we may end up merging with other classes for the actual "Check Dive".

I'm taking the class with a couple of fellow Intel employees, Leah, my Basebuild CEA...and Ed from the CV2 Plant Eng'g. Another Alphan brod and Intel Sr. Mgr, Totoy Ong, is a master diver...who knows, we may end up forming an Intel Dive Club.

The Check Dive is set for June 11-12 and would be held at the Outrigger Resort in Anilao, Batangas. Anilao is about 2 hours drive from the Intel site and is one of the popular dive destinations in the Philippines. There would be 4 dives spread out over two days and the final Diver's Certification will be released at the end of the Check Dive. I'd bring the wife and kid along and I'm looking forward to a fun weekend two weeks from now.

Will keep you posted..

A Joke for the Frequent Flyer

I picked up this joke from our frat egroups...hope you're not a frequent flyer...

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Two men dressed in Pilots' uniforms walk up the aisle. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a cane. Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the cockpit, the door closes,and the engines start up.

The passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some sign that this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming.

The plane moves faster and faster down the runway, and the people sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge of the airport territory.

As it begins to look as though the plane will plough into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax and laugh
a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands.

In the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says, "You know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die."