day 1 - checkout dive

Divers: Benjie, Boyet, Leah awaiting their turn to board the boat that will bring them to Day 1's first dive - The Twin Rocks

Rexie (another student diver undergoing checkout) is on the boat with Ed (he finished his checkout 2 weeks earlier and is here on a fun dive)...Dive Masters (DMs) Allan, Mike, and Modec. Ed is beginning his credits for the Advance Open Water and is dubbed FDM...Feeling Dive Master

Baby Panda - Cheng-du Panda Reserve Park

Some of the members of the Intel Operational Assesment Team visited the Panda Reserve Park in Cheng-du...Sunday prior to the OA. I've only seen Pandas in National Geographic, as do most of the OA team which came from Arizona...so when we were told we can get pics taken, what the heck? Why not?...

Project Controls Group - ChengDu, China

Dinner with the A7T7 Project Controls Group (PCG) team in Cheng-du, China. This is at a Thai Restaurant near the river.

Standing from L-R: Pan Li (TI CEA), Criag Quinn (RIQSC Finance Lead), Stephen Bai (A7 AA), and Yours Truly. Seated: Sonya Li (A7 Basebuild CEA), Richard Barwick (GB Sr. CEA)

A Tau Alphan brod, Pepot Viado, posts some good reading on our frat egroups...I'm borrowing one without permission and sharing with you folks....


MOMENTS IN LIFE

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

When the door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one,which has been opened for us.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.

Go for someone who makes you smile,because it takes only a smile to
make a dark day seem bright.Find the one that makes your heart smile.

Dream what you want to dream;
go where you want to go;
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want to do.May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life untilyou let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.