No office

That's right, I have no office. Everyday I have to go to a local villa to get internet connection. I don't have internet connection in the privacy of my room. The founder of the BRP lives miles away and drives in to Sanur for us to meet up and discuss things. I think I can work faster and more efficiently if I could get internet at my home. It's much more convenient and I could do research at night and be more productive during the day. So, my life lines are the internet and my cell phone. Tracking down managers and dive masters everday is very hard. Currently I am trying to get members from all the dive shops in the area. Being sick right now doesn't help. I can't seem to shake this cold, and it's slowing me down. The dive masters are in after 3pm. I can't target all of them, so 2 a day seems like a good start. Even then, I may have missed them after they have gone diving. I need to dive master when we go to plant a reef, we need there support and there business for free advertisement and awareness. There are 30 dive shops in Sanur alone. I have only made contact with one of two. I have to follow up with two more today. So my success rate is not very high right now. It should be simple, but it's not. You have to call or speak with someone in person inorder to get anything done around here. Even if you call or SMS (text) and they don't know who you are...they will never respond. So being face to face seems like the best approach, and that's if they even feel like talking to you after a full days of work. It's rough. It's high season. Business is booming right now and everyone has to work. Dive masters dive every day. 2-3 dives a day. Alot of them are sick and have problems with there sinuses. I am trying to get a little teapot to show Komang how to you a netty pot. He has worked the last 2 months without a day off. Can you imagine? Diving everyday 2-3 times a day. The water is either very cold or very warm depending on the dive. Diving is really hard on your body. The exposure to pressure, and drastic changes in environments. They are not used to the cold here and can barely tolerate it. So, poor guy has been having a really hard time equalizing. If you are sick, it's very very painful, and very dangerous to dive. You cannot clear the pressure from your ears of your nasal cavities. It's horrible. But they dive, because they have to work. They have a contract. It is only if the doctor literally writes them a note, that they have an excuse to not work. They have to work. Komang hardly complains, even when he gets bloddy noses. Not good. Hopefully I can push him to see a nose specialist, but we shall see. I don't know how he can do it. I fear that something really bad will happen before something good will happen.

If I can get contacts from all 30 dive shops before I leave...I will be happy with my work.

I have to take this opportunity to apologize for my potty mouth...but you have to understand that I am sick and not feeling well...that always seems to make me alittle less graceful. My mother knows this all too well...Her little troll....