Diving Tips and People

Since i got my OWD certification back in 2013, i've done over 40 dives. Most of the dives i did with different group of people and it was a blessed as i got a lot of tips/advices and know different kind of divers along the way;

What i learned:

1) snorkle on you left and reg on your right so that you wont put on snorkle instead of reg while descent. Which i did a few time...now im very comfortable diving without snorkle.

2) wear you dive com inward instead of outward to avoid dive com surface from scratches

3) while taking a photo of an object, get as close as possible to the object for a better picture. (unfortunately the rule about no touching is still apply).

4) i learn different way divers use to sign  'air measurement' during dive. I just need to listen to briefing to identify which sign they want to use.

5) off course i met few cocky divers...the one who say things like...
- "im still new in diving...so far i did about 300 dives." Im pretty sure she thought most of newbies that she talked to have done more than thousands dives.
- "during my first dive i went to 40 meters. Im fine."  obviously, otherwise you wont be here bragging about it.
-  " if my buddy missing, ill look for my buddy till my gas run out, then ill surface" pls find a buddy who will do the same if you went missing.
- "ive been diving forever and i never got myself certified." Rules are made to be broken unless you got caught.

6) fussy dm/instructor make me feel safe and confident.

7) sometimes, ppl get blinded by the fact that knowing a person and following the rules. You cant just say that she/he a good DM/instructor just because you know him/her...and you tent to overlook basic procedure that she/he skipped.

8) when it's normal that you thank ppl at the surface when you got help underwater, you will always find those dont even acknowledge it/or denied being helped. " yeah, im pretty sure nobody hold you when you loss your bouyancy."....in that case i must be halucianating you trying to reach out for me as you started to ascent uncontrollably.

9) sometime ppl blame dm/instructor for their poor performance.