A much needed off day...

Folks, I know it's been a while. So, on my off day, I've decided to bring you a little more about my time here in Bonaire...

First, updates and random things. In bullet style, cause it's my off day and I'm too lazy to make a paragraph work.

• Work is amazing. I'm in the final two weeks of my divemaster internship. They're now putting me on classes, boat dives, and higher end stuff which I love. Yesterday, spent all day on the boat, playing divemaster for 3 dives. Found my first seashorse too! Good day.
• I recently bought a wetsuit cause I got tired and cold from the diveshop's shorty I had been borrowing. A 3/2 mm Bare Velocity. Working out great. Also got a LED light for night diving. It's pink, for breast cancer and was the only one of the model left. I got some flack around the shop but whatever, it works great and who doesn't love to save the boobies?
• On Bonaire, 5 days after the full moon, ostracods do their spawning thing. THIS IS REALLY COOL! Ok, so the ostracods, which are little crustacean shrimp zooplankton, release their sperm and eggs. They combine and give off a flourescent color, green or blue and this color is activated when you swirl them around. Also when you shine your light on them and take it away. So, imagine if you can, swimming through the ocean as it lights up with little stars all around you. You can make them dance with your hands too. And they form this helix shape as they move upwards from the reef. Words don't do it justice.
• Cooking. So I think I've detailed how it's hard to get really good food on the island. Doesn't mean I still don't eat. So, some pictures. First, from mexican night I did with some friends and the second a meal I made the other night, a cilantro-garlic rice with fried egg, pasta sauce and cheese. Sounds nasty, but was great.

• While we're at it, some other great stuff you find in the stores here...

• Social life on Bonaire is much more simple than back in the states, which I really like. There is a happy hour everyday at City Cafe which I occasionally attend along with others from the dive shop. Friday is the big night out on Bonaire, with everyone more or less going to Havana's for drinks and a dj who plays the same songs every week. One of the more popular songs played every week...

• We had quite the night for the Super Bowl last week. Some of the American study abroad kids and I went out last Saturday and bought a bunch of food and beers, leading to blue cheese burgers with prosciutto and pineapple for Super Bowl Sunday along with a fair amount of Heineken and a massive Watermelon-Rum fail.
  
• Overall not much more to say. Life is pretty good. Oh, and lucky for me had a gorgeous Swedish girl in one of the classes I assisted with a couple weeks ago. And well, one thing led to another and what do you know, I've got an island girlfriend of sorts.

Until next time...