Losing your mother
RoyJN - 3/19/2009 5:43 PM
I guess losing your mother isn’t something that is bad, but can’t say it is good either. Its nature and God’s will that I guess she is to die. As you know, my mom and I never spoke, never talked or anything. When she did stuff to me that a mother wouldn’t do at age 7, I was taken away by my aunt. And my aunt would later died in Point Lobos on a dive about 5 years ago, I should have said, I wanted to go to the aquarium with her because her work at NASA just got so overwhelming that 3 hours of sle...
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Still not tech yet!
RoyJN - 11/13/2008 12:26 AM
Well, still not tech yet. Waiting for the rescue class but I don’t want to take the tech class through Anywater Sport and I rather go with my friends who know and cares for me. With my family have passed on, I am now alone and very sad sometimes as there is nobody in my house to keep company. I don’t want a girlfriend or any friends. What I need is a family again. At least my friends have now become my foster parents where they love me and I love them....
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Where I am now?
RoyJN - 8/26/2008 2:17 AM
Well...where I am now? Looks like after getting the drysuit, it wasn’t enough that I moved on to diving with a backplate, a hog harness, 7ft reg hose, a wrist computer, and now I’m diving in double tanks. Whats going on with me? I’m moving into tech diving. Always wanted to see what is beyond the edge, sure it is a dangerous class, but when done right, the dive can be beautiful. I got to see a beautiful reef where the top was only 126ft and in just that four feet above recreational dive, it was ...
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Back from Cozumel
RoyJN - 7/01/2008 1:11 AM
Well, I’m back from Cozumel. I had a great and wonderful time along with my foster parents and friends. Now its back to cold water in Monterey and time to dive drysuit. I’m also moving on with my dive rescue class, into wreck, and soon into Tech diving. Also, gonna move into getting double tank and soon, a hanging pony bottle. I know it is alot of class, but I enjoy being in a dive class. Anyways, wish me luck....
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Uh oh! Falling behind
RoyJN - 5/29/2008 7:06 PM
Oh no, I’m falling behind in the dive logs. Anyways, hopefully will catch up to them in next week when I get back to photography....
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More then just Drysuit now!
RoyJN - 4/18/2008 2:55 AM
Well, it looks like not only am I moving toward drysuit, but moving toward changing my gear and configuration. My configuration will be GUE/DIR type setup with the 7ft regulator hose, a backup 24 inch regulator hose, a canister light, a backplate, steel tank, jet fins, and of course, the drysuit. All these because I don’t know...I’ll still probably be a stroke diver as I’m not giving up my weight belt, my air source, my goofy atitude. But I think change is good....
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Dive Log March 22nd
RoyJN - 3/23/2008 1:38 AM
Did two dives in Monterey Bay. First dive was at Ballbuster where viz unfortunately was 20ft due to some layer that is really thick and it was sure dark. Second dive was at the aircraft prop where there was an octopus underneath it but couldn`t get it out for a good photo shot. Did saw a fringhead fish for the first time and the rare and beautiful spanish sprawl. Otherwise, a nice dive on Holy Easter too....
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Royston is going Drysuit!
RoyJN - 3/17/2008 10:46 PM
Well, time to say goodbye to my wetsuit, it has served me many many dives and many shares of fun and joy together. But now I must move on to Drysuit as that would keep me warm as I lost all of my fat and blob. Well, not really going GUE/DIR as I refuse to give up my split fins, the integrated weights, and my headlamp. Anyways, More on this soon as I still got some thousand dollars left to go before I could pay it off!...
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Grab my photos before its gone!
RoyJN - 3/11/2008 1:26 PM
Hello Fellow friend divers! Wow it has been 2 years since I got certified and completely become a regular in Monterey. As you know, I`ve been taking underwater pictures since being able to afford a camera. Unfortunately, my webshot account is gonna be full soon and I have to delete some of my album. Please grab all the pictures you want before I will clean out the old pictures to replace the new one. Since I got the YS-110 strobe and with the help of Robert Lee, a fellow friend and diver, my pic...
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Dive Log March 8th
RoyJN - 3/10/2008 10:25 AM
Did two dives with Jack, one at Coral Street and the other at Lover`s Point. Both has some good vis but nothing too much in terms of creatures or anything dramatic. Gonna have to do a boat dive for that....
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Dive Log March 7th
RoyJN - 3/10/2008 10:24 AM
Did two dives at Pt. Lobos. Mubin is becoming a wimp as he was getting so cold or something, should get a drysuit or a wetsuit. Last time I`m diving with that guy. Messed my photo too....
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Dive Log March 1st
RoyJN - 3/05/2008 1:47 AM
Did two dives from the Beach Hopper 2, one of them being Half Dome which is my favorite site of all. I always hold it sacred because this was where I hit my 50th and 100th dive and now, I hit my 175th dive. Also did some photography work and hopefully it will get better and better. Took some wide angle shots also....
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Dive Log February 23rd
RoyJN - 2/27/2008 10:55 AM
Did two dives from the Monterey Express. First dive tried to find the Mating Amtracks and that was a disaster. Not only was the anchor off by 250ft, only a few handful of people found it but couldn`t find the boat. Second dive was in Hopkin`s Deep where I found my 2nd wolf eel. Took some pictures of it and tried my new strobe. However, I need to get some ultra light arms to extend the strobe out a bit. Anyways, more to come....
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Dive Log February 18th
RoyJN - 2/18/2008 7:33 PM
Did 2 dive at Ballbuster and at D-Cup. Used the camera, but need a wide angle lense....
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Dive Log February 16th
RoyJN - 2/18/2008 1:15 AM
Did 3 dive from Beach hopper 2. First was at Bottles, second was at Point Cabrillo and the last was a night dive at aquarium reef. Practiced some photo work and got some good shot. Unfortunately, need a wide angle shot but too expensive. But the A650 and the Ys-110 work fine....
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Dive Log February 9th
RoyJN - 2/11/2008 11:10 AM
Did one dive in Carmel at pinnacles, viz was 20ft, surge was 20ft. Very sad, camera strobe was awful. Did second dive at Bottles in Monterey, viz was 5 feet, took some macro photos. Waiting for the strobe to come home....
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No dives today
RoyJN - 2/03/2008 1:08 AM
Well, the start of February looked grim. The charter was cancelled but the waters today wasn`t that great so it wasn`t a good day to dive at all. At least the good news is I got my new BCD in, bought the A650 canon, and saved some money. Also looks like I`m going to Cozumel this year. I`m soo happy now that I got into the trip!...
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Sold the camera
RoyJN - 1/28/2008 10:39 AM
Well, looks like I sold my camera and probably going to get a new one pretty soon. Going to get the Canon A650 with the housing so I`m pretty much going back to canon....
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Dive Log January 26th
RoyJN - 1/27/2008 6:45 PM
Did two dives on the Monterey Express, Bob Patterson was the Divemaster. First dive at Amentos was horrible, surge was around 12 to 14 feet. Second dive fair better at Hopkin`s deep. I missed those dive sites and hopefully will be on the monterey Express sometimes more....
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Poor now!
RoyJN - 1/23/2008 3:10 PM
I`m poor now, I`m trying to get rid of my camera and so far, no luck at all. I`m ready to go to a local pawn show if I don`t get any takers....
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