So it's been over two years since I sent anything to this list. Which is sad. So I'm going to break the ice again with a short short story, which might get the stream trickling again.
Oh, and nice to talk to you again. How are you?
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2 June 2013
I moved to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands about a month ago to work a diving job. Yesterday, I had this conversation with my student.
Me: "What is it that you do?"
Him: Chuckle. "People call it all sorts of things." Smile.
Him: "The best one."
I laugh. Then we go do some stupid stuff underwater because he's James Bond.
Oh, and his last name was Moneymaker. No joke. Worst cover identity ever right?
Me: "Wow, you're really good at this. Have you done this before?"
Him: "Yeah, I got trained for work, but I'm not certified to dive recreationally."
(This is a good looking guy, with a body carved out of wood. Military and commercial divers usually get issued some kind of recreational certification at some point during their training, so if he's trained, but not publicly certified...)
Me: "What is it that you do?"
Him: "I'm a Counter-Terrorism Specialist."
Pause.
Me: "Um, that means spy, right?"Him: Chuckle. "People call it all sorts of things." Smile.
Pause.
Me: "So what three letter agency do you work for?"Him: "The best one."
I laugh. Then we go do some stupid stuff underwater because he's James Bond.
Oh, and his last name was Moneymaker. No joke. Worst cover identity ever right?
3 comments:
hi. it's kinda random to leave a comment here but i guess you might be my diving coach in maldives in 2009 (were you there?). i don't really know how i get here to your blog, (i searched some random keywords on google about diving...)but after reading a couple of pieces of your blogs and looking at your flickr (sorry, not meant to be a stalker), i'm kinda wondering that if you are my diving coach in Anantara...
Wow, impressive sleuthing! Yes, I was there in 2009. :) How are you doing? Have you gone diving elsewhere since?
wow... cannot believe that was really you!!!! gosh, such a small world...thanks to the power of google. Yup i started to dive after that trip, not too much, mostly in southeast asia or peurto rico, and gonna dive to Sipadan next week. btw, I moved to the States from Hong Kong and now im a grad student at Yale. maybe we will meet somewhere soon. ^^ how about you? so many impressive stories must be.
my email is yvon.hk@gmail.com
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