Just a few words to article before.
It is not ment to be negative and the Ducom corporation is very much into the rescue of that unique divesite in Dumaguete. That’s the reason why they contact all operators to involve them and find solutions.
The dive-community and Ducomi are working together. Knowing that this is a private owned company I think it is really very adoreable.
cheers
Rhoody
I received a letter from a Dumaguete company about one a Topic what is sad for the World of Diving as that company probably need to destroy one of the worlds best Macro-Divespots.
The Dumaguete Coconut Mills Inc. will renovate “The Pier” or “Ducomi” as it is known in the diving world.
Right while typing that article, local experts and dive-operators meet, to talk about any solution for saving or relocating at least parts of this wonderful dive-site.
Here is the letter as send out by the corporation.
Gentlemen:
Just recently, the Board of Directors of DUCOM approved the budget for the repair of the steel piles and concrete slabs and beams of our pier. This project was supposed to be scheduled early this year but we held it in abeyance the approval of the owners.
We deeply regret to say that this project necessitates the scraping of the nudibranches and other living things which consider the pillars as their home but we have to undertake such costly move in order to avoid further damage to our installation. If we don’t do this now, we would be incurring much greater cost in the future, which we can’t afford.
The project is scheduled to start this coming month and the contractor will be mobilizing this weekend. As we have no idea yet on the details of their repair methology, we remain hanging on our decision whether or not to continue allowing diving on the early stages while creatures still exist for the nature lovers to see.
What a waste, but we have no choice. We hope to preserve, conserve, retrieve or replace those marine beauties for them to still be visible after the repair works. Frankly we need them as a living proof that our industrial effluent is not polluted. It took years for them to build up on the pillars; we don’t want to loose them in a wink of an eye.
If you have any suggestions or comment about their conservation, please feel free to communicate with us. We need environmentalists like you.
Sincerely yours,
Romunaldo S. Domingo
Plant Manager
I hope we find a solution to safe at least a little bit about this unique underwater paradise.
cheers
Rhoody
…for whatever reason I sit again with Jenny at her bar and talking bad about anybody who comes into my mind…. hehe. But seriously, I like the place as it is very unique for the nightlife in Duamguete and is also run by very unique person. Jenny and Gina invested quite some money into the renovation an created a nice atmosphere.
The prices are some of the lowest in Dumaguete and the food tasty. I was there now a couple of times and the guests are a great mixture. Whether some locals sitting shy in the dark with a Tanduay long-neck, Expats alone or in a group at the Bar, or couples having a bite to eat, everything usually comes together at one point of the time and the crowd talks drinks and laughs together.
Each weekend is usually a liveband scheduled. Coyotes opens in the morning until midnight and really hope that Gina and Jenny show a longer consistency than the owner before. We are in Dumaguete and things take a bit longer until they are known and run smoothly. I’ll be there this weekend and have a few drinks. This weekend are 2 bands one on Friday and one on Saturday.
In the bar is also a Karaoke system which can run fairly hot if the crowd demands. The Disco is a bit different as the mirrors are on the Top what makes the dancing chicks looking better than in other places where they just stare at their feet.
For that reason I scheduled a appointment at Silliman Medical Center. They will replace my liver with a sponge.
Coyotes Bar can be found 2 km after Robinsons south direction in Banilad on the right side. Look for the green lights. More information about: Coyotes Bar, Disco and Restaurant in Dumaguete
cheers in advanced
Rhoody
Sometimes I just wonder what is going on in peoples mind. Recently we had some stupid posts on Dumagueteinfo.com by a guy who is very obvious not a happy fellow. Many of our users were not that happy with that guy and used a function called “reputation”. His reputation level got that deep in the red that he couldn’t post anymore.
He cried like a little kid after a wave destroys the sandcastle. He was running around and yelling everywhere: ” Rhoody is so bad, I am banned, I am banned….”
Hey Idiot, you are not banned, you just disqualified yourself…. and it was not my decision…
That Village-idiot tried to log in with different names and got caught by our filters (and the Mod-Team). The baseline is simple. The users of DI decided that they don’t want the Village-Idiot on DI and stated that clearly in their given reputations, no matter what name he is using…
The Village-Idiot tried after that to send private mails to people, what was also not that successful
The Village-Idiot asked his friends to post his shit for him, what also did not work out..
The Village-Idiot posts on other boards with 3 different names and talks literally to himself how bad things and of course the Partners of Dumgueteinfo are…. and guess what all 3 agree to each other…
Thinking about it, I think the term Village - idiot is a bit hard….
Let’s call him Mr. Clean.
Mr. Clean earns his monthly income in helping to destroy the environment.
Mr. Clean is a racist who hates Americans and Asians.
Mr. Clean hates philippino food.
Mr. Clean hates also Philippinos and their families.
Mr. Clean hates progress and development
Mr. Clean tells everybody how “shite” everything in Dumaguete is.
Mr. Clean is the opinion that we (the DI-Team) are responsible for destroying Negros and the Philippines.
Mr. Clean chases girls behind the back of his girlfriend AND brings them down.
I actually think everybody should know at least one Village-Idiot, errrm I mean Mr. Clean, just to have a bad example and to realize how good the own life is.
cheers
Rhoody
I am not a x-mas fan and I never was. It was more than a month back or so when I walked into UNITOP (a store here in Dumaguete where you can buy a lot of cheap chinese crap), to be exactly it was 28th of September. I almost could not believe my ears when the whole store was filled with sweet christmas - tunes.
It is totally pervert to walk through a tropic city at 2 pm with at least 50 Celsius in the sun and listening to Barry Whites version of “Winter Wonderland” and its not even October.
Having said this, we know that the Philippine Islands claim themself to be one of the most catholic countries in the world. So maybe x-mas starts a bit earlier. I want to give it a try and find out if that is the truth or just hammered into the heads of the lovely people here.
I went to a sales-lady and asked her friendly way if she could help me to find out when the birthday of Jesus Christ is. The stunning answer was : Maybe in May !
hmmm not that bad… so I was very thankful and went on to ask the same question to another one. she got even closer with the answer : He is the lords son and has no birthday.
So what is the conclusion of that?
I will safe a lot of money this year as there is no x-mas in 2008 anymore. No need to buy presents and all that stuff. The only problem will be to explain that to my little one…
cheers and merry x-mas in advanced for may 2009
Rhoody
I found that in an old mail a good friend sent to me. I think it’s pretty amazing, so I just want to share it with you guys. First is the :
ALZHEIMER’S EYE TEST
Count every ‘ F ‘ in the following text:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS…
(SEE BELOW)
HOW MANY ?
WRONG, THERE ARE 6 — no joke.
READ IT AGAIN !
Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F’s before you scroll down.
The reasoning behind is further down.
The brain cannot process ‘OF’.
Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
Anyone who counts all 6 ‘F’s’ on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.
and here one from From Cambridge University .
Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!
First I thought I was one of the real smart ones as I had no problem of reading it.
Thinking again …. It’s better english than 9 out of 10 txt I receive
cheers
Rhoody
After 2 days of eating and drinking it was time to get also wet from the Outside. Tom was not in the water since a year and Mike did not see that much during his Open Water Course dives due to 1 meter visibility. We decided to meet at 1:00 pm at Mikes diveshop and drive to Dauin for a “refresher”. It was also a great opportunity to conduct a Discover SCUBA program for BigC and Lyka who never tried that before. No need to say that Mike took care of they Boys while I had the hard job to explain the girls why a wet-suit is really not needed and they will look great just in a two-piece.
All my professional arguments did not convince them and after some general talk about what will happen we entered the water. I was surprised how easy it went and after 5 minutes with some easy skills we were diving into the Dauin Sanctuary and were looking for Nemos. After the dive we all decided to go together to Apo Island the next day and take it easy this evening.
Easier said than done… after a nice dinner (again at Casablanca) Kim and Tom went back to the Hotel and I decided to have a quick look at Coyotes Bar where my favourite local band “Ground Zero” had a gig. I should have known in advanced that the “take it easy” plan would never work out. As soon as I paid my bill around 10:30pm “bearfoot-John” came in and we needed to discuss some “important” things, like beer-temperature, shoe-policy in why not and crappy Pizza at Mama Marias. I refused looking at my watch again, knowing anyway that it’s too late when finally heading back home.
My alarm woke me up a few hours later on Sunday morning at 6:00 and I got ready to pack all our dive-gear. The water was a bit rough when we reached Mikes property in Dauin and the two girls decided to stay at home and go shopping. Our company was completed by Will and Maureen, Kevin a Korean DM-candidate, a japanese guy and July a girl from the US.
Apo Island was like always a great day-trip with clear water great corals and some turtles and sea-snakes. We split into 2 groups and did 2 wonderful dives at Chapel Point and Katipanan. Inbetween we headded to the Island and had a bite to eat on the boat. All in all a great day. The ride back was a bit rough and I think it’s ok if they guys log the ride as another dive…
Sunday evening was the last dinner before the boys fly home to AC and guess where… correct at the “Fat Austrian“ . The food there is just delicious, nevertheless I will not understand why Kuya Kim managed to have 4 times Cordon Bleu in 4 days and never tried anything else…
Mike and Joan joined us for dinner while the other Mike (my Typhoon diver) went with the girls to Hayahay as they couldn’t find anything tasty on the Casablanca menu.
I was pretty much worn out and definitely needed some sleep. Kim adviced me that the first 17 beers might be a bit hard to go down but the next 10 will do it easy… No not that night !!! I went home around 10:00 pm and was sleeping deep around 10:01 dreaming of turtles, snakes,SMB and mermaids.
Thanks guys for coming down to Dumaguete, I really appreciate the time and don’t cry a tear about the lost braincells during our nights out.
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