My First Static Apnea Competition | Breath Hold, Red Card & Second Chances 😅🫁 #freediving
My First Static Apnea Competition | Breath Hold, Red Card & Second Chances 😅🫁 #freediving I entered my first ever static breath hold competition… and got disqualified 😅 A classic “red card” for missing the surface protocol by just 1.5 seconds. But that wasn’t the end of the story. I only signed up for one day of the AIDA freediving competition — just for experience. But after the DQ, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Should I try again? Or walk away? By lunch time, I thought: I can’t end on a red card. So I went for round two 💪 In static apnea, your mind can be your best friend or worst enemy. I used a Yoga Nidra track by Ally Boothroyd to calm my thoughts — not to follow her breathing, but just to listen, so I didn’t waste oxygen overthinking. Sometimes I do body scans instead: “relax the forehead… relax the eyes…” This journey was all about mindset, learning, and my apnea super power - stubbornness! Would love to hear how you stay calm during your...
Cute Baby Wolf Snake Tries to Eat Gecko Lizard
Baby Philippines Wolf Snake I was fascinated watching this baby Philippines Wolf Snake (non-venomous to humans, small reptiles and animals) trying to swallow a gecko, who's head was...
Standing on the Bottom of the Ocean Freediving
Standing on the bottom of the ocean freediving. No fins. No tank. One breath. (Free diving. Apnea) Last time I tried this; I just pulled down the rope, stood on the sand a couple of...
I’m Sorry I am Late I was Catching a Cobra
I'm sorry I am late, I was catching a cobra (Philippine Cobra, Naja Philippinensis - Philippines) In the Philippines, when someone says, "I'm sorry I am late, I was catching a cobra." It appears that it's true... I went...
Top Tips For Filipinos To Beat Viruses
Top tips for Filipinos to beat viruses Here in the Philippines people have been suffering during the corona virus pandemic due to prolonged lockdowns causing loss of work and misery. With many restrictions and foreign tourists still not allowed to enter the...
My Coronavirus Lockdown in the Philippines
My coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines - beautiful view, cute cat, growing veggies experiments I really think I couldn't have ended up lockeddown in a better place than right here...