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A few years back, when I was still working for an island dive resort, I remember talking to one non-diver guest about the difference between a Divemaster and an Instructor – but that came later in our conversation.

That lady in her forties came to resort with a few more divers friends – I can’t remember the exact number. Anyway, she was the only non-diver in the group. They were on the island for a few days.

Here is the story: For about two days, she was talking about getting certified as scuba diver and that she will be looking around for a Divemaster in her hometown, sign up for the diving course, get trained and eventually get certified. But wait a minute –

I was looking at my scuba diving images in iPhoto when I remember about this article telling you how you can actually monetize your images online. I picked up some of the highlighted points or top 10 important mistakes to avoid when submitting photos to stock photo sites.

A quick and easy way to make money with your photos is by submitting them to stock photo sites online. You can start earning money with the photos that are already in your hard drive; you don’t even have to take new photos right away.

If you want a step-by-step guide to monetizing your digital photos through stock photo sites and other ways, check this out.

In the meantime, you can get started right now. But do make sure you don’t make these 10 mistakes when you submit photos in stock photo sites:

1. Submitting low-quality photos. Don’t waste

This is the presented fact, out of a new study, which indicates that Arctic temperatures suddenly increased during the last 50 years of the period from A.D. 1 to the year 2000.

A report by environmental group of WWF recently stated that because of the global warming in the Arctic, a quarter of the world’s population will be affected through flooding and amplify the wider impact of climate change.

This is not even good news for divers as we can see the implications it will bring us all – the global catastrophe is in the making – not more water to dive in. Many tropical island resorts will vanish forever. It is just a matter of time. (more…)

Salam Sejahtera, salam 1ADC, salam 1Malaysia : Selamat Hari Raya 2009…

The creator of AbaragusDotCom would like to wish all loyal readers of this blog, all Malaysian who are taking part in this years Aidilfitri celebrations in this beautiful and peaceful land of Malaysia and to all the muslims all over the world ~ a very warm happy 2009 Aidilfitri.

Today marks the 2nd day of this colourful celebration in Malaysia and we all can feel the joy and happiness all around us. The youngest, the teenagers, the young adults and the dads & mums to the golden citizens, Muslim or not, are expressing their joy and gratitude for such a wonderful opportunity to once again celebrate the festive season in peace and harmony.  An achievement that we, as Malaysian, should be proud of, cherished, treasured and maintain for generations to come. (more…)

Welcome to the 4th series of articles discussing – answering – some of the most frequently ask questions about scuba diving. I have a collection of questions contributed by my non-diver friends through a mini survey that I did a few weeks ago.

Some of the friends of mine, who agreed to take part in the survey -questions submissions -, might have tried scuba diving before but most of them has never tried it. I am holding on to the information until proven otherwise. Lol.

I have come to learn, through many years of experience, that some doubts – associated directly or indirectly – are keeping many people away from participating in this fun and exciting world of scuba diving. Some of the questions, from the survey, are almost similar so I’ll be combining them in one. Pay special attention because most of the questions asked are health related questions. Let us

Welcome to the 3rd series of article on “Scuba Diving Frequently Asked Questions”. So far we have covered 6 topics that were published in 2 separate posts: Part-1 and Part-2.

This time we are going to look at another 5 more FAQ questions. If you read the post just before this one, I have explained how and where I got all these questions from. So I am not making this up…

Lets dive right in and see the questions get solved before anyone gets too excited.

A cool fact: scuba diving is addictive. Remember, You’ve been warned!

Q#1:  Does a person need to know how to swim before learning scuba diving?

Whether you are a physically normal or a diver with disability; you need to know how to swim while you are on scuba. You need to swim around, no matter the depth, in order