Originally Posted by
PinayDiver
Uy, I met Gigi (she who is DM to the President of the Philippines :) ) once, years back in Tubbataha on the Island Explorer (before it sank!). She's a good friend of my group's most regular DM, Jay Ortiz. My NAUI open water instructor is Joel Sayo while my PADI advanced open water instructor is Ian Paredes. Both detailed, exact, and exacting in different ways -- one like that teacher we all used to have who marches around the room, "whapak"-ing his palm with a ruler; the other, practicing more of a soft-spoken motivational style. They were exactly how I needed them to be at the time. I'll always be grateful to both :)