01 ngo 05
Isiteshi sakho sangaphakathi sase-Ariel e-Anguilla
Izilwanyana ezinokuhlwa. © Mermaid School International Andiyena mfana osemncinci, ke, xa ndiva ngeSikolo samaMermaid esitsha kwi-Zemi Beach House e- Anguilla , ndazibuza ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukucoca umda wam uBuddha-belly ube ngumsila obunzima, owenziwe ngeplastiki. Ndandixhalabisa nokuba babeza kundibhinqisa enye yezo zikhwebu ze-seashell ze-bikini. Kwaye kuthekani ngesisindo somsila? Ngaba ndiza kunqanawa njengelitye lokuzama ukuzama ukuzisebenzisa?
Uphendukile, konke ukoyiko lwam kungabonakali - umm, ndiyathetha, engenasiseko.
02 we 05
Itheyibhile yeeNgqobhoko ezimbini
isikolo seentlanzi. © Mermaid School International U-Estelle Arlaud, umqeqeshi wesikolo sam, ukhethile i-Zemi yangasese yangasese kwisifundo sethu sokuqala: ngodonga lweglasi e-peal-a-boo e-Shost Bay , enye yeelwandle ezintle kakhulu emhlabeni, bekukhethwa ngokucacileyo.
U-Estelle akachithanga ixesha lokuba asebenze ngenguqu yam. Ndandiziva ndingumntu oyisilumko nje ngokuba wayegubha phezu kwam njengendoda ebomvu ukuze ahlambe ubuso bam nomzimba, kodwa unomdla wokubakhombisa, ukuba ngabafazi baseFransi babonakala bekhulile (ngokuqinisekileyo, u-Estelle uvela eLyon).
Kwaye kwaba ngumsila-ukukhetha ixesha. Ndixelele u-Estelle Ndingathanda ukugqoka i-swimsuit yam enye, ngoko ke wakhetha umsila omnyama oqaqambileyo. Ndandimangaliswe gqitha ukuba umsila wawunjani: wenziwe ngeyiloni elula-elula efana neglavu, kwaye i-monofin ngaphakathi ngaphakathi ikhululekile ngakumbi kunemipuphu ekhoyo yerabha. U-Estelle wongezelela iintyatyambo kwiinwele zam, kwaye u-voila! Kanye njengaye, ndiyintlambo.
03 we 05
Sink okanye i-Time Time
Umbhali uguqulwe waba yintlambo. © Sue Campbell Ngelishwa, kwakukho ixesha elincinane lezithombe eziselunxwemeni njengoko saqaphela isiphepho esikhulu ngokukhawuleza esihamba ngendlela yethu. (Ndiyathanda ukutyelela imozulu embi; kuyinto.) Ngoko ke sasiya echibini ukuze ndinokufumana ubuncinci bamanzi ngaphambi kokuba kufike umkhukula. U-Estelle wandiyala malunga nokuhamba okufunekayo ukuba ndibhukude njenge-mermaid, kwaye kwakungekho kunzima ukuhamba malunga nedama ngaphandle kokugxotha. Kwakubucayi ukubukela ubuso babantu abadlulileyo xa beqaphela inyaniso, ihlala edibeneyo echibini!
(Nayi ividyo yento yokubhukuda i-mermaid ekufuneka ibonakale ngathi, ngokuchasene nefilil yam encinci echibini.)
04 we 05
I-Mermaid yasekuqaleni
U-Estelle, u-queen queen mermaid. © Mermaid School International Kamva, ndafumana ithuba lokungena kwi-history ka-Estelle. Uza ngezakhono zakhe zokuzithethelela ngokunyanisekileyo: ephakanyiswe kummandla waseSt. Tropez, wayebhukuda ngeminyaka emithathu ubudala, wathenga yakhe yokuqala ye-snorkel ngemali yakhe eneminyaka eyi-10 ubudala, kwaye kwiminyaka eyi-20 yayisele ibe yimpumelelo ye-free scuba umfundisi, kunye nomzekelo wamanzi.
Imodeli yathatha u-Estelle kuwo wonke umhlaba, kwaye ekugqibeleni, wahlala eSt. Maarten , apho unina wayesebenzisa indawo yokudlela. Kulapho, wafunda ukupheka kwaye kungekudala wajoyina iipatriki zokunethezeka njengompheki, umncedisi, kunye nesikhokelo se-snorkel. Ekugqibeleni wagqiba kwiHoltons njengomqhubi olawulayo kwiqela legalufa elilodwa, i-Bridge, apho ebhala khona incwadi yakhe yokuqala, " I-Mermaid Chef-Indlela yokunika iQela lamaphupho akho . "
Ngo-2014, wagqiba ekubeni agxininise onke amandla akhe kwiphupha lakhe elipheleleyo lokuvula ishishini elisekelwe kwi-mermaid. Ngo-2015, loo phupha yazaliseka ngokusekwa kwe-Mermaid School International e-Anguilla, yokuqala yohlobo lwayo kwiCaribbean.
Ndambuza ukuba yintoni enye imiceli mngeni. Uthi: "Ndifumana umntu oyedwa, kwaye lo msebenzi uthanda kakhulu ngokukhawuleza. Ndifumene imiphefumlo embalwa ezinikezelweyo, kwaye kufuneka baqhube i-Ariel yase-Ariel, i-Advance Marina , I-Master Class, kunye ne-Instructor, kwaye kufuneka bafunde i-CPR kunye noNcedo lokuQala. Kananjalo, kufuneka babe nobuntu obukhulu.
"Kodwa ndifuna enye - kwaye ndiyathemba ukufumana ezininzi iimemiselo, nazo!"
Nawona mvuzo mhle? U-Estelle uthi: "Abantwana," kungekhona nje ukuvuyela ukugqoka njenge 'merkids,' kodwa ngenxa yokuba iinkqubo zethu zibanceda bancede banqobe ukwesaba amanzi kwaye bancede bafunde ukuhamba kangangoko ngokukhawuleza. Xa ukufunda kuyonwabile, bayayiphatha ngokukhawuleza. Yaye ukufunda 'ukudibanisa' ngokufanelekileyo kubuye kusebenze kakhulu kuminyaka yonke. "
05 we 05
YesiXeko seMarmaid International
Mermaid e lu lolwandle. © Mermaid School International Isikolo sokudibanisa asikho isitena kunye nomdaka (okanye igobol-ne-pearl?). Abaqeqeshi baya kuza kuwe, okanye unakho ukuya kwiiklasi eziqhutyelwe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kunye neendawo zokuhlalisa ezikufutshane kwesi siqithi. I-Mermaids nazo ziyafumaneka kumaqela kunye neziganeko ezizodwa.
Iqela lika-Estelle likwasemsebenzini wokubuyisela: bahlala behlambulula imifula apho baqhubela khona kwaye bayidonsa, umzekelo. Okwangoku kwimisebenzi yinto ehambelana nayo yokuhlaselwa, mhlawumbi kwi-yacht okanye kwisiqithi esinqatshiwe; amathuba anokuphela. Isikolo seMermaid sisekelwe kwi-Anguilla uninzi wonyaka, kodwa ehlobo, u-Estelle kunye nabahlobo bakhe abathandekayo baya kwi-Hamptons naseSt. Tropez.
Bona iwebhusayithi yazo zonke izibuyekezo kunye nolwazi.