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Sunday, July 09, 2006

cErTiFiEd oPeN wAtEr DiVeR!!! - pArT 2

cErTiFiEd oPeN wAtEr DiVeR!!! - pArT 2

Ok.. finally i found some times to continue my Pulau Tinggi trip.. hee.. so here i go..
Continue from last post.. after i went back to my room barefooted.. i try my best to fix e stupid slippers.. gif me so much problem.. luckily it was not tt hard to fix at all lo.. after that we went to collect our dive equipments which we left besides the swimming pool and head to the jetty to take our dive boat.. On the boat we are all veri excited man.. our 1st dive of our life le.. haha.. we were heading to a dive site called Buloh Kasap which we reached in abt 15 mins time.. when the boat stopped moving, we started to gear up.. first time wearing the wet suit (dive suit).. veri difficult to wear at first.. cos is like tight fitting for me la.. i big size ma.. haha.. den we start to prepare our dive equipment.. testing the tank.. checking the pressure and fitting the BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) to the tank and taking the weight belt.. for the weight belt is the less weight u took.. the more zai u are.. and normally.. guys needed more weight den girls.. haha.. after preparing.. was to put on all the equipments with the help of the buddy.. if not was quite hard to put on cause is like super heavy la.. haha.. everyone seems to take their time to gear up.. tink afraid to be the first to dive.. so bo bian.. i shall start the ball rolling la.. standing near the platform, the Assistant Instructor, Willie helped me to check on my equipment.. luckily he helped me check.. cos i forgot to connect the inflator hose to the inflator.. :P.. after which i try putting on the fins while standing and next, i jumped into the water liao!! Doooommmmm!!! i took my first breath using the regulator in the sea water for the first time!! as my BCD is inflated.. i floated immediately.. den i changed the regulator to the snorkel to save air lo!!!
mE rEaDy tO jUmP!! (uNdErwAtEr tErMiNaToR oN miSsiOn..)

After tt i swam towards the buoyancy ball as the Instructor, Thomas is waiting there for us and it is also the place which we will descend, following the rope leading towards the seabed..
sHu hUa (fOrGoT tO cOnNeCt tHe iNfLaToR hOsE tOo!!) diViNg wiF piNk cAp??

zHeNg cHuAn fOrgOt tO cOnNeCt tOo!! hAhA!!

jOaNnE.. LiKe gOiNg sChOoL uNdErwAtEr!! hAhA!!

one by one.. everybody was finally in the water liao.. we crowded around the buoyancy ball.. Thomas den asked us to pair up and prepare to dive down.. i din pair up wif zheng chuan in the end.. instead i paired up with Shu Hua.. cos her buddy is no where to be seen.. den Thomas don wan to wait.. so i descend down with her lo.. first dive.. Adrenaline started to flow.. cos if anything happen underwater.. tink will veri jia lat.. haha.. we started to deflat our BCD.. breath out every single amount of air in our lungs.. holding on the rope as reference.. after deflating the BCD.. the hand we use to pinch our nose to equalize the pressure in the ear..
Veri soon.. we reached the bottom.. and we followed the rope to the place where it is being tied to.. and then stayed there to wait for the rest.. staying underwater is a whole new experience for us.. haha.. i was like damn curious la.. looking around.. trying to spot different fish, corals and creatures.. hoping to see something interesting.. but the visibility like veri lousy like tt.. onli was like 5m lo.. den suddenly.. i saw a palm sized jellyfish floating in front of us.. i was like wat the hell.. so i alert Shu Hua abt the jellyfish and i try to tell her where issit.. apparently.. i pointed to her the jellyfish but she just looked to where i am pointing.. so she failed to see it.. den i alert Thomas and he finally spotted it.. he den blow the jellyfish away with his regulator using the purge button.. den we looked up to the surface.. onli to realize there is a big jellyfish below those who had not descend.. diaoz.. but we also lan lan cant do anything..
jeLLyFiSh.. a bEaUtiFuL yEt LeThaL cReAtUrE..

After like waiting for 15mins.. the next person, Joanne, finally came down.. during waiting.. my right leg cramped la.. cos tink bcos of the hike and also bcos i was in kneeling position all along.. here some pictures we took underwater!!
mE & sHu hUa wHiLe wAiTiNg..
tHiS iS a bEtTeR oNe?? wiTh fiSh aRoUnD uS!!
hAhA.. sAmE pOsE aGaiN!!
mE, sHu hUa & jOaNnE.. tHe 3 uNdErwAtEr mUsKeTeErS!!

while stilling waiting for the rest to come down.. suddenly.. Joanne signalled that she is veri cold.. shivered like dunno wat lo.. tink to a stage which she dunno what she was doing like.. i was like wat the hell.. don scared us le.. so Thomas immediately took off his BCD & equipments including regulator.. and also his wetsuit.. his goggle den stuck in the wetsuit and also the tank toppled over.. so i saved the tanks and put the regulator back into his mouth as Shu Hua tried to take out the goggle.. but duno why cant find it.. den i waved back my hand and accidentally hit something hard in the wetsuit!! it was the goggle.. haha.. so lucky sia.. so i passed it back to Thomas.. but the best is that.. Joanne cant do the same as him!! cos it needed some skills and guts to take out all the things lo.. so in the end bo bian.. Joanne just have to surface.. so after awhile.. onli another 2 came down.. Zheng Chuan & Ruth.. so Thomas wait until sianz liao so signalled to us to follow him.. so just follow lo.. along the way saw sea urchin and all this.. but after a while.. i was like slowly ascending.. so i just tried to keep me sinking but failed to do so lo.. haha.. so before i could do anything.. i surfaced liao.. -_-".. sianz.. but after surfaced.. onli to realize everyone also can control their buoyancy well!! is actualli because everytime we breath in air.. we din breath out all also.. so keep abit.. so everytime we breath in.. more and more air accumulate.. so our buoyancy slowly increase until we surface lo.. haha.. Bo bian.. so we have to abort this dive and board the boat.. Things we din see... haha..
sEa sLuG... qUiTe ugLy...

nEmO fOuNdEd aT PuLaU TiNgGi!!

dUnNo wHaT FiSh iS tHiS... hAhA..

sEa bEd fuLL oF cOraLs!!

cOraLs... (tAkEn uSiNg rEd fiLtEr oN cAmErA..)

After we boarded the boat.. Thomas instructed to go back first before next dive.. to get a new wetsuit for Joanne and also more weights and De-Congestion Pills for those who cant equalize their ears while descending due to mucus in the sinus or wat.. haha.. the rest of us take a quick bite & replenish fluid & also to relieve ourselves la.. haha.. den i also took sometimes to ask Thomas about controlling buoyancy.. After which we boarded the boat again and head towards our 2nd dive site, Tanjung Gua..
The dive site was about 10mins trip la.. so quite near.. after we arrived at the site.. we immediately geared up.. the oxygen tank alreadi changed before we alight the boat just now.. oh well.. i was one of the few who need to change the tank cos i stayed in the water longer than e rest.. and i bigger in size.. hence need more air.. haha.. this time round i am still the first who jumped into the water first.. as usual.. swim to the buoyancy ball and wait for the rest.. after a while.. e rest came along.. next i paired up wif Zheng Chuan and ready to descend liao.. ok.. tink is i heavy enough.. or maybe i got too much weights on me.. i descended quite fast.. the visibility is better than just now.. around 7 m.. while descending.. i kept a look out on wat is at the sea bed.. to my surprise.. there is alot of sea urchins below!! -_-".. so must be veri careful.. as i followed the rope to the end.. there is like 10 plus sea urchins around la.. there is a couple who is like 2 arms length away from me.. Next.. we practised skills like clearing half flooded mask, fin pivot and regulator retrieval.. for the fin pivot is difficult.. cos there is alot of sea urchins around.. den not a clear space for me to do lo.. den Thomas never saw it.. kept asking me to do.. so i signalled to him the sea urchins.. onli then he cleared it for me.. wan me to die meh.. haha..
DefLaTiNg BCD & rEaDy tO dEsCeNd!!!

pRaCtiSiNg aLtErNaTe AiR sOuRcE!!

a bUnCh oF sEa uRcHiNs..

sEa uRcHiNs HiDiNg...

After practising.. we went for a leisure dive.. i was determined to stay underwater for the whole dive.. and luckily.. i got the hang of it!! hahah.. it was realli nice to dive around and appreciating the underwater sceneries.. there were times which i nearly kana kicked by Thomas or Shu Hua by their fins.. and also times which got people above me den i dunno what to do.. haha.. but luckily nothing happen la.. saw alot of sea urchins, corals and clown fish!! the highlight of this dive is went suddenly Thomas lead us to a deeper ground.. then after which we realized we have dive into the middle of a coral reef and we were being surrounded!! Amazing stuffs sia.. after which we surfaced.. onli then i realized there is onli 3 out of 7 of us managed to complete this dive with Thomas.. The rest just float to the surface during the route..
a bRiGhT coLoUrEd sEa sLuG..

sEa cUcUmBeR.. LoOk dAmN fAkE... hAhA!!

sHaRkS cOmiNg!! NeMo HiDiNg!!

tHoUsAnD yEaRs LiNg zHi fOuNd uNdErwAtEr!!!

cArLsBeRg iS sO gOoD tHaT eVeN sEa cUcUmBeR LoVe tO dRiNk!!

After surfaced then i realized something.. i din do alternate air source.. cos just now underwater my buddy was doing wif the other person due to a mistake by the Assistant Instructor, Willie.. haha.. so bo bian.. my buddy and i headed towards the buoyancy ball and descended again.. my buddy got abit of problem descending la.. while i was like descend abit fast.. so i reached bottom faster.. den i saw Thomas and Mabel, one of the student.. so i headed towards them.. den Thomas asked me to do alternate air source with her lo.. so just do lo.. after finishing.. i swam towards my buddy den signalled to surface.. haha.. in the end he just descended for fun onli lo.. when i boarded the boat.. suddenly i felt abit not balanced.. ahha.. nearly fell down sia.. den damn Malu liao.. after all of us was on the boat.. we headed back to the resort.. and also to dismantle the equipment on the tank and pack it into the gear bag..
cAmErA mAn gOt sEaSiCk!!

NiCe bAcKgRoUnD!! sHaRoN, mE, zHeNg cHuAn & tHoMaS!!

Q vErSiOn oF TiTaNiC!!

jOaNnE & mAbeL!!

When we about to reach the resort.. we realized that the resort was veri dark.. we knew cham liao.. the generator spoilt liao.. so we had a candle light dinner together.. den we took 4 candles & a match box each to our room to use.. showered with the help of candle.. quite errie lo when looked into the mirror.. no eletricity means no heater & no air-conditioner.. so had to bathe with cold water.. haha.. after bathing.. i went outside to graze the stars.. onli to feel that the sky was moving.. haha.. siao bo.. abit giddy lo.. this was due to sea-motion sickness la.. haha.. so i took a nap before we had to gathered at the dining area to write the dive log-book which we kept a record of the details of the number of dives & the dive site & our experiences..
After writing.. got nothing to do.. somemore the room was damn warm.. so we decided not to sleep.. so there were ghost story telling session.. and also some poker cards games & also lame game like "zhong ji mi ma", "one frog jump into the water", "007" and etc.. the forfeit was to drink water.. we managed to finish 2 tubs of water.. at around 1 plus.. everyone started to feel tired & also motion sickness.. most of them slept on the chairs in the dining area.. for me?? i went besides the pool to rest.. never sleep.. was hoping for the generator to be fix.. den at around 3 plus.. when i was about to become unconscious on the chairs in the dining area.. i suddenly hear some noises.. i woke up onli to realize the electricity was back!! yeah!! aha.. den i woke Willie up den he went to wake the rest of them up.. back into the room.. i fell asleep immediately once lie on the bed.. hee..

Ok.. thats all for this post.. gonna go rest liao.. World Cup 2006 Finals later!! WooooHooo!!
Please wait for cErTiFiEd oPeN wAtEr DiVeR!!! - pArT 3!! hopefully it will be the last.. maybe not.. cos still got quite alot of photos to upload.. i will continue day 3 next time!! Stay tuned..

NiKe_bOi 4:54 PM