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Monday, July 31, 2006

iNtEr-fOrMaTiOn hOcKeY tOuRnAmEnT 06/07

iNtEr-fOrMaTiOn hOcKeY tOuRnAmEnT 06/07

Hahah.. finally.. after a yr of waiting.. inter-formation hockey tournament 06/07 will be starting soon.. this yr MINDEF goal is of cos again defends the title one more time and head for 5th consecutive year of being the Champions.. if we ever win.. i hope to get the MVP award la.. this yr our team is like super depleted la.. of the whole team onli left 3 persons from last yr team.. the rest either posted to other unit or had ORD-ed liao.. sianzzz.. if no gd player come in.. given our current squad.. we at the most make it to 2nd round.. haizz... think this yr i cant play in my original position as defenders le.. although last yr i play as left half la.. but if no gd player.. i shall try to play as centre half.. oh.. centre half is a position tt need skilful player.. i not skilful enuf lo.. so must play even harder..
Our training is like every Wednesday & Friday.. so sianz la.. haf to travel to Bedok Camp from my camp at Yewtee le.. den train finish liao haf to travel back to Ang Mo Kio.. Super waste of time la!!! i am a busy man ok??? haha.. got alot of other commitments lo.. Oh well.. this onli last for a month onli..
Hmmm.. i nowadays usually blog onli when i have photos to upload.. but today don haf.. just tt i feel like blogging nia.. its late at nite now.. veri tired.. but don feel like sleeping.. alot of things going through my mind.. i dunno how to put it also.. i just felt veri lonely lo.. haix.. dunno how to say la.. just tink tt my friendships with my frds is like veri not firm lo.. aiya.. dunno la.. ignore me.. if u think tt you are my frd be it hi-bye or good frd.. pls tink again.. what is our friendship based on?? are you fit to be my frd?? or am i good enuf to be urs??? sometimes i just feel that some of my friendship i haf with others is like super fake.. anything happen.. pooofff.. here you go.. its gone.. haha..
I dunno how to say la.. haix.. ignore me.. just leave me alone all...

NiKe_bOi 11:36 PM

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

cErTiFiEd oPeN wAtEr DiVeR!!! - pArT 3 (FiNaL)

cErTiFiEd oPeN wAtEr DiVeR!!! - pArT 3 (FiNaL)

Oh well.. managed to find sometimes to continue this post again... hopefully this will be the last.. if not will have to wait for a week or so more again cos i will be quite busy for the rest of the week.. :P..
After a long night.. i onli managed to sleep like 3 hrs or so.. haha.. luckily my motion sickness more or less recovered le.. if not this 2 days onli slp like 6 hrs realli damn shagged lo.. despite the lack of sleep.. i still insist on waking up at 6 plus so that i will not rush later.. after washing up.. i woke ZC up den i went outside to the balcony.. to my surprise.. i saw the 3 dogs that belongs to this island owner loitering outside our room!! haha.. den 2 of them which is the parent approached me and the young one just went away.. so i took sometimes playing with them since nothing to do anyway..
oNe oF tHe dOgs!! sHouLd bE tHe mOm.. hAhA..

After which went to lie on the bench beside the shore.. waaahhh.. sea breeze blowing.. damn shuang.. nearly fell aslp.. if not for ZC to call me to eat breakfast.. buffet again.. got nasi lemak la.. fried noodles la.. fried bread with eggs la.. and hard boiled eggs.. after which we boarded the dive boat and headed towards our 1st dive site, Tanhung Gua.. tink everyone was very slpy after staying up so late.. haha.. i am the most shagged and slpy one.. think i stoned quite alot of times lo.. haha..
hEaDiNg tO oUr DiVe siTe..

NiCe sCeNeRy RiGhT??

mE pOsiNg wiTh tHe NiCe isLaNd..

wHaT wE LoOkiNg aT?? oNe dOwN dUe tO sLeEpiNeSsSs...

After we reached the dive site.. immediately geared up den one by one got into the sea.. as usual.. i was the first to jump in.. for this dive.. i paired up with ZC again.. and we have to descend without the help of buoyant line except to use it as a reference.. at the bottom.. we did abit of navigation & nearly "Ho Lan" cos obviously there was a miscommunication between my buddy & me and the instructor.. after which we went for leisure dive liao.. saw a sea cucumber which was quite big.. alot of beautiful corals & etc.. spotted a veri big fish but cant realli remember what its name la.. haha..
mE uNdErwAtEr..

LoOk LiKe bRaiN hOh?!?

wAh sEi.. uNdErwAtEr fLoWeR??

cLoSe uP viEw oF a cOraL..

i tHiNk tHiS wAs tHe BiG FiSh i mEnTiOnEd... :P..

mUd sKiPpEr iN tHe sEa??

nAtUraL rUbBiSh BiN iN tHe sEa..

At the end of our leisure dive.. we did a Control Emergency Swimming Ascent (CESA) to the surface.. Then we did tired-diver tow, removal & wearing of BCD and also sitting on the BCD and balance on it at the surface.. on the boat after i took off my equipments.. Thomas suddenly asked be to go to the edge as he got something to show me.. at first i said don haf.. den he asked me to stand closer.. suddenly he gave me a push la! ahah.. luckily my reflexes are fast enough to caught hold to the bench.. heee.. but i got a small abbrasion at the feet la..
After everyone got on the boat.. we proceeded to our last dive site, Buloh Kasap.. feeling abit sad because this trip is coming to an end and i still had not have enough of diving lo.. sianz.. This time round we descended as a group without the help or reference of the buoyant line.. i was descending so fast tt the instructor caught hold of me.. not because it was dangerous.. but because must observed what is below me.. haha.. i know la.. i wont destroyed the corals or stepped on to any sea urchins one de la.. saw a small jelly fish after i reached the bottom.. haha.. tink i and the jelly fish got "yuan fen" lo.. kept meeting it.. the instructor played with it a while before pushing it away.. Next we did complete mask removal & hovering.. As my instructor was testing other people.. the jelly fish came back again.. few of us were like dodging it la.. causing a small chaos lo.. den i remembered what Thomas did during the first dive.. so i followed suit and used my regulator & press the purge button to blow it away.. den we had our leisure dive.. saw lift fish which swam vertically, veri big sea urchin and other fish & corals which i had no knowledge of.. at end of the dive.. we practised safety stop before surfacing.. while hovering at the 5m mark.. Thomas and i played finger game "chi ko ba" la... -_-".. haah..
i LoOkEd dAmN fUnNy hErE...

aLiEn cReAtUrE fOuNd!!

siMpLy aMaZiNg!!!

tHe vEri BiG sEa uRcHiN!!

wHo tHrOw "rAmBuTaN" iN tHe sEa??

LoOkS LiKe wHaT mY mOm bUy fOr DiNnEr..

oYsTeR siA!! yUmMy!! gOt pEarL aNoT??

rUtH, sHaRoN & zHeNg cHuAn sAtiSfiEd aFtEr DiVe!!

After all of us got onto the boat.. we headed back to our resort.. on the way back.. we dismantled our equipments and put it back into the dive gear.. upon reaching back.. we onli got 1 hr for us to have our lunch and also to wash up and bath before we took the boat back to Mersing Jetty..
gOoD bYe PuLaU TiNgGi.. dEsMoNd, mAbeL, ZC, sHaRoN & tHoMaS..

a DiVeR cOupLe..

FiNgEr gAmE aGaiN?? pRiZe fOr tHe wiNnEr?? mY gReY sLiPpErS.. hAhA!!

the journey was quite a short one from Pulau Tinggi to Mersing Jetty as we never failed to entertain ourselves.. over at Mersing Jetty.. we had a short break where we had some food & wrote our dive log book while waiting for the van.. and also for me to took a short nap to repair my generator.. hee..
aT tHe mErSiNg jEtTy..

Waited for 45mins before the van arrived.. on the van.. everyone knocked off la.. haha.. too tired liao.. we onli woke up when we about to reach 2nd link.. along the way to the custom.. we shared alot of jokes & "Qian Bian Wen Da Ti" to kill time lo.. haha.. so time passed veri fast.. at the Malaysia Custom was quite fast.. we onli had to wait at the Singapore Custom due to long queue.. but we still continued the lame questions to entertain ourselves.. haha.. After we passed Singapore Custom.. we took the van and headed back to SunnyCove.. Over there we bid each other goodbye.. onli to hope we can meet again and better still take Advance Open Water Diver Course together!!!
tHe SiAo OnZ pEopLe oF tHe DiViNg tRiP!!!

Ok.. Thats the end of my diving trip.. hopefully wat i mentioned and the picture actualli let you have interest in diving!! if anyone going diving.. please remember to jio me along!! i will be more than happy!! hee.. Thanks!!

NiKe_bOi 10:04 PM

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