i am a LEGAL, QUALIFIED DIVER =DDD the trip to tioman was very fun! Of course there was hiccups here and there but in the end we just laughed about it and moved on. There is just so much things to explore and do there, for us to be bothered by hiccups.
Anyway, fyi i have been taking diving lessons and doing some theory stuff to take my diving license. Thus the trip to Tioman with 3 of my cousins, my sis and dad was for both recreational purpose as well as a test on our diving skills. I PASS ALL 4 TESTS (:
some interesting stuff that happened;
1. We chose live-on-board instead of land chalets so it was damn cool because every night, we will be rocked to sleep. well, at least it was cool for me since i dont get motion sickness. feels like i am back to that "yao lao" thingie when i was a baby. And the deck of the boat is damn cool! i can tan and roast myself in the day and watch shooting stars at night! =D
2. my dad was being exceptionally paranoid. Underwater, he kept signalling to us that he's out of air when he actually isnt. then he will start hyperventilating, inflate his BCD and shoot out of the water like a rocket. Thus, he's lungs overexpanded from the ascending pressure and he had breathing difficulty afterthat -.- very smart lah daddy
3. me and shirley (older cousin) lost our team because when everyone was all positioned to deflate their BCD and enter the water, both of us were still fumbling with our regulator. So by the time we actually deflate and submerge, no one else was in sight -.- So after finning around and exchanging looks of confusion, we finally ascended and only to realised that we are actually damn far away from the rest!
4. We dived so much that when we were lying still in our bunks at night, we could feel as if our mask and regulator were still intact and we were still breathing with our mouth. When they close their eyes, they claim that they can still see corals and fishes. but i dont know WHY, when i close mine, i just see COCKROACHES. oh the horrors!
5. THE UNDERWATER WOLRD IS GORGEOUS. i have nothing else more to say about it, its just GORGEOUS BEYOND BELIEVE! the corals! the fishes! the marine life! the eels! the crabs! and the way the symbiotic relationship works in the underwater world, its just MAGICAL~
Okay, i think i should stop going on and on about it because you really have to be there, in order to really experience all that! I LOVE ADVENTURES! but like, now i am abit deaf and numb in my nose =S
the holidays are tooo short! so many things to do!
{ 6/30/2009 }
