Yeahz...finally my diving trip post yeah?must be wondering why i took so long to actually post this out rite?well,i've actually just came home from a camp which was one day after i came back from the dive trip.so i din have time to actually sit down and type out everything.so,here's everything man:

We met at the Apache clubhouse to grab our diving gears and load them up to the mini van to transfer to mersing.the ride on the van was super exciting.the driver was driving super aggressively and the whole ride feels like a roller coaster ride.there were some instances whereby you'll feel your heart dropping out.negotiating bends @ 80kmph is no joke and weaving in and out of lanes overtaking lotsa vehicles were kinda very very scary.reached endau old jetty at around 12mid nite.loaded our stuff up the boat and we were welcomed with a delicious treat of fried maggi noodles.there was quite a no of ppl diving with us and there's only 6 of us whose taking the Open water training course.the rest were leisure divers or divers on rescue course.well,was allocated rooms and we slept till 8plus in the morning.actually,the boat and facilities were far better than wat i've expected and the crew were very friendly.

for the 1st day,we completed 3 dives.for my first dive,i din really have any problem with it except the fact that i took a little longer to actually equalise than the rest.nearer to the end,i had problems descending due to the lack of weights and the tank getting lighter.well,did i mentioned that my regulator was constantly leaking air?and that's probably why my air consumption was far much higher than the rest.well,did the mask clearing exercise the first time in salt water environment and it was definitely different from the pool lesson.the difference is that there's a sting in the eyes when clearing out mask under the sea.and i almost choke on the sea water too.after which,we dive around for awhile and saw my first CLOWNFISH!we actually dive for quite awhile before we see all this coming out of the anemone.its probably due to our moon landings that actually stirred up the sandiments on the seabed which greatly reduced the visibility.after our first dive,came on board to rest for awhile before we went on a second dive.


my first clownfish


first dive...with my buddy

on the second dive,i still forgotten to change my leaking regulator!!!this time round,practice the hovering exercise.was more comfortable with for the second dive now and can fin around pretty well.our dive instructor brought us to dive through this canyon and into a semi cave area.he showed us to a moray eel and baby giant clam.saw my first angelfish and tonnes of beautiful corals.kenneth and i practiced laughing underwater!!!hahaha...


second dive site


second dive site

onto the third dive and the last dive of the day.fixed my regulator prob and changed my weightings.maintained to achieve neutral buoyancy and we felt even better breathing underwater.was showed to a nudibranch while diving by the rescue divers diving alongside our class.after we surfaced,we took the speedboat onto tioman main island over at salang bay to walk around and we had dinner while the rest of the divers went for their night dives.had a great time chilling on by the beach with a seafood feast right in front of us.


3rd dive site


nudibranch


on our way to salang

upon coming back from our island trip onto the boat,hang around the boat to check out those fishes attracted to lights from our boat.saw lotsa fishes and saw something like a leave crab swimming around and a sea snake.saw something which i think is sea hare wriggling near our boat.afterwhich,did my dive log and went to sleep shortly after.

into the second day of diving.the 4th dive was spent doing alternate air source sharing and cesa.saw a few schools of fishes and i managed to swim alongside with them.the view was exhilarating man.saw many different colors of fishes swimming around me.the feeling was great.managed to dive nearer to the corals with confidence and managed to spot on my own a moray eel and some cool fishes hiding or camouflaging within the corals.did i also mentioned that we actually spot a ford of dolphins swimming pass?we took a small boat out to get closer to them and from wat i can see,there's at least 20plus of them swimming together.i must say we were super duper lucky.


4th dive site...near reef area


taken during 4th dive


4th dive


dolphin sightings before 4th dive.onli 2 shown in this pic


we were this close to the dolphins.lucky shit...

for our last dive for the trip,dive around the reef and saw a brand new different environment.saw lotsa coral fans,feather stars and nudibranches.spotted a couple of baby giant clam.off course i shall not forget to mentioned that i got kissed by jelly fish while descending!!!hahaha...after we went on board,we found out that the divemaster have actually went hunting for fish while we were having our last dive.hunted a couple of big fish and they cooked it for lunch.the fish was super fresh and taste super good.though i kinda feel abit sad for the fish but then again,i believe that someday that fish will still end up on the dining table.but it really really taste super good.


pic after last dive


the fish hunters with their catch...the two holding on is the J brothers

as for the rest of the time when we were not diving,we spent most of the time sitting on the roof of the boat getting some tanning done and catching some sea breeze.we even did a boat jump by running and jumping into the open sea from the highest point of the boat.the feeling was damn shiok and adrenaline rushing!!!the height that we've fallen is slightly higher than the distance when u stand on the railing of a 2nd storey HDB!!!u'll get to experience free fall for sure and u can feel ur heart dropping!!!we also managed to tok to some of the other divers and they were very very friendly ppl.super funny and crappy especially jerrich and jerome that pair of twins.gui teng was also a nice person to tok to and yeah,spoke to enqi for awhile also.on the whole,the dive trip was a pleasant and memorable one.however,i did feel abit left out for the trip itself cos im like throwed to partner kenneth's sister's friend.i mean its like im suppose to go with kenneth and buddy kenneth mah...then end up his present gf was going and somehow,i mean,no choice,end up partner jimmy lolz.then thru out the trip though kenneth and suyi did not like keep me out lahz...but then,i mean i dun wanna like be such a bright lightbulb hanging around the 2 of them mah.so i wasn't really comfortable at all but still i mus say this out.its not that im angry with kenneth or anything lahz but i just dun wanna keep this within.but im glad kenneth and suyi they all got together and enjoyed themselves.suyi was a great companion onboard too.super crappy and shitty just like kenneth.hahahaha...shall upload some pics for ur viewing pleasure...


suyi,kenneth and mi!


all the OWD except jimmy


the slack area at the top level of the boat


the open deck top of boat


our room...


the tanks recharging and holding area


the dining room and living room of the boat


the giant leap off area


most of the members on board


the boat transfer foto with3 of us on the small fishing boat

wait for further updates of pics man...i've more pics with kenneth!shall show u peeps the leaping off thingy and how high it looks...keep track yeah?