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hmmmmz... tat's a good mentality i guess.. just practice skills.. if u see something then it's a bonus.. yes.. yes.. guess i'll change my mindset to that.. not actually looking forward.. honestly, i don't quite like night dives (although i only got 2 under my belt.. that's not the only thing under my belt tho.. .. hahaha shuddup bob..) it's just that i wanna know why pple wanna do night dives... until i don't experience a good night dive, i won't stop... muaahhaha.. monsterfishes..?? hmmzz more like monster-sandy-bottom.. hhehe.. my air supply apparently goes down faster at night.. hmmmzz... maybe i'm just scared..

hmmmmzzz.. AT, hinting someone to get u a strobe ehz? hehe... kept on saying u need a strobe.. hmmmmzzzz.. hhehe maaannnttaaaaa raaaayysss! no fair.... really nice pics man... is the vis as good as it is in those pics? its very clear..

wow 2-storey building..?? i can't beat that for sure.. hehe.. baby sharks ehz.. maybe i'm just unlucky i guess.. i'm looking forward to do night dives elsewhere... still wanna know what's there to see at night.. until i can comprehend why the need for night dives, i will keep on diving at night.. hehehe so i guess we're even then.. i'm lucky i din't get narcz for my deep dive..

hehehe.. cos we had trouble finding deep dive sites... and finally we found one which was abt 20m.. heehee.. come to think of it, it's much lesser than 40mins actually.. hahah yeah it was very choppy back then ehz... but u should try the speedboat back from perhentian... did i say speedboat?? more like rollercoaster man.. luckily i sat at the back.. learnt my lesson not to sit in front from the previous ride.. hehe next week..? alrite!

superb...!!! i love ur tank.. beautifully done.. excellento!

hehehe.. i was typing then i thought it was too long... so here it goes.. I did my Peak Performance Buoyancy dive next... As i have done it b4 back at Perhentian, this time i get to practice hovering and everything... The next dive was a fun dive (optional)... and again the instructors gave me the chance to practice... We ended up doing another fun dive b4 the sun sets.. Soon enough, the sun begins to set and we started to rig up for our night dive... Of all the dives for advance, my most concern is the night dive... yah yah i'm scared... plus we had to do nav at night... and we got lost again... hehehe dun laff... but our instructor, Kelvin shone his torch underwater and we finned our way towards the light... phew.. but underwater we practised a 'blackout' drill when all our dive lights are switched off... I was relieved that it wasn't as dark as i thought... In fact, I could see about 3 metres all around me.. After my night dive, I still don't know why divers go for night dive... An explanation from another instructor, I soon could comprehend the reason... That was all for that day... A long day... Next day, we did a Boat Dive, as a replacement for Wreck Dive cos there was no wreck there... It began to drizzle for a moment.. But it went away in no time... We tried to find deep sites to complete our AOW... but there seem to be no deep sites... We finally found a deep site... Which I think is not deep for most of you guys... It was at 20m... This was when the current got strong and i gave up my fight... hehehe... For our deep dive, we were assign a task b4 the dive... then at 20m we were required to redo that task underwater... i timed in at 20 secs on the surface... but underwater, i clocked in at 33 secs... This was to prove that your thinking slowed down under deep water... and yes it did... hehehe

A few weekends ago, 8 of us headed to mersing to dive at islands relatively closer to the coast compared to tioman. Islands like Pulau Besar and Pulau Rawa are less than 40 mins ride off the coast of malaysia. For our first dive, we set out to dive at Pulau Besar. It took me awhlie to refresh myself. As we descend, I was surprised that the visiblity was not that bad. About 6-9m on the average. The current was not strong at all bearing in mind I only got snorkelling fins on.. I did my underwater navigation and i got lost... Twice... hehehe... For those planning to do your advance, when your buddy has to take bearing for your nav skills, i think it's best that you take your bearing as well... In case you guys get lost like me... On we went to our next dive site... The sea was beginning to get choppy... The boat stopped at about 20m away from a protuding rock... It was very choppy so we ended up skipping that dive site... Next site and the consequent dives for that day were around Pulau Rawa... Dive sites around Pulau Rawa generally has considerably mild currents with light surges underwater... Unfortunately, the next day at Pulau Hujong the current was too strong... especially when you see instructors with twinjets fin past you with ease... grrr.. As for underwater sights, my instructor spotted a moray eel.. And my buddy saw a grouper... Myself, I got to see the crown of thorns... They seem so harmless underwater... And another small crown of thorns with a diameter of about 10cm... Plus a really huge angelfish, i'm not sure what kind though.. I enjoyed my trip because after all that... We get to go back to the hotel at Mersing and enjoy a hot bath... and oh yes who can forget those beds... yummy (no dirty thoughts ar).. air con, tv, bath tub, hot shower, toilet bowl and everything.. so it was a good rest before continuing our dive the next day...

cos pple keep calling him ugly tat's y... but seriously, he's reali ugly man..

wah! tat's reali nice man... hehe i dun own it... but i tried it b4.. hehe

u could try apollo bio-metal... i've tried it myself.. it'll give u a wider angle of view cos it's not as 'thick' as other masks which kinda 'blocks' ur view.. in LMT, it's closer to ur face... plus the silicon feels reali good.. soft n everything.. personally, i think u should give it a try..

how yazid? wen ur planning to do ur AOW? i've cleared mi AOW.. budi's still interested tho... maybe we all could go up to rawa ehz?

cut down to 4.. not 3.. 3 would be nice tho.. budi's planning to do AOW too... looking forward to dive together again..

i used to go down wif 6 weights.. mi buddy yazid can confirm tat wif u guys.. rite yazid? hehe

hehehe!

yah true.. donno wats the exact time to visit tioman.. basically y i always go bak to tioman is i was afraid to try other islands..cos i scared it'll be an upset.. hehe

yes.. yes...

nicee...

don't know.. i can't view them either... i think something bout wif the database thingy.. i dun know the exact reason tho...

wow.. this looks good enuff.. cant wonders how much more beautiful it will look like wif corals... gorgeous bro!

tiomannn!!! snorkelled at tioman thrice... gets better everytime.. never been to langkawi tho... but tioman is realli good.. should really give it a try.. hehe

nleong would love to lend his.. oops.. hehehe yah.. that camera not bad sia... rite nleong?

yeah.. hope u get to see aso.. so u can take pics.. then we all can see..

oOOoOoHHhhH! anyway budi tried to PM u, but his comp kept hanging.. so he asked mi to pass u tis msg... mail him ur offer price then he'll reply to ur mail... PM me if u don't haf his email addy... alrite?

hoppinghippos --> how did u know? hahaha.. norman is great.. ahem ahem if u get wat i mean... he's like a duracell bunny.. he never stops.. hahaha

wah yazid goin US end of the year? no fair.. i wanna gooOoOOooO...