here's a lil of what i felt during the 4 days 3 nights trip. Surprisingly, i didnt enjoy it that much. i didnt enjoy as much as i think i would be. yes the dive are awesome, but the processes are like horrible. the procedures of carrying a bulky tank on land is really terrible. those BDC tanks etc are extremely heavy. fins and weight belt are very irritating, and worse of all, i dont have control of my own movement even as i was diving in the sea because i havee yet to master the technique yet. it was really cold under the water. i was totally shivering under water! almost wanted to give up the course when i was on the 2nd dive because it sucks when i cant equalise my ears. haha, but well, i didnt, cos the subsequent dives made everything worthwhile.and then, women's number one irritating thing came ON THE MORNING OF MY 2ND DIVE DAY. wow well done, especially i was totally not prepared. and have zero experience of using a tampon =xX.
i did 7 dives in total, spread among two days. the remaining two days are like travelling time. the instructors are good, and i seriously felt safe with them.
didnt manage to get a shot of me diving cos our group doesnt have a camera that can work underwater.
this is SEA URCHIN! haha, i think its real cute. as we were practising our basics with the instructor, the more experienced diver fought with these sea urchin using a stick. it was damn funny leh. cos these creatures keep moving SLOWLY and QUIETLY to us and they have to "chase" them away. despite those urchin warriors, they keep creeping near us leh. and then my instructor got pek chek and uses his hand and pick one up, and place it behind some stone. lol. im not sure whether they are posionous but two of the coursemates got stung by them. and they complained it was pain! but guess they were okay.
arent they cute?? hahah i seems to have a special liking for sea urchin. im assuming those glowing spots are their eyes?? i even went close to them and "observe" their eyes. but alas, didnt catch much cos my technique still cmi yet. hahah. because of my bad technique, i almost lie facedown ON A BED OF SEA URCHIN LEH! hahaha. xia si wo! lucky the instructor pointed that bed of sea urchin to me before i really smack right into their bed. and then when i realised how near they were, i kicked and swam up desperately. lol. i bet i must have kicked off 50% of the urchin off the bed. OOPS!okay, and then my favourite fish of the dive! NEMO! hahah arent they cute. omg. they are really tiny and suppper cute, how i wish i can catch them! haha, they are extreme cute when they are swimming among the moving coral. i even saw a bright yellow coral. its damn gorgeous, esp with the nemos swimming in and out of them =)
OF COS, i see schools of fishes swimming THROUGH ME wooohoo!and i guess my face is too small for mask! hahha. the mask covered 3/4 of my face leh. haha and i look damn ugly with the regulator in my mouth. hahha. and i looked like a tortise carrying a huge tank behind me. haha.
AND my face looks damn cui now. =( the sea arent very clean! =s
despite all these, i will still dive =pp SO AS OF NOW, yours truly is a certified diver now! =PP