Before meeting wq and constance, have some time so I sit in Mac to read my dive book. Knowing more does help to reduce my fear. wahaha..but still abit scare + stressed + excited abt going to dive!

Finally reached Dayang after one whole night of travelling! We left 1 hour to sleep before our diving starts! OMG........luckily we napped 3 hours on the ferry here!

So in the end we came out to see sunrise as we can't get to sleep ^^!!

wah..so many slippers yet none of them are the same!!! amazing^^

Was so stressed that I feel abit of stomachache before going for first dive!

Also self declare to our instructor (Cynthia) that I am cui and don't have enough water confidence!!! hhahaha... I think she quite surprised that like that I still come diving...LOL.

When I first jumped into the water, I kept feeling my mask is loose...drank abit of water here and there...felt the bcd not floating high enough.

Actually.......is just I never position my body well enough. Hahha...Cynthia ask me to lay on my back on the bcd..in the end the water enter my snorkel and i drink water =.= ... haha..stupid me lah, never tilt up my head...hahahha

We descent with a rope for first dive (will be having it for 2nd dive too). This is to allow us to control our speed of descending and also to get use to the pressure. Also...to avoid us from floating away! When we first descent...the water looks super deep because we cannot see the sea bed!!! Halfway then I am less afraid as I can see the sea bed.

At the beginning, I find it abit hard to breath ... and I was wondering is it that my air tank wasn't fully open....signalled to Cynthia that my air not ok...then she show me how to bite properly...I was like ^^||| but then i realise...i think is becos sometimes i forgot and tried to breath in with my nose unknowningly...LOL. And also my mouth piece never put properly thats why I feel lack of air...basically is just not used to it^^|

Wq and Veron at the rope, both of them have problems equalizing. Ouch!

So they have to go up and down. THen before I realise...and the first person at the bottom of the rope. OMg^^| So what I do? I looked at fishes to distract myself and made myself less panick. Also ... at the same time must look out for the fin above my head...as we are vertically on top of one and another. I still remember I was sort of trapped within constance's alt air source...and stuff like that for a while LOLOL.

Veron and Constance at the bottom holding on to the rope. All 4 of us...(i call us the 4 apparentice^^) kneel down on the sea bed holding onto the rope to do those required things one by one.

The mask clearing method taught by Cynthia was better, is easier to clear without lifting the mask! I still ganna wasabi effect though...still cannot control not to breath in with my nose ><

When I took out my mask...I really tried and let of my nose don't pinch....but i still failed...water still get into my nose =.= So i decided not to try anymore...and put back my mask...and clear. Very funny..each time i dunno I already cleared my mask...Cynthia have to squeeze my arm to inform me....wahahhaha

So happy, I know how to clear mask lah!!! Yeah! Can do half filled, fully filled with water and take off and put back my mask^^

Then we do other things like how to retrieve back regulators both using the sweep back with hand method and using feeling, touch from first stage to 2nd stage.

While others are doing...I am busy looking at fishes...hahaa. They are good distraction, made me less panick^^|

Saw this batfirsh...but is very sad...u can see the hook at the mouth>< ouch!!! At first I didn't realise is a hook ... tot is some special feature of the fish..OMG. God bless the hook will drop off by itself man..so painful ><
(saw the same breed at 3rd dive too ^^)

When all of us finished all practices, we ascended up. I know next dive we have to do CESA...so this ascend i take note of roughly how long we take to go up. Is actually pretty fast!

Also...upon surfacing...i tried using mouth to inflat the bcd but drink water again =.= so give up...use the pump instead hahah.

Then i do towing...wah..super tiring. I was towing Veron and as I fin i feel my leg going to cramp so I say rest a while...haha..is really quite tiring to tow pple!

Yeah, after first dive I am not so scare of divng, so less stress! Although still abit sea sick haha..but I look forward to next dive lah! Just worried abt not able to pass CESA!

Unknowningly...we went to 14metres deep!! and stayed at an average of 10.8 metres!

Second dive we still have the rope down ^^ But this time round is quite shallow...only abt 3metres!

Me (left) and Veron (right) on the surface of water. (not sure picture is for which dive..but since I have no pics of 2nd dive..so i put here ^^)

THis time we go down and do bouyancy practice. Each time 2 person can do it at a go. To ensure the first person will not be wash away by current...Cynthia attach a rope between me and the white rope we hold onto. Hahah..true enough man..when she was attending to wq... i was floating everywhere...wahahha. And going up down up down...focusing on bouyancy made me forgot to equalize!!! and I felt abit of pain..and there is once when I equalize, I felt a "pooooooooooooon" sound from my right ear! ouch!!! i tot i rupture my ear man! Luckily never...scares me!

Also... I mistook a sea cucumber as a sea snake! Well...it really looked like snake mah >< hahaa...and I was pretty scared when I was ask to move towards my right (towards another sea cucumber which looked like snake><) ... kept looking to see around incase I step on it!

Also...when I almost going to rest my leg on one coral ( have to bo bian...not that I wanna destroy it but we are suppose to kneel down). Before I put my leg on it...I suddenly saw there is like a greenish color mouth on the surface of the coral and it moved! wahhhhhh...give me a fright! haha..came up and ask cynthia then i know is most likely a clam lah. LOLOL

Then when all done....she is left with Veron, we are free to fin around....just need to stay close to her.

But halfway fin-ing around, Veron suddenly ascend up. So we all went up and she look quite stressed. Then next thing we know is she is aborting dive! I was quite shocked....but luckily she continued and completed her dive requirement to get the license in next dive.

Then after that we moved to a deeper area to do CESA. I am the first to do it. Before that...Cynthia ask us to do it once..and pass it! Why? cos if we do it twice...she also have to go down twice..and 4 person x 2 times = 8 times for her!

Before reaching Dayang, I talked to Stan (a guy seating beside me on the bus)...he also said is normal to drink water when doing CESA! So i know...die die will have to drink water one...so I told myself, die die must do it in one attempt! Guess what?

After taking the 3rd breath, I started fin-ing upwards like crazy. Like there is no tml!!! Hahaha...and yeah I manage to do it in one breath! And next thing to do is inflat my bcd. I surfaced once, grab my air, blow the bcd (by the time i blow I was in water liao..so i drank some water). But nvm...fin again to come out again. BUT !!! this time one of my fin dropped out!!! OMG...but i am close to completion so dun care...i blow again...but this time I didn't surface enough time to grab enough air and blow..so I think didn't inflat the bcd enough......and although without a fin..i refused to give up...so I fin even harder...with 1 fin + 1 leg!! I tried and tried..i still cannot come out..I also tried blowing into the bcd...but I think i started to panick and lack of air (since...i can't surface out of water anymore....1 fin not enough to push myself out ><). Finally after some drinking alot of water...and I am drowning liao..I put up both hands to show i give up liao...and Cynthia came to my rescue.

Most pple think by this point I should be frightened...but guess what is the first thing I say ? "My fin!!! my fin dropped out ><". Luckily my fin is floating type one...so easily retrieved back.

I thought like that consider done...cos I am so close to completing..I think blow once more into bcd and I am done with CESA. But Cynthia ask me.....ok so ready to go down again? I was like.......Huh!!! have to do it again? OMG ><

Then we go down...Constance do it first...while I rest and calm down.

Ok...my turn again. This time I told myself to fin properly, dun anyhow fin fin fin later drop out again. But still i chiong all the way up! SO fast that Cynthia have to let go of me (ya...instructor will hold on to us..so is actually quite safe^^). But this time upon surfacing, i fin calmly. One fin -> out of water, grab my air and blow into bcd. Back down in water, drink water...dun care, fin 2nd time -> out of water...blow! and then I am semi floating liao! yeah....although still drank abit of water, I quickly blow and yeah...i am floating liao.

So i successfully completed my CESA^^ yeah! i am so happy...cos I know...I am getting my license lah! And completed everything..wahhaha

Both Wq and Constance completed CESA at first attempt^^ I must emphasis...if not becos of fin dropped out..I believe I can do it at first attempt one>< wahahhaa nonetheless, I am still very happy that I can do it!

This time round is leisure for 3 of us (wq, constance and me) but Veron still have the bouyancy and CESA to clear. So while she is doing that, we bring down one of our disposable camera to test around^^

Hahhaa..I realised that each time I focus to take a picture, I sink..and forgot to equalize...ouch!

The 4 of us landing^^ Me is the one that can only see the fin one..ganna blocked ^^|

This time round we learnt about the basic navigation ^_^
Incase i forgot...I am writing down how to use the compass.
In the picture, it showed 270 at the top as Cynathia asked me to go at 90 so coming back is the direct opposite (- / + 180 ). Then after this is done, grab my right hand elbow so my left hand and right hand form a right angle. Then turn until where the N arrow points between the double black triangles then wherever my right hand is pointing is the direction I need to go.

We saw this turtle as we are doing some fun diving^^

Was swimming over to look at the turtle when suddenly Veron's dad ask Cynthia to take photo of them. Then why am I in the picture? (the person on most left in that awkward position) Cos...I am trying to get away without making too big a motion that will stir up the sand on the sea bed or scare the turtle away! But in the end I still didn't manage to get away from the picture in time^^| LOLOL..becos the super extra in the picture...wahaha.

Dinner:

Finally can eat abit more...cos throughout the day we only have abt 30mins to eat lunch / break before we gotta board the boat again for next dive. So don't dare to eat much also not much appetite!

At night when we sleep...I also feel the bed is rocking lor. whahaha.

At night while waiting for Cynthia to do our dive log, came out to chat with Stan and some other divers. One of them is a Japanese! And I practiced my japanese abit...yeah ^^

Very tired after 3 dives and lack of sleep ... so most of us KO quite early...i think abt 10 plus 11pm we all KO-ed le.

Me with my wet suit^^

The four of us fin-ing^^

Left most is wq, middle is Veron and right is me and constance is partially blocked by Veron in the picture.

Me equalizing while fin-ing^^ watching the video I realised I didn't fin correctly..my knee bended ><

Saw a big jelly fish!!! So excited that I swam up towards it! and as it is framed nicely in my camera...I pressed then I realised i nv turn >< (is a very retro camera..after each shot must turn turn turn one). sianz...after that i also realised i am like abit too close so i backed off...so by the time i turn n took a shot..backlight..not tat nice liao >< But anyway i am drifting away from my buddies so I quickly go back down. Luckily the jelly fish have no tenticles..if not i might be sting...liao...wahah..so dangerous me...when i think of taking photos..i forgot abt safety wahhha!

Me, Cynthia (instructoress), Wq, Constance and Veron.
The gal infront of Wq is Lynn, crew from equator dive (also an assistant instructor) and she is the one who spotted the turtle^^

Saw the fever fish and I swam so close to take photo of it! Luckily I nv land on it..LOLOL. Also saw a very big EEL which both constance and I tot is a big fish but actually what we saw is part of a very big EEL! LOLOL

Cynthia picked up a sea cucumber so I touched and eee....the feeling..so erm..abit gross. soft soft and abit slimey lolol....

Have trigger fish also....but i looked at the wrong things >< nvm...most imptly none of us get bitten can liao ^^

Was suffering from sea sick quite badly that I requested for the sea sick pills..whahaha. Tried not to take it hopping that I can get used to it...but after the 4th dive in the morning..was feeling quite bad><

Our bcd setup with air tank..all ready for next dive^^

Wah...see we used so many tanks of air!!!

Cynthia (instructoress) + reef

So many divers at leisure diving that I almost cannot recognize my buddies (constance and wq)^^|.

In my last dive, we tried feeding fish! Also saw a big school of fishes! wahhhhhhh and saw Cynthia gonna feed them so I fin over...and wanna feed also. But the fishes dun seem interested so we slowly move in. Then suddenly they moved around us. THen before we know it...we are surrounded by the school of fish!!! This is so amazing!!! inside it..u feel so wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwah that we are both so excited ^^

Hahhaa...This is by far the most experiencing experience in diving!!! So memorable man!!!

Then we surface and hey..we are at the jetty! Swam below the bridge and to the boat! Hahha..on the way i still snorkel and looked at fishes..haha..drank abit of water. Somehow water will enter the mask when I use snorkel instead of the regulator. But saw the puffer fish again...and to ask wq to look at it...i drank water again..LOLOL

Then we all hold onto the rope to get up the ferry as the current is washing us to the side. On the way there, wq somehow "stepped" on the back of my fin and my fin almost dropped out again. I was shouting into my snorkel that my fin is dropping!!! LOLOL.

THen is my turn to get up the ferry...i let go of the rope to grab the stairs but I missed!! I was so close but the moment i missed, i was washed away!!! And all i can do was look at cynthia saying " grab me!!!" with my eyes....hahaha. Then Cynthia quickly grabbed me and hold on to the stairs. But i think i grabbed onto her before she got the stairs and this nearly cause her to miss the stairs too. LOLOL..ops!

Final Lunch there:

Finally can eat more also..since no more diving and the sea sick pills does helps^^

See...dayang is very nice ..anyhow take also look so nice!

LOL..with those books on fishes/star fishes on my hand..I looked more like going to sch than going diving^^|

See...during our time there we have to hop between boats n the bridge...beginning was abit scary..but soon we get used to it. Cos we hopped up and down so many times for diving. hahaha

This is how our bed looked like. No blanket so I brought a windbreaker to serve as a jacket cum blanket^^ But we have aircon..so at night on aircon without the fan, temperature is just nice!

The toilet is shared, and is a squating one and u have to bath standing there...LOL. But seriously..i think no one cares abt the room, the toilet, the food.....all we care abt..is the DIVING ^____________^

Have dinner at a restaurant. But man...I have problems eating fish...each time i wanna eat it......I kept thinking of the fishes I saw in the sea >< omg......how to eat fish like that? I feel guilty ..and cruel man...but well..i dun think I will stop eating fish bah...I guess I just need some time to stop thinking abt it! If not..one day u see I dun eat fish u all know why lah hor^^|

Final pic at the checkpoint! Was a very sudden thingy ..as constance ask for a photo. But i like it!! whaha..quite 不捨得 man...so we hugged Cynthia and thanked her for teaching us.

Then I take bus 160 back home...very fast ^^ Hahaha.

Lastly, i wanna say I super looking forward to next dive!!! Even looked at dive equips today lah!

I encourage everyone to go n learn how to dive, is really amazing and experiencing!!!

Also...if u have $1000...or maybe even $600 only and dunno where to go grad trip...forget abt thailand or vietnam etc...go diving! the short 2D2N is more memorable! I have so much to tell about it .... I been talking abt diving from last nite till now!!! ahhahaha

This blog is also to encourge those who are interested in diving yet abit scare to go and learn. See...i from scare + stressed to LOVE DIVING ^_^

hahaha...yeah! looking forward...to it..can we go dive again? hahaha!
(Also have not get the photos from our disposable camera...so will add more photos when i got it. cross finger and hope the photos are visible and nice^^)

Feel free to leave comments or jio me go diving here ^^ Even if u go learn...I can also go dive..so we can dive together on the 3rd or 4th dive onwards^^
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