Diving at Tioman

I am now officially a openwater diver! haha!

Will never expect myself to learn diving but miracously i did. Went to tioman(malaysia) last sat to sun to take the openwater course with jackson, russell, james liu, jonathon, yanbo, lex, james yoon.

Took a bus all the way from peinusular plaza to some jetty in msia. The worst part is that the bus is not chao yuan and the ride is almost 5hrs! We tried entertaining ourself by singing acapella at the start but it was really a mess! Then russell and i decided to play psp when everyone is sleeping because they played some movie and its was too loud for us to sleep.

the going-to-be divers

When we reach the jetty, it was another round of waiting. This time for the ferry cause the tide was too low for the boat to came in.

Waiting for the ferry

When we reach Tioman, it was already around 5 am in the morning. Me, russell, james and jonathon got into one room. We were all very tired but we couldnt sleep. Due to our stupidity by telling ghost story and end up everyone getting damm horrified. At the end of the first two dives, russell got a very serious shoudler ache, and he say he thought of shutter! haha!

We met at 9 for breakfast then went for sizing for our equiments. Our first lesson was at the pool, learning all the basics. After that, we had our lunch and went straight into the sea for our first dive. The first dive is of course very scary. I was trying my best to keep myself as calm as possible.

Before we got onto the boat

On the Boat

While getting to our diving site, we get our equipments prepared. After that, we started singing again. I felt comfortable for the subsequent 3 dives, just like a fish in the water! haha. We saw lots of fish, sea urchins, fish and more of it! haha. We also saw a giant turtle. Grace say we are damm lucky to see it!

The 4 dives went pass quite smoothly and quickly, overall the whole trip was a lot of fun. Before we left the island, we tried the iceball that can never be found in singapore. Again, we took lots of photos!

THE DIVERS

Me and grace, the diving instructor. She was very patient with us and very very nice! She decided to call me didi throughtout the lessons cause firstly she couldnt remember my chinese name and also i am the yougnest among them all!

Hanquan