My Dive Trip...

Hee…..=]
the past 2 days have been fantastic…
the R & R weekend over in Malaysia was better than I expected…..
everything was excellent…..
and I couldn’t really have asked for more…=]

we did 5 dives all together throughout Sat. and Sun.
3 on Sat. and 2 this morning.
and what they said was true……
“each and every dive, will be better than your previous dive”=D

Dive 1:
Nothing much cause this was the first dive.
had to go thru all the 6 basic exercises as well as the 2 Emergency Ascends…..
didn’t go deep for this dive,
and everything was....sand sand, dead corals and more sand……
and it was like in black and white…
haha!!
however, we did manage to see a black-spotted yellow moray eel…..
boy was it cooooool……..hahaha!!!!
Dave (our diving instructor) managed to get it out of its cave….
so we were able to see the whole eel….
was like a metre and a half long I think…=]

Dive 2:
this was a little more fun….
when to the same depth as dive one (5m) at somewhere called Monkey Bay….
at least the corals seemed more alive this time round…..
and there were much more colours…hahaha!!!!
and lots of fishes….
I mean LOTS and LOTS of them…..
black, white, blue, yellow, silver etcetc…
all kind of funny colours…haha!!

Dive 3:
WE SAW A LOBSTER!!!!!!!!!
hahaha!!!
it was hiding under this coral and was like petrified of us….haha!!!
and man was it huge…
as in like ‘served-on-dinner-table’ kind of size….
but all moving and alive….
Dave was trying to catch it,
but it just shot straight through his hands……
I didn’t know that lobsters move that fast,
and as a matter of fact, swim backwards…
hahaha!!!!
oh yar, saw a giant clam too….
not those small little peanuts we eat,
but huge huge clam….=]

Dive 4:
I think this was the worse dive of the 5…..
was bloody early,
and I was like diving half awake…
was a miracle I didn’t bump into anything…haha!!!
anyway, my mask kept fogging up,
and has to clear it like tonnes of times….
to add to my frustration,
I was on the verge of pissing in my wetsuit….
as I didn’t had time to do it before hitting the water….
and for those who don’t know,
the wet suite traps a layer of water between skin and itself for insulation….
so if I piss in it…. I’ll practically be wrapping myself in my piss….
hahahaha!!!!!!
it funny now, but think bout the agony I was in…….
nothing new too….
same kinds of corals, same kind of fishes..=]
Dive 5:
last dive of the trip,
and best of the lot….
before this trip,
I though clown fishes were cute,
but now,
I know they are CUTE……
really………they look even cuter than Nemo in really life…
hahaha!!!
we also had this big silver batfish that followed us through out the dive..
curiosity on the part of the fish I guess=]
there were also these 3 gigantic hump-head parrot fishes swimming around….
and when I say gigantic, I mean gigantic….
each was like 2 metres in length…..
apart from these….
we also saw a blue-spotted ray,
as well as a few crown of thorns (coral killers)……

~satisfied, but missing it already~

The MOD Squad...

MOD Squad transforming stance=]
(clockwise: me, Paul, Miao Ling, Yang Fan, Royston
Xing Yun, Xin Jia, Aik Min and Tiffany)


MOD-box (Theme: Modernism)...
(row 1: Marshall, Royston, Jia Xin, Yang Fan
row2: Xing Yun, Miao Ling
row 3: Me, Paul, Aik Min, Tiffany.)

War of the World????

two more days to go…..
and I can’t wait anymore…hahaha!!!!
two more days out of this uncomfortable hell hole……
and for the past few days,
the uncomfortable situation at home has mutated from bad,
to complete nonsense
it’s starting to resemble a war zone more and more…
on one hand you got the unhappy employer (my aunt) arguing with the seemingly inefficient maid,
on the other,
you have the angry mother (my aunt) disciplining her two unreasonable, hellish kids….
sigh!!!!!
it’s just utterly chaotic…
take for example this morning…
woke up a little late,
(reason: was out watching Fantastic 4 and have supper till about 3am=D)
and the first thing I hear before I even open my eyes is,
my distress aunt screaming and yelling at my 2 cousins…
threats, accusations and pleads, where flying everywhere…
not that I blame my aunt at all for the chaos…
given the situation in which I’m in her shoes,
I guess I wouldn’t have been able to control myself this long…
would have exploded long long long time ago.
but however,
without a doubt in my mind,
those two little freaks deserve all the discipline they can get…
those rascals are just totally out of control,
totally beyond saving in my eyes.
they are so rude, unreasonable, demanding and irritating!!!!!
they’re as un-lovable as any kid can get…
even the word ‘kid’ might be an inappropriate connotation in this case…
I think ‘little monsters’ might be more applicable…….seriously!!
fortunately, they aren’t the only 5 years old and 12 years old I know,
cause if they were,
I swore I would have hated kids…
thank goodness NO…
cause I my opinion, children are children,
youthful, adorable, lovable, a little teeny-weeny bit unreasonable sometimes….
children are a blessing=]
but those 2…
never in the world would they be blessings….

sigh!!!!
good thing after tomorrow,
I’ve one whole week away from here…..YEEEEEEEEE HAR!!!
then another week of late night SCUBA lessons,
follow by a peaceful diving weekend a ‘sea’ away from here…. =]
and then,
just got to survive another few days before I can MOVE!!!!!!
yEa!!!!!!!

~desperately wanting to bypass the next 48hrs of my life~

Its quite true....haha!!!

Your Rising Sign is Pisces

Dreaming and introspective, you're often lost in your thoughts. Which is okay by you... you're inner world is pretty darn awesome. And while you are inwardly confident, sometimes you seem a bit unsure. People often handle you more delicately than they need to. You love luxury, and even if you're a bit broke, you want things to look "rich." Mysterious and demure, you keep secrets about yourself to remain an enigma.

What is Your Rising Sign?

From a Grand Senior...

today, i found out that i was not award the scholarship....
sigh!!!!!!!
although i have been hoping and hoping and hoping that they would give it to me,
but then,
upon hearing that they didn't,
surprisingly i wasn't really that shock...
maybe amidst all the hoping,
i knew somewhere at the back of my head,
that with 2 As, 2 Bs, and a B3
it wasn't possible...
sigh!!!!!!
and so now,
i've to launch myself full force into applying for all those darn loan.....
sigh!!!!!!

oh welz,
apart from that unsurprising but none the less 'happy-less' morning,
my afternoon was great.
went down training as a naggy grand senior..haha!!!
think i was like a irritating fly bugging Xin Yun for the whole training.
She's a J1, and since Ted ask me to watch her and remind her of her mistakes,
somehow or another,
i found myself following and helping her through out the whole training...
not that i've anything to complain about,
since i'm actually really glad about it and i enjoyed myselft...
just hope that she doesn't feel irritated with a grand senior always tagging beside her...
if so.......Sorry Xin Yun!!!!=]
anyway,
she is really trying her best i can see...
just that sometimes she *blur blur* a little,
but after explaining stuff to her,
she does change,
and she do ask questions
and not just *nodnod* but still do the mistake like most.
though must say, she looked a little stressed out during her lappings and sprintings,
but after that,
a little encouragement always brought out a 'Smile' from her.....
and seeing that from a grand junior,
what else can this naggy old grand senior ask for...haha=D
to Xin Yun: Lets go yar!!!!!!! just relax and focus.....U GO GURL!!!!!!!=D

~ surprisingly not that anxious anymore, but still hoping for more~

What happen when it rains???

todays training was delayed because of a freak shower....
some funny photos of the team hiding in the shed...
hahaha!!

Name: AC(I) Canoeist
Scientific Name: Homosapien Retardus
Species: Primate
Habitat: Tropical Rain-Forest, Normally around huge bodies of water
Frequency of Sightings: Numerous( 4 times a week..)
Country of Origin: Singapore

14 monkeys in a cage...

the intelligent one on the chair...

another intelligent one actually reading....ot pretending to read..haha=D

Incomplete(continued)

boy,
I think I’m addicted to cheese cakes and coffee….
for every single day in this week,
I’ve been spend like so mush time in the library café,
reading, drinking and indulging myself in their cakes….
hmmm…..
initially, it was just an excuse for me to leave house early,
and not to spend those uneasy silent moments at home with my uncle around…
but then, after the first time, the second time…..
I felt that in reality, that wasn’t the sole reason that I was doing these…
realized that I actually find it comforting…
somehow or another,
having a book at hand and sinking myself into those soft pushy couches at the café,
allows me to just completely envelope myself in my reading
and forget of all the loneliness, worries and anxiety in my life…
with a book, a slice of Oreo cheesecake or brownie, and a cool cup of blended coffee in front of me…..
my world suddenly becomes whole.
furthermore, with those slow soul music playing through my head phones…..
just for that moment in time,
there’s nothing more that I could ask for……
nothing at all….
but too bad these heavenly moments only last for that short 2 hours or 3….
and when times up…..
back to the crude and terrible reality….
a cold, loneliness and incomplete world…
where happiness only comes and goes in brief little pockets of time,
while gloomy clouds dominate everything else……
sigh!!!!

~still looking forward to nothing other then another library session....sigh!!!

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The True You

You want your girlfriend or boyfriend to be more relaxed, calm, and composed.

With respect to money, you spend as little as possible.

You think good luck depends on maintaining good relationships with others.

The hidden side of your personality tends to be satisfied to care for things with a minimal amount of effort.

You have a tendency to overdo things, but basically you value your friendships highly.

When it comes to finding a romantic partner, you base your search on information from your friends.

Who's the True You?

Incomplete

the whole of this week something is amiss…
felt a sort of ‘incomplete-ness’ more frequent than usual in this five days.
sigh!!!

it started of with training…
even now, when I’m down paddling,
there’s a void in me which was once filled,
a void which I’ve never felt before in all my competitive years in this sport.
can’t really put a finger on exactly what is wrong.
the only thing I know is that,
I no longer have the ‘I’m-the-fastest-boat-on-the-water’ feeling anymore.
though this might sound a little egoistic,
but it was really how I felt through out all these years.
during all the hundred training sessions that I’ve survived through
it’s a sense of pride and motivation for me as a kayaker/canoeist,
a pride of being among the top,
a pride for my own craft and event,
and my sole basic motivation to push beyond my limits during all those torturous trainings.
however, this feeling, this pride seems to be wavering recently…
though I’m still flying of the starting line,
still trying my best to lead, to enjoy the feeling of leading,
but then, somewhere up in this head of mine,
there’s the voice telling me to slow down.
a voice reminding me that it’s no longer about me,
I no longer have the luxury of being trained.
now it’s about them,
those boys, my juniors, grand-juniors.
I’m no longer the one to step into the ‘battlefield’,
but now it’s me responsibility to prepare them for ‘battle’,
and not to prepare myself…
and with that, I’ll have to slowdown,
and tail behind them to watch and train them.
although, I’m doing it, but I do not like it at all…
every single time I slow down for them to catch up so as to observe them,
I find myself slowing down more and more and more,
till a point where catching up for me is no longer possible.
for the pass 6 years,
I’ve come to be so bloody comfortable of being ahead always,
leading the pack with a clear unobstructed view of the horizon ahead,
chasing down more superior boats in my own,
taking T2s in my T1, hanging on to K2s in my K1,
until a point that now,
as long as another boat is in front,
I find myself losing everything I hold so dearly out on the water…
and not being able to get it back…sigh!!

~empty...so very very empty...~