Yessss...
I am FINALLY a certified diver!! Woohoo!! Another item ticked off my list!!
And we got limited edition card because this year happens to be PADI 50 years anniversary!! :D How lucky are we! Only for this year ok!! Other years wont have this design d!! Hehe
I have always wanted to get my diving license since seeing everyone getting it one by one, and all of them telling me how awesome diving is, and how you will never ever go back to snorkeling after you have tried diving.
And because I love snorkeling and the open sea so much, I decided to give it a try.
My first diving experience was in Koh Lipe last year during my birthday trip. I joined the 'Discovery Dive' to just have a feel on diving and to see whether I would like it or not before deciding on whether to splurge on my license.
We had 2 dives at that time. First dive was horrible, I had no confidence at all, was damn afraid and totally couldn't equalize the pressure in my ears, and at that time, we only went to a maximum of 9 metres i think. On the 2nd dive, I finally got the hang of it, started to enjoy myself, being able to enjoy what's around me and most importantly, being able to breathe naturally through the regulator without being so focus on just trying to breathe!!
Because this was discovery dive, we weren't allowed to control our going up and down ourselves, so our instructor will be forever behind us doing that for us.
It wasn't really a good experience because of 2 reasons, I couldn't equalize my ears properly and it was hurting me like mad, and I got seasick and puke after going back up to the surface.
But after many doubts and thoughts. I decided to go ahead with getting my license for real. Screw this, you only live once right? :D
First was finding the right instructor. I didn't want to simply go to any dive centre and have any instructor to have my open water course with. Haha yeah I know so pattern, but I thought if I'm gonna be doing this, I want the best instructor.
So after asking around my friends, I finally decided on my most loved instructor now, KJ. I love her LIKE MAD SERIOUSLY. She is the most fun, cheerful instructor ever but also strict when she needs to be :)
After finding the right instructor, it was time to find a gang of friends to accompany me on this new adventure. And I did find a group of 5 :D
Thanks guys! You guys were awesome!!! Glad none of you regretted this decision to join me on this dive journey :D
The trip was fully planned by our instructor, KJ. Told you she's awesome. The total cost for the trip came up close to rm2k, including flight tickets, hotel and makan.
First we had to sit through 2 hours of theory classes and pass the theory exam, which I scored full marks *proud face* HAHA. KJ said I'm the 3rd person in her 3 years of teaching that scored full! Pro leh me! More like kiasu :P
Then it was confined water training, in a pool at PJ. We were there from 10am till 3pm. when we finally finished the pool session. It was good. I never felt so excited and happy for such a long time, and was definitely looking forward to our open sea diving :D
Haha but I had one bout of panic attack in the pool, when I felt I couldn't breathe at all and water just kept gushing into my throat through my regulator with each breath I took , and so i just stood up to the surface =/ Bad experience, still remember how that felt, but I'm glad nothing like this happened when we were at the open sea, if not I would probably have died already la.
Must always remind myself to calm down. dont panic and just breathe :)
Next was our trip to Perhentian Island! It was a 3d2n trip. Short, but sweet and memorable :)
Touched down at Kota Bahru airport, had some breakfast at the jetty and took a speedboat to Perhentian Island :)
All on board with our excited faces! And our beloved instructor on the far right side with the black shirt ;D Coolest instructor ever!!
Reached the island, checked into our room and our first dive was in 3 hours time. We had enough time to just freshen up, have some light lunch and head back down to the dive centre for our first briefing! :D
It was then time for setting up of gears (I hate this part the most!!) and testing of all our equipment to ensure that all is working perfectly well. Hate hate hate this part the most!! Lol most of our gas tanks or regulator (the thing that helps you breathe) were leaking gas lor!
At first I was gancheong, but after that I realized aiya leak so little, wont habis so fast one la.
Our very FIRST open water dive!
Location: Perhentian Shark Point.
How did I do? Failed miserably. I was so EMO. Why? Because I had not enough weights on me and so I couldn't sink down!! In conclusion, for the first dive, I was totally snorkeling on the surface with my tank HA HA -.-
Each time I tried to go down, in 5 minutes, I will shoot back up to the surface without even realizing, and its uncontrollable ok!! Every time you breathe in, your lungs expands, you become lighter and byebye you float up. That was exactly what happened for the whole 45 minutes.
It was scary at first, when I shot up the first time, because I could see everyone down there but I couldnt control, no matter how hard I tried to exhale ALL the air in my lungs so that I can sink, I continued floating up and up and I thought I would lost the group and die off in the open sea where no one can find me haha. That was seriously my first thoughts k.
But thank god, once I reached the surface, one of the instructor, Sam, came after me. I was SO GLAD to see him man. My life saver!! And then he will try to bring me back down, even manually PULL my hands down because its impossible to descend even with my empty BCD vest. Then at last he told me to dive head down, which worked for awhile but in less than 10 minutes, I will shoot back up to the surface FML.
After awhile, I got used to leaving the group behind and floating up to the surface that I wasn't afraid anymore. Because I know Sam will come after me, every single time, without fail. Haha I was so chillex that I will even inflate my BCD fully to allow me to float on the surface while waiting for Sam :P Personal bodyguard to the rescue :P I even said hi to the boatman multiple times because its always only me at the surface while everyone else were obviously diving below at 9 metres.
Yeap 9.6 metres, that was our maximum depth for the first dive.
Had to pass some test for this dive, clearing of mask half filled with water, and removing the whole mask underwater and then wearing it back then clearing all the water again. I sucked so bad at it but somehow managed to do it. Also removing and putting on our weight belts while in the water and removing our BCD and putting it back in the water too. Oh and also tired diver tow. And also buddy share air! Passed all ! :D
End of our first dive and we were done for the day.
The next day will be the torturing 3 dives in a day. Haha we headed out for dinner and knocked out by 10pm. Was dead tired!!
Day 2
Had to be up early as our 2nd dive briefing starts at 8 am sharp. Had light breakfast then we were back at the dive centre, setting up gears again (URGH). Takes at least 15 minutes to set up everything one lor after each dives!! So mafan!! I would pay money and hire someone to do it for me la!!
*Group picture before heading out!*
SECOND open water dive.
Location: Tokong Laut
It was a 40 minutes speedboat ride from our island. When we reached the place, I was shocked to see the place full of boats and divers ready to get down omg. Cause it was a saturday. They called it a pasar malam underwater, and its true! Not exaggerating!
'Mask on, regulators on, down we go descend.'
All I see was bubbles and bubbles and BUBBLES. No joke. All the divers punya bubbles ok. I couldnt see the bottom, it was SOOO DEEP, and I was fucking scared at this point. Suddenly felt no confidence at all. Felt like panicking but I know I couldn't cause it was soooo deep. Was having problems with my regulator too suddenly, water just kept coming into my regulator with each 2nd breath that I take and I had to keep blowing the water out. So I was feeling a little uncomfortable =/
Maximum depth we went: 16 metres. No wonder it was soo scary to me!
Almost double the depth of what we went on our first dive.
But, I know I chose this, I have to stay strong, mentally especially, and after about 10 minutes, I calmed down and started enjoying myself. Good job Mun Li! haha
This time I could finally stay down. Stay until my bottom keep hitting the base of the ocean and corals sumore. Why? Cause I added another 1.5kg of weights to my weight belt because the instructor said I was too light the day before. I was so happy to be down there diving finally ok, instead of snorkeling at the surface and saying hi to my boatman -.-
But I think I was a little too heavy with the added weights, so it was quite hard to control, I think I killed many corals on that dive haha. Sorry corals :( Keep hitting the bottom of the ocean and unable to float back up even after putting ALOT of air into my BCD.
Tests we had to do. Surface water navigation with a compass. Basically just follow the direction of the compass and move lol. So simple. Passed!
Back to the island after that and we had just enough time to have a quick lunch, go pee and then it was back to the dive centre to change our tanks and setting up of gears again. 3rd briefing done and we were out to sea again for our 3rd dive!.
THIRD open water dive.
Location: D' Lagoon
Maximum depth: 14metres
This was the BEST dive of all!! Visibility underwater was good, I finally got the hang of everything and finally able to really really enjoy myself. Eventhough my regulator was still having problems and I had to remove the water every few seconds, urghh but I got used to it haha and stopped being gan cheong when it happened cause I know how to handle it already.
14 metres underwater photo :P
The underwater world, so amazing, so beautiful :) Say no to snorkeling ever again. Diving is so much better. And diving is addictive!!!
After all the playing around and taking pictures, we had to do our tests again. :(
Underwater navigation, which was the same like surface navigation just that we are doing it deep down beneath with a compass.
The most challenging of all the tests, was the CESA (Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent), which was our final test before passing and getting our license. Basically this skills means that, in case we run out of air, we have to make an emergency ascent up, with the last breath of air we have, just keep releasing the air bit by bit and when reach the surface, orally inflate our BCD vest to stay afloat.
We had to do 9 metres depth, one breath all the way up to the surface, while releasing bubbles slowly and we cannot ascend faster than our bubbles, cause that would be too fast and our lungs would burst! And we ALL passed it in one try! Hehe. I heard of friends failing it and needing to repeat it 3 times!! Pro leh we all!!
I was so gancheong la, like I was almost out of breath already but still I couldnt see the surface, so I had to release my air slower and slower, then when I reached the surface, I had no more air and strength left to orally inflate my BCD and I kept drowning and going back down. I had to jump up, blow air once, fall back underwater and keep repeating. Seriously wanted to give up d one lor then i heard my friend cheering me and so I finally did it. PASSED. No more man please!!
Finally pass all the tests and we headed back to the island.
Reached back, changed tanks and we had one hour to chill around before heading out for our final dive for the trip :D
This time, it was just a fun dive. No more skills and no more tests cause we already passed it all :)
FORTH open water dive
Location: Perhentian Shark Point (again, yes)
Because it was starting to rain, and we were supposed to head to Terumbu Tiga, but as we were heading there, the current was getting stronger and stronger and our instructor did not want to risk anything so she decided to change location, not once but at least 3 times before deciding on Shark Point again.
Maximum depth: 9.7 metres only. Haha sap sap sui la
I think we all felt most comfortable during this last dive. Also, the fun divers decided to join us on this trip so it was a whole boat full of divers hehe, FUN ! Just dive around underwater, took more pictures, and thats it.
Oh and during this last dive, my instructor told me to remove the extra 1.5kg weights that I added on earlier in the day because she could see that I kept sinking to the bottom. And guess what, with the original amount of weights on me that I had when I did my first dive and was impossible for me to sink down, this time, I did it, without any difficulties! Didn't even shoot up to the surface, not even once !! Haha so proud of myself! I finally understood the skill of how to breathe properly to control my buoyancy, thats the most important k. No keeping air in lungs!! Exhale fully!!! :P
*After we resurfaced, casually hanging out on the surface, chatting away lol*
We completed our last dive in 36 minutes. Actually I still had half of my tank left la. Wasted haha!! Got back up the boat and thats it for the trip! End of our last dive :( Was feeling kinda sad cause I was just starting to get the 'feel' on diving then thats the end d.
But anyway it was already 6pm, and we are not allowed to dive 18 hours before our flight (to avoid nitrogen buildup in the blood), so for the rest of the time, it was just free and easy, taking more pictures on land and drinking at the bar till late night :D
It was a fun fun night!
Headed back to the room, bathed and we went for dinner. Practically the whole 25 of us were eating at the same restaurant so it was very 'happening' and noisy lol.
After dinner, we had a debriefing with our instructors, and some feedback sessions before receiving our certificates! :D Wheeeee
*TADAHHH open water divers finally! *wipes sweat and blood* haha
Love you many many KJ. Never ever regretting having you as my instructor :)
And also, thanks so much KJ, for making me fall in love with diving !! One sentence that captured my attention that she said was 'If you have trust in us, we will make you dive like us' :)
AND MORE. This is basically all of us who was present for this trip. SUPER FUN GROUP. Glad of all the new friends that we made :) Hopefully we will meet again in future dive trips ! :D
Two important rules to remember: (quote from KJ)
1. Never ever hold your breathe when diving.
2. Do not ever embarrass your instructor.
Haha ok boss, we will try our best not to embarrass you when we're diving outside :P
Ended the night having drinks at one of the pub, laughed our asses off and then called it a night at 2am haha.
Next morning, had breakfast together and after that we just hanged around waiting for our boat ride back to the jetty.
Had a mini tour around Kota Bahru, non stop eating before heading to the airport to catch our flight back to KL.
And thats all for the trip.
When will be our next dive trip? At least one more before we end the year ok? ;D
-mun-
I am FINALLY a certified diver!! Woohoo!! Another item ticked off my list!!
*TADDAHHHH*
Open Water Diver!
And we got limited edition card because this year happens to be PADI 50 years anniversary!! :D How lucky are we! Only for this year ok!! Other years wont have this design d!! Hehe
I have always wanted to get my diving license since seeing everyone getting it one by one, and all of them telling me how awesome diving is, and how you will never ever go back to snorkeling after you have tried diving.
And because I love snorkeling and the open sea so much, I decided to give it a try.
My first diving experience was in Koh Lipe last year during my birthday trip. I joined the 'Discovery Dive' to just have a feel on diving and to see whether I would like it or not before deciding on whether to splurge on my license.
We had 2 dives at that time. First dive was horrible, I had no confidence at all, was damn afraid and totally couldn't equalize the pressure in my ears, and at that time, we only went to a maximum of 9 metres i think. On the 2nd dive, I finally got the hang of it, started to enjoy myself, being able to enjoy what's around me and most importantly, being able to breathe naturally through the regulator without being so focus on just trying to breathe!!
Our first ever dive selfie. With the instructor behind
It wasn't really a good experience because of 2 reasons, I couldn't equalize my ears properly and it was hurting me like mad, and I got seasick and puke after going back up to the surface.
But after many doubts and thoughts. I decided to go ahead with getting my license for real. Screw this, you only live once right? :D
First was finding the right instructor. I didn't want to simply go to any dive centre and have any instructor to have my open water course with. Haha yeah I know so pattern, but I thought if I'm gonna be doing this, I want the best instructor.
So after asking around my friends, I finally decided on my most loved instructor now, KJ. I love her LIKE MAD SERIOUSLY. She is the most fun, cheerful instructor ever but also strict when she needs to be :)
After finding the right instructor, it was time to find a gang of friends to accompany me on this new adventure. And I did find a group of 5 :D
Thanks guys! You guys were awesome!!! Glad none of you regretted this decision to join me on this dive journey :D
The trip was fully planned by our instructor, KJ. Told you she's awesome. The total cost for the trip came up close to rm2k, including flight tickets, hotel and makan.
First we had to sit through 2 hours of theory classes and pass the theory exam, which I scored full marks *proud face* HAHA. KJ said I'm the 3rd person in her 3 years of teaching that scored full! Pro leh me! More like kiasu :P
Then it was confined water training, in a pool at PJ. We were there from 10am till 3pm. when we finally finished the pool session. It was good. I never felt so excited and happy for such a long time, and was definitely looking forward to our open sea diving :D
Haha but I had one bout of panic attack in the pool, when I felt I couldn't breathe at all and water just kept gushing into my throat through my regulator with each breath I took , and so i just stood up to the surface =/ Bad experience, still remember how that felt, but I'm glad nothing like this happened when we were at the open sea, if not I would probably have died already la.
Must always remind myself to calm down. dont panic and just breathe :)
Next was our trip to Perhentian Island! It was a 3d2n trip. Short, but sweet and memorable :)
2hours of sleep, 6am plane ride, puffy eyes, water retention faces haha
Touched down at Kota Bahru airport, had some breakfast at the jetty and took a speedboat to Perhentian Island :)
All on board with our excited faces! And our beloved instructor on the far right side with the black shirt ;D Coolest instructor ever!!
Reached the island, checked into our room and our first dive was in 3 hours time. We had enough time to just freshen up, have some light lunch and head back down to the dive centre for our first briefing! :D
Always my partner in crime! Excited for our first open water dive!
It was then time for setting up of gears (I hate this part the most!!) and testing of all our equipment to ensure that all is working perfectly well. Hate hate hate this part the most!! Lol most of our gas tanks or regulator (the thing that helps you breathe) were leaking gas lor!
At first I was gancheong, but after that I realized aiya leak so little, wont habis so fast one la.
Our very FIRST open water dive!
Location: Perhentian Shark Point.
How did I do? Failed miserably. I was so EMO. Why? Because I had not enough weights on me and so I couldn't sink down!! In conclusion, for the first dive, I was totally snorkeling on the surface with my tank HA HA -.-
Each time I tried to go down, in 5 minutes, I will shoot back up to the surface without even realizing, and its uncontrollable ok!! Every time you breathe in, your lungs expands, you become lighter and byebye you float up. That was exactly what happened for the whole 45 minutes.
It was scary at first, when I shot up the first time, because I could see everyone down there but I couldnt control, no matter how hard I tried to exhale ALL the air in my lungs so that I can sink, I continued floating up and up and I thought I would lost the group and die off in the open sea where no one can find me haha. That was seriously my first thoughts k.
But thank god, once I reached the surface, one of the instructor, Sam, came after me. I was SO GLAD to see him man. My life saver!! And then he will try to bring me back down, even manually PULL my hands down because its impossible to descend even with my empty BCD vest. Then at last he told me to dive head down, which worked for awhile but in less than 10 minutes, I will shoot back up to the surface FML.
After awhile, I got used to leaving the group behind and floating up to the surface that I wasn't afraid anymore. Because I know Sam will come after me, every single time, without fail. Haha I was so chillex that I will even inflate my BCD fully to allow me to float on the surface while waiting for Sam :P Personal bodyguard to the rescue :P I even said hi to the boatman multiple times because its always only me at the surface while everyone else were obviously diving below at 9 metres.
Yeap 9.6 metres, that was our maximum depth for the first dive.
Had to pass some test for this dive, clearing of mask half filled with water, and removing the whole mask underwater and then wearing it back then clearing all the water again. I sucked so bad at it but somehow managed to do it. Also removing and putting on our weight belts while in the water and removing our BCD and putting it back in the water too. Oh and also tired diver tow. And also buddy share air! Passed all ! :D
End of our first dive and we were done for the day.
The next day will be the torturing 3 dives in a day. Haha we headed out for dinner and knocked out by 10pm. Was dead tired!!
Day 2
Had to be up early as our 2nd dive briefing starts at 8 am sharp. Had light breakfast then we were back at the dive centre, setting up gears again (URGH). Takes at least 15 minutes to set up everything one lor after each dives!! So mafan!! I would pay money and hire someone to do it for me la!!
*Group picture before heading out!*
So many people! We had 4 instructors and 2 groups, one doing the open water dive which is us and the other gang doing their advanced, plus a few fun divers! It was a really fun group! Really glad to have met each and every one of them!
SECOND open water dive.
Location: Tokong Laut
It was a 40 minutes speedboat ride from our island. When we reached the place, I was shocked to see the place full of boats and divers ready to get down omg. Cause it was a saturday. They called it a pasar malam underwater, and its true! Not exaggerating!
'Mask on, regulators on, down we go descend.'
All I see was bubbles and bubbles and BUBBLES. No joke. All the divers punya bubbles ok. I couldnt see the bottom, it was SOOO DEEP, and I was fucking scared at this point. Suddenly felt no confidence at all. Felt like panicking but I know I couldn't cause it was soooo deep. Was having problems with my regulator too suddenly, water just kept coming into my regulator with each 2nd breath that I take and I had to keep blowing the water out. So I was feeling a little uncomfortable =/
Maximum depth we went: 16 metres. No wonder it was soo scary to me!
Almost double the depth of what we went on our first dive.
But, I know I chose this, I have to stay strong, mentally especially, and after about 10 minutes, I calmed down and started enjoying myself. Good job Mun Li! haha
This time I could finally stay down. Stay until my bottom keep hitting the base of the ocean and corals sumore. Why? Cause I added another 1.5kg of weights to my weight belt because the instructor said I was too light the day before. I was so happy to be down there diving finally ok, instead of snorkeling at the surface and saying hi to my boatman -.-
But I think I was a little too heavy with the added weights, so it was quite hard to control, I think I killed many corals on that dive haha. Sorry corals :( Keep hitting the bottom of the ocean and unable to float back up even after putting ALOT of air into my BCD.
Tests we had to do. Surface water navigation with a compass. Basically just follow the direction of the compass and move lol. So simple. Passed!
Back to the island after that and we had just enough time to have a quick lunch, go pee and then it was back to the dive centre to change our tanks and setting up of gears again. 3rd briefing done and we were out to sea again for our 3rd dive!.
As usual, another picture before our 3rd dive. Haha our instructor love taking pictures thats why! ;P
THIRD open water dive.
Location: D' Lagoon
Maximum depth: 14metres
This was the BEST dive of all!! Visibility underwater was good, I finally got the hang of everything and finally able to really really enjoy myself. Eventhough my regulator was still having problems and I had to remove the water every few seconds, urghh but I got used to it haha and stopped being gan cheong when it happened cause I know how to handle it already.
And the most important part was, I finally FOUND MY TURTLE OMG. I was so soooo sooo excited when I saw it, I immediately chased after it. I was sooo close to it. My life is complete man. The main reason I wanted to dive at Perhentian was so that I could swim with the turtle, and I was giving up hope of meeting it already then it suddenly appeared. Thank you turtle :)
*This is my turtle!! :D*
This was the dive that we took many many group pictures too! Because we were all finally getting the hang of diving, and feeling alot more relaxed and happy and cheerful compared to the first 2 dives :P
From here onwards, I'm gonna spam diving pictures only haha. Cause I love all of it!
*First solo picture underwater!*
*And one with Hou! Haha I was busy trying to clear the water in my regulator so forgive me and my bubbles la!*
*Clearer picture of us!*
Hor Hou why u keep holding the inflator/deflator hose! I tell KJ!! She say cannot always touch it!
14 metres underwater photo :P
*Probably all hanging around chilling during our safety stop (5 metres for 3 minutes) before resurfacing to remove any excess nitrogen in our bloodstream*
*Group photos!*
With one fella stuck up there because he was unable to come down. Haha you think easy to go down ah when your tank is getting lighter and lighter! lol need alot of skills to control buoyancy and I'm still trying to improve on this skill!!.
*Superman pose also come out liao lol*
The underwater world, so amazing, so beautiful :) Say no to snorkeling ever again. Diving is so much better. And diving is addictive!!!
Underwater navigation, which was the same like surface navigation just that we are doing it deep down beneath with a compass.
The most challenging of all the tests, was the CESA (Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent), which was our final test before passing and getting our license. Basically this skills means that, in case we run out of air, we have to make an emergency ascent up, with the last breath of air we have, just keep releasing the air bit by bit and when reach the surface, orally inflate our BCD vest to stay afloat.
We had to do 9 metres depth, one breath all the way up to the surface, while releasing bubbles slowly and we cannot ascend faster than our bubbles, cause that would be too fast and our lungs would burst! And we ALL passed it in one try! Hehe. I heard of friends failing it and needing to repeat it 3 times!! Pro leh we all!!
I was so gancheong la, like I was almost out of breath already but still I couldnt see the surface, so I had to release my air slower and slower, then when I reached the surface, I had no more air and strength left to orally inflate my BCD and I kept drowning and going back down. I had to jump up, blow air once, fall back underwater and keep repeating. Seriously wanted to give up d one lor then i heard my friend cheering me and so I finally did it. PASSED. No more man please!!
Finally pass all the tests and we headed back to the island.
*Happy divers on board after passing all our tests! hehe just waiting for our last open water dive before we can officially be called open water divers!* No more skill tests after this!
Reached back, changed tanks and we had one hour to chill around before heading out for our final dive for the trip :D
This time, it was just a fun dive. No more skills and no more tests cause we already passed it all :)
FORTH open water dive
Location: Perhentian Shark Point (again, yes)
Because it was starting to rain, and we were supposed to head to Terumbu Tiga, but as we were heading there, the current was getting stronger and stronger and our instructor did not want to risk anything so she decided to change location, not once but at least 3 times before deciding on Shark Point again.
Maximum depth: 9.7 metres only. Haha sap sap sui la
I think we all felt most comfortable during this last dive. Also, the fun divers decided to join us on this trip so it was a whole boat full of divers hehe, FUN ! Just dive around underwater, took more pictures, and thats it.
Oh and during this last dive, my instructor told me to remove the extra 1.5kg weights that I added on earlier in the day because she could see that I kept sinking to the bottom. And guess what, with the original amount of weights on me that I had when I did my first dive and was impossible for me to sink down, this time, I did it, without any difficulties! Didn't even shoot up to the surface, not even once !! Haha so proud of myself! I finally understood the skill of how to breathe properly to control my buoyancy, thats the most important k. No keeping air in lungs!! Exhale fully!!! :P
*Us, casually hanging around in the water doing our 3 minutes safety stop. I no like safety stops, its too boring :(*
*Le noob bf and me! :D*
*After we resurfaced, casually hanging out on the surface, chatting away lol*
But anyway it was already 6pm, and we are not allowed to dive 18 hours before our flight (to avoid nitrogen buildup in the blood), so for the rest of the time, it was just free and easy, taking more pictures on land and drinking at the bar till late night :D
It was a fun fun night!
Headed back to the room, bathed and we went for dinner. Practically the whole 25 of us were eating at the same restaurant so it was very 'happening' and noisy lol.
*Our gang ;D 5 newly certified open water divers and the other 2 are expert fun divers la*
Keep laughing and bullying us cause we all so noob compared to them haha.
After dinner, we had a debriefing with our instructors, and some feedback sessions before receiving our certificates! :D Wheeeee
*TADAHHH open water divers finally! *wipes sweat and blood* haha
Not easy ok ! :P
Love you many many KJ. Never ever regretting having you as my instructor :)
*The people who I persuaded to join me on this journey. Thanks guys, you guys were amazing! It would never be the same without all of you! Here's to many more dive trips in the future :)*
*And everyone else just wanted to come into our picture haha*
AND MORE. This is basically all of us who was present for this trip. SUPER FUN GROUP. Glad of all the new friends that we made :) Hopefully we will meet again in future dive trips ! :D
Two important rules to remember: (quote from KJ)
1. Never ever hold your breathe when diving.
2. Do not ever embarrass your instructor.
Haha ok boss, we will try our best not to embarrass you when we're diving outside :P
Ended the night having drinks at one of the pub, laughed our asses off and then called it a night at 2am haha.
Next morning, had breakfast together and after that we just hanged around waiting for our boat ride back to the jetty.
*Last selfie before leaving! I missed every single thing about the trip nowww :(*
Had a mini tour around Kota Bahru, non stop eating before heading to the airport to catch our flight back to KL.
And thats all for the trip.
When will be our next dive trip? At least one more before we end the year ok? ;D
-mun-
