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Monday, June 16, 2008

woots! im back in singapore haha... well.. nt realli that gd.. back to a hectic lifestyle.. zzz.. well I went to Indonesia for my scuba diving course.. n yep.. its my first time scuba diving =)) well it has been a time for many firsts… like coz of scuba diving, I wear contact lens…. First time in indonesia… nv go there before..

the place is very nice.. n shld I sae peaceful? Hmm yep, n we, the open water course takers.. jeslin, Audrey, Sherwin (my diving buddy), who is soooo childish and lame but fun haha, shankra, fi found a place that is damn peaceful n calm.. at nite haha.. n its really like untouched.. its juz a small place.. wif hardened sand n lots of rocks.. n frm where we r sitting/ standing, we could see a lot of stars.. plus the breeze.. plus its quiet.. n its at night.. its wonderful.. it juz feels like a diff world altogether.. ahhh if onli every night I can go there.. hmm really doesn’t feel like coming back to Singapore after that particular place..

anyway the diving course is fun!! We went for 5 dives altogether.. over a period of 2 daes…

Day 1

We meet at tanah merah mrt station, where a guy picked me, jeslin n shankra up.. n we took a taxi to the jetty.. ooh it’s a surprise! I went there before!! For the recee of the odac selection camp haha.. well I didn’t know that.. hmm.. I went to change my money there n it’s a bit scary… coz Singapore one dollar is like equivalent to 6500 rupiah.. well around that amount.. and we wait for the others to gather and board a ferry.. the ferry is seriously small.. there are not enough seats for everyone on board.. and me, jeslin and Audrey had to share 2 seats.. with you know those kinda of handle in between.. n its so uncomfortable.. jeslin sits in between for the longest period of time.. pro sia.. I cant stand the discomfort haha.. well it’s a 2 hour plus ride I guess.. n yea quite tired..

After we reached Indonesia, we alighted and board vehicles which brought us to Kaputra hotel.. there is massage salon there where massage only cost about 10 singapore dollars… sadly, we didn’t try it… after we reached the hotel, we straight away board the vehicles again to a place to eat… with some kind like a stage for people to sing.. those Chinese stage karaoke.. well.. some didn’t sing that well but its ok overall lol… my group went to order quite a lot of food.. 2 mee goreng, 3 fried rice, sweet and sour fish, satays… and Manfred, our instructor treat us sotong, some shell like kind of food.. and shankra’s friend give us some chicken wings which tasted delicious!! Eat and eat and eat.. and after that we went opposite to the mart to buy snacks and drinks to last us till Sunday..

After that we went back to the hotel and are assigned our rooms where we relax for a bit before going down for a theory test.. and seriously the test is damn difficult.. its even harder than o level.. luckily our instructor went to the ‘toilet’ *Grins* and we all managed to get less than 8 wrong out of 80 qns.. we were actually supposed to complete the questions by 1 hour.. but after the 1 hour, we are still like only half way to three quarter complete.. it was really brain cells consuming! Finally after the hell test, we went back to the room and yep, first day is over =))

Day 2
We woke up at ard 6.30.... and after some dilly dally here and there, went down for breakfast.. really sorry to the guys cause they waited for us.. but we didn’t know and went down to eat.. =X oops.. well after the breakfast.. off we go to the place where we are staying at for the night.. I forget the name of the place.. lol but well after reaching there, we are assigned to our huts, houses.. and aww.. we didn’t manage to get a hut.. wif those kinda roofs made of straw.. hmm but the house is also quite cool.. and off we go onto vehicles which will bring us to the venue for the first dive.. Trikora if im not wrong.. the first 3 dives are all at there..

For the first dive, we went through the mask clearing and regulator retrieval exercises.. it was quite cool as it was my first time in the sea.. I just dun like the mask clearing as it leaves my contacts exposed to the sea water and Im scared that I will get eye infection or sth as the person sae that contacts after sea water muz quickly get them out frm the eye.. which obviously I didn’t do.. lol we used about 45 min for this exercise.. I realised that diving really made the time passed.. it does not seem that long underwater but well it is actually that long… time passes slowly underwater =)

After that we surfaced and boarded the bus to go back to our base for lunch and honestly.. their coconuts are damn big lol.. and the juice tastes like sprite.. after like resting for ard 3 hours plus plus, we went back for the second dive… This time, we covered navigation where theres a like watch but its actually a compass strapped to the wrist.. and we used that to navigate to the bearing they gif us and back again.. we also covered buddy tow.. its techniques that can be applied if your dive buddy is unconscious.. we dived for ard 50 min and surfaced again… A while later we went for skin diving.. where the instructor dropped a weight belt into the sea and we had to dive down and get that weight belt.. we didn’t have oxygen tank thus we had to hold our breath.. and well the depth is about 6m.. it was quite scary for me.. lol cause when you dive down.. as u get deeper, the pressure will increase and you have to equalize at the same time.. I got the weight belt but I ran out of breath.. the feeling was terrible.. luckily I surfaced in time.. phew.. fi when emerged from the water.. got a nose bleed.. I guess its because he nv equalize.. zzz well its over.. lol

It was around 6pm plus when we finished.. quite late… thus we went back for dinner and that’s the dives for today.. but the group of leisure divers had a night dive.. so cool rite? Diving in the nite.. well if I take advanced.. I could also go diving at night.. it seems so interesting… well my group went to wash up and after dinner, we went to the massage pavilion there.. but then its fully booked, thus we went to play pool.. but unfortunately, its also booked.. sighs.. in the end we went into the souvenir shop there and I bought a pair of slippers haha.. its orange and black.. cool and its only 25000 rupiah.. zz after shopping in the shop, we walked around and found the quiet cove.. and spent quite a long time there with shankra explaining about planets and stars… I gained a new knowledge.. stars are suns and suns are stars.. wooo cool rite? Its those kind of times that makes me feel like staying at these kinds of place.. where you can really enjoy and relax.. with breeze and quietness.. its really a time to treasure… sighs.. but all good things will come to an end.. its getting quite late, thus we went back to our bunks to sleep.. well not really, went for some French fries lol.. before sleeping…

Last Day
We were awoken by seniors.. and its irritating.. they don’t let us sleep and jump on the bed.. increase the air con temperature and take up the space on the bed… ahhh well went for breakfast.. and off we go for our first dive for the day.. personally I like this dive the best as this time we went to trikora bay and had leisure diving.. saw very beautiful corals, reefs, and fishes.. ooh saw a lot of sea urchins and their spikes are scary… but they looked so cute.. all black with eyes looking around and spikes that will point to any danger.. it was really a different world down there.. the visibility is quite good.. and it was really fun.. =)) dive for around 50 min and surfaced..

Eat snacks and relax a while before going down for the last dive.. this time saw more of the creatures rather than the corals.. and its quite cool also.. but me and Sherwin surfaced earlier than the others.. coz I cant sink due to some unknown reasons.. and Sherwin stayed with me as he saw that I cant sink.. but then after which I can sink.. the others are all gone.. and though we looked around for them.. we cant find them.. thus we go back to the boat.. but its really easy to get lost underwater.. but its really fascinating.. and I saw the bubbles from underneath is like.. coz when we breathe out the air.. bubbles will float to the surface and the bubbles are so cute.. its all half bubbles.. some kind like a cap.. and its nice.. haha.. zzz after our dive.. its already like 1pm and we got no time to go shopping or other activities.. we only left time to wash gears, eat and wash up.. which after that its off to Singapore.. sighs I didn’t get to go on my banana boat =( sianz.. but still diving is a fun sport.. just that its expensive.. hmm well but its also nice to be back home.. well thus ended my first diving trip.. =)

Kudos to diving buddies and seniors and instructor ^^ ahh back to the hectic lifestyle again.. ooooooooooo

Will post pictures next time when I receive them =)

1:20 PM

Shinobi: KatherinePhang

Code Name: Kat

Birthday: 27th July 1990

Email: katherinephang@hotmail.com

Age: 17

Horoscope: Leo

School: Swiss Cottage Secondary, Anderson Junior Collage

CCA: St.John Ambulance Brigade, ODAC - Outdoor Activities Club =D

Likes: Animes, comics, nature, daydreaming, listening to music, sleeping, isolation...

Dislikes: Vegetables, unfair people...

My Wishlist

Naruto Animes

Anime Comics

Portable DVD player

Prince Of tennis animes

Shades of Truth Vcds

Take My Word for it Vcds

New animes

A sling bag

Go out with SJ members on an outing again =D

Compile photo albums for various memories

A pair of roller blades

Hard disk drive

a new mouse

an ipod or psp