Lembongan, bali

I managed to get my dear and folks to go snorkeling while i dive.. hehe.. it was their first time.. the guide was so kind to "pull" them around.. so fortunate.. while they were fascinated by the school of fishes.. i was bored.. din see any spectacular stuffs.. dm was slow and lazy.. showing me stuffs that i already seen before.. frankly speaking i saw more at tioman.. anyways.. first dive was irritating as my mask always flooded with water (used so much air to clear mask *pout*).. current was strong.. so my air was down to 50 instead of my usual 100 for about 45mins dive.. hehe i actually swapped mask with my dad :P.. so no more floods but second dive was chilling and vis was bad.. so cold that i was shivering.. goodness.. never experience this before.. cold and nothing to see! anyways i will be back for the mantas and molas one day.. arghhhh.. but dun get the wrong idea.. actually i enjoyed myself.. and glad my dear and folks get to see the beauty of the underwater world *grin*..

Reef restoration project on 28 Apr to 1 May

My first pack-n-go trip.. first company overseas event with the big big bosses *grin*.. a relax and "well taken care of" trip.. minus the "poor” service from the dive operator was really enjoyable and fun.. a bag of snacks and freebies are placed in the room.. dry bag, cap, water bottle, underwater camera, towel, slippers, torch, pen, wetsuit, pareo, polo shirts, etc.. nice superior room.. 5 dives include 1 at the DHL reef (aquascapes from the last 2004 project and new extension).. beach clean up at SPC (keke with certification of recognition).. dinner parties at the beach front.. buggy rides.. etc..

Visibility was pretty good.. most ppl saw sharks and turtles in the first dive but i missed them.. never felt so slow and lazy while diving before.. keke.. but i had a great nite dive.. saw an octopus, different sizes of crabs, shrimps, 2 scorpion fishes side-by-side, 2 black sea slugs making out, porcupine fish, etc..

Another lucky thing is to meet and have dinner with the famous photojournalist, Michael Aw.. got him to sign on his book "tropical reef fishes" that was given free for all of us.. *grin grin*..

Hmmm can't remember what else i missed out.. anyways check out the pics first..

Kuantan wreck dive on 21 Apr weekend

Another trip to look foward to.. counting.. 4 weeks to go.. my first LOB and first wreck dive.. really missed the sea.. think i din dive for 1 year and 8 months..

Looking back.. this 20 months were spent meaningfully and happily with my dear.. went egypt, US, canada, hong kong, malaysia.. trekked waterfalls, mountains, islands/beaches, sand dune, canyon etc.. did many runs.. 10, 21.1 and 42.195km.. glad to leave our footprints there and now thinking back.. i'm amazed by the places i went and the things i did.. but i'm "greedy".. looking at the world map.. there are still so many places i wana go with my dear.. mount everest base camp trek.. alaska.. japan.. spain.. france.. greece.. etc etc.. hopefully before these.. i can dive with my dear and experience the beautiful underwater.. with the dolphines, rays and sharks.. so romantic..