I’m BACK (from Dayang Island)!
Missed Clyde, missed my birthday…but the fun during my diving trip in Dayang was great & guess what… Clyde ‘komplot’ with his instructor-Nizam to celebrate my b’day on the island! *Thanks dar!* *Hugs & Kisses 4 U*
It was a stressful & busy week before leaving for my dive trip last sunday(31st July). Has a full week of travelling back to the office for unfinished business(especially the claims =D ) although my last official working day minus the annual leave was on 22nd July & also travelling around to schools to collect the Free PMR & SPM Seminar organised by Ti-Ratana Community Centre…Finally the PMR seminar is OVER, now its just the SPM seminar on 28th August! So ’stress’ until wanna naik gila!?!!
Felt a wave of relief after the PMR semianr on 31st july’s morning-then Clyde drove me over to Nizam (his instructor’s house) & there we (Nizam, Aidid & myself) travelled all the way to Mersing. Slept almost the whole way except for toilet breaks & buying snacks in rest stop & Kluang town…so tired, was burnign midnight oil until 3am on Saturday morning (30th) to complete the f**king student’s list. (Advice from Clyde today: Delegate the forms to other ppl to help type it, will do that or else suffer on my own)
Picture of the jetty before leaving Mersing via speedboat to our ‘little’ ferry boat out in the open sea (Tide has gone down, that’s why?!) Time : about 6.45pm. If you look closely-you may see some boys jumping off their own fishing boats for their evening swims (in underwear only =D ) But that’s in the background so pretty dark to notice!
Took the boat to Dayang Island @6 plus pm, & reached around midnight-clambered onto the bed..didnt even shower-too tired & vomitted part of my McD’s burger during the first 30 minutes of the boat ride *thankfully nobody saw*
Next morning-changed into my swinsuit & got all ready to dive, dive, dive & dive. Most of the dives were uneventful-saw the usual coral fishes (clown fish/anemone/NEMO, batfish, angelfishes, butterfly fish, starfish, parrotfish, goat fish, etc)… but u know what…so leceh to dive with ‘young boys’; They just cannot make up their mind. So many times after ‘giant stride’ into the water’s surface, or even midway in the dive-have to have a forum/discussion on which direction to go, what depth again,etc. First time in a group where forums are so common & often. =D
Had a few incidents Eg1: @ Rayner’s Rock was buddied with Jonathan & almost couldn’t descend-had to kick & kcik to reach deeper as there was current-so tiring. Luckily that dive saw some good things puffers, bumphead parrotfish & some nudibranches. Eg 2: @ first night dive of the trip on Monday night-so kelam kabut, after getting into water, strong surface current, then Jonathan’s sausage came apart, then jelly fish stings as we waited at the buoy’s rope, descended & aborted dive after 10 mins & 6 m, current too strong… while ascending i almost lost weight belt..*Phew* what a night dive-So scared to do second one on Day 2(actually lazy lar) Finally did night day on Day 3 & Day 4 - had to change batteries for torch as during Day 3’s night dive-torch burned out! Had to follow buddy like ’super glue!’ =D
1st pic via my phone on the serenity of the Dayang beach & partial view of the jetty, Then me trying to catch my own face & the sea (also thru phone) - see the exasperated look as we r leaving the island already, so tired & i think i got hit by "decompresion sickness"
Other than that, got many chance to swim amongst schools of fusilier & juvenile barracudas (1st time) the experience was awesome! The schools will just circle & circle & circle the divers! Also saw usual turtles (both the green turtles & one hawksbill) at Lang Island during dive, many species of nudibranchs (also batches of mating nudis), went to look at mini cleaner shrimps on top of soft corals & also sea cucumbers, small & large puffers as well as the cute yellow boxfish(imagine looking at a cute yellow Kelisa on the road), many many sting & whiprays @ Captain’s Point… *Phew* The list can go on & on & on.
On the last day(thursday) did 5 dives-marathon, & finally finished 15 dives in this trip! (My intention was 12 to hit my target of total 50 dives so far!) Good trip, good fellow buddies (Jacky, Logan, Jonathan) as well as other certified ‘Advanced divers’ met along the way (Ong, Toh, Irsyad, Zeehin, Seng Chao, Andry, Awie,Patrick, Ahmad, 3 sekawan : Jo, Haris & Semat)
Great way to have a holiday! he he he & probably can’t wait for another dive trip soon!
Pics of some ppl on this trip & Nizam taking ‘mugshots of the students!
p/s : had my usual jellyfish sting & sunburn & bed bugs attack-so went to get medicine from doc today! 
No u/w photos to show-no underwater camera lar! =D
Picture of my ’scorched back’ that some say it looks like tattoo. Got burned as i fell asleep on the boat on our way back to Mersing & didnt apply the sunblock evenly. =D hahahahehehehaha
