my 1st diving trip !

The RIG & DIVING trip

for more information of this oil rig can refer this web side :
http://seaventuresdive.com/index-2.html


31st May , 2009 , SUNDAY
today is Kaamatan ...
but this year i am not in K.K but i am now on the sea...
yea is on the sea ...i followed the seadventure sabah cruse .
i am staying in an old oil rig but has been converted into like a hotel ..hmm
there were 24 cabins in the rig ...one room can fit 2 person with attach bathroom.

the RIG , only one in world

the room

toilet ..simple toilet

my room ..hehe

one part of the rig

the main hall

back

enjoying the view

enjoying the mabul island

the rig is really amazing ...
i never though of staying on a rig man !!!!
at 1st i was told to stayed there , woa i am not happy o ...
cus i though is every1 sharing a room ..
hmm but later i asked ...woa woa...is 2 person a room .
so i stayed alone while my parents they stayed in a room them self .hehe
lucky there got line so i am able to contact all my friends ...
i even had 3G with Ben ..hehe showing the rig to him ..hehe
i reached the rig at 10.3oam ++ by a speed boat ..
it took about 45min from semporna to the rig ...
and the rig is just opposite the mabul island ...
we just need to take 1min boat to reach mabul island...hehe
after checked in the cabin than we had lunch and rest ...
cus i am going diving at 3pm ...but beed to go for briefing 1st ...
and my coach was Christine ...hehe ...
b4 i meet her i am worry about how to communicate with her ...
but lastly woo she was a great person .hehe
she taught me all the basics things ...
hmm ...quite easy ..hehe ..

ok? ok

is not good but it means GO UP

GO down

STOP !!!!

and there are lots of equipment there needed to put on ...
hmm only the o2 tank already is 14kg..
but you wont feel anything weight when you are in the water .
actualy Christine came for holiday with her husband ...
but because i needed a coach to go for diving so she teached me ...
i am so lucky to get a good coach ^.^
and my lucky too that there were 2 coach followed me in the water ...
one is Christine another was her husband ...hehe

the map

my suit

BCD


on the way to the diving side


get ready b4 jump in the water

teaching me

just finish , taking of the weight


yeah!!! i made it !

coming up

after dived
from left : Christine , her husband , her GURU n I

1st they brough me to a shalow place ...
she put on everything on me ...together with some weight
than she taugh me the basic things such as :
1. check the level of 02
2. how to push out the exes water in my mouth
3. how to force the air out from my' google'
and many more ...hehe
i tnk i step on lots of star fish when in the shallow part ..haha Sorry !

my 1st dive woa ..i sank ...haha cus too heavy ...
so she took out a weight
than hmm...all OK ...continue to dive ....
than again too heavy ..so took out agian ...hehe
yeah now i feel ngam ngam ..can float or sink ..hehe
but suddently , my left feet cramp o ...OMG
no way i going up so fast ...
but is dangerous if cramp ...
when i wanted to give them signal than i am not ok ...
eh miricle ....my left feet OK dy ...
just cramped for only 5 s ...phew ...LUCKY !!!
when deeper , my ear i can feel the presure ..
so i used the tecnique she taught me ..
blow using our nose ..hmm
it works...i am OK ..hehe
when go in deeper ...i blow my nose...
hmm ..ok ...i feeling good...
woa...saw lots of different types of fish , colourfull snails , turtles .......
woa....ui TURTLE !!!!

woa i swam with TURTLE !!!!!

i saw 3 again ..haha
i swam with them ...hehe they were so so CUTE !!!!
i almost kiss one of them cus i were too near ...but it was an exited memory ...hehe
when diving , Christine keep asked me to check my amour of o2
because if reaches 50 thats mean is time to go up ...hehe ..
Yeah!!! i DIVE for 50mins and 12metre deep .
cus i am taking Discover Scuba Diving , i am only allowed to dive max 12 m ...
woa .,..still a great experience ...hehe
when we reached the surface than i noticed that we have been so so far o ...hehe
woo...feel SYOK !!!! hehe
They said i am very lucky
cus 1st time to dive can see 3 turtles thats amazing ..hehe
He even said to her that if every student like me it would be an easy job for her ..haha ..
ui na ...she said i am GOOD...wakaka,....(perasan ni ) haha
She told her GURU that she wanted to bring me to Sipadan hehe
but SAD ...
cus i dun have the lisence and the permit so i am not allowed to dive there and so deep...hehe
ui na ....ui na ...so HAPPY o ..hehe
really cant forget what i SeE in the sea ..haha
it was so so beautiful..the sea woa...wao....!!!!
K i am going to take the course SOON ..hehe
HEy wait for me o ...i am COMING !!!! hehe
i tnk should be after SPM ...cus now really no time need to study ..hu hu ..
nvm ...few more months to go only ...hehe
after dived we went over to mabul island ..
hmm ..not as nice as i saw in the internet ..lucky we stayed on the rig not on the island...

at mabul island

at 6.30pm we went back to the rig ...bath ..rest ...
get ready for dinner ...woo BBQ o ..hehe
got live band again ...wooo ..nice ...

the live band NICE

and i got my cert for Discover Scuba Diving cert from Christine ..haha

the cert ...sad taip wrongly my name

it was so so fun !!!! hehe ..
although it was really tiring but it worth it !!!!
my 1st experience in the sea ...and meet such a good coach ...
and the world is so small...
the Prom night of our sch will be held in 1B ballroom ..
and she is the general manager of the ballroom ...woo...
good ...can discuss our prom thing with her ..hehe