PADI Open Water Dive at Tioman with Amazing Dive.

To dive nearing the monsoon season (rather we were a week into the season as Mersing and Tioman was pretty much abandoned!) has it's pros and cons but I choose to see the positive side to it. Not often do we get the island and dive spots to ourselves aren't I right?  To descend to as close to 12 metres deep down was pretty daunting especially for someone who've got equalizing problems. As much as I've followed instructions closely, which is to "equalize as you descend" aka softly blow your nose on every other breath that you take, the pressure was a little too much for me but I was able to complete and earn my license by the end of the 3 days! YAY.

Nonetheless, I was so thankful for Aylssah and Caleb who've helped me greatly through out the whole weekend trip. They were ever so patient, friendly, skillful and always assured us that things will turn out fun (which it is!) or giving us tips and advices along the way. Life under the water was indeed beautiful though there is so much we can see in Tioman. I do hope to do a few leisure dives later part of the years where I can see perhaps see more fishes or sharks? Hahaha that would be hell one of a bucket list stricked off! 

 

I'll never forget that moment when we dived and kinda strayed away further off from our boat which resulted in me shivering, thanks to the cold water and none stop breeze. AND smarty me did not bring a single change of clothes nor a towel! But thank god for my huge and long shawl that which I used to wrapped myself with. Didn't helped much but it's better than nothing. Keeping my wet suit on is a bad bad idea when you're freezing cold fyi! Kindly do not laugh at my ugly tan line. Looking at it is depressing but there's nothing I can do except to let it wear off or.. I have to go for some tanning session with Zaimah but I'm too lazy to do so as I don't want to get any darker than I already am now. :/

All the snapshots were taken with my uncle's GoPro Hero Black 3 and right now, I'm totally regretting for not taking tons more photos because laziness got the better of me. I wished I had snapped the people I hanged out with late at night at the one restaurant that is open, sharing plates of fries and individual drinks (I had teh tarik while the rest got good beers and more alcohol hahaha!) watching JB vs Pahang, the beautiful deep blue salt water that turns turqoise at some places (yeah those picturesque scenery) those moments in the boat getting from one dive sites to the other (we did a total of 5 sites), the 4 hours bus ride from SG to Mersing and another 5-6 hours from Mersing to Tioman via the boat. Damn bloody epic please because we reached the island only at 5am and to be up for breakfast by 9am before we proceed for our first dive!

And nope I'm not complaining because hell, it was an adventure. Especially after bunking into what was a mini "chalet".. All that I'd reveal is that I'm lucky there was a jug for us to boil water else, I do not know how I'm gonna shower with the use of a tempayan and ice cold water. Hahaha. Wouldn't want to end this post without thanking my sister ketiak mama for accompanying me and despite the fact that we were supposed to be each other dive buddies, I kept abandoning her half way because I take forever to descend. HAHAHA.

Till my next mini trip! xx