3 days @ tioman!
back fr my trip.. been to tioman, not that far but e travelling time is realli terrible.. had to sit thru slightly more than 2 hours sitting in e car, almost 3 hours on the dive boat den can reach e island.. but i muz say ITS WORTH IT!!!
8 of us went, 5 to learn and 3 of us went for leisure dive.. n of coz i m going there for leisure dive!! lolx..
left singapore @ about 10am on 13 sep n had to endure a growling stomach to go mersing for lunch... kept thinking that we would stop for lunch earlier so i refused to open my packet of tiger biscuits which i bought while we were topping up fuel @ the beginning (with compliments of 90 sens from mr claim-to-be-very-fit) but i was wrong... i think i almost fainted during the ride.. finally upon reaching mersing, practically gobbled up my plate of rice with roast chicken, char siew n roasted 3-layered bak -- was told that tioman dun serve pork so i tried eating my 3 days fill of pork... wasnt that great but to settle my stomach i didnt care.. w/i 30 minutes, we boarded e dive boat.. realli anxious to reach the island but knew it gotta take some time so i sat in front to absorb the dry sunlight first.... got bored n tired after a while n went to nap b4 my 1st dive... b4 i knew it, i was woken by mr claim-to-be-very-fit cum dua-sia... kinda forgotten what is it like to dive n how to descend (its been almost 4 months since my forst and last dive) actually i still have the fear that my oxygen supply would die off during my dive. but i convinced myself that i need to get over that n i knew this trip it was it... it was after i put on my weight belt den i got over my sleepiness... n soon all of us were down in e water... i tried descending but water seeped into my mask n immediately i came up to e surface n kana scolded coz i was supposed to clear my mask... but did i forget to mention i hate clearing my mask i realli rather bear with e discomfir of water inside den clear it... okie la, i have this phobia that only more water would enter n stink my eyes... so please dun play with my mask when i m in e water k! after that everything under water was a breeze...
we were supposed to be staying in a chalet but it could only accomate 4 in a room... nice name -- tioman beach resort.. but dun be fooled! i shall post the pic after i get them... basically there's only a queen size bed n 2 singles in e room n a super simple basic toilet inside... i arent complaining but its lidat @ e resorts.. i dun mind coz i m spending @ most 8 hours in the room only...
food there is super simple, i tried fish n chips on e 1st night compliments from mr claim-to-be-very-fit again.... haha... basically its bcoz my shorts dun have pocket n i couldnt carry my $$ with me... that's not an excuse! but boy i was shocked but what came on my plate... its some dunno-what fish dipped in some dunno-what-crumbs n deep-fried... we had 4 plates of roast chicken compliments fr ben n nancy but it was terrible too... those planning to go tioman pls do not go to e 1st restaurant on the left from the jetty if u ever stay @ salang... its a fake impression that e food is good there due to e nicer decor! its not nice @ all... honestly, e only nice thing is e fries..
after that lingered around for a while n went to get some rest.. it was alittle difficult to fall asleep for dunno what reason, but when i finally did so, i was awaken by some1 who was apparently sleep-talking in hokkien! got a little frightened by i simply squeezed my eyes close n make myself go back to my dreams... i didnt wanna meet spooky things in e room..
had to wake up early in e morning to go for breakfast coz we had 3 dives to complete on e 2nd day.. long time since i had to wake up @7 plus so naturally i couldnt wake up to the alarm of 'lao shu ai da mi'... kana scolded again coz i was supposed to wake them up but didnt care.. its wasnt my hp n it wasnt by my bedside... not my fault... i wasnt kana awaken by ppl sleep talking in e middle of e night k!!
can u believe it breakfast consist of what we normally eat @ e 'zi har' stall... e black yellow mee but without prawns n fried bee hoon without bak to make sure our vegeterian dive-mate could eat her heart's fill... not that she eat alot but dun think she can endure 3 days with her cup noodles anyway...
after that went straight for e 3 dives... somehow during some of the dives, i had difficulty going down n had some1 to pull me down with much difficulty... but at least i didnt have to follow those trying to get their licence, e 3 of us could explore by ourselves... picking @ sea urchins n i played with e fishes while destropying abit of the corals... oops... wasnt supposed to be lidat by my buoyance isnt that great... thanks to e help of the guys i managed to b safe... didnt land on any sea urchins or bitten by any fierce-looking fish...
somehow 3 dives is realli tiring... upon finishing e 3rd dive i realli couldnt pull myself back to e dive boat... had to b pulled while i rested on my back... my chest realli hurt but i didnt wanna give up any of e dives.. the weight belt pressed into my waist n every breath was a torture... everything was juz so tight inside.... fortunately i had help to bring me back...
e last dive was the most captivating to me... i was playing with e clownfish n it was alreadi within my two gloved-hands... n i went all e way down to 15m n not realised it... there's nothing much to see but e attempt to pick up another sea urchin failed...
after that it was packing up n lunch n off we go.... boarded the dive-boat once again to return to mersing after 3 days... realli tired fell asleep immediately upon lying down... my nose n cheeks hurts.. dun think i need blusher for 2 days but plenty of moisturiser...
it poured heavily after we got into e car @ mersing.. realli wet n flooded roads... had to go slow n having to endure a waiting-to-burst bladder isnt fun @ all... it was cold n i started to shiver... finally after more than 1 hour of torture again, got to e toilet @ the petrol station... ah... but it was still cold.... @ 1 point i was put behind the wheel bcoz mr claim-to-be-fit didnt wanna drive... kana horned immediately when i tried to turn out of the side of the road n i realised that e old car didnt need much acceleration to move.. so much for a smooth start coz the car jerked so much n e brake needs so much energy to put a stop to e car... omg... it was definitely a nerve-wrecking drive... den had mr claim-to-be-fit to parrallel park e car while we stop for our dinner... i was literally shaking i couldnt judge e spatial dist at all... after dinner had him to driv n bring us back to singapore...
its so funny having stopped @ e singapore customs to check our car n bags... having a male driver n 3 pretty ladies does it appear like he's going to con us off or something lidat?! crazy... super pai-say coz when e officers wanted to wanted to us to open the front portion of e car we didnt realli have a idea how to?! den still muz search our body, realli amusing lei......
realli tired now, juz finished unpacking n washing all my laundry n equipment... gotta go put on a face mask n dreamzzzzz..........
8 of us went, 5 to learn and 3 of us went for leisure dive.. n of coz i m going there for leisure dive!! lolx..
left singapore @ about 10am on 13 sep n had to endure a growling stomach to go mersing for lunch... kept thinking that we would stop for lunch earlier so i refused to open my packet of tiger biscuits which i bought while we were topping up fuel @ the beginning (with compliments of 90 sens from mr claim-to-be-very-fit) but i was wrong... i think i almost fainted during the ride.. finally upon reaching mersing, practically gobbled up my plate of rice with roast chicken, char siew n roasted 3-layered bak -- was told that tioman dun serve pork so i tried eating my 3 days fill of pork... wasnt that great but to settle my stomach i didnt care.. w/i 30 minutes, we boarded e dive boat.. realli anxious to reach the island but knew it gotta take some time so i sat in front to absorb the dry sunlight first.... got bored n tired after a while n went to nap b4 my 1st dive... b4 i knew it, i was woken by mr claim-to-be-very-fit cum dua-sia... kinda forgotten what is it like to dive n how to descend (its been almost 4 months since my forst and last dive) actually i still have the fear that my oxygen supply would die off during my dive. but i convinced myself that i need to get over that n i knew this trip it was it... it was after i put on my weight belt den i got over my sleepiness... n soon all of us were down in e water... i tried descending but water seeped into my mask n immediately i came up to e surface n kana scolded coz i was supposed to clear my mask... but did i forget to mention i hate clearing my mask i realli rather bear with e discomfir of water inside den clear it... okie la, i have this phobia that only more water would enter n stink my eyes... so please dun play with my mask when i m in e water k! after that everything under water was a breeze...
we were supposed to be staying in a chalet but it could only accomate 4 in a room... nice name -- tioman beach resort.. but dun be fooled! i shall post the pic after i get them... basically there's only a queen size bed n 2 singles in e room n a super simple basic toilet inside... i arent complaining but its lidat @ e resorts.. i dun mind coz i m spending @ most 8 hours in the room only...
food there is super simple, i tried fish n chips on e 1st night compliments from mr claim-to-be-very-fit again.... haha... basically its bcoz my shorts dun have pocket n i couldnt carry my $$ with me... that's not an excuse! but boy i was shocked but what came on my plate... its some dunno-what fish dipped in some dunno-what-crumbs n deep-fried... we had 4 plates of roast chicken compliments fr ben n nancy but it was terrible too... those planning to go tioman pls do not go to e 1st restaurant on the left from the jetty if u ever stay @ salang... its a fake impression that e food is good there due to e nicer decor! its not nice @ all... honestly, e only nice thing is e fries..
after that lingered around for a while n went to get some rest.. it was alittle difficult to fall asleep for dunno what reason, but when i finally did so, i was awaken by some1 who was apparently sleep-talking in hokkien! got a little frightened by i simply squeezed my eyes close n make myself go back to my dreams... i didnt wanna meet spooky things in e room..
had to wake up early in e morning to go for breakfast coz we had 3 dives to complete on e 2nd day.. long time since i had to wake up @7 plus so naturally i couldnt wake up to the alarm of 'lao shu ai da mi'... kana scolded again coz i was supposed to wake them up but didnt care.. its wasnt my hp n it wasnt by my bedside... not my fault... i wasnt kana awaken by ppl sleep talking in e middle of e night k!!
can u believe it breakfast consist of what we normally eat @ e 'zi har' stall... e black yellow mee but without prawns n fried bee hoon without bak to make sure our vegeterian dive-mate could eat her heart's fill... not that she eat alot but dun think she can endure 3 days with her cup noodles anyway...
after that went straight for e 3 dives... somehow during some of the dives, i had difficulty going down n had some1 to pull me down with much difficulty... but at least i didnt have to follow those trying to get their licence, e 3 of us could explore by ourselves... picking @ sea urchins n i played with e fishes while destropying abit of the corals... oops... wasnt supposed to be lidat by my buoyance isnt that great... thanks to e help of the guys i managed to b safe... didnt land on any sea urchins or bitten by any fierce-looking fish...
somehow 3 dives is realli tiring... upon finishing e 3rd dive i realli couldnt pull myself back to e dive boat... had to b pulled while i rested on my back... my chest realli hurt but i didnt wanna give up any of e dives.. the weight belt pressed into my waist n every breath was a torture... everything was juz so tight inside.... fortunately i had help to bring me back...
e last dive was the most captivating to me... i was playing with e clownfish n it was alreadi within my two gloved-hands... n i went all e way down to 15m n not realised it... there's nothing much to see but e attempt to pick up another sea urchin failed...
after that it was packing up n lunch n off we go.... boarded the dive-boat once again to return to mersing after 3 days... realli tired fell asleep immediately upon lying down... my nose n cheeks hurts.. dun think i need blusher for 2 days but plenty of moisturiser...
it poured heavily after we got into e car @ mersing.. realli wet n flooded roads... had to go slow n having to endure a waiting-to-burst bladder isnt fun @ all... it was cold n i started to shiver... finally after more than 1 hour of torture again, got to e toilet @ the petrol station... ah... but it was still cold.... @ 1 point i was put behind the wheel bcoz mr claim-to-be-fit didnt wanna drive... kana horned immediately when i tried to turn out of the side of the road n i realised that e old car didnt need much acceleration to move.. so much for a smooth start coz the car jerked so much n e brake needs so much energy to put a stop to e car... omg... it was definitely a nerve-wrecking drive... den had mr claim-to-be-fit to parrallel park e car while we stop for our dinner... i was literally shaking i couldnt judge e spatial dist at all... after dinner had him to driv n bring us back to singapore...
its so funny having stopped @ e singapore customs to check our car n bags... having a male driver n 3 pretty ladies does it appear like he's going to con us off or something lidat?! crazy... super pai-say coz when e officers wanted to wanted to us to open the front portion of e car we didnt realli have a idea how to?! den still muz search our body, realli amusing lei......
realli tired now, juz finished unpacking n washing all my laundry n equipment... gotta go put on a face mask n dreamzzzzz..........
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