Jumping down the jetty 'chihuahua' style.
Back from Dayang again. Goes without saying that Gracias has done something out of the norm once more, else my surname shall not be Sim.
Let's see.. During the 1st dive (30m deep), I bit my regulator (equipmt you place in the mouth to breathe) so hard, the mouth piece broke. Maybe it's cos of the jitters I had, the dive being my 1st after sometime and the fact that it's still early in the morning (note: I'm not a morning person). But again, I wasn't so sure if the mouth piece wasn't broken in the first place b4 I put it in my mouth. blah blah blah ok. Then, during the same dive, I lost my mask. sheesh.. I had to fin on the surface like an idiot while the others were helping me to scrounge for it. Nice way to start a first dive. How very encouraging.
I was determined not to make any more mistakes losing equip or spoiling them again. So determined that I've decided to take the blame upon myself. Physically. I knocked my head on the boat, not once, not twice, but THRICE! Accidentally, of course, and on different occasions.Gee...so much for once bitten, twice shy. But I must defend myself at this point. 1st, I'm tall. 2nd, the ceiling is too low. 3rd, the boat was rocking. etc,etc. bleah. And of course, anybody who knows Gracias Simone Potter, will know that I'm ultra accident-prone. So that shall be included in my defence as well.
As if I hadn't suffered enough, I had to put up with the chants by the very evil people around: Zhong4 Tou1 Jiang3~ (win top['head' in chinese] prize). Furthermore, they were teasing me about my hair LAR!~ SO ANGRRrrY!~ It's just the normal 3 way-tie style I used during any netball trainings, to hold up my irritating fringe. I didn't forsee that my hair on the 2 sides will stand up in the water, with resemblance to dog's ears or even horns. So as you can imagine, I turn out to be another joke for the others to laugh about. I hereby announce my new nick name, not-very-proudly-but-better-than-for-you-to-find-out-through-other-ways-from-bad-people: The Diving Dog, Chihuahua. Grrrowwwl..~
Heehee. Ok lar~ Nothing new to be teased by people around. I'm used to it. And to be honest, I'm actually a very important medium for people to break the ice and unite in the team. hohoho. Not just diving, but for everything else. So I'm actually being very wei3 da4 (noble)! Dun pray pray ar~. And, despite my complaints, the whole experience was far from bad. I didn't spend $400 to suffer. HAHA~ I had my fair share of the pie making fun of others. Also, $400 not for not solely play on land but for the underwater exploration (which is the main purpose). I completed 12 dives in the weekend alone and saw lots of new creatures - sea turtles, squid, blue-spotted stingray, box fish, bumphead fish (which happens to be another joke on me if you get it).. etc. FUN, FUN, FUN! Needless to say, I'm pretty proud of myself, having completed the Advanced Open Water Course successfully despite my disastrous nature.
Next, will be the Rescue Diver Course. Watch OUT... ... ... for more accidents coming. Grrrowl~.
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