tioman day 2
0900 hrs: gather at the jetty with our snorkelling masks and life jackets. i'm going to snorkel for the first time in my life! heehee! here we are, dry.
we got onto a little boat with 7 other passengers and travelled to some little island out on the sea. the in-charge came over and said we have 1.5 hrs to snorkel around the island. that's it. hmm.... how to snorkel? =|
everyone was putting on their life jackets and masks. i did likewise. then the other passengers started jumping off the boat, into the sea. jump??? so deep! so scary!
trish jumped in too... she's done it before. Justin and I eventually found a ladder by the side of the boat, and slowly lowered ourselves into the sea. this is the first time i'm swimming in the sea, and thanks to the life jacket, i didnt really have to worry about drowning.
snorkelling breathing techniques took some time to get used to. first i have to rem to breathe thru the mouth, otherwise i'll suffocate immediately in the airtight mask. second part was easy. bite the mouthpiece and put ur face into the water. for like 5 min, i was practically inhaling water (which was so salty my lips were pickled immediately!). i realised the problem: i have a "leak". i forgot to seal my lips around the mouthpiece! hmpf! biting the rubber thing wasn't enough. it was just common sense to kind of purse ur lips and stop all the water from entering. so duh rite... but coupled with the stress of being in deep sea, i couldn't think properly.
we went round the little island, and i was finally getting the hang of snorkelling. trish actually took off her life jacket soon, and dived a little. when we were abt ready to go onto the boat, justin's snorkelling tube fell off somehow, and we could see that it was on the sea bed, abt 10m deep. oh no!
luckily trish could dive down and retrieve it! *applause* =D
we later visited some museum and had a second try at snorkelling at another place. i finally had enough courage to take off my life jacket and just keep the mask on. i tried to dive like trish, but somehow i could only go like 2m deep, before i felt myself floating up again! ugh...
when i took off the jacket, i had a panic thought. If i stop moving/treading water, i will sink and drown! it was really terrifying, especially when i know the depth of the water. i tried very hard to push the thought out of my head, and just relax and enjoy the moment.
oh, i forgot to mention that fish were EVERYWHERE! and some idiot threw some bread near me, and the fishes were fighting really hard to get the bread. i freaked out for a while, thinking i was being attacked. thank goodness i did not manage to touch any slimy fish! *shudder*
1330hrs: we went back to the resort and had a delicious lunch of plain fried rice and fried chicken drumstick. lemme repeat: m'sia food really tastes great! heheh
afternoon: we went to the rockfall again, trekking through the jungle path, and wearing our swim stuff.
on the first day, we didn't get to go into the water much, except walking on the river rocks, downstream.this time, we all went into the freezing cold rock pool! haahah.. i have a movie clip which showed us screaming when we dunked ourselves in. the water was cool because it originated from the 1032m peak, and i assume it to be in the shade all the way.
i estimate the water to be abt 18 deg, but when we stuck a digital thermometer in, we couldnt get a reading. hehe,... maybe that thermometer has a very limited range.
1700hrs: i was in the bathroom, towelling my hair after my bath. suddenly, something landed on my left foot. i looked down and saw this HUGE SPIDER! it covered half of my foot!! during normal insect/creepy crawlie encounters, i would totally freak out and just scream the house down. but this time, i simply watched as the spider moved off my foot, towards a corner of the bathroom. I felt the spider's feet on my own, the slow pitter patter. on hindsight, i think i was hypnotized by it. i felt strangely peaceful and surreal, when i shud have gone crazy. weird huh?
anyway, justin proved himself as a man (uh, very rare) and whacked the spider. phew...
we got onto a little boat with 7 other passengers and travelled to some little island out on the sea. the in-charge came over and said we have 1.5 hrs to snorkel around the island. that's it. hmm.... how to snorkel? =|
everyone was putting on their life jackets and masks. i did likewise. then the other passengers started jumping off the boat, into the sea. jump??? so deep! so scary!
trish jumped in too... she's done it before. Justin and I eventually found a ladder by the side of the boat, and slowly lowered ourselves into the sea. this is the first time i'm swimming in the sea, and thanks to the life jacket, i didnt really have to worry about drowning.
snorkelling breathing techniques took some time to get used to. first i have to rem to breathe thru the mouth, otherwise i'll suffocate immediately in the airtight mask. second part was easy. bite the mouthpiece and put ur face into the water. for like 5 min, i was practically inhaling water (which was so salty my lips were pickled immediately!). i realised the problem: i have a "leak". i forgot to seal my lips around the mouthpiece! hmpf! biting the rubber thing wasn't enough. it was just common sense to kind of purse ur lips and stop all the water from entering. so duh rite... but coupled with the stress of being in deep sea, i couldn't think properly.
we went round the little island, and i was finally getting the hang of snorkelling. trish actually took off her life jacket soon, and dived a little. when we were abt ready to go onto the boat, justin's snorkelling tube fell off somehow, and we could see that it was on the sea bed, abt 10m deep. oh no!
luckily trish could dive down and retrieve it! *applause* =D
we later visited some museum and had a second try at snorkelling at another place. i finally had enough courage to take off my life jacket and just keep the mask on. i tried to dive like trish, but somehow i could only go like 2m deep, before i felt myself floating up again! ugh...
when i took off the jacket, i had a panic thought. If i stop moving/treading water, i will sink and drown! it was really terrifying, especially when i know the depth of the water. i tried very hard to push the thought out of my head, and just relax and enjoy the moment.
oh, i forgot to mention that fish were EVERYWHERE! and some idiot threw some bread near me, and the fishes were fighting really hard to get the bread. i freaked out for a while, thinking i was being attacked. thank goodness i did not manage to touch any slimy fish! *shudder*
1330hrs: we went back to the resort and had a delicious lunch of plain fried rice and fried chicken drumstick. lemme repeat: m'sia food really tastes great! heheh
afternoon: we went to the rockfall again, trekking through the jungle path, and wearing our swim stuff.
on the first day, we didn't get to go into the water much, except walking on the river rocks, downstream.this time, we all went into the freezing cold rock pool! haahah.. i have a movie clip which showed us screaming when we dunked ourselves in. the water was cool because it originated from the 1032m peak, and i assume it to be in the shade all the way.
i estimate the water to be abt 18 deg, but when we stuck a digital thermometer in, we couldnt get a reading. hehe,... maybe that thermometer has a very limited range.
1700hrs: i was in the bathroom, towelling my hair after my bath. suddenly, something landed on my left foot. i looked down and saw this HUGE SPIDER! it covered half of my foot!! during normal insect/creepy crawlie encounters, i would totally freak out and just scream the house down. but this time, i simply watched as the spider moved off my foot, towards a corner of the bathroom. I felt the spider's feet on my own, the slow pitter patter. on hindsight, i think i was hypnotized by it. i felt strangely peaceful and surreal, when i shud have gone crazy. weird huh?
anyway, justin proved himself as a man (uh, very rare) and whacked the spider. phew...
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