I have really been busy and couldn't write as often as I wanted to. (ps to krumbs: i really wonder why?)
We went sabah recently (errr...in July actually), met isaac and had such great fun. The company was great, the diving was...an eye-opener (and considering I was almost drowned) and the river rafting was one hell of an adrenaline rush.
Yes, I was almost drowned. Well, it was just me being panic and all. Haha.. I wanted to quit but the instructor persuaded me to stay on and krumbs assured me he'll be just be right next to me.
In the end, I plucked up enough courage to stay on and did all the required skills safely. Of course, if it wasn't for krumbs, who always made sure he was within my sight, I wouldn't have succeeded. I had trouble with my buoyancy control a few times and was floating a bit higher than the rest. I was afraid to lose sight of the rest and krumbs and everytime I tried to look around me, his hands would reach out to me and gave me the assurance that I needed.
I remembered there was once as we dived into deeper depth, I forgot to release more air in my BCD, hence, I floated and floated and found myself going higher and higher than everyone else. I tried to release more air but somehow i just couldn't get myself down. Then, I kinda saw myself drifted away from the rest of the group. As I slowly lose sight of them, I resigned to my fate. I was a lil scared as I didn't where I was and where would the rest be and dunno if they realised I'm lost. All I knew was, I was heading to the surface involuntarily. Then, all of the sudden, I saw krumbs swimming towards me. I was totally relieved! I realised he was watching over me all this while. (and yes, the running joke was that... knowing how corals take thousands of years to form, he couldn't help feeling sad as he watched me and my fins flapping onto them. Oops! But hey! not that I purposely did that! O_o" )
And so with that, we had our basic diving license! I'm proud of that coz... I was afraid of fishes and was apprehensive if I should go ahead with it, this is especially so after the "nearly-drowned" incident. But I told myself I must overcome that phobia. Oh, my instructor, Nevelle also played a part in assuring me and guaranteeing me that I would come to no harm. He's really sweet too. So.. yeh, I'm a certified SSI diver!!
We did white river rafting together too... though I felt that I was just soaked in a huge tub of Ice milo. It was fun!
I had a great short vacation trip and I really didn't feel like coming home just yet. Oh well, isn't it all the same feeling when one went on a vacation?? Okay, I shall be contented. In fact, I am more than happy. Happy that we did lotsa activities together. Happy that we could actually had such great fun together. Happy that we found out a lot more about each other and could still be happy! Happy that we survived the 9 days together (why i say that? well coz apparently, both of us had some reservations as to whether we could stand each other's good/bad habits throughout the 9 days away from home and in close proximity. And it turned out good!)
"Such a relationship-building trip!" - krumbs.
Collages of photos are below.
