Deepavali in Tioman....

It's been a while since I last updated, and this is an extremely over due entry. It started one night in front of my computer.. I think that has been my MO lately. Stay up late .. saw Cik Mail's status on Facebook, and quickly asked him the details.. too long out of the water I was excited when he said he's off to Tioman for 2d1n with F and DZ. So I BBMed F and asked him about the trip and he said he'll be taking the bus.. and the rest was history.

We met at TBS at BTS. I've never been there. Took the train from Putrajaya. Left my car at Putrajaya Sentral for the night. The TBS was huge. It's a good thing they put it up there, takes the attention off Puduraya. We took the bus from TBS heading to Batu Pahat, where Cik Mail would pick us up and drove to Mersing. We then took the earliest ferry in. DZ was already there with his family.

my bus ticket.. :)

empty Batu Pahat... 

Not very "ceria" (tr. cheerful)

already on the ferry

it's raining when we arrived..

As soon as we arrived, we immediately geared up for 2 dives at Batu Malang and Chebeh. It was okay..  I haven't dived Tioman for so long.. I think my last trip to Tioman was in 2008? or was it 2009? The fun factor was no longer there I guess. Long story...  DZ and family were waiting for us to do this dive. The vis was fine   even though monsoon season started.. but water was choppy enough I guess.. Cik Mail was sea sick. Nothing much to see.. Perhaps the timing was not right. Even DZ's kids were bored. They were chasing and teasing each other underwater till they ran out of air. So the DM was concentrating on them.. and leaving us (ahem.. me) behind. I lost them a couple of times.. hmm..

Later we had a shore dive.. I missed Salang Jetty so much. had some good dives.. since the two boat dives were so-so.. we opted for shore dive. Hoping to see some frogfish near the jetty. Only three of us went .. guided by Man.. Alas I lost them all after 5 minutes. Damn.. and since I wasn't familiar with the area.. I only hung out near the jetty and ascended after 20 minutes. Rid saw me from the restaurant and were laughing so hard.. He knew right away I lost the group.. ;p nyampah k.. ;p

lots of these.. was aiming for that artistic shot hehe ;p  

the only nudi i saw kot? ye ke? 

i only dived near the pillars.. afraid i might be lost at salang shore kakakak  ;p boleh? 

After diving we checked into our room. We shared our room.. Sorry la F and Cik Mail for the sounds that may have come out at night.. and the unsightly views.. haha am not like most girls ;-p

our room at salang

my roommate.. topless.. 

still with my trusted old pair of beach slippers..

I guess the highlight of the trip was the dinner.. hehe.. we had pelanduk for dinner.. curry pelanduk. How they got them doesn't matter much.. as it was goooddd... :D

I didn't really plan to dive the next day. My budget didn't allow for more. DZ was disappointed when F and I decided not to join him and his family.. Sorry DZ. I would have if I had money.. But I did have enough for one more shore dive. I looked around for a buddy.. and finally Jay agreed to be my dive buddy.. Thanks Jay! That's my first dive with Jay.. and it was great. He showed me how to take some cool shots even without strobes. And I learned that anything can be a good subject if you know how to work your camera ;D the dive totally made up the three so-so dives I had the day before. Even got to video an electric ray, which I thought would be bigger.. turns out it's so tiny and looks sooooo harmless.. so cute :-/ so guys.. looks can be deceiving! ;)

my trusted gear.. all ready to go

crocodile fish! nice...

lama tak makan photograph puffer..

lighting cun tengah hari... 

i heart diving

the cute electric ray

i have no idea what this is.. of it is a thing.. 

After such a great dive... it's so hard to leave Tioman.. Rid said to come back soon and not wait till 3 years later. Was it 3 years ago that I last went to Tioman? hehe.. entah la.. Tioman is not much fun when you go alone. Unlike Mabul huhu :( We went back on the afternoon ferry and Cik Mail drove us back to KL. He had something to do in KL.. Damn.. I would just like to lie on my bed and sleep. We went to Old Town YKS... met Che Ad, Jun

Che Ad..

Jun and I

F.. 

We hung out till quite late and Cik Mail drove me to Putrajaya Sentral.. arghh.. kena drive balik.. :( I was beat.. but that was a relaxing quickie. Thanks F, thanks Cik Mail..

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