WOOHOO.... its the last trip of the yr. After seeing manta on the previous trip, think we're on a manta chase this time.... everyone crossing fingers, toes, eyes and anything that can be crossed... but i still think its bcos of adriana that we got to see it the other time. she's quite a lucky charm... cos she saw it on the weekend of her birthday too... (did i say she's a babe too)
WELL, the whole trip went fairly bad from the start, due to the approaching monsoon. it started to rain once we boarded the coach. After crossing the customs, running to the bus was horrid... i think most of us (jrs only, cos seniors all sit in another coach... A.S. P.O.S.) probably ate mud at one point or another... all wet and sticky (from rain water) it was hard for all of us to slp so we gossiped on who's greg toking to on the other side of the phone.
FINALLY..... mersing jetty.... n i tot we'd nv reach there... the journey seems particularly long after we left PROjet. While waiting for other divers to board the boat, i gave out free shoulder and back massages to some of the senoirs who apparently think i'm quite good at it and tot i should go BKK n make some business out of it... which i think was hilarious...
ANYWAY, the boat decided to finally leave for dayang, n like i said b4 due to monsoon the ride over was.... yes HORRIBLE!! water kept splashing everywhere but ming n may and daniel had no choice but to sit on the deck... u should check out ming's amazing chemo wind breaker... its the ultimate i tell u... i've only have this to say abt it... 'u can only see his face' literally... but wat was the funniest was daniel trying to get in in between ming n may (who were lying side by side tightly) like a spoilt little brat trying to take cover from the rain... couldn't stop laughing as i sat at the bench braving the rain with other seniors, while the rest of the jrs were slping inside the 'oven'.
OK, so far has been boring boring and more boring.... so anyway, if in a nut shell... the climax of the 'fairly bad' crew trip was that i had jellyfish stings all over my body including my face... unbarable itch and the ultimate disfigured face... (yes i know i'm not dat good looking to begin with so there's not much of damage). To end the trip on a worst note, the weather took a sudden change on sunday morning our last dive was the scariest dive i've ever had... vis was terrible... current was strong and once we descended, everyone disappeared... how freaky is that when u dun have a buddy with u... if i had time to pull my hair underwater... trust me i would....
WE descended @ crocodile bay and drifted westwards back to the jetty... our pre-dive plan didn't really workout at all everyone was doing their own thing... and as usual i was clueless... somewhere out of nowhere i saw dennis and i jusst followed him at the best i could... so after much navigation and finning, we finally arrived at the jetty. At the end of this dive, there's only 1 word to discribe me at that time... HOPELESS.... and call myself a DM... shame on me...
ON our way back, the rain didn't spear us one bit, but i tot it marked a good end to a 'fairly bad' trip. As smart as i am, i was sound asleep on the sun deck wrapped in my ground sheet and wind breaker (after i learnt my lesson from previous trip). Though we didn't really enjoy the packed lunch, i appreciated the effort by finishing my share (yes i was hungry la ok!). Anyway, we all had our dinner at the restaurant at mersing jetty then headed back or sing... it was the one time we arrived sing super early.