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Showing posts with label DIVING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIVING. Show all posts
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Sunday, 8 August 2010
I'm paid to play?
Hmmm... a lot of people whom I've met, are very surprised and excited with what I am doing.
People begin to ask alot of questions and regretting why they have not heard of such opportunities in their country or when they select courses in university.
I wonder if they really understand what I'm doing?
In the end, all the information that they interpreted were ...
I am being paid to play.
Friday, 14 May 2010
Saturday, 8 May 2010
An urchin's revenge
I swear that the urchin chased me.
And I succumbed to it's attack.
It's my fault that he has to sacrifice his spines.
Into my calf.
Dive hazards occur naturally for each dives. Accident happens when we are less alert and concentration reels beyond 100%.
DIVE ALERT!
Urchins. There's a sea of them in HK waters. Well, I bumped into them in all my research sites. Maybe they coincide with my niche of study. Their proliferation are highly prompted by nutrient enriched waters. I would say, transboundary water circulation from neighbouring areas eg Pearl River Delta, China.
These polluted waters travelled all the way from southeast China and spans their strength across Hong Kong towards the Pacific Ocean. Extensive travelling they have got there.
During one of my dives, I accidentally-carelessly-innocently-unwantingly-regretfully dropped a piece of my weight onto an urchin!! And crushed, the urchin became. I felt really bad and embaressed by the careless mistake I did. All I can do was just stare, because I can 'tput the crushed urchin back into one...
A few days ago, I was again diving in a massive urchin bombshell at Lamma. The water was good with visibility 1m or less. We were lucky because there was a little sunshine. =)
Lamma actually gave me a good look about Hong Kong. There's so much to see and to discover in these turbulent waters. I've never thought that I would find biodiverse array of soft corals, frogfishes, porcupines, goats, unicorns, nudibranchs, variety of anemones, xmas trees, etc in such an environment. But like I said, HK has got hidden treasures at hidden places.
I was so occupied admiring a puffer fish shielded under a rock that I did not notice an urchin moved its way towards my back. As I turned around to check out on other divers, and with one finning, my calf ended up with 13 urchin's pricks......... It was a forceful blow as I was kicking my way to turn around. Just imagine urchin penetrating 5mm....
I swear, the urchin was not there when I waded through the rocks....
................................................
And the urchins lived to tell their tales.
DIVE ALERT!
Urchins. There's a sea of them in HK waters. Well, I bumped into them in all my research sites. Maybe they coincide with my niche of study. Their proliferation are highly prompted by nutrient enriched waters. I would say, transboundary water circulation from neighbouring areas eg Pearl River Delta, China.
These polluted waters travelled all the way from southeast China and spans their strength across Hong Kong towards the Pacific Ocean. Extensive travelling they have got there.
During one of my dives, I accidentally-carelessly-innocently-unwantingly-regretfully dropped a piece of my weight onto an urchin!! And crushed, the urchin became. I felt really bad and embaressed by the careless mistake I did. All I can do was just stare, because I can 'tput the crushed urchin back into one...
A few days ago, I was again diving in a massive urchin bombshell at Lamma. The water was good with visibility 1m or less. We were lucky because there was a little sunshine. =)
Lamma actually gave me a good look about Hong Kong. There's so much to see and to discover in these turbulent waters. I've never thought that I would find biodiverse array of soft corals, frogfishes, porcupines, goats, unicorns, nudibranchs, variety of anemones, xmas trees, etc in such an environment. But like I said, HK has got hidden treasures at hidden places.
I was so occupied admiring a puffer fish shielded under a rock that I did not notice an urchin moved its way towards my back. As I turned around to check out on other divers, and with one finning, my calf ended up with 13 urchin's pricks......... It was a forceful blow as I was kicking my way to turn around. Just imagine urchin penetrating 5mm....
I swear, the urchin was not there when I waded through the rocks....
................................................
And the urchins lived to tell their tales.
Friday, 30 April 2010
SCUBA with a twist
If only SCUBA lessons are ever so fun and interesting, everyone would rather breathe underwater than they are on land. A conversation between a really patient teacher and an idiotic student :-
a says:
u remember the steps ah...
i type u read la k
ok
t says:
haha
a says:
1st check the scuba tank. check the air
open the valve slowly, check the air got bau ikan bilis or sotong or not
and then, after assembly of yer bcd
check the air from the gauge
pressure gauge'
should be more than 180 bar (2800 psi)
lesser than that ask them to change
and then,
check the function of the inflator hose..to ur bcd
inflate, and deflate, make sure bcd no pamchet
then test the regulator.....purrge the air pssht psshht see got cockroach and stuff or not inside
then try to breath it....
test the octopus as well....make sure no leaks
de-fog yer mask,
with shampoo or your saliva
if saliva no need rinse
if shampoo rinnse once
blow hot air inside the mask see got fog up or not. if not...you're good
t says:
eh
uncle
where find hot air la
a says:
your breath la aunty
yohhh
and then
pakai your hoody
make sure u still can breath and can put fingers inside the hood (beside your cheeks and neck)
as for your weights
your guide should kau tim for u
as i can see fer your size and weight, with 5mm plus vest, hmmm. minimung 6-7 lead weights. i feel u should need more
divin from boat or shore?
t says:
shore
a says:
oo
then if u wearing fins, try walk sideways.....not forward
nanti terpelanting hahahahaha i would be sooo regretfull that i aint there
if can wear fins only when the water is err waist level
so u wont ter pelanting
once in the water, your guide shall guide u la
but uncle still wanna talk
fully inflate, at the surface
t says:
hahahaah
a says:
when ready to descend, slowly deflate burst by burst...jgn cepat cepat if youre too heavy...you;ll sink like rock. but i guess wont.
lemember to equalize your sinuses every metre....
just put your fingers around your nose piece. and blow GENTLY
should hear hamster mating sound
if hear fart sound also will do
as long as no pain
once bottom, steady yerself, keep hands around body to preserve warmth.
jgn "char kuey tiau" or "sea horse" with your arms
u should be fine =)
t says:
anyway
instructor will ask me to remove mask
and bcd
a says:
ha
something like refresher course
is it
okok
u remember how to remove and what to do right?
t says:
hehehehhe
a says:
take a deep breath from the regulator, and slowly pull the mask off from the NOSEpiece ya
so u will know the orientation of the fella when u put it back on
the nose piece at the bottom
if u pandai buka mata jeling jeling...even better lo
can see abit
now the important part
putting it back
pakai it back 1st slowly....
keep breathing ya..from your mouth, not yer nose
then once the mask is on yer face
take a deep breath from the regulator, tild yer head slightly upwards and breath out from your NOSE.....
doing that, you must lift the bottom of the mask slightly...little bit will do
the top just tahan
doing this while exhaling will force the water out
keep doing it until u feel comfy liau lo
hmmm. if like that he sure ask u take out reg also ma
if so
make sure blow bubbles ah. dont hold yer breath. not good.
while putting the reg back into yer mouth, use the purge button to blow our some of the water trapped inside the mouthpiece
a says:
u remember the steps ah...
i type u read la k
ok
t says:
haha
a says:
1st check the scuba tank. check the air
open the valve slowly, check the air got bau ikan bilis or sotong or not
and then, after assembly of yer bcd
check the air from the gauge
pressure gauge'
should be more than 180 bar (2800 psi)
lesser than that ask them to change
and then,
check the function of the inflator hose..to ur bcd
inflate, and deflate, make sure bcd no pamchet
then test the regulator.....purrge the air pssht psshht see got cockroach and stuff or not inside
then try to breath it....
test the octopus as well....make sure no leaks
de-fog yer mask,
with shampoo or your saliva
if saliva no need rinse
if shampoo rinnse once
blow hot air inside the mask see got fog up or not. if not...you're good
t says:
eh
uncle
where find hot air la
a says:
your breath la aunty
yohhh
and then
pakai your hoody
make sure u still can breath and can put fingers inside the hood (beside your cheeks and neck)
as for your weights
your guide should kau tim for u
as i can see fer your size and weight, with 5mm plus vest, hmmm. minimung 6-7 lead weights. i feel u should need more
divin from boat or shore?
t says:
shore
a says:
oo
then if u wearing fins, try walk sideways.....not forward
nanti terpelanting hahahahaha i would be sooo regretfull that i aint there
if can wear fins only when the water is err waist level
so u wont ter pelanting
once in the water, your guide shall guide u la
but uncle still wanna talk
fully inflate, at the surface
t says:
hahahaah
a says:
when ready to descend, slowly deflate burst by burst...jgn cepat cepat if youre too heavy...you;ll sink like rock. but i guess wont.
lemember to equalize your sinuses every metre....
just put your fingers around your nose piece. and blow GENTLY
should hear hamster mating sound
if hear fart sound also will do
as long as no pain
once bottom, steady yerself, keep hands around body to preserve warmth.
jgn "char kuey tiau" or "sea horse" with your arms
u should be fine =)
t says:
anyway
instructor will ask me to remove mask
and bcd
a says:
ha
something like refresher course
is it
okok
u remember how to remove and what to do right?
t says:
hehehehhe
a says:
take a deep breath from the regulator, and slowly pull the mask off from the NOSEpiece ya
so u will know the orientation of the fella when u put it back on
the nose piece at the bottom
if u pandai buka mata jeling jeling...even better lo
can see abit
now the important part
putting it back
pakai it back 1st slowly....
keep breathing ya..from your mouth, not yer nose
then once the mask is on yer face
take a deep breath from the regulator, tild yer head slightly upwards and breath out from your NOSE.....
doing that, you must lift the bottom of the mask slightly...little bit will do
the top just tahan
doing this while exhaling will force the water out
keep doing it until u feel comfy liau lo
hmmm. if like that he sure ask u take out reg also ma
if so
make sure blow bubbles ah. dont hold yer breath. not good.
while putting the reg back into yer mouth, use the purge button to blow our some of the water trapped inside the mouthpiece
Lesson well delivered. Gyst, easily grasped.
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