JIMY‘s calculated the number of places I’ve been to and it says I have only covered 14% of the world.
I wonder if the program allows underwater to be taken into account as well…
10 Dry Days
See that image? That was taken in Port Dickson. Not exactly a dive destination for recreational dives, but for hardcore divers, it is another place to dunk in.
In 9 days time, some divers are planning to dive there. I hope to be able to join them and dive there. It’s been 17 months since I last dived there….and 10 days out of the water too.
Safe Driving
I went to my new old house today as some contractors wanted to do some job…so I drove my Proton Saga. yes, my junk, my dive-car. Suddenly I was told that my father wanted to have lunch with me and my daughter. So I picked him up in my car and off we went to this mamak restaurant in USJ.
Imagine I had to bring out the lessons I learnt more than a decade ago on how to change gears with very little or no jerkings when driving VVIPs. From a Formula Saga driver to a chaffeur.
The Cutest Song
Only 12 years later did I discover this song. My daughter Nisaa loves it so much.
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You’re my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You’re my Sweetie Pie
You’re my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
Snoogums-Boogums, You’re the Apple of my Eye
And I love you so and I want you to know
That I’ll always be right here
And I love to sing sweet songs to you
Because you are so dear
I Really Miss Thailand
I found this pic from Maew‘s page. Maew is a journalist in Thailand, and this is a pic of a place near her house in Chiangmai.
Whenever I see this pic, it reminds me of Tik Shiro‘s songs (the older ones) like Tai Mai Dai, Tarngkan Trong Nee, and Leum Mai Mod. How I miss those days when life was a lot simpler than it is now. I’m also reminded of Loog Thoong songs. Then, I’d be sitting in front of the television late at night to watch music videos of Thongchai “Bird” McIntyre, Touch, Asanee-Wasan and many more whose name have somewhat disappeared from the mainstream music scene.
I miss Thailand: I miss the music, the food, the culture, the people.
Maybe I should have migrated back in 1998 when I had the chance.
I Can’t Blink…
…if I do, I might miss something….
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
This link was given to me by Hotey Donkey. Some of the kids in there look like someone from your office, Hotey. Especially the one who walks his dogs at Ikano Power Center.
Well, Here I Am – Part 4
Now that I’m back on terra firma, I guess it’s time for me to post some pics of how the monsoon sea looked like when we were at Bidong.
KUSTEM Bay upon arrival
The rest of the pics can be FOUND HERE!
Sole Survivor
Everytime it’s monsoon season, Thai fishing trawlers take advantage of the near absence of Malaysian maritime authorities to fish in our waters. And once the greedy tekongs know how much they should get, cronyism sets in. And those that do not see eye-to-eye with these tekongs, they get chucked into the sea.
This year, it’s Kaew and two of his friends’ unfortunate turn to be chucked into the sea during a storm. He and friends were beaten up by the senior crewmembers who are closely connected to the tekong and half-conscious, were chucked into the stormy seas. Kaew, did not fully pass out, drifted for three days before he made it to the VII Bay (my name for that dive site) and was spotted by some security guards. They took him to the KUSTEM research center and housed him there for a while. They never knew what had actually happened to Kaew until I arrived and conversed with Kaew, who spoke Pak Khlang with heavy southern accent.
Kaew now can no longer return to his seaside hometown fearing for his life. An orphan, his younger sister has already married and is no longer in touch with him. Our KUSTEM friends will now take him over to Pengkalan Kubor in Kelantan to enable Kaew to cross back into Thailand. We divers made a small collection to enable Kaew to move and find greener pastures away from his hometown.
The last image of Kaew that I saw as the boat left Bidong was of him doing the wai reserved for dignitaries as I waved goodbye to him.
I pray that he finds a better life somewhere.
Well, Here I Am – Part 3
It’s 2.08am, and it has begun to rain as it did last night, here at Bidong. It was just over an hour ago that I completed my night dive. It’s been a long day for me.
The day started off with two dives for me for the deployment of the artificial reefs. The sea was mirror flat and the dives were good. After lunch I did another dive, and another one at night.
The company has been good too; and with this night being the final night, I just want to say I feel glad I made this trip. New friends, good dives, superb food.
If it weren’t for the kids at home, I’d feel depressed having to go back to reality.
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