Six weeks ago, I went with someone to two dive sites. One was the Vietnamese Wreck, and the other: Terumbu Tiga. When I came back to Perhentian, I only went to Batu Layar instead because I could not bring myself to go to either sites. So when Birgit told us that the next site was Terumbu Tiga, I knew I had to face my demons.
Once we got there, Spazm buddied with Ridrahim, Tim Yang with Atan, Deepblu with Sharon, and I went alone.
I descended at the same place we descended, and retraced the whole dive again…alone. Ridrahim somehow broke away from Spazm and joined me. There wasn’t much to see although visibility was good. Apart from a Jorunna funebris, I could only find a few Balistoides viridescens, the fish I fear most. But I was only like 2 meters away from a huge one.
Finally, I arrived at the chamber where she I and traded messages on my wrist slate. I just stared at the place for a few minutes. I could almost hear the giggles and see the smiling face. A huge Arothron stellatus swam by me, probably sensing some hurt in me, hovered in front of my face, just staring at me. Its huge eyes looked beautifully black. I just looked at it as it swam around me. Outside the chamber, Ridrahim just stared as the fish and I danced around inside the chamber, the fish keeping some distance from this strange land creature.
After an hour, I commenced my stops, alternating between looking at the chamber I was slowly leaving and my dive computer for my run-time.
On the surface I could still see her…giggling still, making her way towards the dive boat.
It shall remain so…those sweet memories. So that Perhentian will always remain my paradise.
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