More Sipadan Pics – Part 10 (Beach Full Moon Party)

Celebes Safari culminated in a dinner cum full moon beach party. Certificates of participation and support were handed over to representatives of the various organisations that supported the event. I represented MUW. Our very own Blackbear a.k.a DJ Cva Quma rocked the house that night. However, as Mabulians sleep very early, the party ended at 11.30pm…just as KLites were out having roti canai before adjourning to Zouk and the likes (wow…I can’t even name name of clubs in KL). Here are some of the pics taken:

Zue and I
Kapal Selam’s Girl Friday, Zue – the woman behind the organising of the events

Japanese group
The Japanese group

Russian group
The party people: Russians


Meen – imitating an Ampheprion

Blackbear and Amanda
Blackbear getting intimate with Dive Guide Amanda

Cultural dance
Cultural dance show

Receiving certificate
Receiving certificate of participation from Kapal Selam

The certificate
The certificate

Meen and I
Meen and I

Russian partymen
Russian partymen

Staff having fun
Staff having fun

Blackbear rocking the house
Blackbear rocking the house with Siti Nurhaliza songs

No this is not a HINDRAF demonstration
No this isn’t a HINDRAF demonstration

The ASEAN group
The ASEAN group
Back row (l to r): Amanda (BDMR dive guide), Calvin Lim, self, Blackbear, Sharon (Air Asia), Woren76, Liyana (BDMR dive guide), Leslie (PADI Magazine), Clement Lee (MD Borneo Divers), Ajisan

Front row (l to r): Kapal Selam, Aey (FiNS), Francis (MD Paya Beach Resort), Meen (FiNS), Aaron Wong, Roland (GM BDMR)

More Sipadan Pics – Part 9 (Project AWARE)

On the 4th day, we organised a kampung and beach clean-up with the local school kids (well, not many of them actually go to school), the kampung security and development committee (JKKK) and the mosque committee. The turn-up was good and overwhelming. At the end of the do, the resort provided free food and drinks for the participants.

AWARE children
Mabul’s children came out in full force for Project AWARE

These kids make me proud of them
These kids make me so proud of them

Clement Lee
Clement Lee, MD of Borneo Divers doing his bit for the community

Kids cleaning up
Kids doing their bit

Mosque people taking part
Mosque people taking part

Project AWARE participants
Project AWARE participants

MUW members involved (minus Ajisan)
MUW members who participated in the Project AWARE at Mabul
(Ajisan was already in the room waiting for Zaide…because of the two, our night dive started late again…I wonder what these “happy” people did?) 😀

More Sipadan Pics – Part 4

These are Day #4 pics:

SeaDemon fanclub member
SeaDemon Fanclub Member #ST 001

Make a hole, people
Make a hole, people!

Diver and turtle
Diver and turtle

Zaide at Coral Garden
Zaide at Coral Garden

Meen painting logbook
Meen painting her logbook

From 36m upwards
I was at 36 meters when I took this photo of the divers above me

Tiny guy at 24m
I spotted this super-tiny guy at 24 meters on my way up from 40m

The gang
Back row from left: Meen, Kapal Selam, Aaron, Francis
Front row from left: Aey, Calvin

Kapal Selam and a Giant Clam
Kapal Selam and a Giant Clam

Unicornfish
Mythical Unicorn

Nice pattern
Nice pattern

Fly boy
Fly boy

60s pose
Meen asked me to do a 1960s pose

MUW members
MUW members (left to right): Blackbear, Woren76, Zaide, Ajisan, SeaDemon and Kapal Selam

Pregnant shark
Some diver must have screwed this shark – it’s pregnant!

Pregnant shark with remora
Pregnant White-tip with remora attached

I’ll Never Neglect A Sea Cucumber Anymore

Unlike how women neglect me…

Remember how uninteresting sea cucumbers are? Well, not anymore. Not for me. There are super macro stuff on them. These are shots I took at Kapalai:

Long Shot: Long shot

Close Up: Super macro

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Long Shot: Long shot

Close-Up: Close up

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Even this macro stuff looks big now:D

Shrimp

All on one sea cucumber…of course after that I got lost as I was alone…and decided to surface after my dive computer beeped an alarm and I could hear people speaking Tagalog (I must have been real far from the others 😀 )

More Sipadan Pics – Part 2

The sea does not give me headaches
The sea does not give me heartaches
The sea does not make me hypertensive
The sea does not make me have arrhythmia
The sea does not make me pre-diabetic
The sea does not whack me with Thermos Flask
The sea does not double-cross me
The sea does not shut me out by keeping silent
The sea does not make me an emotional buffer
The sea therefore gives me life…

Aaron Wong

Scariest guy on the reef

Octopussy

Snake guy