Day: November 19, 2007

For those who want to imagine what I will be doing for the next 6 days, here is what the program will look like:

Tuesday

My flight to Tawau departs at 7.20am tomorrow morning, so I’m leaving home at 5.30am. Woren should arrive tonight from Kuantan and he’ll be putting up at my place too. Upon arrival, we’ll be transfered to the jetty in Semporna at 11.30am, and in turn be transfered to Mabul island at 1.30pm. Lunch will be at 2pm followed by Dive #1 (Mabul or Kapalai) at 3.30pm. At 7.30pm will be dinner, followed by speeches and event briefing.

Wednesday

6.30am – breakfast
9.00am – Dive #2 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
10.00am – tea break
11.00am – Dive #3 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
1.00pm – lunch
4.00pm – Dive #4 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
5.00pm – tea break
7.00pm – optional night dive (dinner starts at 7.30pm)
9.00pm – Chill Out session at the Beach Bar/ underwater photography workshop

Thursday

6.30am – breakfast
9.00am – Dive #5 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
10.00am – tea break
11.00am – Dive #6 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
1.00pm – lunch
4.00pm – Dive #7 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
5.00pm – tea break
7.00pm – optional night dive (dinner starts at 7.30pm)
9.00pm – Chill Out session at the Beach Bar/ underwater photography workshop

Friday

6.30am – breakfast
9.00am – Dive #8 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
10.00am – tea break
11.00am – Dive #9 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
1.00pm – lunch
4.00pm – Dive #10 (Mabul/Kapalai/Sipadan)
5.00pm – tea break
7.00pm – optional night dive (dinner starts at 7.30pm)
9.00pm – Chill Out session at the Beach Bar

Saturday

6.30am – breakfast
8.00am – departure group photo for Celebes Safari 2007
11.00am – Dive #11 (Mataking)
12 noon – tea break
1.00pm – Dive #12 (Mataking)
2.00pm – lunch at Mataking
3.30pm – depart Mataking for Mabul
5.00pm – arrive back at Mabul followed by tea and beach games
8.00pm – dinner and closing ceremony starts (slide show, stage performance, award presentation, beach party)

Sunday

2.00am – end of ceremony
6.30am – breakfast
11.30am – transfer to Semporna jetty
1.30pm – transfer to Tawau airport
6.35pm – my flight departs Tawau
9.20pm – ETA KUL

I’ll be doing 12 dives during the day and I hope to do all 3 optional night dives. It’s not every month that I get to be in the Sipadan area, so I might as well whack. Whether my body is up to it or not, I’ll put that aside and recuperate when I’m back in KL.

I should be blogging and will update every now and then. I’ll post pics here too. To all of you, take good care of yourselves while I’m gone. I am going to miss someone terribly – that, I cannot deny.