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Adrian Wong · 21st Apr 2007, 01:56 AM

Ahhh.. Must tell Alan about this. He would be so jealous. Hehe... He's going to Thailand for some diving soon.

djspinnet · 21st Apr 2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by peaz

Lich man...

Eh.. no lah, I bled thru my nose to pay for all of that...

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Originally Posted by zy

nice

thats you in the picture right ?

btw, nice watermark

Yes, that's me in the black wetsuit and my instructor in the pink shortie.

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Ahhh.. Must tell Alan about this. He would be so jealous. Hehe... He's going to Thailand for some diving soon.

Eh, where's he diving? Should go to Koh Lipe... I was supposed to go Lipe in February but I couldn't raise enough money in time to go

Lipe's so much nicer!

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Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

Man, those fish sure look good...

Hehehee.... yes they were

They're not too edible though, I think... well, not all of them I suppose. The dive resort operator remarked that last year, some Mandarin ducks (he thinks it's Mandarin ducks cos they're so colourful) swam all the way to Tenggol and he caught one and cooked it! But of course, the duck having swam all the way from China, the meat's gotta be tough!

Here's an account of my dives

This particular trip was so amazing.. the dives themselves, and on returning, we actually drove into the sunset, and at a rest stop near Kuantan, we encountered thousands upon thousands of migratory starling birds flying in formations! Amazing..

Trinity · 21st Apr 2007, 07:30 PM

Hey, How deep can you dive with gear like that?

I remember swimming in the deep section of a local pool. About 12 feet, and I thought my ears were gonna impload. Does it bother your ears to swim so deep?

djspinnet · 22nd Apr 2007, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Trinity

Hey, How deep can you dive with gear like that?

I remember swimming in the deep section of a local pool. About 12 feet, and I thought my ears were gonna impload. Does it bother your ears to swim so deep?

30m max, that's about 99 feet.The Advanced Open Water guys were going as deep as 40m/131 ft. I'm limited to 30m/99 ft by my Open Water license.

The key here is to be able to equalize your ear for every 1m/3 ft you descend, else your ears will burst from the pressure. Easily done by continuously breathing and pinching your nose and blowing into it

Adrian Wong · 23rd Apr 2007, 11:26 PM

Did you do any night dives?

djspinnet · 26th Apr 2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Did you do any night dives?

Nope, cos I'm not certified for night dives. I did an evening dive though.

zy · 26th Apr 2007, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by djspinnet

30m max, that's about 99 feet.The Advanced Open Water guys were going as deep as 40m/131 ft. I'm limited to 30m/99 ft by my Open Water license.

The key here is to be able to equalize your ear for every 1m/3 ft you descend, else your ears will burst from the pressure. Easily done by continuously breathing and pinching your nose and blowing into it

releasing ear pressure ?

it has become my bad habit of adding pressure to my ear

i can release the pressure without pinching my nose o.O
how i wish i can go scuba diving.. but ..

i cant swim

Papercut · 26th Apr 2007, 02:54 PM

There are some divers who can't swim

Officially it's probably not recommended, but your wetsuit and BC (buoyancy compensator - sort of like an advanced life jacket) will keep you afloat with no effort. Then you just need to learn how to kick with fins, and how to adjust your buoyancy underwater.

djspinnet · 30th Apr 2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Papercut

There are some divers who can't swim

Officially it's probably not recommended, but your wetsuit and BC (buoyancy compensator - sort of like an advanced life jacket) will keep you afloat with no effort. Then you just need to learn how to kick with fins, and how to adjust your buoyancy underwater.

You forgot to mention, when floating on the surface, don't kick your fins around

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