i need another break
I am recovering from Bali. I am recovering from company's staff symposium. I am recovering from company's staff retreat.I need to some time to recover.
Starting with Bali. It was simply too great for words. 8 dives in 3 days. It was quite tiring actually. And Bali has HUGE waves. Choppy waters. For the first time in a very long while, i thought i was going to either throw up on board, or, throw myself overboard. And when the boat rides over a HUGE wave, you get this moment of zero gravity experience during which I will shamelessly grab the poor guy next to me. Who, happened to be a really nice guy cos...
: so sorry... do u mind.??
R: no, its ok.
We were suppose to see Manta rays at Manta point. We were suppose to see the MolaMola at Nusa Penides. We didn't. We braved the cold waters, the strong currents, the nauseating boat rides. and nothing. Still, i must say that the dives themselves were quite an experience. I've never been in such cold waters before. I've never seen the cold water mixing with warm water while i am in it -- its like syrupy sort of water when that happens. Neither have i experienced that much surge and currents before -- unforgettable last dive where we were coral rock climbing, and i was basically tearing corals apart trying hard to get a good grip. Like honestly, when you are put in such a situation, where finning gets u nowhere except in the opposite dirrection, i don care if i rip bits of corals off. After Bali, malaysia waters seem all mild and nice.
We wanted to paraglide but due to strong winds, we never took to the skies.
We surfed. That was totally fun! When you are on the surfboard with the wave carrying you, surging on, you get a kind of high thats indescribable. It was such a high that it was worth all the paddling, salt water drinking, unglam-crashing-into-the-sand moments etc... It was so addictive that I returned the next morning despite having a 1pm flight (it wind up being one of those running through the airport situation just 45mins before take off...lugging a wet and therefore heavy wetsuit, wet hair, and i feel as if i had salt encrusting my face or something!)
Now, i have tanlines at my wrists and ankles. Ugly but worth it.
The high from surfing carried me though 2 more days. that was good because i felt confidently nonchalent about presenting during the staff syposium. I didn't rehearse like what i usually do, i just went up and talked. and half way through i thought to myself "shit, am i screwing up?" but it turned out ok. Some people liked it i think. I get those "i like your presentation/movies" statements. *phew*
Company retreat at sentosa. Having had enough Bali Sun, i wasn't really looking forward to a day at sentosa for team building and stuff but i survived that. With a really burnt back! I didn't get burnt in bali. I got burnt from a day in sentosa!
Today was one of those zombie-fied days.
left: Moonrise over Sanur beach. Breathtaking scene. this picture doesn't do it justice. Right: This is like the scariest thing i've come across in all these years of diving! Sharks and trigger fishes don't scare me but a sea snake this huge is definitely not something i fancy.
On food: i believe i could have lost weight during this trip. The boat rides to our dive sites tend to be puke-inducing -- i tend to eat only a little for breakfast. Lunch is usually on board, and its nothing great. As a result, i barely eat in the day and gorge during dinner. In fact for this trip, food didn't seem to be a priority at all. We surfed in the morning, and being late for paragliding, we skipped lunch. We were starving by dinner time. Ryan and i surfed on our last day in Bali, we didn;t have time for lunch till we boarded the plane. By which time i was starving too. This picture was taken during one of the dinners in Kuta.
Background: the memorial constructed for the bombing at one of the pubs in kuta... This trip wouldn't have been possible without the mr andy.
Just for an idea of how windy it was up at Nusa Dua... such that we could not paraglide
This is what happens when you surf in a full wetsuit...
The view from this super classy resort at Nusa Dua -- Nikkos (i think) resort and spa.
Our favourite past time during this trip...
Our attempt to do a safety stop and not be swept away by currents. I wonder if there are any articles out there which advises on how to keep hair neat underwater...
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