Something about diving

Diving is the greatest thing to do in the world.

Thanks to Jacques (Yves) Cousteau for inventing the SCUBA unit.

Once I stepped on the way for a diving trip, I forget about everything. Seriously, everything.


I would spend all my money on diving. The only possession I have is my diving gears. Ha!

I believe I'm the poorest diver in Singapore, JB, and some say Batam.. hahaha... But it doesn't matter, as long as I get to dive :p

We’re not supposed to touch marine creatures when we dive, most divers would say, especially ang moh...
Don’t tell anyone (duh.. this IS the internet) but I like to touch them.
For the record, I’m not disturbing them, I just want to be friendly with them, like we shake hands when we meet people :p hahaha…

Touching a cuttlefish when she’s trying to lay eggs IS disturbing. I don’t do that, but I’ve seen divers did just that.
Gently stroke a turtle if it comes near to you voluntarily IS NOT disturbing. Who can resist not touching them if they come near? You? C’mon..Don’t be a hypocrite.

It is exactly this kind of friendly interactions that would cause more people to want to protect the animals. Some divers argued that touching fish or whatever will “stress them out”… Yah? Touching them will stress them out? Then what about the bubbles they emitted? That’s a lot of noise if you ask me. That should “stress them out” even more. The moment a diver plunged into the sea, there’s interaction, millions of planktons are being disturbed, being “stressed out”.. Then what?

Alright, enough about those stuff.

There is something funny about female divers. I’ve observed on many occasions. When there are different groups of divers, female divers in particular, you are bound to feel the hostility in the air. Like female cats met rivals =p

I hardly met friendly female divers… why? Well.. Diving used to be a man’s game. Perhaps they feel being a diver makes them(girls) special. Having more female divers mean they are less special, maybe? Should be.

Am I a friendly diver myself? It depends =p If you are friendly then I will be friendly too. If you have a face which hardly smiles, why the hell should I be friendly with you?

Anyway, taking the diving course is the best decision I’ve ever made. I almost gave it up due to fear. I’m glad I didn’t. I hope I’ll be able to enjoy this sport for many many many years to come, until I’m too old to move about anymore. And I hope the marine creatures will thrive strongly despite human’s destructing activities that go on all around the world…

p.s. Last Saturday I went out for dinner with my family. The restaurant manager suggested that we order a fish called 青衣, which is a Napolean Wrasse, an endangered species. Upon hearing that I agitatedly yelled “NO! CANNOT EAT青衣! AS A PROTECT WILDLIFE ADVOCATOR CANNOT EAT青衣!” …….

The manager went silence. Then I realized I was being over-reacting… He must have thought, “Siao cha boh..”. hahaha…. I regretted acting in that way. I should have just declined to order the fish without yelling like that =p hehe.. anyway, doesn’t’ matter now.