Diving in Koh Tao

The Island of Koh Tao, is well know for their scuba diving activity. Since Esmond and I haven't tried diving here before, so why not we give it a try. We arrange the dive from the Resort itself, it saves us the hassle to walk and carry my equipment all around.

From the hotel, they provided us the shuttle to the pier where we waited for other divers to join us on the trip. So here we are in this room filling out our paperwork before we go to the underwater world.

The boat has finally arrive, and its time to board!

 

And away we sail, from here it looks as if we are sailing to a journey of no return ..

 

Gears are properly assemble and indeed it's time for our 1st dive ..

 

It took almost an hour plus.. and Esmond wasn't feeling quite ok.  On almost every dive trip i go.. someone is bound to have seasick. In this case, it was Esmond.. hahahah.. poor fellow ..

According to our Divemaster, this are the proposed dive sites ..

 

Some of the cool underwater shots taken by my GoPro ..

 

Can you see me?

 

Unfortunately, the visibility was quite bad. I was also shock that there weren't many corals and marine life. There were this stretch of dead corals all over the seabed. Oh my! i hope they do something about it. I was expecting better than this ..

We only went for two dives for this trip, we wanted to do 3 dives in the day and also one night dive at first. Luckily they told us that the night dive wasn't available due to bad weather conditions and also only two dives were possible on that day because there wasn't any other slots available. If not it will be a waste of money, seriously there's nothing much to see..

So it's time to pack the bags and head back to the resort and plunge in the pool!

Friendships are like Plants

 Finally! a long overdue reunion. Honestly speaking it's really hard to get everyone together. In this photo you have a chef, 3 flight attendants who predominantly flies international routes and you also have the Ministry of Defense. It's really hard to match each others timing, but we made it happen!

 

Thank you so much to the host for all the trouble you went thru preparing the food and making sure only the best made it to the table.  She learnt her cooking from a renowned culinary school in Singapore. Every now and then i see her attending those classes making delicious, mouth watering meal.. she post them on her FB wall.. for those who knows her can go stalk her page.. she is not available FYI.. she is already taken.. but the rest is single and available.. can place your bookings thru me.. haha

 We had steam boat and her ingredients were hand picked air flown all the way from Japan. That's why its really good to have friends with air crew. you can basically order them to buy things for you from any parts of the world. Just name it, household items, electronic, groceries.. the list goes on.

 I've known these bunch since i started flying with Singapore Airlines. They were my batch mates. it means that we all went thru basic training together. So for approximately 3 months we undergo classes which teaches us about how to walk the walk and talk the talk, company standard operating procedures and safety.

for those of you who still don't get it.. walk the walk means.. how to walk.. seriously! i am not joking.. u need to walk in a certain manner, no swaying your ass too much when you pulling your cabin bag around airport. hehehehe.. also how to walk like a crab when you go down or up the stairs.

talk the talk means how to talk professionally .. even though so much training was emphasize this happen.. Some aircraft in business class features a lie flat bed, we often walk around offering to make the bed for the passengers for a goodnight sleep.. after making the bed and tucking the passenger to bed for a good night's sleep a stewardess told the passenger to Rest In Peace! hahahaha.. the passenger went completely berserk 

Anyway, air crew stories are really fun.. so much stories that the saying goes "1001 nights story"

They will always to make you stay, i hardly stay up late nowadays. When the clock strikes 11 pm i normally prepare myself to bed. On certain occasion i do stay up late, but you know your body clocks will always ask you to go.

I did mention friends are like plants.. we need to water (spend time) them and fertilize (care) them to ensure a healthy and long prosperous growth.

I would like to dedicate this blog to you guys with love from me!

Xin Ying

Melvin Khoo

Calvin Low

Jimmy Pan

So that you will remember all the beautiful things always.