Monday, December 20, 2004

no not about my own ghosts from the past, but legend of the ghosts from pulau hantu. pulau hantu, actually made up of two islands at the southwestern part of singapore, near jurong island, comprising of pulau hantu besar, and pulau hantu kancil, rated top 10 dive sites in the world... and i got to dive there on sunday 19th december... well, top 10 worst dive sites in the world.. haha

arrived early at 715 at rsyc, met up with kint and jagr, and we saw our boat, the mv samudera quest.. a short 5 minute boat ride and we were at the dive site.. the weather was fine, with the sun playing hide and seek behind the clouds occasionally, we geared up and jumped in... my first time without a dm following me, i was to buddy up with jagr and kint.. so we descended, and we suddenly realised... woah.. this water is really murky! the visibility was at best 2m, and if you kicked up silt, it'll drop to zero... went down with the camera and proceeded along the reef... took quite a bit of photos... the sea life is interestingly quite abundant, considering the poor vis, and there were fish, nudibranches, good coral growth.. but sadly everything was covered with a thick layer of silt..

photos from the dive are available here

did two dives, ended around 1am and we made it back home by 2.. and i concussed from then till 730 when isaac messaged me about going to sarah's birthday party at pasir ris costa sands.. picked weiting up and went down... took more photos (have yet to process them) and after the birthday party, we went back to my place, cheen, me, dt, isaac and andrew... grabbed a few beers and went to ecp to chill out.. it was a good change of environment, well lit bbq pit, a nice gentle breeze, some background music from big splash... hung out till 4am..

the rest are snoozing and i'm here updating...

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