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Tioman Getaway 190706-210706

Monday, July 24, 2006 |

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Day 1
"ARE U EXCITED ABT THE TIOMAN TRIP?" exclaimed all of us (ivy, bubu, miao ling and mi). Hee a common joke among all of us. Of course, we were and thrilled tt this day had finalli arrived. I cant sleep the night before. I tink is due to the combination of Insomina+Anticpation. We gathered at six and bubu's papa is fetching us there. Thanks uncle! Before long, we were at the galleria @ orchard. Contrary to my expectation, not many people are gg to this trip with us. A couple gg on a wedding photo shoot, a late couple whose gf seems so ya ya and best of all a highly suspicious gay partners!

We slept thru the journey there till Mersing to change to a ferry. We reached at 11pm and the freaking bus is only going to arrive at 12 noon. OMG! What a long wait!!! Meanwhile we munched a lot at the waiting area cos we are super hungry. There is this very irritating cat who keeps following us! I was so scared that it might just pounced on me and snatch my cream crackers away. Hee. While boarding the ferry, there is a very irrtating lady who wans to "BA WEI" and keeps shouting at us the the seats are taken! Ugly singaporean! When will they learn their manners? I was pissed!

The ferry took 1.75 hr! I looked out and here we are! PAYA TIOMAN!!!

We checked into the Paya resort and had lunch. It is not fantastic but the orange juice is super nice! I can imagine the amount of sugar syrup that is added inside!

Next we decided to go for leisure diving! The diving cost 150rm which is supposedly cheap as a dive in singapore can cost up to 90sing! We had a training session in the swimming pool there. Our diving instructor is funny. A weird name but she is really nice. A petite build but with unbelievable strength. She teaches us how to clear mask, deflat and inflate the life vest and moving about in the pool with the flippers. It is fun! i can't wait for the real dive tmr!

Since the sun has not set, we went snorkelling! All geared up with the snorkelling masks, life vests and flippers, we embarked on the "snorkelling experdition to the rocks". Walking with the flippers is hard. In the end, we can only walk backwards. At tt moment of time, i wondered how do penguins mangaed. Hee... What was i thinking! They are birds after all. Snorkelling is not as easy as it seems. I had difficulty moving aroud with the flipper. The rest are so fast. I realised i was so far behind from them. At tt moment, i felty like crying cos was so helpless. The water is sosalty and i kept drinking them! Yucks!!! and the water keep getting into my mask and eyes and nose! So irritating. That the price you hafta pay for snorkelling! But luckily, i still made it to the rocks and i saw so many sea creatures- fishes, corals and guess what i saw NEMO!!!Hee but there are sea urchins littering the sea bed. Their spikes are long and black and i was so afraid that i would accidentally step on it. The sun begins to set and we slowly swim back to shore. However, the journy back is so tedious! It is hard to move with the flippers on and i even slipped on the algae covered rocks! Sad.

We took a bath and den dinner at the eatery there. The Ramily burger there was great! The dessert for the day is ice cream. I ate triple choco! Yum Yum. Hee and we continue the game "MINIMISE". In the end, i was the winner!!! Haha. Star gaziing was the last itineary of the day! The whole of Tioman sky is littered with stars. They looked awesome! The are like diamonds glittering against a black cloth! I even see 2 shooting stars.Haiz but i not in time to make a wish. Hee

We slept at 12 plus cos we are diving tmr morning!!! Haiz, i got insomnia again! i tink i slept only at 1.

Day 2:
Wakey wakey @ 645am. I was so tired!!! didnt feel like moving out from the bed. The breakfast was at the resort. Not veri nice but okie la. At least, they managed to keep mi full. Next we started preparing for the diving expedition! We were so geared up and looked pro! The feeling is phew! The boat soon arrived and took us to the first dive spot - Renggis Island.

sleepy us!

Before the dive, we checked out equipment to make sure they are all working 100% fine! Hee.. i dun wish anything to happen to me lo! I was asked by funny to sit by the side of the boat and when she turned me into the water, i need to swim to the front of the boat. My heart and pounding and racing!!! With a splash, i was in the water. Hee. it does not seem that scary after all. I was supposedly the first one to descend but half way down, the stupid sea water gotten into my mask. Being panicky, i quickly rose to the surface. In the end, bubu went down first. I took another deep breathe, prepared myself mentally and down i go into the water. I was holding onto the rope and with each metre of descend, i equalised.

Ivy was paired up with the japanese gal. Funny was super woman! She herself have to take care of 3 of us- ML, bubu and me. However, she is like a fish in the water, moving around is no feat to her. The underwater world is truly amazing. I saw schools of silver fishes, long sword fishes, colourful fishes and even a morrel Eel. However, it look super disgusting!!! During the dive, water kept coming into my mask, i just live with it. Actually the real reason is that i am not very good at clearing mask. I just make things worst. We spend a splendid 40 mins under water!!!

Sadly, we cant dive at the next location- Marine Park. We can only snorkelling. Half geared, we slowly descend down the ladder into the water. I was shocked at the number of fishes there! There are all surrounding me! There are colourful fishes, promfrets, silver fishes and most of the time, i dont know their names. It is definitely a fishes paradise! There is this big floating mattress and the 2 gay partners are lying and suntanning there! OMG- tt is so erm.. The sand there is so smooth u can walk on it perfectly fine. Hee but haiz, i accidentally hit my feet against the mussels- covered pillars and got 4 big scar under my right foot! Blood oozes out and i was so afraid that the fishes come and eat me! The wind was blowing hard on us during the journey back. All of use felt so drowsy and just fall asleep!

happie gals after dive!

with funny the dive instructor!

After lunch, we went for suntanning! Yipee~ i can refresh my tan. It has been a long time since my last swim. Come to think of it, it has been almost 2 weeks liaoz. Of course, we took lotsa shots on the beach with the sunset! Super cool pics! I loved them!

Where is our food?

mi and miaoling

mi and bubu!

mi and ivy!

FOUR OF US!!!

After dinner, we chilled out at a bar there where we drink and eat satay. Yum yum.. The documentary showing on the screen makes us so sleepy. We decided to play another round of minimise. I won again!Guess i am minimse QUEEN! We slept like logs after tt. Luckily, no insomnia for mi.

bu engrossed in the bird documentary

Day 3
We woke up super early planning to eat like long long breakfast. Hee, of course, we didnt. We took tons of picture at the beach and stuff. Of course, must make the whole trip worthwhile.