Whale Shark caught off Malaysia

TELUK INTAN: A giant whale shark was caught in the Straits of Malacca, about 15km off Bagan Sungai Tiang, Bagan Datoh, on Sunday.
The massive shark weighed 3,000kg and was close to seven metres in length.

One of the fisherman, Tan Chong Kooi said: "We were shocked to see the shark trapped in the net with the other fish at about 3pm. We had problems dragging the net on board and had to get help from two other fishing boats nearby."

This is the biggest fish caught in Hutan Melintang, Tan said. "Sometime back a group of fisherman caught a whale weighing 1,500kg."

Upon hearing of the unusual catch, residents rushed to Hutan Melintang jetty to catch a glimpse of the shark.
The boat owner Lee Chew Bee said: "Within two hours, the shark was cut into pieces and sold to the residents and restaurant owners for RM2.50 a kilo."


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http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2101503/Article/index_html

aiyo, one less to see :/

Pulau Sipadan?

Maybe to Pulau Sipadan? Based on the highest vote ------->

Season Closed

Diving Season Closure.

Anyone planning Anytrips?

*winkz*

13 Oct 2007 (sat) --

Happy Birthday to SM & Charles!!!... :)

Enquires: T-shirt Printing...

Am chating to JJ in MSN..and for some unknown reason, he wanna me to blog about tis..wonder y e-mail cannot meh?..hmm..keke...


Anyway, conversation goes like tis:


JJ: then the t-shirt how? haha


Me: aiyo..the t-shirt ar..headache..btw, ky bday coming..


JJ: do it wif the dragon boat (see photo)..present the t-shirt as a present for ky..put there, BEST DIVING INSTRUCTOR OF THE CENTURY



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So, who's on?..mus reply fast ya..meanwhile i'll go check out the budget (for the dragonboat one, printing alone is $15, t-shirt bought separately fr adidas..so, hav to check how much it cost if we get the t-shirt fr the shop too)...

What have you guys been doing to the site?!

Woah..... i go away for a few days, and i come back to see JJ's.... xie zhen on the front page. Wah seh..... Xp

If later our blog alot of hits from 'not-so-straight' guys, you know who's fault it is, ah? :D

Anyw, i'm getting changed to office hours soon. Hmm.... there goes my night duty allowance. :( But on the other hand, it means my weekends are gg to be free! yippee..... :P who's up for camping at pulau ubin? :D

JJ and the Cuu ( pronounced as 'kew')

need i say more?hmmm.. no wonder why JJ gets hit on so often at gay pubs ;)

s i z e m a t t e r s

go figure!

SMRT Race

Sorry for missing out the Hairspray outing due to me having a SMRT race that day.. but hey, glad you guys had a good time!

As for the race, kinda' disappointed that the group didn't win any cash $, but we definately had fun running around to various parts of the MRT stations and to spot in Singapore that are ulu. Stations hitted are: AMK, Novena(Velocity Shopping Mall @ California Fitness), Dover(Singapore Poly), Tanah Mearah(New Water vincinity), Toh Tuck Drive (SMRT Depot), Yishun (SAFRA).

Sounds easy peasy, right? Try deciphering the codes to link to stations, man. Its no mean feat, i should say. And i'm so glad we have our Brainny Mervin in our gang..deciphering most of the codes. And we stuck in the AMK, doing some lame phase for so long.. and we should have forsake that task in saving more time for other stations..

But anyway, kudos to our Mervin! He's our "Brainy" man! Some stations are repeat of what's last year, the challenges are more "no kick" in comparison..so disappointment in this.. haiz. Finished off position 19th, but technically Mervin told me we are 17th as two teams didn't finish all the race stations. Consoling for us in making it in the top 20! But sadly, no $ prize.. Next year, perhaps?

Impossible?..

Try tis..i'm now at qus 47 and am starting to get a little irritated..but still, i wanna noe wat's installed..keke..

nothing is "impossible"..or mayb *tik again*..keke...

Hav fun *winkz*

The Impossible Quiz

waddsup everybody?

Dinner is ready

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The Movies is about to play

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The deserts are tempting

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so where the bloody hell are you?!

where is everyone? our movie gathering (altho abit last minute) only 4 attend?
we had dinner, ate icecreams, watched Hairspray (so very funny movie) and had soybean curds, 'you tiaos' and crystal redbean baos at selegie.

don miss out future gatherings ok. its so happening. u won wanna miss out any jokes (or risk being the joke) :D

Rescue Divers Needed...

Ya, i tik tis blog will die a premature death v.soon..it too quiet in here!!...

I'm running out of tins to blog on..esp when i hav another blog tt i'm trying to keep alive keke..& i dun see myself getting a "Diving Teddy" metal tin every other week...

so, Blog, ppl..BLOG!!!!!....wahaha...
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oh ya, i'm looking for the Charles we knew..(the crappy, witty one..if u're wondering)

Charles bro..where r u??!!!!....

I'm convinced tt "whoever" which called not long ago was an alien fr planet "S-L-O-W" and it's trying to con me into believing tt it's u who's calling...

(hmm..if tt's really u..then i guess ICA hav worked u too hard..my advice: Quit!!..wahaha)...
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Back to topic..

Blog, ppl..BLOG!!!!!....

See Wat I've Found!!...

Was shopping at Jurong Pt tis noon after DragonBoat training..& guess wat i found fr 'Famous Amos'!! keke...

It says "Teddy in Snorkel" lah..but look carefully, Teddy has got a reg in his mouth..it's in fact a "Diving Teddy"!!...

Yeh!!..I've got a "Diving Teddy" metal tin!!..haha..*happy happy*...

Diving Torch

hey guys,

I mentioned to you when we met up, the power power underwater torch webby is as follows..


http://www.aunoc.com/home.asp

Other activities (very late update)

Ok this post is wayyyyyy too late ah. 2weeks old.
this is a land trip to the zoo/ night safari. (hey lets built a underwater zoo underwater!!!)
Sherlyn was supposed to join us but she L.S. (to know wad L.S. means, just ask around, still donno? email me and i might reply) too bad lah join us next time.

pay $$ to see animals in the dark? no lah they got spotlights. night $afari leh, 1$t and only one in the world, how can let u leave without $eeing anything??? :D


At one of the enclosure for a type of long tailed porcupine we spotted something.
something familar.


spot anything familar???
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look carefully...
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ok lah tell u lah


See!
Little wonder the porcupines inhabit land areas :D










not forgetting to have fun, or shd i say forgotten not to make fun of?

Orang utans! make new hairstyles for them. hehehehe stuff toys only lah. wait the SPCA will come arrest us if we disturb the real ones :b








My, wad cute hair u have!






and crazy Jing must join in loh. 'cannot be left out' she says.







Monkey face of the year award goes to...








actually i forgotten most parts of the visit except for the dancing elephants ( they bored mah, nothing to do in the small enclosure) and the massive horned buffaloes and cows.

When we were back at AMK hub we saw this!





black colour baguettes??? at first we tot they turned moldy. but no leh. they are made black anyone knows wad they used???

Tees for our Mako instructors

something still wrong with the poll? nevermind it den. its blogspot's problem.
hey everybody we have to decide on the tees design for them asap ok.

Good Thing Stephen Clark Is Not A Diver..(hmm..or is he?..)

I Need Him

Like children need their mother
Like rivers need a sea
Like lovers need each other
Like prisons need a key
Like winter nights need fire
Like temples need a shrine
Like lovers need desire
Like prophets need a sign

(OST, The Forbidden City - Portrait of an Empress, Track 4 - I Need Him)

These Stephen Clark's lyrics make needing so natural and beautiful..

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But mayb due to the fact tt I was reading my MSD text when tis song was played, these statements came to mind..

Like Divers need a tank
Like Clownfish need anemone

Realised..cannot ar..simply wrong loh keekee...

Then i found myself going "heng ar..Stephen Clark is not a diver"..

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Btw, here a bit quiet here leh..post sometin leh ppl...
mizya all.. :)

P.Dayang (8th - 12th Aug)

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I dun noe about u..but i'm missing tis beautiful place already...

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*Whine*

I'm having 2nd tots about taking MSD..I'm jus so Not Ready..Ahhh!!!...

*Whine*

Wanjing's missing posts

Hmm.....

*Disclaimer: This post is actually a test post. To determine if it's really blogger's ploblem or to prove the existence of what i shall term as Wanjing's Disappearing Posts Syndrome. Known as WDPS.*

So...

test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test.

Bored le.....

Hahaha.... time to plan for a new dive trip. Who's up for 25-28 Oct? :D

Crazy Diving Freaks -- My Angels!!..keekee...

Met up wif a friend last nite..had another round of the 'random chatting'..found out tt he wanna take up SD course..Natually, i promoted Mako to him..his reply -- "so ex ar?..i'm taking at $300+ only leh..anyway, i jus wan a certification..try try only mah..i may not even like it anyway..y spent so much?" (ok, not word for word..but u get the pic rite keke..)

I remembered wat made me take my 1st plunge..all the 'wrong reasons' haha..dun even like getting out into the sun much to start wif..wahaha..BUT now..i'm hooked..totally hooked!!..keekee...

Wat's so great about SCUBA tt can make such a drastic change in one?..to quote Charles' words -- "This made me wonder about what exactly is needed, to be called a Diver? Passion ? Enthusiasm ? Continuity ?" --

I say, it's not jus about plunging into the deep blue sea..it's like a whole package thingy..the journey, the being so close to nature, the being away fr 'mainstream society', the people u meet..a form of challenge to some, a source of serenity to others..personally, find it therapeutic keke..

And how can i forget to gif all these Crazy Diving Freaks pals some credits?..we had so much fun together..I entrusted my life to them..in the midst of all the fun/laughter/dives, i noe they r looking out for me at all times..they r not jus my dive kakis..they r my dive buddies, my friends, my Guardian Angel sent..I Luv U All!!...*winkz*

Dive company

no, i do not mean the company profiting from organising dive trips and courses.
its the people u dive with. rather i would call them crazy. hahaha!
why crazy?
when u go diving with us u'll know why. we can make fun of almost anything we see, hear, touch. eh, basically anything, everything and whatever.

i suggest we come out with a list of TO-DOs when diving with us

1. go ask JJ what to do with a sea cucumber. (this is a classic)
2. ask Jing what is the different between a coconut tree and a oil palm tree.
3. how to drink ribena underwater without the salt taste.
4. ask me to blow ring bubbles.

crazy divers, my brain temporay dead, think of more and add to the list!

Warm welcome

Hey, thanks SM for the blog setup for the crazy diver gang....

of the clear blue skies and the warm fuzzy dusk..

Of late, I have been so busy being occupied with my work and studies... its much like i'm running from getai to getai... rushing to get to work... then to class.. sometimes the other way around...

I've almost forgotten what it feels like to have the soft powdery sand between my toes... my feet gently lapped by the warm froth... and have my face caressed by the fresh sea breeze... In my daily grind, i have noticed that this sport has slowly become more and more popular... with more divers entering the scene, but only to leave it with such gusto. This made me wonder about what exactly is needed, to be called a Diver? Passion ? Enthusiasm ? Continuity ?
The quantity of people is increasing, while sad to say, the quality of these arent much to speak about. It has becomes much of a curiosity scene, with people coming in to taste once, and to abandon it in search of other adventures. Maybe they didnt like it, Maybe they did. In the true words of an ah lian, whatever.

New blog

Hi all! I've started this blog for a group of us divers, who enjoy crappy, nonsensical, and mindless banter :D
I'm supposed to use the name "Crazy Divers' but its taken up by someone (or somebody).
Now waiting for the other guys to respond to the blogger invite so we may all post ;) but I can forsee who will not respond (hahaha).

Most of us are Naui certified (me included) but there are Padi certified divers too. but thats not important. what matters are the dive trips!

I've only been to Pulau Tioman and Pulau Dayang for diving, did some skin diving at Phuket. Hope to go Sipadan some day :)

rest of the crazy divers don keep me waiting ah.