scuba

went scuba diving yesterday, and i don't get it. why should i willingly open my wallet to something so dull an activity. ok, sure, it was an intro dive. but i absolutely do not intend to spend so much for something less thrilling, as it is less dangerous, than bowling. and throwing a heavy ball down the lane to knock white loaded pins of the lane. yes, i believe that gutter balls are exciting. the corals and fishes were cool. but i wasn't mesmerized. i grew bored during that 30 min looking at bizzare creatures underwater. dun like. i'm just not that 'fishy'. also, i'm kind of hydrophobic. i'm not a water person.

my friends, candi and rex, had a hard time but the instructor kept on telling me to relax so that's what i did. wet deep from 15 to 20 ft. the dive was 30 min like i said. at first we had a debrief. my instrucrot, albert, is from malaysia. he explained everything in detail. yes i know it means self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. yes i know we do it under the sea. yes i know we can't breathe underwater. but albert was kind though. anyways, the oxygen tank was damn heavy. i felt like i was gonna fall down every step. the air tasted like mineral water. the wet suit was hard to put on as it was tight! -duh. fins were hard to put as you had to keep your balance. but i got used to everything right away. candi and rex spent half of their time on shore as they were a bit uncomfortable. so i spit on my goggles and albert and i went down straight away.

underwater. i was dragged by albert all the way. wanted to kick on my own but i didn't know how to sign. plus i was scared. haha. i think that's another reason why i got bored. i didn't get to roam myself. i was like draged along as he showed we the fished and corals. btw, i actually held a real starfish! like big one! like four times the size of my hands! i was so unstable underwater when i tried to kneel on the bed. it was like being blown by the wind (as said candi) so when albert went in front of me and took pictures, i was signaling that i needed to go up (like the thumbs up sign and bobbed your hands up and down). i was scared to sink down and trample on the corals. i keep on choking down there because i was so thirsty, the salty water and the air on the tanks was making my throat dry. i wanted to take out my mouth piece and gulp water or swallow saliva but it's so trouble some and albert might panic. he was like doing the 'okay?' sign everytime.

when we went up he dragged me to shore. i wasn't kicking anymore cause he told me to relax. so the trip to the shore was nice. haha. it was okay overall. i wasn't entirely convinced by it.and worse, i didn't get any tan after we went sunbathing. when we tried to swim on the beach, some jellyfish stung my cousin. and we were too traumatized to go snorkling. so we did nothing after that. i didn't enjoy the whole thing as i wasn't well acquianted with most of the people (went with my cousin's friends) so it wasn't that crazy. just casual tallk. plus, the three hour journey in a cramped car muredered me.

i'll say, scuba diving is cool. just that i was in an intro dive. it wasn't exciting enough to me. it's an expensive hobby. furthermore, i hate traveling. so scuba is a no for me. but i'm glad i had the experience for story-telling. i'll say 6 1/2 out of ten. i know ms yee is totally gonna disagree. happy birthday babe! ha-peace