Tioman Mar08 Videos

Finally, I've finished editing the videos... Pardon the long wait, but I couldn't have finished it any faster... I can only do it when I'm back in JB (no computer in SG)... had been working till 2, 3am these 2 weeks.

Editing the video creates LOADS of big files (the clips).. computer not fast enough, have to wait a while every time I changed something and want to review it. As the computer is not fast enough, the playback was like, one frame one frame... I couldn't really see the effect which is set in less than 1 second. It does make a lot of difference even if it's only 0:30second.

Then dunno is it the software or what... it kept giving me problems when I was editing the sound. It kept shut off the programme.... Had to restart the programme again and again... And when I edit the clips too short, the image kept jerking.. I had to convert the files first (and there are loads of file!) then only I can edit it............................. very time consuming because of this.

Also, because of the same reason (comp not fast enough), pardon the little mistakes here and there. If I check everything thoroughly as much as I would like to, you probably have to wait for another week. Quite unhappy about the mistakes though, some part music too loud, can't hear the person in the video talking, some words missing, etc...

Not a lot of underwater clips though.... not much was taken..... makes editing and script writing a bit difficult cos the underwater scenes are too short.

Anyway, here are the videos. Remember to turn on the volume~! else please watch the video some other time when you can turn on the volume. P.S. I've made the video as something like a travel show/ diving guide. Hope you enjoy it. Do give some comment~

Part I
Pardon some little mistakes here and there... kind of rush the video out.


Part II
Diving scenes, corals, turtles, cuttlefish. The part were Andy was talking to Ivan.. music too loud.. I've edited it in the beginning but still.. :( end up like this.


Part III
Scenes of Reeno's birthday celebration and surface interval at Pulau Tulai.


Part IV
Diving scenes with barracuda, turtles, titan and scenes before going home. The part where Gab was talking after the dive... after I converted the video, the talking and the image do not match.... faint.... nothing I can do about it...


Do forward these to your friends and let them see your holiday~ Direct link to our videos Diving Video.

Tioman Mar 08

Tioman diving season started again and we can't wait to go there~ and there we were, on the 2nd weekend of March. This time, we have a big group~! Unfornatuly George has fallen sick and he and Tiffany couldn't go with us.

All of us here, waiting for our breakfast, from left corner clockwise : Alex, Frankie, Gabriel, me Lilo, Julien, Mila, Ivan, Andy, Sally, Fred, Catherine, Laura, JunWei, Jonathan, Andy Lee, Philip... ee? Where's Winnie? went to the toilet perhaps. Joining us for the first time were Julien, Harold, Andy Lee, Jonathan and Jun Wei. Hope you guys had a great time :)

The weather and water was surprisingly cold... It was due to the El Nino thing. El Nino and La Nino are different? Lazy to read about it... Anyway, because of this, it had been raining for a couple of weeks, as if it's still rainy season. While we're there we had like, 30-40% of sunny times... better than none I guess. But the visibility was bad, bad bad bad... And the sea was choppy. On the way back to Mersing, ferry had to go sooooo slow... I had never seen such big waves during diving season months....

This is a photo from Alex. What is the orange thing?? Who's it at the back? JunWei? I think so.

Nice blue background~

What's this? Soft coral?

Alex's favourite shot of the trip. This is... blenny, right? How come it's out of its house..

This is sea lice... about 5mm, said Andy. Can't see clearly...

Andy in action.

These little clownfish are so cute. Due to the wind/waves, there's surge in the sea, quite badly, makes photo taking sooooo difficult. You'll find your subject swaying left...swaying right...... and photos all turn out blur.....

Winnie was using new Panasonic camera this trip~ can't wait to see her photos. And some others are buying Panasonic as well~!

This is a photo from Gabriel. Look at its "antenna".

Aiks! One's doing all the hardwork studying, one doing all the drinking?? hahaha.....

During day time, little moray eel came out investigating.

My own favourite shot of the trip. Check out its "antenna", looks like somebody has taken a bit on it.

HUUUGGGEEE sea fan~! but it's broken a bit. Gabriel in the background.

Having steamboat dinner~ from left, Gabriel, Ivan, Mila, Jonathan, Andy Lee.

Freddie, Catherine, Alex.

Frankie, Andy Lee, Philip.

Ee... Why is everybody so tired..? Too much nitrogen?

Julien and Harold, chilling, after their exam finished.

Their friend Patrick, joined us on Saturday. Too short a time for him to take up a course like Julien and Harold did.

Everybody except Julien and Harold as they went out diving earlier than us. From back row, clockwise, Reeno, Gabriel, Andy Lee, Freddie, Laura, Frankie, Alex, Winnie, Andy, me Lilo, Mila, Ivan, Jonathan and Philip. Ee.. where's Jun Wei? Somewhere around taking photos I guess.
We saw quite many interesting marine animals, HUGE baraccudas, cuttlefish laying eggs, turtles, shark, etc.. but it wasn't "shiok" enough, as the water was cold, and vis was bad. Hopefully the weather get back to normal soon~!

Go here: Photos of Tioman Mar 08 to see all photos of mine, Gab's and Alex's.

I will be editing the video clips taken into videos. Watch out for it soon~!