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~!