its been real long.
suddenly realised i shld record down wad i did for the past 2 wks.
at least i wont forget it in the future.
after going for such a course.

day 1. 20th nov 09, friday.
freaking theory day.
from morning to evening.
missed everything.
damn it.

day 2. 23rd nov 09, monday.
booked in early on sunday night.
sleeping at NDU camp not bad la.
at least the wind is damn strong.
first day i remembered.
we sort out our equipment.
quite a lot.
and went for pool orientation.
carry all those cylinders into the water is no fun.
and yes theres theory test.
didnt know just to dive so much theory behind it.
and there was IWP.
which simply means i have to use the fins.
and hands up above the water.
keep finning to keep myself afloat.
hands and head above water.
for 5 min ??
yea my finning sucks.

day 3. 24th nov 09, tuesday.
learnt pool dive emergency drills.
lasted quite long.
buddy breathing, diver surface drill(forgot the name) and companion diving.
lol i seriously suck at companion diving.
need to try 3 times to finally carry my buddy up to surface.
keep kicking into his fins.
and IWP again.
this time with 2 weights around my waist.
1 weight = 2 pounds.
fin 5 min.
i already struggling.
still managed to pass.
there was ditch and don drill as well.
all at 4 meter pool.
throwing all my equipment in the water.
den wear back on.
not bad la.


day 3, 25th nov 2009, wed
almost can say.
its damn boring day.
i dono wad i completed also.
got dive medical test.
and learning pool competency.
3 stages.
from easy to hard.
wads tat is basically.
how u react and wear back your equipment.
when someone attack you underwater.
keywords are.
DONT PANIC.
paid off.
stage 1.
never close cylinder valve.
pull mask and mouthpiece.
take out 1 strip.
shake a bit.
ok la easy.
lol.
stage 2.
nothing much.
just tat close cylinder valve.
take out 2 strip.
and yes need to endure at least 40 sec or 50 sec underwater without breath.
just to get it fixed.
almost vomitted my lunch out.


day 5, 26th nov 09, thurs
busiest day of the training so far.
cleared a lot of stuff.
first was free ascent.
with 1 breath,
from bottom of the 6meter pool.
1 breath come out to surface.
cannot go up fast,
cannot go up slow.
too fast, burst lung.
too slow, no breath.
can la still manageable.
then came IWP again.
4 weights, 4 min.
almost died inside the water.
my finnings really suck big time.
when i thought nightmare over,
then comes pool competency stage 3.
same stuff as stage 1 and 2.
just tat now with a buddy.
need to do a total of 4 times.
which means attacker attack you 4 times.
spend over 40 min underwater at 4 meter.
when i tot can finally rest,
there comes 6 weights IWP.
tat 1 really killer.
3 min.
some ppl really power.
can sing song and keeping afloat.
me?
1st min can.
2nd to 3rd min keep using hand to keep myself afloat.
warrant keep shouting.
when time to inflate the BC (some buoyancy aid)
i almost no breath to breathe it into it.
drank so much water.
come up leg almost cramp.
giddy.
eye pain until cannot open.
so with tat,
book out in the evening.
HENG got hari raya haji.


day 6, 30th nov 09, monday.
by then alrd quite tired.
sleep time not a lot.
whole day didnt do a lot.
just completed IWP.
with cylinder, keep afloat for 1 min.
almost everyone say easy.
but i struggled.
finning sucks bo bian.
come up leg gave way.
but i think tats almost about it.
didnt do much for tat day already.
a lot of ppl keep taking retest.
only managed to learn water entry after tat.
at night.
those always see in movies.
how ppl enter water by going backwards into water.
quite ok la.
lol.

day 7, 1st dec 09, tues
went for 10 meter dive if not wrong.
if not is at day 6 alrd.
its the same stuff as E drill.
just tat only need to do ballast and buoyancy.
blow some air first.
den after tat swim up with ur buddy.
try to lift him up to surface.
so much easier with air inside BC.
and lifeline signal v.lol sia.
communicate with ppl up at surface.
with pulls and bells.
after tat was sea dive in the afternoon.
lol sia.
see the water condition.
really sucks.
wear the wetsuit rly helps a lot.
starting go inside water,
totally is YELLOW.
cannot see clearly 1.
freaking dirty.
den with buddy need finish 1 round around the circuit in the sea.
follow the rope to dono where.
going deeper = become darker.
think we reached depth of 9 meter?
ok la quite smooth.
nv go wrong way.

then comes NIGHT DIVE.
the most interesting dive.
by evening everyone alrd sick of the water.
yellow, cannot see.
at night, confirm is dark until cannot see anything 1.
somemore need to follow buddy.
started dive at 2200hrs.
damn funny.
before me and my new buddy dive.
we saw almost every group either go wrong way.
or stuck together at 1 spot.
lol.
when our turn,
damn lol alrd.
once enter water.
my buddy just keep following the guide rope.
at the same time, TOTALLY CANNOT SEE.
with the light stick, can only see a bit.
need to go like 5-10cm in front of ur eyes just to see wads the rough thing we touched.
den i just followed him.
getting darker and darker.
until totally dark.
dono where we going alrd.
suddenly my buddy knock someone head on.
another grp.
that grp point straight at my buddy eyes.
tell him the other way.
i follow him ma,
so i dono suddenly turn how many rounds on the spot.
den duno face wad direction, i followed on.
going halfway, he turn to face me.
he point towards 1 direction,
i point towards tat direction also.
think i point wrong la.
den he turn around, continue in that direction.
den knock into someone again.
THE SAME GROUP.
lol this time totally messed up liao.
surfaced up to surface.
den got sent back by lifeboat.
lol.
went up and asked buddy wad the hell happen.
and i tink we went the wrong way again and again.
den he ask me go straight by pointing,
i point at the other direction instead.
lol.
how to even poiint or see when everything is dark.
night dive ended lousily.
i totally headache.
think dehydrated.
i dou straight after debrief.
everyone else had to help move stuff back.
by then, when finished, it was 1am.
fuk.

day 8, 2nd dec 09, wed.
fuk damn freaking tired.
woke up at 430am.
just to go lower seaboat.
all cannot tahan alrd.
sleepy go carry boat.
the NDU divers rly can take it.
rly mad 1.
we tried to carry.
and some ppl rly pissed everyone off.
tats when everyone lost patience towards 1 guy.
tat slacker.
by 0630, our seaboat nv lower.
only the NDU diver trainees boats all lowered.
after eating, all of us wait at our boat.
for instructor.
all rly just sleep.
on the anchor, on the floor, at the side of the boat, roll into 1 ball and sleep.
rly is sleep anywhere, anyhow.
until 730am, instructor tell us y we nv lower.
and sort of give up telling us to lower.
we late for sea circuit briefing anyway.
chiong to the briefing point.
everyone, including the recent NDU diver trainee also 1st time doing sea circuit.
they train everyday for this day la.
we never.
rly is f up.
whole circuit goes like this.
starting is swim to the rope with fins.
climb the rope with fins on.
den walk across balance beam.
go jump off from 5m tower.
den swim dono how goddamn long to the shore.
den run back to starting line.
tats 1 lap.
need go 3 laps.
timing for those NSF.
18 min.
they no 1 reach tat timing.
closest was 18min 55 sec.
den our NCC turn,
rly lol.
for me, i starting ok 1.
rope still can climb.
amazed.
den 1st lap, 8 min.
2nd lap, i stuck at the rope awhile.
tired alrd.
jump off the 5m tower never rly think alrd.
damn tired.
finished 2nd lap and timing was alrd 18 min.
3rd lap, totally cmi.
i stuck at rope.
like forever.
rly no strength to climb on.
even wadever i was thinking at tat point of time.
i cannot climb up.
swam up a boat and carry on from there.
jump the bloody 5m tower.
almost sprained my leg when entered water.
by the time i finished my laps.
i tink 40 min++ ???
tired to the max alrd.
no sleep + all these.
den after tat morning.
FINALLY FINISHED.
no more dive.
booked out at afternoon go dining-in.
damn tired liao still need to travel down to sispec.
go there changed to no.2 uniform.
den go inside some military dinner.
lol.
pictures all other ppl take.
ohh ya saw weixing there.
he just outside at the parade square practising his ASLC passing out parade.
lol.
i inside eat dinner, he outside parade.
all these finished arnd 1020.
alrd know late liao.
so chiong back to NDU.
at 11pm, tio stunned.
my coursemates all hands down position.
waiting for us for 30 min.
tmd not our problem also.
is tat awol person caused it.
but just nice me and my 2 frens also late.
so our fault also.
=.=
tio fuked by tat DI.
went to bed at arnd 11+.
almost 20+ hours of non-stop action.
=.=

day 9, 3rd dec 09, thurs.
rehearsal for camp pinnacle performance only.
boring day.
just tat i hate being emcee.


day 10, 4th dec 09, fri.
graduation ceremony.
wtf.
cock up big time.
i became the emcee again.
need give speech.
den my speech is immediately after the performance.
everyone was still changing.
i was supposed to delay time for them.
den after 4 min, i finished my speech.
ALL HAVENT FINISH.
all the guest of honours all look at me, i look at them.
course warrant tell me waste more time.
LOL.
talk nonsense.
i sense everyone know wad i was doing.
i totally dono wad i talking also.
until everyone finally finished.
lol.
tio F big time.
but still got the badge in the end.
=)
all the settling and stuff.
finally out of camp at 5+.
END OF BASIC DIVING COURSE 2009 !


went down to town area straight.
go slack arnd, before finally go to yellow jello.
is tat how its spelled?
with all my bags.
best night spent after 2 wks of course.
lol.
2 wks later back there again! =)
better pass my driving test by then.
if not, big loss.



tiring day.
today went down to dono wad seminar lai de.
learn some muay thai thing.
interesting leh. =)


ok time for revision.
test coming.
+ fyp completion.
+ driving test coming.
+ checkup coming.
+ alot of stuff coming.
busy ending of 2009.
not bad not bad =)