The drama of season last dive 2008
I guess I really have to say grace and give thanks to be able to blog about the season last dive for year 2008. I was almost drowned not once but twice during the trip to Pulau Dayang. Firstly, I was almost drowned at Dayang Tip. A strong undercurrent swept the group of some 9 of us some 50metres down under the ocean. We were doing a free descend, and I suddenly felt weird because I somehow felt that I was descending faster than I normally would. Bearing in mind that I weight a mere 40kg with 2 weights attached. So I promptly checked my gauge, to my horror! I was left with 100bar of air which I started with 200bar. It was barely 5 minutes into the dive. And what shocked me more was when I saw 50m on the depth Gauge. Basic instinct kicked in for me to fin upwards quickly, at the same time looked around franticly for my dive buddy - Junaida. Suddenly, my instructor caught hold of my hand and handed me Gareth's hand which I promptly secured under my armpit and held his hand with my dear life (which Gareth thot was the devils advocate). Then came Jun's hand which I too held it tightly on my right and fin upwards as fast as I could with all my might! It was all bubbly cuz I saw nothing but bubbles, finning with all my might it was a long long time before I saw white light instead of patches of grey with bubbles. Honestly, I thot I was going to die. But my mind was blank while the others claimed that they had flash backs. I seriously thot, if I was to die. I might as well drift off to sleep. Once at the surface, waves were strong and I only had the instinct to hold on to as many people as possible, I do not want myself or anyone else to drift away by themselves. Maybe it is more of a selfish reason that I didnt want to drift away alone all by myself. >.< It felt like years when we were floating at the surface, luckily Gloria and Jun were sane enough to get everyone organised by asking everyone to hang on to each other forming a circle, which I was hanging on to 3