Confined water training....with real students....

Initially tot that delivering confined water skills shgould be a breeze....since did it before in training...however somethings are very diff when delivering to actual students...as listed below:

1. Students ego
   Sometimes a student thinks he/she knows more than instructor...so tent not to listen or pay attention to briefing n training....end up kena repeat confined skills few times coz din do properly


2. Students limits
   Must know how much a student can take.....emotionally and physically.


3. Mind reading
   Be able to roughly know what's going inside the students's mind...whether he/she is scare, nervous, happy, emotional......etc.


4. Know ur stuffs
   Really have to know what u r talking when explaining diving theories. Also prepare to answer many questions regarding diving.....no wonder divemasters have to read encyclopedia.


5. Demo water skills slowly n repeatly...eventhough u don feel well
   No matter how tired are ur eyes...how bad the salt water is hurting it.....if the students din understand mask removal then u have to repeat doing it few times with a smile in ur face....heheheh

Overall...its not easy to teach students but its damm lots of FUN

Pencuri masuk rumah....damm....

Manyak celaka......really really celaka. Out of the sudden....my rumah kena masuk pencuri...haihzzzz.

When my sis 1st call me n told me the house kena masuk pencuri......I was so worried. I have every reason to worry...becoz my dive gears berterabur on the floor in my room. I haven't kept it after I used them during confined water on Sat.

After survey survey....found that my lost is my Canon S2IS camera...haihzzzz.....so sad. I bought that camera somewhere 2 years ago when I save enuf money for it. Took many wonderful pics with it also...including numerous trips to Putrajaya for nice photos.

Luckily my old Powershot A80 is spared. That camera is bout 4 years old now...and recently only I sent it for repair. I use that camera for my underwater photography.

Below are some pics I took of my house after kena rompak...took using my Powershot A80:


Kesian my sis room kena ransack kaw kaw...


All the baju terabur on the floor....


Cupboard also buka d...most of the content emptied onto the floor...


All the expired credit cards and discount cards are thrown on the floor....


Luckily my room ok wor...maybe coz bilik orang bujang mah...no value items stored...


Some of the things the police did CSI on....they check for fingerprints....


Luckily the shoes were spared...none was taken.....


All the electrical items also spared....looks like the thief is after money n items they can carry n sell off easily......


Nasib baik my Suunto (in white box) dive comp is spared ah...else I cry man


Also luckily my diver gears are spared...the regulator set is just in the purple cover tupperware on the left....

Overall consider bad luck lor....house kena masuk pencuri. Later we found out that another house 2 floors above mine also kena rob....suspected is the same culprit based on the way they break in.

Confined water training....finally over...

Finally kau tim d....all the Open Water Diver (OWD) confined water skills....all 20 of them, done. Took 2 weekends to practise all of them.....1st weekend quite chaotic...did not do very well also. Finally on yesterdays training...everything seems much much much more better d....most skills performed with average 4 out of 5 points. Happy to know that my fellow buddy did very well too.

Summary of training (doin, learning, teaching):

1- Half mask
Easy to do, easy to learn, easy to teach.

2- Reg recovery
Easy to do, easy to learn, easy to teach..if student din panic :p

3- Mask removal
Easy to do, a little complicated to learn, extremely difficult to teach if student panic :(

4- Free flow reg
Easy to do, student might not understand what u r doin, easy to teach...provided student understand :p

5- AAS
Not very easy to do, easy to learn, quite complicated to teach if student do too fast.

6- Remove weight underwater
Easy to do...can be very hilarious too..hehehehe, easy to learn, not easy to teach also...and can also be hilarious.

and the 3 most interesting activity....

7- Fin pivot
Easy to do, not easy to learn the proper way, not easy to teach...students might wonder what the hell u r doin :p

8- SCUBA removal underwater
Not easy to do properly, not easy to learn the proper way, suprisingly quite easy to teach :)

9- CESA (Control Emergency Swimming Ascent)
Easy to do, can be complicated, easy to teach if do slowly

and the most funny wan....

10- BCD removal n donnin on water surface
Easy to do...but definitely hilarious, not complicated to learn...all u have to do is wear the darn BCD on water surface, errr....can be easy to teach geh.

So basically that's all lor. Still got many other skills...but these are the main ones. Some of them can really be very very hilarious when performed wrongly...kekekeke. No wonder sometimes the air usage is so high...coz laughing non stop underwater :p

Btw...as professional divemaster in training....we should not laugh at the students eventhough it is damm bloody funny sometimes...ahem....professionalism charisma must be maintained :p

cola cola cola cola cola

I knew it....I...knew it....IIIIII KNEWWWWWW ITTTTTTT....but still I do it...haihzzz.

Fact 1: Human never learn
Fact 2: Siew is human
Result: Siew never learn

haihzzzzzz......well actually what I did is not really something super bad lah. What I did is drink cola drinks at nite...hehehehe. Why is it bad ??? well coz I can't sleep if I drink cola at nite...that is why.

This is bad....real bad...becoz tomorow morning I gotta wake up early and now already 1pm n I am not asleep. Habis lah....tomorow sure suffer kaw kaw...haihzzzz

cola cola....can't resist u...now suffering after consuming u :(

LT here I come again......wait for me ya...

My 1st trip to LT (Lang Tengah island) is somewhere middle of last year May. Went there for my Open Water Diver (OWD) course...hehehehe...so I am still actually consider a new diver :)

I quite like the environment in LT. Its a very small island, compared to its 2 nearest neightbour Perhentian and Redang. Only 3 active resorts here, 1 tutup liao and another one is planned to start construction soon. There is only 2 beaches in the island....and the one where the resort I usually stay is located....only got 1 resort there. Also the beach is in a clove....so the water in front of the resort is usually very calm.


The sea so calm...

Soon I'll be visiting LT again....can't wait. Starting to miss the place already....the white sandy beach, the sweet smell of the sea, the warm n soothing sea breeze and the sound of waves crashing onto the beach.


Rain is coming...

Still sick...haihzzzz

2nd day sick...haihzzz....ma fan lah. Guess the doc already espected this...that's y he gave me 2 days MC. I still remember he say "fight 1 day, recover another day"...basically I need 1 day for the med to fight the virus...then another day to recover.

At least not so tired today...so manage to do some work related stuffs also. After doin for few hours...feel bit headache so go lie down. Can't really sleep....n feel quite miserable not able to do anything.

Then I catch a glimpes of my camera. Its been quite some time since I take photos...so I tot...hmmm, why not take some pictures. Below are some of the shots :)


Take picture of my Ferrari in my garrage...hehehehe...the Ferrari F430


This one lagi cun...the Ferrari Enzo...one of my proudest collection in my garage :p


Small bottle of perfume...


Sis punya Estee Lauder cup...

Hiahzzz...pening kepala again...time to lie down liao.

sick sick sick...haihzzzz

These few days the weather so hot.....each time I go to work n come back...also will be sweating....coz ride motorbike got no AC mah. Yest I came home really sweating...until my baju also wet. Then I change n went to bath.....took a cool refreshing bath.

Then this morning kena liao. Woke up with bad headache and feel very cold all over. I know I kena fever d....haihzzzz. Initially tot still can go work but then when I stood up, feel so dizzy....hence better take MC, scare later terpengsan while ride bike...that time cia lat.

Went to see doctor ard 10am.....condition quite critical liao. Was shivering while waiting for my turn to see the doc. The doc check my temperature n confirm its very high....also my flu start liao. He gave me 2 days MC....1 for today and another for tomorow just in case I don't recover. He also gave me 4 tablets of very strong anti-biotic....2 tablets a day.

After consulting the doc...Beckz (yeah...she also took MC..bad cough) ta pau some food for me. After makan, I took the med n sleep.

Haihzzzz.....now feel a bit better liao...but still got flu. At least the fever is not as bad as in the morning d....not much headache d.