What we completed in the Confined Water Dive Today:
- Breathing through the Regulator Mouthpiece
- Removing and Replacing Regulator in mouth
- Retrieving "lost" Regulator
- Reading the SPG
- Hand Signals
- Clearing Water from Goggles
- Using Buddy's Spare Regulator
- Inflating and Deflating BCD
- Equalization of Nasal Passage
- Swimming around with Flippers
Funny thing was when we had to practice swimming with our flippers. First I had 2 weights on me, and kept sinking all the way down to the bottom. When I inflated my BCD, it was too buoyant, and I immediately floated all the way up to the surface. It was either on the floor or on the surface. Then the instructor removed my weight belt, and only put one in my BCD pocket. It was worst!!! Because it was on one side of my BCD, the weight was "senget" and when I tried to swim, I kept on turning belly up! Only finally, when the single weight was put back on the belt and centered right in the middle of my body did I managed to swim more decently!!
I have to say that it was kinda cold... was sneezing halfway through. H said that I will have to buy the wet suit before our next class which will be on Monday (25th)... Actually, the Open Water Dive for Certification will be on the 7th - 8th July. BUT I am having S1's Birthday Party on the 7th, which absolutely CANNOT be cancelled. So, we are gonna do the Open Water Dive in mid-August.
Till Later....
4 comments:
You guys into diving as well? Lately, I've come to know so many people who are diving.
My school's IT manager dives, my girlfriend also dives and is going out with a diving instructor. They are trying to get me doing this.
I wish I could be bothered but I find that it is a tedious hobby (the dry suits, wet suit, she-pee heavy gas tanks, etc, etc, all too much). Maybe golfing is still a better option for me. :P
wah so much pak toh time with H, so planning your diving trips soon la? plus golf...plus plus plus...ehh
wah exhauted lor! hahaha
dr ve thru - yeah lah.. very tedious with so many barang. So many important things to remember ... HAVE to remember cause of safety. But I think once you start doing it, it'll be a piece of cake. my Sis dives, my sis in law dives, and a cousin and hubby has a dive shop in Tioman and of course dives.
Hehehe..golf would be a better option cause what is the worst thing that can happen? Ball missing oni what...
MommyOf2Angels - The open dive is planned for mid-August in one of the Thousand Islands. H wants to go dive in the Great Barrier Reef... :-) Actually, we went there in 2000 and took a course. Didn't complete because I couldnt' tahan (as just 2 months after delivering S2. I know SIOW lah..plan for dive trip sooooo soon)
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