Days back, I woke up with excitement to find out all the excitation were just a dream. Yes, diving trip was the scenes in the dream where I happily dip myself into the crystal clear water. Some said, as a diver, once your spine starting to dry up, you will starts to have narcosis on land. Ok, I’m just exaggerating.
Just before I left my previous company, I was instructed to make a trip to Philippines on business for the very last time. Hence, I packed not only my usual clothes and toiletries, but all my required diving gears. Did a lot of reading and browsing, Anilao the house of marine critters was the location I’ve chosen.
Everything was taken care of, nice isn’t it?
I stayed in Aqua Venture, once of the cheaper accommodation available after not happy with Dive Solana. As for diving, I did it with Anilao Diving. I was happy with every single cents I spent during the trip.
During my 1st dive into the rough tumbling sea (typhoon just made his way few days back), I was actually saying “OMG” with my regulator in my mouth. It was just a shore dive and what I saw under the water was superb despite the poorer visibility. The 1st dive itself, I manage to come across with a big school of barracuda. Amazing.
I was more than happy with what I’ve seen underwater throughout my 3 days stay and very satisfy with the pictures taken with my old F31d without any strobe (cannot afford yet). Although the access to Anilao is not one of the easiest but the other way round, it still worth the effort in making a journey there.
Box Fish & Hidden Lion Fish
Shrimp hidding on the plate/mushroom coral
Crinoid Crab climbing like spiderman
Ugly looking Moray Eel
Gobby Fish on Giant Clam
Shrimp on Bubble Coral
Pink squat lobster
Assorted Nudibrances EVERYWHERE!!!!
Assorted Nudibrances
Anemone Crab, Neopetrolisthes Maculatus
Thousands of eggs belong to ‘Nemo’ the clown fish
Gobby on sea whip
This blardy gobby was moving so fast up and down this sea whip and while it leads me all the way down towards the sea bed, I was sting by the devil fish who is observing us and ready for battle since we arrived. The lucky part was, I didn’t land on the sea bed but still buoyant even I’m really close to the sandy bottom. Credit should be given to my instructor (Edvin Ng) who trained me well I guess. Experience level – UP.
EVIL Devil Fish who stunk me. %*#)%*@##$)!$*
After checking the damage the devil fish did to my arm was not significant, we proceed further to the highlight of the dive which was the search for Pygmy Seahorse. It was so tiny that without my awesome dive master pointed it with the steel rod, I was not able to spot it at all even knowing it somewhere on the coral. This picture took me ages to get it right. Even got injected with some poison by the devil fish, this whole dive still worth every single minutes of it.
Pygmy Seahorse (tell me you spot it)
Orang Utan Crab
Ribbon Eel
During my trip, there’s a Filipino couple who did their open water certification. We went in the same boat but guided by different dive master. It was nice knowing them. Hope that one day I will be diving with them once again. I was planning to make a visit to Anilao again this year but it seems not happening dy. T.T
Met new friends
Special thanks to my awesome dive master : Dennis Corpuz
Dive up to post : 20
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December
Written by Myhorng.
Posted in: Celebration, Klang Valley, Living, NY Party, Photography, Random, Xmas
Tagged with Genting, KLCC, MidValley, Pavilion KL, Sunway Pyramid, The Gardens
It’s end of the year and as usual, it’s time to celebrate and party. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends, family and you who is reading a joyous holiday and a happy prosperity new year ahead.
In alignment with the festive season, streets, malls, merchant etc will usual put in effort decorating their outlet to draw more customer. It’s no doubt the most beautiful time of the year. This year I decided to visit all the major malls in Klang Valley and keep those effort through my new little toy, Canon S95.
I think they are trying to bring out the elegant and classy look with plenty of gold color. It’s nice but a bit too complicated for my liking. Perhaps it was just the overly crowded visitor caused me this kind of feeling.
Main Entrance
Pavilion Main Hall
Pavilion’s 2010 Christmas Decorations
Purple and White team up providing the whole place with calm, soothing and very pleasant kind of feeling. I like it.
KLCC Christmas Decorations
KLCC Main Hall
‘Colorful’ is the word that I will use to describe the deco. Fairy Tale’s touch.
Mid Valley 2010′s Christmas Decorations
The very traditional Christmas green with white looks graceful. Entirely matching the mall, Gardens.
Gardens 2010 Christmas Decoration
Sunway always the leader in lighting. The streets deco brighten up the dark night with lots of joy & merry. Should give Sunway’s management a thumb up!!!
Sunway Pyramid’s Decoration, traffic contributed some lights too
Interior Decoration vs the Street’s Decoration
Genting Highland wins when it comes to creativity category. The whole resort world’s deco were made by empty bottles. Even the presents place under Christmas tree were wrapped with newspaper. It was a cold misty night when I was there. The feeling was superb.
Mist Contributed to the Lighting Effect
Carlsberg bottles Xmas Tree vs First World Resort’s Mineral water Decoration
Colorful Neon Lights vs Simple Whitish Gree + Blue
Mineral Bottles Reindeer
Wish Everyone ~
Happy Holiday & An Awesome Year Ahead
I went to this place for dinner few days ago and found something interesting on the menu. Me and KY planned to have some talk while breakie, hence this was the place we went to 2 hours ago.
Ordered what I wanted to order from the menu and it turns out to be quite awesome. The bun was super hard and the eggs were nicely fit into it. Initially, I was having problem eating it but eventually I just cut it and let the eggs to flow out on the saucer and eating started from there. 
half boiled egg in the bun
On top of eggs, I ordered toast with Milo and condensed milk which I don’t really like it that much. Too sweet for me and by the time it gets cold, the Milo seems like crystallized and this was not pleasant to the mouth.
Oldskool typical healthy breakfast?
Thinking of what to have for dinner is somehow rather a routine kind of thing which looks simple but often crack up the brain. The Blue color D sign with a yellow crown logo captured my sight every single time I drop by SS2 and finally today, I decided to give it a try.
It is a nice cosy place with nice ambient and the food selection are quite diversify. However, the choices are not too far away from what offered by OldTown, Paparich, Wongkok, etc but, they does looks a lot better.
I ordered Dry Mutton Curry Noodle with a Honey Lemon Energy Booster. Most of the curry items on the menu stated ‘no santan’ and I was running this thought inside, “how nice a curry will be if without the unhealthy stuff in there?” Surprisingly, I was more than satisfy with my orders. The mutton curry was thick, creamy and aromatic. The mutton itself was tender but it could be better if it’s slightly juicier.
By the way, I do not have a clue what’s the different between normal honey lemon and the one I ordered. Basically, I think they tasted the same to me. Perhaps I shouldn’t be comparing as I didn’t try them side by side.
Dry Mutton Curry Noodle
Yuki ordered Nasi Lemak Chicken Curry and Dragon Fruit Strawberry Shakes. I sampled everything she ordered and I preferred my choice. The anchovies were soggy and smelly. Apart from that, the rest were acceptable. Again, the chicken was too dry and lucky the curry cling to it was not too bad.
The fruit shakes was thick and yummy. The chemistry between the combination of dragon fruit and strawberry does make it taste good.
Curry Chicken Nasi Lemak
It is a very nice place to hangout and chill but the food is not entirely economical. We can have 4 meals at SS2 Misai mamak for what I paid for the above. It burned RM41.80 off my pocket. Not going to be a daily eatery but I don’t mind coming back here once in a while to chill and enjoy the food.
Address: Lot 255886, Jalan SS2 / 65, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
(Behind SS2 BP Petrol Station) Operation Hours 8am – 2am Wifi Available but no pets allowed.
Last Weekend was basically the beginning of the year end celebration. It started with TDH group chat’s gathering which eventually turned into a pre-birthday celebration. On top of the Macallan, I had a complimentary cokctail, Grave Yard from TDH pour through a funnel and flow along the deadly hose into me was seriously awful. A couple of minutes after that, a Flaming Lamborghini parked nicely in front of me and I did what birthday boy does. Well, the aftermath is kinda obvious isn’t it? I puked my liver out just in front of TDH. Malu betul!!!
TDH – 29 Nov 2010
The next morning, with empty stomach, I planned to spend a quality time with Yuki at a decent restaurant. Hence, I was searching upside down for nice cosy dining places thru the web until I received a call from Ms. Suanie.
She told me she needs my help to move the table because Kerol is not around and someone is coming to check out her place. I found the reason given was kinda suspicious yet I didn’t think much. I request to help her after lunch but she insisted I help her before lunch. Although my birthday lunch was important to me, friendship is something I treasure, hence eventually I agreed to her request.
The help requested turned out to be a surprise pool side gathering from the gang. The funny part was this big size Shaolintiger choose to hide behind a plam tree and I couldn’t spotted him until he jump out to the side. Hilarious moment. I was conned & fooled properly. Good work guys.
This was my expression when I saw that everyone was here
A birthday hat was there awaiting. The birthday cake was very awesome. I was like “OMG” when I opened the box. I was amazed with what I saw and impressed at the same time. That’s me on the cake. LOL.
Me with my hat & cake
Best Birthday Cake Ever
I got to know everyone was up early that day for the preparation. That’s so unusual for Kim & ST. Definitely not easy for the lazy Sotong. FA & Drew who need to waste a beautiful Saturday and of course Suanie who needs to prepare the place. Ohh, and not to forget God who was drinking like he always does the day before but need to wake up early and bring Sebbie along. Thanks guys. Appreciate the effort. Although there were just some simple food and beverage, it was one of the best meal I had.
A special Pool Side Gathering
Me & the witty organizer who conned me the most
Camwhoring Session
Guess what, I got something which is in my wish list for birthday present. It was like a dream comes true isn’t it? hahahaha…. best. On top of that, my friends treasure my life so much that they bought me an diving sausage for safety purpose since I always got lost while diving. LMAO.
My S95 & Braun Buffel’s Wallet
Priceless autographs from Kim, ST, Suanie, Kerol, FA, Drew, Fiqa, Fooi, KY, Haze, Celine, Zess, Ben, James, TDH Colin, Sean & GOD. This sausage is not unique, the only 1 in the entire universe. Thanks all.
Customized Safety Sausage
Dinner session was dedicated to our groom to be Mr. Eyeris Cheang. It was a coincident that his bachelor night falls on my birthday. It was hell of a party at Sids Bangsar South. Everything seems to start slow and boring until the devil called, 12 HengDais finished 5 bottles of liquor + beers + cocktails. The bottle of Jägermeister finished in less than 5 mins. Johnie Walker dried up in less than 15mins. Imagine this epic session, how can we not fuckup nicely by end of the night?
Mike’s Heng Dai Entourage
This was how we drink our Johnnie Walker