PADI - Open Water Course

as promised, to cut the whole trip in just a few blog update.
letih lah kalo nak taip day-to-day aktiviti kan. sure korang nak bace pun bosan -_-'. jadi mE create this entry specific telling bout the course itself from my point of view.

kelas bermula pada hari pertama kami menjejak kan kaki di Mabul. sebelum kelas ade a few questioner need to answer regqrding our health. yer betul tu kawan-kawan walaupun nak berseronok, kesihatan aladah penting. lagi bagus kalo dapat buat medical check up sebelum pergi dive. make sure tak demam atau selsema ok. pastikan jugak tahap keupayaan korang dengan seasick and claustrophobia  (takut dengan closed area). i do have problem wif closed area nih tapi dalam elevator sajer and if the elevator is narrow and packed. my face sure akan pucat macam x boleh bernafas. just realize a few month ago. punca, sebab pernah terperangkap dalam elevator 2 kali...owh please no more.(kan dah bukak sejarah hidup sendiri.suke melalut tau -_-')

inside the book there are 5 chapters.
the book gonna teach you on almost all thing required to be a open water diver. about diving gears, diving condition yadda..yadda..yadda..yup banyak perkara yang perlu dititik beratkan. sebagai permulaan, let's learn about the diving gears. ade regulators, inflator, deflator, gauge, air tank, mask, fin, wetsuits...bla..bla.. setiap satu perkakas, we need to know how to handle it. pembelajaran ini adalah penting sebab all this gears gonna allow you to navigate in the water as if you are on land. masing2 memang excited learning. nak tau berapa berat tank udara tu..?? 15kg tau..yup it's damn heavy one patah bahu rasenyer nak bawak -_-'. first of all we watch the video on the open water course. the video was like a visual version of what written inside the book. we spent almost 4hours watching the video (termasuk break time camwhoring and lunch hahaha sape suruh tinggalkan kami berempat =P)

us setting up the gears

1st class confined water- 24hb Jun 2011
terus terang tak ready langsung. plus saye kesejukan. baru lepas hujan kot terus masuk air mau tak menggigil. dah lah mE kekurangan bahan penebat. the first time breathing using the regulator, wearing the mask..ya ampunnnnn sungguh kerimasan. rase nak cabut jer regulator tu bukak jer mask tu..huhuhuhu...tapi saye bukan ikan yang boleh bernafas dalam air -_-'. the 1st attempt was a big failure. i can't control my breathing should exhale tru the mouth but i still exhale tru nose..i can't focus on what the instructor showing in front of mE. only fara manage to learn all the skill. what are the skills..?? sile masuk kan air kedalam mask anda dan kemudian keluarkan while u're still in the water. mula-mula masuk kan separuh sahaja then masuk kan air sampai penuh. lepas tu sile bukak mask anda dan bukak mata di dalam air berenang di sekeliling instructor anda. -_-' ia adalah sukar untuk 1st timer. cuak oooo..!!!

masuk kan air separuh penuh mask -_-'
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2nd class confined water - 25hb Jun 2011 (pagi)
untuk hari ini, seawal jam 8pagi kami sudah bersiap sedia. alhamdulillah untuk kelas kedua kami bertiga berjaya melakukan skils yang diajar untuk kelas pertama. yeay..!! tapi niniey terpaksa pulang ke bilik due to sea sick. should lether take the seasick pills. as for mE, i have more confident now yeay..

3rd class confined water - 25hb Jun 2011 (petang)
we're going deeper. kali nih skill equalization diperlukan. juga diajar untuk membuat back row. tak tahu back row..?? ala kalo pernah tengok video orang diving untuk terjun ke dalam laut salah satu cara dalah menjatuhkan belakang badan ke dalam air.

back row by the instructor

fara doing the back row

kamy and her back row

mE..??

instructor only manage to capture the fin -_-' uwaaa

untuk kelas kali ke-3 nih, i have the equalization probblem. ish..ish..rase mahu give up pun ade jugak. equalization nih adalah untuk mengimbangkan tekanan udara dalam badan dengan tekanan dalam air. kalo pernah naik kapal terbang atau pergi kawasan tinggi, kite akan rase tekanan dalam telinga rite. dalam air walaupun baru 6meter dalam, tekanan dah dapat dirasakan, jadi kenelah seimbangkan. cara nye dengan menghembus nafas sambil menutup hidung. my problem mase kelas nih ialah...ingatkan memang akan x rasa sakit terus bile equalize...rupenye still akan rase tidak selesa tapi x der lah sakit macam kene tikam -_-' tsk..tsk..dah buat betul tapi tak confident lah pulak sigh~~ cik aino nih sengal betul. jadi kelas yg ke3 nih mE tidak berjaya melakukan skills yang diajari -_-' sedih betul. instructor bawak naik atas and asked me to rest for awhile. badan pun dah gigil sejuk mase nih. yer saye memang pantas menyerap kesejukan.


4th class confined water - 26hb Jun 2011 (pagi)
hilang ingatan sekejap..buat ape eh hari nih..??
think pagi we all for dive memperkukuhkan lagi skills..selain masuk kan air dalam mask, berlajar jugak bahasa-bahasa isyarat tangan dalam air. how to say OK, going up, inform buddy tat we low on air need to share air. banyak lagi lah. it's fun tho.

some gesture required while diving
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5th class confined water - 26hb Jun 2011 (petang)
petang punye class kami diberi instructor baru. instructor from Iran. kepada those yang berminat dengan middle east guy boleh lah mE introducekan dengan instructor nih. below nih gambo dier.

the guy in the middle is mohammad.

pengalaman tuko instructor.
hurmm macam kurang berminat -_-' yer lah macam mase sekolah tiba-tiba cikgu kite pindah jadi kene berlajar dengan cikgu lain, mesti rase pelik kan. padahal bende yang nak di ajar tu sama jer cume pendekatan berbeza. secara jujur, instructor Iran nih lebih relax dan tenang compare dengan our instructor yang garang macam singe. bayangkan dalam air yang x boleh bercakap tu pun dapat rasekan our instructor tu garang. but still prefer him rather than the iran guy. wuuu~~ macam mane nak pergi dive dengan different dive master nanti nih..? tak kan nak angkut the same instructor everytime nak dive huhuhuhu..


6th class confined water - 28hb Jun 2011 (pagi)
going even deeper. tak boleh nak recall samada kali nih turun dengan tali atau turun macam biasa. tapi rasenye turun dengan tali. plus sebelum turun kami di ajar cara-cara penggunaan compas. it's a bit confusing tho. but i do manage to learn it yeay..!! (one of things that i wish to learn, it's easy tho) start from this class onward, instructor mementingkan bouyancy control. it's fun..!! bile kite tarik nafas, badan akan naik...bile hembus badan akan turun. it's important to master this skill. sebab bile diving we are supposed not to touch or step on the coral or bottom sand. sebab ia adalah bahaya...mane tau ader sea urchin ker..ade stone fish ker..kang x pasal-pasal pulak kang kene pergi hospital kan.

selain tu jugak, since kite orang dah go more than 10meters deep, need to learn about safety stop. safety stop nih memerlukan bouyancy control. need to stop at 5 meter deep from the surface for 3minutes. kenapa perlu buat safety stop..?? sebab the air (udara) yang dalam tank tu not a pure oxygen it's a mixture of oxygen+nitrogen. the safety stop nih adalah untuk keluarkan gas-gas nitrogen from the body. don't asked mE the details on that..it's a rule set by PADI to ensure all diver practise the safety stop. you can just shoot up to the surface, but then all you blood system gonna fill with nitrogen and masa yang panjang diperlukan untuk rehat di permukaan sebelum next dive. (take the course, then u'll understand better)

before going back to uncle chang, all of us being test wif our swimming skill. i've told you rite, our instructor garang. yup he asked us to swim form the boat to the shallow part approximately 100meter. yup swim with only your wet suit. no fins, no mask and of course no life jacket. hoi dalam tau tak..!! from the boat to the shallow part seriously i have no confident at all to swim even tho i can swim pretty well. nasib biler dari shallow part back to the boat i had gained my confident already. yeay..!! i can swim very well coz my aim is to reach the boat nak balik..!!!! yup all you need is confident. the wet suit is actually gonna allow you to float on the surface see how i'm lack of confident -_-'

7th class confined water - 28hb Jun 2011 (petang)
kelas kali nih still practise the same skills. added up we need to learn about CESA - Controlled Emergency Swimming Ascent. my epic failure in this diving course. hahahaha seriously ku tak reti. macam mane nak buat..?? tis skill is used when you are out of air. udara yang tinggal just cukup untuk satu nafas dan berenang ke surface. need to take a deeeeeeeeeeep breath, then swim slowly towards the surface while at hte same time make the sound 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' (exhale slowly) then when you reach the surface bernafas dengan udara dipermukaan. seriously i need to practise more on this..coz i'm gonna curik untuk tarik nafas..huhuhuhu =P coz i know the tank still got air... -_-' the instructor do warn mE, that he gonna close the tank huhuhu..takootttt...but itu sekadar ugutan..hahaha..

sebenarnye banyak lagi skills yang kiteorang belajar. belajar how to take off the BCD in the water and wear it back. also learn how to read the compass in the water at 8meters deep i guess..seriously when the visibility is not that good even just 5kick then, when u turn back to look at you starting point, i can't no longer see it..that moment was frightening actually. mE have tat mental block for a few second, but then i put the trust on my compass and my ability. yup manage to get back to our starting point. yeay..!!

8th class confined water - 29hb Jun 2011
yeay..!! finally we reach 18meters deep ^_______^ CONGRATULATIONS..!!
yup complete our course at 18meteres deep.

us with our instructor Kenneth Lee

actually fogot to tell you guys. due to over equlize, my nose bleed -_-' gagaga...sikit jer, not a free-flow bleeding. when i asked the instructor and other dive master, they said it's normal. even the dive master, sometime do bleed their nose. it's dangerous if the ears or eyes bleed. so yeah, i'm ok then. not tat i didn't care bout my health, but i just don't want to think to much on it.

yup tat's all bout the course.
owh we took our diving exam (theoritically) malam 28hb Jun. hanye perlu bace buku yang diberi, dan pahamkan konsep u'll pass the exam. untuk theory ade part calculation, owh i really love the calculation part =)

study sambil memandang laut..wahh kalo x masuk jugak, x tau lah

thinking to go for diving..?? it fun..!! let's do it, at least once in your life time. well if you don't wanna be serious you can experience it with DSD course (Discovery Scuba Diving) allow you to dive down to 6meters deep. it's still fun if you just want to snap underwater pictures. mE..?? owh i really into diving nowadays even tho it have been a week since i'm back to reality. gonna think bout it i guess, a freelance maybe..hahaha memang tak cerah dah aku nih jawab nyer...huhuhu


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