Every superhero has their innermost fears. Something which they hide even deeper than their secret identity. And aquaman's fear is....Dying in the sea (why the hell did I choose to be aquaman). I just feel so unready, don't know why this uneasiness. This went a notch up after a chat with aqua'shorty' (from now on, known as ASS).
ASS: If you see sharks, must tell me. Take photos.
me: Siao...see sharks I will swim away real fast. Probably leave my dive bud as the bait (kidding there ping)
ASS: Just be careful of trigger fish. Got one bit my dive friend before. They are notorious for being aggressive.
me: *jaws drop* (I did a search and you judge for yourself)
ASS: Careful of Crown of thorns starfish....60 secs and bye bye
me: I thought starfish is like spongebob's friend...so friendly (click here)
ASS: I went for a dive, people tell me the site very good....but when I was there, there was stonefish everywhere. I had the worst dive in my life
me: ......
(the above conversation is not quoted word for word)
My instructor said he met a White tip before and he took photos of it. Being a newbie aquaman, I thought he meant some fish....yeah, "some" fish he meant. (Click here)
Plus all the other things you need to remember to do if not some form of injury may happen to you. I mean, getting injured on land is one thing, getting injured underwater, 15m deep is another.
You can only feel my apprehension when you do the course. You will feel inadequtely trained. BUT....I am as excited as hell!
Friday, March 31, 2006
Aquaman: The Beginning
Every superhero needs to start somewhere (My main alterego is still this), even aquaman. I took my baby steps to have 'gills' built in me. Here are some of the significant points in the prologue
I choked the first time I wore the mask. The rubber blocked the passage of my nose, I forgot aquaman breaths only thru his mouth. I choked the time I forgot to clear the water first when I took off the regulator. Can you imagine this in the headlines..."Aquaman dies after choking on mouthful of water"
I have clumsy flipper feet. Kept kicking myself when I swim. I can't walk properly in the swimming pool in them, but then again they are not for walking. Damn those duck feet! And I come to love them after I tried moving in the water without them. I have never realise how painful it was to be a snail.
I stared blankly at the final exam paper, especially when they ask me to use some weird charts to calculate the amount of nitrogen left in my body. What the hell, just give me the 100% oxygen. I want to be high. (maybe I should try faking Decompression sickness when I come up from the dive)
I realise I can never understand what the instructor is trying to handsign to me, but I always seem to understand what he is trying to handsign to some other fellow sea-men. Eg, instructor pointed to low pressure inflator after pointing for a 5 point ascent. I just pumped in the air and floated up, WHEEEeeee. (For your info, you can die if you do that) Actually the instructor wanted to tell us not to use the inflator.
I pee-ed in my wetsuit, keeps me warm! HAHA
I still feel I am not prepared for the sea. Aquaman can't even crawl properly, he is going to walk next week
I choked the first time I wore the mask. The rubber blocked the passage of my nose, I forgot aquaman breaths only thru his mouth. I choked the time I forgot to clear the water first when I took off the regulator. Can you imagine this in the headlines..."Aquaman dies after choking on mouthful of water"
I have clumsy flipper feet. Kept kicking myself when I swim. I can't walk properly in the swimming pool in them, but then again they are not for walking. Damn those duck feet! And I come to love them after I tried moving in the water without them. I have never realise how painful it was to be a snail.
I stared blankly at the final exam paper, especially when they ask me to use some weird charts to calculate the amount of nitrogen left in my body. What the hell, just give me the 100% oxygen. I want to be high. (maybe I should try faking Decompression sickness when I come up from the dive)
I realise I can never understand what the instructor is trying to handsign to me, but I always seem to understand what he is trying to handsign to some other fellow sea-men. Eg, instructor pointed to low pressure inflator after pointing for a 5 point ascent. I just pumped in the air and floated up, WHEEEeeee. (For your info, you can die if you do that) Actually the instructor wanted to tell us not to use the inflator.
I pee-ed in my wetsuit, keeps me warm! HAHA
I still feel I am not prepared for the sea. Aquaman can't even crawl properly, he is going to walk next week
Of toilet seats
Why do is it that the toilet seat cover must be placed down? Who says it it should be? Why can't it be left up and when you need it, then you place it down. I have a good reason why people should follow my way of toilet etiquette. Follow me on this...
Let me debunk this mystery for all - Guys can't aim properly into the toilet seat during the first few seconds when they pee. That fact is true probably abt 50% of the time. Why? Imagine u take a hose and just turn the tap on. The water just spurts out. The mechanism is not as accurate as the hands, you can't fine tune it so much so that you always have a nice trajactory. There are some other finer details why the exit stream do not always follow the nice path into the toilet bowl, but that is for you to find out.
Secondly, when u pee into the toilet bowl, it is inadvertable that some water get splash out. Not my fault, blame it on the gravitational force.
Why do I grapple on the fact that toilet seats should be left up? This is especially so in the guy's toilet. When the seat is up, we don't have to bother....just unzip and do the deed. Splash away if u can't control your tool too well. When you need to do a biggie, just plonk the seat cover and WOAH....it is cleaner than usual.
Ok, I am just pissed at the guy's toilet over at my IA company...DISGUSTING!!!
Let me debunk this mystery for all - Guys can't aim properly into the toilet seat during the first few seconds when they pee. That fact is true probably abt 50% of the time. Why? Imagine u take a hose and just turn the tap on. The water just spurts out. The mechanism is not as accurate as the hands, you can't fine tune it so much so that you always have a nice trajactory. There are some other finer details why the exit stream do not always follow the nice path into the toilet bowl, but that is for you to find out.
Secondly, when u pee into the toilet bowl, it is inadvertable that some water get splash out. Not my fault, blame it on the gravitational force.
Why do I grapple on the fact that toilet seats should be left up? This is especially so in the guy's toilet. When the seat is up, we don't have to bother....just unzip and do the deed. Splash away if u can't control your tool too well. When you need to do a biggie, just plonk the seat cover and WOAH....it is cleaner than usual.
Ok, I am just pissed at the guy's toilet over at my IA company...DISGUSTING!!!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Gills!!!
I decided that walking on land is just too simple for me. After watching 'The Entourage', I come to realise that I am destined to be AQUA MAN! Or as Dav puts it "Sea-man' (for the humourless people - note the pun).
Actually I am no water baby, I am not big into swimming. But I finally signed up to learn diving. This was after the numerous false alarm by Ping. Starting on diving is not an easy task. First, you got to decide which Dive Center you want. There are like TONS of dive centers around. Some sounded dodgy, others don't have a good reputation. So how do you decide? Go ask around for referals I guess?! A big thanks to the man with the connections, he really gave us the final push we needed to go ahead and a good price (Location not too good though).
I am currently in the midst of pool sessions. We had a theory lessons with some physics and maths. p1v1=p2v2 (LOVELY!!!) You got to learn some mind boggling stuff about pressure, density nitrogen level etc etc. It is actually not that difficult, but the lesson was held really late and I was pretty tired.
They say "Careful with .... if not your lung will explode." "You may get decompression sickness leading to a dangerous senario" .....
I am half wandering why the heck I signed on to put myself in such dangers. As my friend puts it, the first time diving, you usually don't see much. You spend more time trying to stay alive.
And the best part of it all....ping aka dive buddy said "Eh, will the fish bite? I am scared of fishes leh, if they come near me I will freak out!" *DEADPANNS* My dear life is in danger.
Breathing constantly thru your mouth is not natural. Takes a while to get used to it. The equipments are darn heavy. Enough of complaining...I will reserve my final reviews after my open sea dive.
Signing off....a worried sea-man
Actually I am no water baby, I am not big into swimming. But I finally signed up to learn diving. This was after the numerous false alarm by Ping. Starting on diving is not an easy task. First, you got to decide which Dive Center you want. There are like TONS of dive centers around. Some sounded dodgy, others don't have a good reputation. So how do you decide? Go ask around for referals I guess?! A big thanks to the man with the connections, he really gave us the final push we needed to go ahead and a good price (Location not too good though).
I am currently in the midst of pool sessions. We had a theory lessons with some physics and maths. p1v1=p2v2 (LOVELY!!!) You got to learn some mind boggling stuff about pressure, density nitrogen level etc etc. It is actually not that difficult, but the lesson was held really late and I was pretty tired.
They say "Careful with .... if not your lung will explode." "You may get decompression sickness leading to a dangerous senario" .....
I am half wandering why the heck I signed on to put myself in such dangers. As my friend puts it, the first time diving, you usually don't see much. You spend more time trying to stay alive.
And the best part of it all....ping aka dive buddy said "Eh, will the fish bite? I am scared of fishes leh, if they come near me I will freak out!" *DEADPANNS* My dear life is in danger.
Breathing constantly thru your mouth is not natural. Takes a while to get used to it. The equipments are darn heavy. Enough of complaining...I will reserve my final reviews after my open sea dive.
Signing off....a worried sea-man
The onslaught continues
Everyone in their life hopes to own a car. A vehicle to drive along the expressways and hear the tires rumble. It is pretty thereputic.
I guess she really believes what I said.
Happy Birthday Anastacia. You are a proud owner of a pink car when you are only 1 year old. (mind you, it is battery powered, not flint stone's method of using the legs)
Ahhh, she also received what every baby needs - a pair of shoes that squeaks. (pink colour too)
By the way, my neice can walk now. I admit it is not the model like walk, but it is fine for now.
I guess she really believes what I said.
Happy Birthday Anastacia. You are a proud owner of a pink car when you are only 1 year old. (mind you, it is battery powered, not flint stone's method of using the legs)
Ahhh, she also received what every baby needs - a pair of shoes that squeaks. (pink colour too)
By the way, my neice can walk now. I admit it is not the model like walk, but it is fine for now.
Finally...
I was pretty packed (plus lazy) the past week. At long last I have some time to bum (and no anime to watch), I shall update a little.
Had a great time recently at the recent computer fair. Suntech was the GEEKs' HEAVEN for 4 days. I was so excited that I even dreamt of it. I went in with one thing in mind and *drum roll*....
THE IPOD VIDEO (30 gig)
Had a great time recently at the recent computer fair. Suntech was the GEEKs' HEAVEN for 4 days. I was so excited that I even dreamt of it. I went in with one thing in mind and *drum roll*....
THE IPOD VIDEO (30 gig)It is a beauty. Black and sleek. So sexy! But left my bank pretty empty. I have been meaning to get one for the longest time to store the tiny music collection I have on my harddisk. I think I should have gotten the 60gig though. And this investment rendered me hall-less for the months when I am doing my IA. All those early mornings to catch the shuttle bus is worth it afterall.
Back to IT fair, I spent about 5 hours walking the place over and over again with different friends. Not many pretty salesgirls around, but the LG cool lady pearched on top of the stairs was a looker. I almost made my friend buy the LCD so we can get a chance to take some pictures. One interesting gadget is the electronic notepad. Use a pen to write on a A5 pad held on a board, the radio wave will transmit the movement and store it as a softcopy. It uses a software to allow users to colour and make additions to the file. For $199, I think lots of teachers will love it.
Such a fair is a love and hate thing. My only advice, if you don't like the crowd and have nothing to buy...don't go. That place was maddness by afternoon. But we all know, deep down in our hearts, we love the IT FAIR!!!
My legs were giving way after the IT fair. Had dinner and went down to One Rochester to chill out with some good friends and lyn. The place rocks, really lovely place to sit down and chill.
Back to IT fair, I spent about 5 hours walking the place over and over again with different friends. Not many pretty salesgirls around, but the LG cool lady pearched on top of the stairs was a looker. I almost made my friend buy the LCD so we can get a chance to take some pictures. One interesting gadget is the electronic notepad. Use a pen to write on a A5 pad held on a board, the radio wave will transmit the movement and store it as a softcopy. It uses a software to allow users to colour and make additions to the file. For $199, I think lots of teachers will love it.
Such a fair is a love and hate thing. My only advice, if you don't like the crowd and have nothing to buy...don't go. That place was maddness by afternoon. But we all know, deep down in our hearts, we love the IT FAIR!!!
My legs were giving way after the IT fair. Had dinner and went down to One Rochester to chill out with some good friends and lyn. The place rocks, really lovely place to sit down and chill.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
OLD SCHOOL
This was million of years ago....GOSHHHH!!!!
Click here
(for the hardcore...play with the URL to see the other classes and yr)
Some people tell me they can't access it. So I decided to shock you all with the picture itself!
Click here
(for the hardcore...play with the URL to see the other classes and yr)
Some people tell me they can't access it. So I decided to shock you all with the picture itself!
Friday, March 03, 2006
I want, I want, I want I want I want...
Here are some stuff I decided I want to get or do. It is in order of preference and if any kind soul wants to sponsor me, I will be more than glad to accept!
- Learn to play tennis, I mean real tennis...not whimsical hits! Sighh....
- Ipod Video / Ipod nano (Give me 2 I also don't mind)
- Go travelling before the dreaded year 4 comes
- Learn how to dive (Who wants to go too?)
- Help me on my IA project
- Buy a new computer (including printer)
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