Upsidedown Jelly Fish

Very interesting.

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Black Tip & White Tip Sharks

Sharks are trully the Ferrari of the ocean.

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Zebra Shark a.k.a. Leopard Shark

Juvenile leopard sharks are known as Zebra sharks because they actually have black and white stripes on them before they grow up.

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Leopard Shark

Leopard sharks in my opinion are the slickest swimming sharks. The ones we saw while diving at the Similan Islands were way larger of cause but these guys were pretty big as well. I think the underwater world actually managed to breed them coz we saw a baby.

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Feeding The Leapord Shark, Stingrays & Giant Garoupa

I was really tempted to pay that $120 to get in there to dive with them coz I really wanted to hug that leopard shark.. arghh! I know I won't be able to do that in the open sea so this was the only option. Well I had to book this 3 days in advance plus I was on a budget trip so maybe next trip =)

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Full Size

Holy CRAB!

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Giant Japanese Spider Crab

Bizzare!!!

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Giant Octopus

Now this is cool. Biggest octopus I've ever seen so far. I can't wait to see one of these huge octopus while diving.

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Cuttle Fish

These are ATSY's favorites. You'll get to see lots of bubbles coming out of her regulator when she gets to see them.. hehe! They are amazing marine creatures with lots of character. You can actually notice that they are looking at you. They change color when we put our hands on the glass. While diving at the Similan Islands, we had an opportunity to see them change color as we got closer. Looking at them having such perfect buoyancy and being able to reverse effortlessly makes us divers look stupid I tell ya.

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Weedy Sea Dragon

Cousin to the sea horse.

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Leafy Sea Dragon

I never thought I'd see these leafy sea dragons at the Underwater World at Sentosa. Now I just need to see them in the ocean while diving.

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Sea Horse

My first time seeing one of these bright yellow sea horse.

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Dragon Moray Eel

I was shocked to see these fellas. I have no idea when I'll ever get to see these dragon moray eels while diving so I was took some time to look at them. They are amazing especially with their colors. These morays are really something to be appreciated compared to the usual ones.

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Razor Fish & Blue Spotted Stingray

I've seen these guys while diving but I was surprised that they had these fellas at the Underwater World at Sentosa Island. I find the razor fish very interesting though coz of the way they swim.

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Tourist!

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Story Continues..

I'm back from Singapore & my climbing competition to be selected for Korea's North Face competition was just fine. I could have done better but nevertheless I was selected. Besides that I had a good time at the places I visited. The Underwater World at Sentosa is pretty wicked. I got to see a lot of rare marine life which I have not seen while diving. Lotsa micro marine life that were in the aquarium can probably be found in Lembeh Straits. Divers should know this already so nuff said.

The night safari was fun as well but for picture taking I'd say the Zoo was much better. Since its in the day time myself and ATSY managed to get some awesome pictures with our cameras. So keep coming back to check them pictures out aight!

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Road Trip To Singapore

I can't wait to go Singapore tonight yo. I'm going to SG this weekend particularly for a Bouldering competition held at Climb Asia indoor climbing gym. This competition is basically to select a few climbers to go to Korea for a much bigger competition. It should be an interesting climbing event this one. To be continued..

Besides going to SG for the competition, at the same time I'm also going for a budget vacation with ATSY. I know she will cheer for me but maybe not as loud as the Rock Master Bouldering competition last year coz there's not gonna be such a large crowd. A climbing competition at Riverside, Clarke Quay last year! It was packed with spectators. It could not have been any better. I know she'll be entertaining herself by taking loads of awesome pictures with her Nikon DSLR.

Our to do list while we're in SG:

1. NIKE Clearance SALE
2. Aquarium at Sentosa
3. Night Safari
4. Bouldering Competition
5.Catch up with friends
6. Zoo
7. More shopping (MAYBE)

Lloyds Inn to me & ATSY is the best & most convenient place to stay in the city. Its just a few minutes walk to Orchard Rd. Its a pretty popular accommodation for backpackers and rooms are decent.

Should be fun.

To be continued...

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2009 - The Year Of The Ox

The Golden Bull sculpture reflects the Year of the Bull for this Lunar New Year charging forward to achieve Peak of Fortune and bringing us to greater heights of success.

This Golden Bull is at the main entrance of Pavilion shopping mall and I can tell you its the highlight of the mall this Chinese New Year. This Bull is like a Rock Star. I had to wait so damn long just to take this picture with less people around it. I must say it looks pretty darn cool.

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Chinese New Year Spirit

Professional Photographer?

ATSY and her new toy. Its a good thing I get to use it too.. haha! I've never seen her take so many pictures in one day I tell ya. Now that she has bought her new portrait lens there's gonna be some wicked pictures taken with it.

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Mr. Pot

I have a feeling I'll be here every Chinese New Year. Mr. Pot is located along Gurney Dive. Its something like old town kopi tiam in KL. Its cheap, open 24 hrs, Big screen, flat screen & has wifi. Pretty cool place to chillout. It is my new favorite place to go to after 12am for internet & coffee. Thanks to my cousin for telling me bout this place.

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CRABS - CNY Penang

This seafood dinner was in Penang somewhere behind the chinese swimming club.

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New Year's Eve Celebration 08/09

Instead of being at a crowded place my friends and I decided to rent an apartment to celebrate. It seems like renting an apartment was the thing to do this time. I'm surprised. This was a pretty cheap celebration for everyone.

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Awesome Christmas 2008

This was a pretty good Christmas I'd say.. haha! Anyway myself and ATSY had a nice dinner with the bunch at Alexis Gardens. After that we headed to Phuture, Zouk KL to party. The super sized Christmas tree was located at the centre court of Suria KLCC.

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The Leopard Shark

This is the leopard shark a.k.a. Zebra shark because it has black and white stripes when it is a juvenile. This is one of 3 leopard sharks which we were so fortunate to see during our dive at North Point. Out of 3 groups, our group were the ones who managed to see these slick swimming sharks thanks to our experienced dive guide Tuk. He decided bring us out into the blue hoping to see the big stuff.

This particular one was actually swimming with another one before it turned around and landed here to hangout. It was a great moment.

After taking pictures of this fella we headed back to our boat. Visibility on this dive was an amazing 40 metres. On the way back, again we saw another leopard shark right at the bottom of the seabed. This time it was a full grown 11 and a half feet in length. We were at about 20 metres when we saw this fella 20 metres or more below us. Crazy! Its dark silhouette appearing so clearly way beneth us looked so cool you have no idea.

We saw a lot of new, interesting & rare marine life this trip but this really was the highlight for us.

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Dive Master Trainee Bob With The Leopard Shark

Bob's from Serbia. He's like the only person I know from Serbia. He's also quite a chatter box which is a good thing coz its his job to talk to new divers that he meets everyday.

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Loads Of Baby Barracudas

This was during our wreck dive. Everything is swimming up close to your face its awesome I tell ya.

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Emperor Angel Fish

This is one of my favorites. The juvenile emperor angel. These fishes are dark blue with electric blue and white rings and when they grow up they have blue and yellow stripes. The juveniles like this one is way more stunning than the adults which are pretty common. These juveniles are rare from what I heard so if you see one, get a good look at it.

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Ribbon Tail Eel

We had to go down 30 metres just to look for these fellas.. wtf! Anyway it was worth it. These eels often go back into the sand if u get to close. Then you gotta wait for them to come back out so you can get a good shot.

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Nudibranch

The other nudibranch which we spotted during our wreck dive. This is my first time seeing one of these as well. Its so difficult to keep track on the nudi's coz there's just so many types around the world. There's always a new one to look for wherever you dive. This one stood out clearly on the wreck.
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Scorpion Fish

Scorpion fishes are perfectly camouflage creatures. These guys are also related to the most venomous fish species in the ocean such as the lionfish & the stone fish. They are very difficult to spot so we divers have to be extremely careful & that we don't make any contact with them. Nevertheless they don't normally move as quickly as other fishes so picture taking can be easy.

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Our Tent

This is the tent we stayed in for a night on Donald Duck Bay. They are good tents I must say. Sleeping bags and pillows are also provided.

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Cleaner Shrimp & Giant Starfish

This is far the most exotic star fish I've ever seen in my life so far and the round part in the middle is actually pinkish red but you can't see in this picture. This giant star fish also eats other star fishes and mussels. I just found out all this infomation from ATSY.

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Female Spotted Box Fish & Bumphead Parrot Fish

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Emma The Moray Eel

Lucky for us Emma was home before she decided to go for a swim. We were right on time. Very friendly moray because she often comes out to greet divers.

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Fresh Common Spiny Lobster

So tempted to catch this for dinner. This lobster prolly had jetlag coz he was out during our afternoon dive.

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Colorful Nudibranch

This is one of 2 Nudibranches we manage to spot during our wreck dive. Don't be deceived by the picture though coz it was actually very small. It was my first time seeing this kinda nudi. I'm a big fan of nudi's by the way so you'll get to see many different types later on. I'll make my way to Lembeh, Indonesia to get more pics of these fellas since its one of the best places in the world for micro stuff.

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Cabbage Like Corals

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Me Going Through A Channel

This was a pretty wide channel.

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