Aug 14, 2002

Basic Dive Cert in Aur

Aur dive 2001

Muir, out in the middle of nowhere at 4am, as the ferry boat surges through the waves for my destination to Mersing, I wake up to my little naps with sentiments of my Sat experience in Aur.

My right lower gum is still soar from the over gripping of my mouth piece regulator. Another lesson about holding on too tight. We only hurt ourselves.

I guess the main part of solidarity I enjoyed most was my choice to not go for my second Sat dive — I was in two minds at first about wasting my money on awaringly choosing not to take a change for another dive motion experience. And with not much consideration. I am assertive to my decision and have learned a valuable lesson throughout this weekend experience to not trust others in judgment all the time, even if I didn't know more than he or she. Always be cautious but not distrustful totally. Trust, comes from within as I know, and trusting oneself will automatically give myself the empowerment to judge in return, to instinctively know or even psyhicly know what the truth or reality shows.

Cause & effect. I like the book wise words — that I chose this stretch. Wow, profound, precisely why I've never believed in force.

A lot of people dive and seem to have the passion for diving. However, still few shows true sense of appreciation for the underworld life as actions like throwing garbage into the sea reflects.

The Right of Taking is all I've seen. And I detest it. I know this will be my reason to be if I choose not dive again. The clamness of it all cease to exist. Underneath the strong current, the surge pulls. Indeed I struggle to my attempt of being at one. Its nature teaching me her power, and her forces of flow. As we observe the cycle & behaviors of the corals & fishes tells us all. How they are so inter-related & though could be much damaging, still chooses to share her beauty with the ones beyond their territory. Its a neat feeling as well to choose to overcome the ill experience aboard. A big difference when i choose to face it or not at all and life carries on.

It would be an understatement to say that the lodge was incomplete. Rooms were dark & damped & dusty. The perspective somehow changed as Bern and I readapted it. We actually laughed out loud on a simple silly talk on the hole on the ground on how do u actually squat & effect without paper.