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May 1st 2006 by Ali
I wake, sprawled out, tired, where was I last night? - out partying again? I extract myself from the tangle of sarong, pillow and mosquito net that my bed has become during the night. My wooden beach hut, now my home, an upgrade from the shed in the jungle where the mosquitoes won the nightly battle for territory. I open the door look out across the kilometer long beach, through the coconut palms, and over my hammock... another hard day as a divemaster trainee begins. It's 7:30am the beach is still, the boatman and local cleaning lady from the fisherman's village are making their way from the sunlight speedboat through the water to the restaurant, "Selemat Baggi!" - good morning!
I've been a scuba diver since 2002 when in Honduras I found that I was near to the "cheapest place" in the world obtain a scuba diving certification. It had never really occurred to me before that it might even be something I might like, growing up in England, the idea of crawling around in some grimy quarry looking for the victims of unhappy marriages and serial killers didn't appeal. The clear blue waters of the tropics were just a
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August 4th 2006 - Cumberland Sausage: Well it is a small world ...
.. but not quite small enough. I'm sure we could have raised our couply game for one night. Sorry to have missed you. Great pictures, particularly the underwater ones. For the record the rubber o-ring in my camera case got stuck one due to the paint dye during the Holi festival in India - when I came to get it off it stretched, and I had no replacement :-(
August 4th 2006 - anonymous: nice pics!
i'm glad you liked perhentian islands. as a malaysian, i haven't even been there myself!instead, i was up at ko phagan instead. shame huh. must make it to perhentian or sipadan one day. meanwhile, congratulations for making the divemaster title. how much does sunlight charge for beginners in scuba?-ying
August 8th 2006 - anonymous: congrats!
Congratulations man! Now that you are a certified divemaster, you buggered off to Europe! How about bringing us up to speed here. I know I'm not the only one wondering what the "heck" you are up to. I have an idea, but won't say it here!!
By the way, who is this Tim guy? He likes sucking up on certain blogs with his comments.
Keep on travelling and taking super photos. Probably one of these days our paths will cross, as I'm all over the place too. Take care man.
August 15th 2006 - Danfish:
Great article Ali, and great pics!
Come back, Moonlight isn't the same without you!
August 25th 2006 - Matt: Liking the video.
Hey bro - nice video.
Makes me wanna learn to dive. Might stick with improving my swimming first though...
Plus - taken to putting your music on the site as well now... no singing though. Wonder why? Hahaha.
August 25th 2006 - Matt: Just noticed.
Is that a Hitler Beard you are sporting in the Ali-fish photo?
I'm in peak piss-taking form tonight.
Hitler didn't have a beard. It was a moustache... and you're studying history at university?
September 15th 2006 - Joanie: Travelling nostalgia..
Hi Ali! Raining morning here in Montreal, Im "travellingsick" if I can say that instead of "homesick".. I open my laptop, when on travelblog.. The images of the children's smile and the peacefulness this day, in Sihanoukville, when we were singing and you were playing guitar.. So I went on your blog to see if you added some news, and I read your writtings! Im happy to have some pics in my head of what you have done in the last few months. Nostalgia fill my whole body and my soul today.. I miss travelling.. so much.. the most beautiful gift I did to myself in my life.
And now, I can enjoying to live my travel again when I go read my blog, something that I do every 2 weeks maybe.. and I feel so good.. I feel like I live those moments again and again. Thank you to have created this site, because without meeting you, we would have never made a blog.. which is something that now, I enjoy more than ever..!
Thank you,
xx Kisses , Joanie (Montreal)
September 21st 2006 - swills82: Just look at the World around you... right here on the ocean floor...
... such wonderful things around you. What more is you looking for?
Oh The Little Mermaid. It says it all. I saw a pic from your blog on the main page and then when I saw your name, I had to check it out. I actually JUST got my open water certification last weekend in Utila. Like you, I also figured "why not if it's the cheapest place!?" I am SOOO glad I did it. I am still in awe of it all days later. The DMT training sounds pretty intense... not sure that I could do it. My DMT told me I was a natural though and that she can see me doing it. It's definately a new interest of mine, that's for sure. Your stress test sounds hard though. Just not quite ready for that yet I suppose, although only having 4 dives under my belt may have something to do with that. Anyways, just wanted to say CONGRATS on becoming a Dive Master. I know it's a lot of work and not everyone can appreciate the amazingness that is diving. For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who don't, no explanation will ever be enough.
January 15th 2007 - stickyrice:
Caranx sexfasciatus! Caranx ignobilis! Ali, that video is making me pine from my landlocked world. Perhentians was a beautiful place to be but Sipidan!! I got so close, yet so far, another tragic story. (Ex) girlfriends can be so...
March 15th 2007 - Pikey and Shark: Long time pal
Hey man, its almost been a year now, how is everything buddy? i have tried e-mailing you and the other sunlight guys but i have received no replies. Just finished my dissertation on crown of thorns(Finally) and i will be travelling in dec hopefully heading back out to asia but for a much longer time. I hope ur ok man and you are still keeping up the good work me and shark taught you back on Kecil.
Take care matey
Pikey and Shark (andy and rich)
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11 Comments - Add Public Comment or Send Private Message
August 4th 2006 - Cumberland Sausage: Well it is a small world ...
.. but not quite small enough. I'm sure we could have raised our couply game for one night. Sorry to have missed you. Great pictures, particularly the underwater ones. For the record the rubber o-ring in my camera case got stuck one due to the paint dye during the Holi festival in India - when I came to get it off it stretched, and I had no replacement :-(
August 4th 2006 - anonymous: nice pics!
i'm glad you liked perhentian islands. as a malaysian, i haven't even been there myself!instead, i was up at ko phagan instead. shame huh. must make it to perhentian or sipadan one day. meanwhile, congratulations for making the divemaster title. how much does sunlight charge for beginners in scuba?-ying
August 8th 2006 - anonymous: congrats!
Congratulations man! Now that you are a certified divemaster, you buggered off to Europe! How about bringing us up to speed here. I know I'm not the only one wondering what the "heck" you are up to. I have an idea, but won't say it here!!
By the way, who is this Tim guy? He likes sucking up on certain blogs with his comments.
Keep on travelling and taking super photos. Probably one of these days our paths will cross, as I'm all over the place too. Take care man.
August 15th 2006 - Danfish:
Great article Ali, and great pics!
Come back, Moonlight isn't the same without you!
August 25th 2006 - Matt: Liking the video.
Hey bro - nice video.
Makes me wanna learn to dive. Might stick with improving my swimming first though...
Plus - taken to putting your music on the site as well now... no singing though. Wonder why? Hahaha.
August 25th 2006 - Matt: Just noticed.
Is that a Hitler Beard you are sporting in the Ali-fish photo?
I'm in peak piss-taking form tonight.
Hitler didn't have a beard. It was a moustache... and you're studying history at university?
September 15th 2006 - Joanie: Travelling nostalgia..
Hi Ali! Raining morning here in Montreal, Im "travellingsick" if I can say that instead of "homesick".. I open my laptop, when on travelblog.. The images of the children's smile and the peacefulness this day, in Sihanoukville, when we were singing and you were playing guitar.. So I went on your blog to see if you added some news, and I read your writtings! Im happy to have some pics in my head of what you have done in the last few months. Nostalgia fill my whole body and my soul today.. I miss travelling.. so much.. the most beautiful gift I did to myself in my life.
And now, I can enjoying to live my travel again when I go read my blog, something that I do every 2 weeks maybe.. and I feel so good.. I feel like I live those moments again and again. Thank you to have created this site, because without meeting you, we would have never made a blog.. which is something that now, I enjoy more than ever..!
Thank you,
xx Kisses , Joanie (Montreal)
September 21st 2006 - swills82: Just look at the World around you... right here on the ocean floor...
... such wonderful things around you. What more is you looking for?
Oh The Little Mermaid. It says it all. I saw a pic from your blog on the main page and then when I saw your name, I had to check it out. I actually JUST got my open water certification last weekend in Utila. Like you, I also figured "why not if it's the cheapest place!?" I am SOOO glad I did it. I am still in awe of it all days later. The DMT training sounds pretty intense... not sure that I could do it. My DMT told me I was a natural though and that she can see me doing it. It's definately a new interest of mine, that's for sure. Your stress test sounds hard though. Just not quite ready for that yet I suppose, although only having 4 dives under my belt may have something to do with that. Anyways, just wanted to say CONGRATS on becoming a Dive Master. I know it's a lot of work and not everyone can appreciate the amazingness that is diving. For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who don't, no explanation will ever be enough.
January 15th 2007 - stickyrice:
Caranx sexfasciatus! Caranx ignobilis! Ali, that video is making me pine from my landlocked world. Perhentians was a beautiful place to be but Sipidan!! I got so close, yet so far, another tragic story. (Ex) girlfriends can be so...
March 15th 2007 - Pikey and Shark: Long time pal
Hey man, its almost been a year now, how is everything buddy? i have tried e-mailing you and the other sunlight guys but i have received no replies. Just finished my dissertation on crown of thorns(Finally) and i will be travelling in dec hopefully heading back out to asia but for a much longer time. I hope ur ok man and you are still keeping up the good work me and shark taught you back on Kecil.
Take care matey
Pikey and Shark (andy and rich)
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