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My Baghdatis is sizzling on the court! Currently outplaying Hewitt. :) I want to marry Baghdatis! Hehe. ;)

My parents and I have been playing mind games these couple of days. They know I don't want to attend my convocation, but they want to, but they didn't want to insist.

I was telling them it's going to be damn hot and even more boring and that mum has to walk quite a distance to the yucky hall and all...

I gave up today and finally thought that if it gives them so much pleasure to see me dorn the vampire robe, then I owe them that much to oblige.

But it's going to cost RM160! Would rather use that money for something else... like buying a pair of fins... :) Or go kayaking...

As soon as I said that I would go, my dad quickly suggested that we go for studio pictures. ARRGGHHH.

Anyways...

Finally completed our knowledge review with Ernest, our scuba instructor this afternoon. He's in a perky mood today... I thought he had some pressure of speech, but I guess it's passion. Passion for for diving and the underwater world.

It sort of rub off a little on me. I'm feeling very excited and interested to learn about marine life... and after our discussion about the "science" of scuba diving, I'm determined to be more "informed".

I guess I liked his approach. Whether he was sincere or not, I was impressed with his take on what scuba diving was all about. The big picture.

It comes with appreciation, awareness and responsibility. He's hoping that we would be much more than just divers.

On our very first descend/dive last Sunday, we landed on some sea grass, which didn't seem very attractive at first. I was more concerned about the visibility (which was only about 1m) and the current.

But when we ascended, Ernest was so excited about the grass! He said that it was seasonal, and when on and on about the small fish and some other plants.

It hit me that I was not getting it.

BTW, won't be going to Talang-talang after all this weekend. No boats available until next month according to Ernest. So heading to Satang again. No big deal. I didn't quite get enough of Satang the other day.

Hoping to get my buoyancy issue fixed. For some reason, I couldn't stay down the other day. Ernest thought it should be fixed by adding some extra weights.

Other than that, I'm just waiting to be able to dive more freely and start exploring for real, meaning not having to worry about not drifting away from the instructor and worrying about performing the skills and all.

One thing I learnt about myself during the dive was that I was very uptight after all. :) Very funny. I was fooling myself that I was letting everything go and relax, but the truth was I was TRYING too much to relax. Note the keyword TRYING.

That would be my greatest challenge. Because everything about me is hasty and abrupt and very gross motor.

Ok. Better key off here. Oh ya, Wendy got her posting in KK and Jane in Tawau! Very, very happy! I can feel KK in my grasp... :)