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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Once again I have stopped posting for a long time and I admitted that it has become a bad habit to delay any updates over my blog site. After a month long, I have finally gotten out of these writers block due to the busy diving schedule and a bit of over partying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great First Check Out Dive</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The weather on the island was great. Although a bit dry and warm the breeze helps to cool you down just nice. For the past few days I have been gazing at the open sea of Layang-Layang hoping to catch a glimpse of dolphin&#8217;s pod. Even though still none for the moment I [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">A friend of mine bought a pair of running shoes the other day and ended up hating them after 3 days and kept on complaining. I asked him the reason for all his ramblings about his newly bought branded shoes and he said the fittings was bad. The first thing came to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning To Scuba Dive: The Training-Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">On the recent post, I have shared bits of the training with you. On this one, I will uncover more about the training but not the whole thing. I only share with you the skills I find really useful and at the same time a mandatory to master with.</p>
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Start uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">Once again I have stopped posting for a long time and I admitted that it has become a bad habit to delay any updates over my blog site. After a month long, I have finally gotten out of these writers block due to the busy diving schedule and a bit of over partying the nights away.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, just an overall update for Layang-Layang Island first 3 months now. I promise to post more on various topics soon.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So far, the season has been great for most divers who came here to fulfill their quest for the pelagic and most of all, the infamous <a class="zem_slink" title="Hammerhead shark" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark">hammerhead sharks</a>. There had regular sightings of the ever shy and elegant thresher shark down at Wrasse Strip and The Valley. For the lucky divers, nothing was better than to see their ever smiling faces back to the resort and the non-stop chatting about their latest addition to their logbooks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The mantas and the devil rays as well had been the cheering factor and spiced up with massive school of swirling jacks while being stalked by the dogtooth tunas and the giant trevally. It just got more interesting with sightings of the opportunist gray reef sharks just waiting for the frenzy to begin. Another fine day for the underwater enthusiasts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, the trips just came to turn into the same direction each time for each avid divers. The completion of the trip may only be reached by having to be lucky with the hammerhead sharks. One shark can be very exciting for some. First sighting will awaken the desire to see more of these amazing sharks. Some will end the trip smiling and satisfied while some made a bid to return to Layang-Layang hoping to be more lucky the next time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Aside from that, the spinner dolphins have made most of our day especially when the mission to see the hammers came to nothing. The playful mammals gave divers hope and joy at the same time with their flamboyant moves everytime everyone started to scream in excitement upon seeing them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, the season has yet to come to its end, which means more stories will be posted soon. Stories of hope, stories of desperate hearts and dramas as well. See you guys soon.</p>
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Ending uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">Once again I have stopped posting for a long time and I admitted that it has become a bad habit to delay any updates over my blog site. After a month long, I have finally gotten out of these writers block due to the busy diving schedule and a bit of over partying the nights away.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, just an overall update for Layang-Layang Island first 3 months now. I promise to post more on various topics soon.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So far, the season has been great for most divers who came here to fulfill their quest for the pelagic and most of all, the infamous <a class="zem_slink" title="Hammerhead shark" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark">hammerhead sharks</a>. There had regular sightings of the ever shy and elegant thresher shark down at Wrasse Strip and The Valley. For the lucky divers, nothing was better than to see their ever smiling faces back to the resort and the non-stop chatting about their latest addition to their logbooks.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The mantas and the devil rays as well had been the cheering factor and spiced up with massive school of swirling jacks while being stalked by the dogtooth tunas and the giant trevally. It just got more interesting with sightings of the opportunist gray reef sharks just waiting for the frenzy to begin. Another fine day for the underwater enthusiasts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">However, the trips just came to turn into the same direction each time for each avid divers. The completion of the trip may only be reached by having to be lucky with the hammerhead sharks. One shark can be very exciting for some. First sighting will awaken the desire to see more of these amazing sharks. Some will end the trip smiling and satisfied while some made a bid to return to Layang-Layang hoping to be more lucky the next time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Aside from that, the spinner dolphins have made most of our day especially when the mission to see the hammers came to nothing. The playful mammals gave divers hope and joy at the same time with their flamboyant moves everytime everyone started to scream in excitement upon seeing them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, the season has yet to come to its end, which means more stories will be posted soon. Stories of hope, stories of desperate hearts and dramas as well. See you guys soon.</p>
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Start uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">The weather on the island was great. Although a bit dry and warm the breeze helps to cool you down just nice. For the past few days I have been gazing at the open sea of <a class="zem_slink" title="Swallow Reef" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_Reef">Layang-Layang</a> hoping to catch a glimpse of dolphin&#8217;s pod. Even though still none for the moment I am sure the time will come when we get to enjoy their playfulness chasing the wave and race the boat.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today however we were finally given the green light by Jasper to do one dive to check out on one of the best dive site on the resort, the infamous Gorgonian Forest. After an hour of last minute check on our my dive gears which seem very happy to give me some troubles such as regulator free flowing and the BCD inflator that never seem to work, we were finally ready to take our first plunge into the site.</p>
<p>With Averil as the leading Dive Master and me and Nelly as the member of the team we planned a short 30 minutes dive. The boat trip was a bit choppy from the channel to the site.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Approximately around 10:15am all of us were already underwater. The Water temperature was just nice at 27 centigrade. Current however was fast and steady. We chose to enter the water a bit further behind to have more accuracy on the entry point. The first 5 minutes we were swimming towards the blue water with anticipation of bumping into something great. Surgeon fish lining up with the blue background along with school of  fusiliers indicating presence of currents. Just after about a minute later at 27 meters, we finally spotted a scalloped <a class="zem_slink" title="Hammerhead shark" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark">hammerhead shark</a> gliding gracefully amidst the fishes and seemed curious at the sight of three of us. It stayed around for a minute before decided we were not that interesting(that hurts). Luckily, it made another circle before heading towards the reef leaving us drifting to the other direction. It was amazing. To make it better, one gray reef shark approached from behind to have closer look at us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">10 minutes later, after heading back to the beautiful reef slope we were greeted by a school of bigeye trevally underneath us along with few white tip reef sharks lazying on the the reef. As if those were not enough we spotted 2 eagle rays gracefully glide over us followed by a devil ray.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once we were approaching the Point however, we were facing a bit of a down current which had sent us out again before pushing us back to the slope. Again, it brought us to another smaller school of bigeye trevally just over the top of the slope.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All the excitement have made us realized of how much you don&#8217;t realize the time as by then, it was already time to end the dive. It felt short.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am still anticipating for bigger surprise as for tomorrow, we will dive into one of my favorite site, Wrasse Strip the site full of surprises and beauty. Come back again for more update on Layang-Layang action and surprises.</p>
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Ending uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">The weather on the island was great. Although a bit dry and warm the breeze helps to cool you down just nice. For the past few days I have been gazing at the open sea of <a class="zem_slink" title="Swallow Reef" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_Reef">Layang-Layang</a> hoping to catch a glimpse of dolphin&#8217;s pod. Even though still none for the moment I am sure the time will come when we get to enjoy their playfulness chasing the wave and race the boat.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today however we were finally given the green light by Jasper to do one dive to check out on one of the best dive site on the resort, the infamous Gorgonian Forest. After an hour of last minute check on our my dive gears which seem very happy to give me some troubles such as regulator free flowing and the BCD inflator that never seem to work, we were finally ready to take our first plunge into the site.</p>
<p>With Averil as the leading Dive Master and me and Nelly as the member of the team we planned a short 30 minutes dive. The boat trip was a bit choppy from the channel to the site.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Approximately around 10:15am all of us were already underwater. The Water temperature was just nice at 27 centigrade. Current however was fast and steady. We chose to enter the water a bit further behind to have more accuracy on the entry point. The first 5 minutes we were swimming towards the blue water with anticipation of bumping into something great. Surgeon fish lining up with the blue background along with school of  fusiliers indicating presence of currents. Just after about a minute later at 27 meters, we finally spotted a scalloped <a class="zem_slink" title="Hammerhead shark" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark">hammerhead shark</a> gliding gracefully amidst the fishes and seemed curious at the sight of three of us. It stayed around for a minute before decided we were not that interesting(that hurts). Luckily, it made another circle before heading towards the reef leaving us drifting to the other direction. It was amazing. To make it better, one gray reef shark approached from behind to have closer look at us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">10 minutes later, after heading back to the beautiful reef slope we were greeted by a school of bigeye trevally underneath us along with few white tip reef sharks lazying on the the reef. As if those were not enough we spotted 2 eagle rays gracefully glide over us followed by a devil ray.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once we were approaching the Point however, we were facing a bit of a down current which had sent us out again before pushing us back to the slope. Again, it brought us to another smaller school of bigeye trevally just over the top of the slope.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All the excitement have made us realized of how much you don&#8217;t realize the time as by then, it was already time to end the dive. It felt short.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am still anticipating for bigger surprise as for tomorrow, we will dive into one of my favorite site, Wrasse Strip the site full of surprises and beauty. Come back again for more update on Layang-Layang action and surprises.</p>
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Start uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">A friend of mine bought a pair of running shoes the other day and ended up hating them after 3 days and kept on complaining. I asked him the reason for all his ramblings about his newly bought branded shoes and he said the fittings was bad. The first thing came to my mind was the big question &#8220;Did he even tried the shoes first?&#8221; And yes, for being such a brand conscious, he spent his money on a good brand that did not give him what he expected. So what had he learned from the experience? Good brand name does not necessarily means great product for you. What I am trying to say here is you have to try some products before you can decide whether to invest in them or not as the results may be different for different individual.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The same thing applies when you decide that you are going to buy a pair of diving mask for your personal use. There are of course many great brand names out there for you to choose. However, the question is which one fits you the best. In scuba diving activity, other than having a great diving skill, you also need to have equipment personally good for you. Mask play an important role. Bad fitting will only allow water to keep sipping into your mask making uncomfortable dive.It does not matter if you own a cheap pair of mask if it works perfect for you. You saved more and you gain more benefit from it. This is one piece of equipment that needed to be tested first before buying, just like a wetsuit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When you learn scuba diving, your instructor or the long video presentation will give you important tips on how to buy a right fitting mask. Of course I will share with you here as well. It is by far the easiest method to determine your personal fitting. Put the mask on your face, inhale through your nose and hold it for few seconds, look down, if the mask doesn&#8217;t fall off you just found a right fittings for you. One more factor to consider is to make sure the lenses are tempered glass. Why, in a very unlikely event, should the lenses break it will only crack all over instead of shattering into your face. Next, check the nose pocket, is it comfy? Does it cover your nose well or is it too small for your nose? Keep testing until you get the right one for you. Remember, for you personally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It does not really matter if the mask have double or single lens. At this point, you are already sure that you have found a correct fitting mask. So what&#8217;s left for you? Choose your colour if you should, get an extra strap or get a prescribed lens if you have to. Want a more sophisticated mask? Try the full face mask if available but I would not recommend those to newbies as it needs more experience and of course they cost more than a normal pair.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That is all for now. Hopefully this article can help you and others too. I did the same thing as I wrote and I had a blast with them until now. Enjoy your dive activity and yes, dive safely, that is the only way to enjoy it. If you want to do more things underwater, go upgrade your level or just keep collecting experience by diving more.</p>

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Ending uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">A friend of mine bought a pair of running shoes the other day and ended up hating them after 3 days and kept on complaining. I asked him the reason for all his ramblings about his newly bought branded shoes and he said the fittings was bad. The first thing came to my mind was the big question &#8220;Did he even tried the shoes first?&#8221; And yes, for being such a brand conscious, he spent his money on a good brand that did not give him what he expected. So what had he learned from the experience? Good brand name does not necessarily means great product for you. What I am trying to say here is you have to try some products before you can decide whether to invest in them or not as the results may be different for different individual.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The same thing applies when you decide that you are going to buy a pair of diving mask for your personal use. There are of course many great brand names out there for you to choose. However, the question is which one fits you the best. In scuba diving activity, other than having a great diving skill, you also need to have equipment personally good for you. Mask play an important role. Bad fitting will only allow water to keep sipping into your mask making uncomfortable dive.It does not matter if you own a cheap pair of mask if it works perfect for you. You saved more and you gain more benefit from it. This is one piece of equipment that needed to be tested first before buying, just like a wetsuit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When you learn scuba diving, your instructor or the long video presentation will give you important tips on how to buy a right fitting mask. Of course I will share with you here as well. It is by far the easiest method to determine your personal fitting. Put the mask on your face, inhale through your nose and hold it for few seconds, look down, if the mask doesn&#8217;t fall off you just found a right fittings for you. One more factor to consider is to make sure the lenses are tempered glass. Why, in a very unlikely event, should the lenses break it will only crack all over instead of shattering into your face. Next, check the nose pocket, is it comfy? Does it cover your nose well or is it too small for your nose? Keep testing until you get the right one for you. Remember, for you personally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It does not really matter if the mask have double or single lens. At this point, you are already sure that you have found a correct fitting mask. So what&#8217;s left for you? Choose your colour if you should, get an extra strap or get a prescribed lens if you have to. Want a more sophisticated mask? Try the full face mask if available but I would not recommend those to newbies as it needs more experience and of course they cost more than a normal pair.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That is all for now. Hopefully this article can help you and others too. I did the same thing as I wrote and I had a blast with them until now. Enjoy your dive activity and yes, dive safely, that is the only way to enjoy it. If you want to do more things underwater, go upgrade your level or just keep collecting experience by diving more.</p>

Start uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">On the recent post, I have shared bits of the training with you. On this one, I will uncover more about the training but not the whole thing. I only share with you the skills I find really useful and at the same time a mandatory to master with.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Okay, so your instructor will teach you how to breath from the regulator. In the open water scuba diving course, the number one priority is to make sure a student can handle and maybe solve a problem no matter how small it is.  These skills will help you a lot everytime you make a dive. These competency  will also give your instructor better credibility unless you want him or her out of business.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">So here are some of the most critical parts of open water training which will determine whether you are up for it or not. Number one and main factor of failure is the <strong>diving mask removal and clearing </strong>mastery. We, you and I are humans. We are not meant to breath in water. The moment water gets into our throat forcefully or accidentally, the brain reaction is to tell you to stop breathing, after a minute or more the brain experience oxygen starvation and eventually shut off the system temporarily, the main factor of drowning.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Mastering masks skills are so important they were placed in the first few parts of your training. Not towards the end. As you know, while scuba diving, your environment is no longer on your side. Without a proper technique to manipulate and adapting to it, you will meet trouble. Water will always try to sip into any empty spaces such as your diving masks. If you can think of any way to permanently prevent this without spending on another hi-tech and expensive full face dive masks, please share with me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">I found out that many of us have issues with the sea water sipping into our dive masks. It is not a comfortable to think that you might breathe water in through your nose. At some point it can triggers the fear of drowning which always resulted panic and inability to think rationally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">The best way to overcome this problem is get familiar with the diving masks. You can start by doing some snorkeling and swimming, preferably in the sea. Most of the time, your instructor will give you some tips as well during the course but it is best to have experience it first than to discover you can&#8217;t complete your open water course just because you can&#8217;t perform masks involving skills underwater.</p>
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Ending uga_filter: <p style="text-align: justify;">On the recent post, I have shared bits of the training with you. On this one, I will uncover more about the training but not the whole thing. I only share with you the skills I find really useful and at the same time a mandatory to master with.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Okay, so your instructor will teach you how to breath from the regulator. In the open water scuba diving course, the number one priority is to make sure a student can handle and maybe solve a problem no matter how small it is.  These skills will help you a lot everytime you make a dive. These competency  will also give your instructor better credibility unless you want him or her out of business.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">So here are some of the most critical parts of open water training which will determine whether you are up for it or not. Number one and main factor of failure is the <strong>diving mask removal and clearing </strong>mastery. We, you and I are humans. We are not meant to breath in water. The moment water gets into our throat forcefully or accidentally, the brain reaction is to tell you to stop breathing, after a minute or more the brain experience oxygen starvation and eventually shut off the system temporarily, the main factor of drowning.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mastering masks skills are so important they were placed in the first few parts of your training. Not towards the end. As you know, while scuba diving, your environment is no longer on your side. Without a proper technique to manipulate and adapting to it, you will meet trouble. Water will always try to sip into any empty spaces such as your diving masks. If you can think of any way to permanently prevent this without spending on another hi-tech and expensive full face dive masks, please share with me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">I found out that many of us have issues with the sea water sipping into our dive masks. It is not a comfortable to think that you might breathe water in through your nose. At some point it can triggers the fear of drowning which always resulted panic and inability to think rationally.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">The best way to overcome this problem is get familiar with the diving masks. You can start by doing some snorkeling and swimming, preferably in the sea. Most of the time, your instructor will give you some tips as well during the course but it is best to have experience it first than to discover you can&#8217;t complete your open water course just because you can&#8217;t perform masks involving skills underwater.</p>
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