My Family.. My Pride..

It's June already, and looking back at my blog, huh, only a few write ups in a month!!! Oh my english.. hahahhaa so bad.. but thank you to those that leave your comments in here because it does means a lot.. and to my sister too, who always support me in blogging.. I do love to write, but it does took lots of time to really think what to write..

 Ok, if you read my previous post, you know that I love Perhentian Island a lot .. yup, this place is like a second hometown for me .. i could just pack my bag and live there for a month or two, being jobless (provided i have enough money to go for diving and place rental though).. ahhahaaa

So, my family decided to go to the place I always went to experience the joy that I always, always talk about everytime I went to Perhentian.. the decision was made in February, and I booked 6 rooms at Fauna Beach Resort during my trip in February, for end of May .. and finally the date arrived and all of us convoyed to the location by cars from Gerik, Perak.

Just arrived .. Greens Attack!!!

The journey start from my hometown to Alor Setar, Kedah for my cousin's wedding. Then, all 4 cars straight to Gerik, Perak and spent the night there. Early morning the next day (really early like 2am), we starts our car and straight to Kuala Besut, Terengganu (the Jetty). The journey is about 4 hours in the total darkness .. but it was not bad provided that we talked all the way during the journey, thanks to the walkie-talkie technology.. so in total participants joined this trip are - 12 adults, 6 kids and 3 babies (below 3 yrs old). It was such a fun experience.. i'm so glad my family loved the place as much as I do .. although Fauna Beach Resort is not really a place for me and my friends to hang out, but it's a great place for family!!! I still prefer Perhentian Kecil or Seahorse at Perhentian Besar for my diving activities, but Fauna gave us a really good deal for family vacation due to its private beach and friendly staff .. and furthermore, we cooked all the meals ourselves due to cost saving.. breakfast: bread and canned sardine, lunch: rice and canned sardine, dinner: maggi mee (instant noodle) .. hahahaa ... simple but enough to feed the whole family.. only once in a while we ate at the small shops by the beach for tea or late supper, while the kids busy playing with water, or busy sleeping..

Good Bye time.. sob sob sob

Sincerely, I would encourage family to do family trip at least once a year, to take you out from your busy schedule and get to know your family.. for our family, we lived in different state, like myself and 2 of my sisters live nearby, so I'm closed to their kids, but others who lived in different state, sometimes I felt guilty not to know them close enough.. they will grow up not being closed to me.. but in the end, nothing much I can do .. so I used this time to get to know them, and to let them know that I love them as much as the others.. although I only saw them once or twice a year..

the Kids really enjoying the boat ride to snorkeling area

Hello Mr Turtle..

Cooking Session

They always at the beach or in the water .. the only time they are not in the water was during sleeping time

Dive 3: Batu Layar

Our second dive for the day is Batu Layar .. it's somewhere in the middle between Perhentian Besar and Perhentian Kecil .. it's a lovely place with thousands of fish .. which I adore so much.. and we get the chance to dive with Mr Turtle .. 

Dept: 8 - 18m

Vis : 8-10m (quite good for February season)

Some info I got from the internet:

Located on the west coast of Perhentian Besar, "Batu Layar" (Sail Rock) is a submerged reef with a huge staghorn coral field in prefect condition and massive table corals, making it one of the best hard corals site in the Perhentian's.   
Doing diving in the beginning, it's kind of nervous because you don't know what down there.. I used to have this feelings like what people always said "butterflies in your tummy"... but once you get used to it, you stop thinking about the unknown and enjoying the beautiful creatures instead .. that's what I really love about diving.. exploring new beautiful things every dive.. 

some of the hard corals .. i will improve my camera settings, i promise!!! :)

Dive partners

Nice try Sham!!

Myself and Midd .. we look like fish too.. hahahaha

I LOVE DIVING!!! wuhuuuuu

Dive 2: Terumbu Tiga (T3)

This is my second time diving at Terumbu Tiga.. I was there last year, October .. the visibility (vis) was not too good either due to monsoon.. but i was told that T3 was very beautiful in May- June.. I can agree with that because although the vis was not so good, we can still see the beauty of this diving site..

Terumbu Tiga also known as Tiger Rock consist of 3 big rocks that you can see above the sea level .. down below, it has more rocks with beautiful life creatures.. you can find lots of small creatures like nudie, shrimp as well as soft corals .. as they are small, you just need to look really careful .. and be extra careful not to ruin the corals .. look where you're going as well...

and of course, lots of nemo in Perhentian

Some actions by friend :)

Just a comment I would like to leave before I end this blog, if you're a diver, please please don't touch the fish or corals .. you might ruin or disturb its habitat .. just view, take photos and enjoy the moment.. :)

Oh ya, before I forgot, I had a chance to meet the owner's son of Flora Bay Resort, Mat Yie. The reason why I want to mention him here, other that his sweet face, is because of his talent in underwater photography.. he showed us his masterpiece and tears almost came out from my eyes (biasa la kan, dalam hati ada taman), admiring his work ..


You can look for yourself here: http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/matyie/Interesting
 it was really an honor for me to meet in person with someone so talented .. love it!!!!!!