Xuan Kong - Double star combination in July 2009

Mastery Academy says....

In the system of Xuan Kong Feng Shui, one of its key usages comes from the ‘9 Stars’ - each with its own unique name and function:

The three ‘White Stars’ #1, #6, and #8 are the general positive Stars: #1 governs nobility, #6 governs power, and #8 governs wealth.

The most feared Star is the #5 Yellow, known for bringing mishaps and illness once activated (either by renovation or by long-term exposure). This is followed by the illness Star #2 Black, the Robbery Star #7 Red, and the Argument Star #3 Jade.

Each of these Stars can meet to form combinations as well, bringing more diverse results.

How does the month of July fare this year?
The monthly stars are the same with the annual stars - which means all positive effects are doubled. All the negative effects are also doubled. The intensity of these effects, of course, depends a lot on your external forms.

Watch out if you have a North sector door or bedroom - go for a holiday. Use this sector as little as possible. Do not sign your contracts here. Remember, less exposure time means less chance for committing mistakes! The #5 being an Earth Star is also strongest now in July, the Goat month. Do not activate this sector by renovating or even nailing here. Once activated, mishaps will normally occur within 3 to 7 days. People are often curious as to what ‘mishaps’ mean. Common mishaps are car accidents, suffering from a fall, or injuries that require hospitalization. In some cases, there can be immense financial losses instead.

The double #8’s in the Southeast (SE) sector again brings potential for wealth - but don’t expect quick gains or money through liquidation. Earth in summer tends to harden. Look toward consolidating finances and increasing internal stability instead, if your main door is in the SE. If there is a hill to the SE, then the positive effects of the #8 will not be seen. There is too much Earth and as such, everything is buried and hidden. You should be looking at old unresolved issues coming back from the dead to haunt you now.
Aiyah! my SE sector is my whole staircase at home, and the pantry at my office....

When Earth is too thick, it requires Water to moisten. As such, a natural lake here would bring out the maximum wealth potential of the #8 White.

The repeating #2’s in the West palace, another Earth element Star, brings about additional stomach and skin-related problems. The only exception to this is when there is a visible hill or mountain to the West. Then the double #2’s is able to generate immense wealth from property-related ventures. How so? The #2 Black belongs to the element of Yin Earth - soft, fertile soil. It generally causes illness because soil contaminates water, resulting in viral/bacteria attacks. On the other hand, this is also the kind of Earth that can produce minerals and grow plants. As such, a nice green hill in the West would bring out the positive wealth-generating aspect of the #2 Black. Sigh... i seriously need to consider either to postpone my IVF procedure or move to sleep in the TV room. Can't risk my RM14,000 for another heartbreak. Or, move to TV room (a sector 1 - new beginning) maybe can enhance twin leh...

If you’re thinking that the month of the Goat will enhance the positive effects of the double #6’s - think again. While Earth (Goat) supports Metal (#6 White), too much Earth buries it instead. (Did you also notice that the #6 is already in the Southwest (SW) palace - an Earth palace?). This month sees a deadlock in authority if you have your office in this sector. Old rules will not work. Try something new and out-of-the-box. What’s the exception? A body of natural water in the SW external area. Water softens the Earth and makes the Metal shine. Great! i already have a nice big bubbling fountain in SW. Hope we can seal the China bird nests and palm oil mega deals...faster come faster come

There are multiple factors to consider when reading Xuan Kong Star Combinations. First there is the individual nature of each of the 9 Stars, and how they interact. Then we look at the external landforms to determine the quality of these stars. To further ‘read’ the outcome of star interactions we can also consider the Palace the Stars reside in, as well as the Season, and the occupants involved. That's why got to pay RM20,000 to learn from the Yap Master loh. If i can pay 20K, i don't need to study fengshui la. I rich already what....

Cycle 22 # Day 23 - Let's Talk about Caffeine

I am beginning to care less for natural pregnancy to happen day by the day. Perhaps i have already started preparing mentally for IVF in July. Perhaps i am beginning to pile confidence on IVF or maybe i have been researching too much on IVF now that i am pretty sure it is my 'achievable' solution. Heck, i still have 8 more days to reveal the result for cycle 22. If i see red, well, i still have another month to attempt natural pregnancy. Now let's check out this interesting information about caffein and its effect on pregnancy. Although i am not so much a coffee person, i at least have the habit to choose 'cham' over 'teh' for my breakfast, a habit i started about 2 months back after i have made my own conclusion that the black tea i have been consuming religiously and beyond boundary - like 3-4 bags pure black tea everyday for almost 8 years - was one of the culprit of my failed TTC

NEW YORK, Oct 2005 (Reuters)
More than 300 milligrams of caffeine per day may reduce fertility by 27 percent.

How much caffeine are you consuming?
o Restaurant coffee has 350 mg in an 8 ounce cup
(starting tomolo can't hv 'cham' for breakfast already...sigh)
o Gourmet type coffee has 175 mg in an 8 ounce cup
o Brewed coffee has 115 mg in a 5 ounce cup
o One single shot of Espresso has 100 mg
o An 8 ounce Cappuccino has 100 mg
o Instant coffee has 57 mg per 6 ounce cup
o Decaffeinated coffee 5 mg in a 5 ounce cup
o Brewed tea varies between 20 to 110 mg per 6 ounce cup
o Iced Tea 12 ounces 70 mg
o Instant Tea 30 mg in a 7 oz cup
(I had 3-4 bags pure, daily, 8 years....die la)
o A 12 ounce can of Coke has 30 to 56 mg
(I had at least one can each week, 8 years....also sie liao)
o Diet Coke has 38 to 45 mg per can.
(No help, i preferred original coke all the time...slap myself)
o Sprite and 7-Up are caffeine free
(Ok, decided, Sprite & 7-Up it is, from now on)
o For precious Chocolate, 10 to 50 mg for just 2 ounces
(Luckily i am no fan of chocolate since young)
o Cocoa has 4 mg per 6 ounce cup
(No a fan of cocoa stuff too, lucky me)
o Pain relievers, 1 tablet is 30 mg and up
(Aiyo, why la, been developed headaches in recent months)

Have hubby drink a strong cup of coffee 30 minutes prior to intercourse! It has been said to give his spermies a boost!
...hahaha! But Dino dad don't fancy coffee.

Letter to Datuk Jean Todt (Datuk Michelle Yeoh's Boyfriend)

I am an average Malaysian busybody. And also a petrol head. I am about to
shower on you the usual Malaysian hospitality. Here it goes.....


Dear Mr Todt,

On behalf of all average Malaysians, I would like to congratulate you on
being accepted by our Government into the Malaysian 2nd Home scheme. I
could see that you are well pleased as your application was approved
"faster than a Ferrari", to borrow your words. You see, our Government is
very efficient. If they want to. That is. But frankly Mr Todt, that was not
fast enough. Because Ferraris are not that fast. You should have said,
"faster than a Nissan GTR". Now, that would be damn fast!

May I welcome you to Malaysia , your second home. I am sure you will be
pleased to bits to be here. Frankly, you will feel at home here. There are
so many Ferraris on the road here. And they all drive within the speed
limit, namely, 110. But of course they forget, the 110 shown on the
Ferrari's speedometer is in mph. At the F1 track, there are also many
Ferraris, although, quite strangely, some of them could be seen resting in
the gravel trap at turn 13. I don't really know why.

You may want to know what an "average" Malaysian is. Allow me to describe.
Average Malaysians are simple men and women. In the good old Great Britain ,
they might be referred to as "the simpletons". But you must remember, in
Malaysia, there are 2 categories of "simple" people.

First, there are simple people with entitlements to a lot of things. Like
flying first class on tax payers' money. Like making technical trips to far
Disneyland, Dubai or where ever. Like staying in Presidential suites at 5
star hotels and being driven in a limousine rented for more than RM2000 a
day. These are simple people with entitlements and also with simple tastes.

The second category are the simple people without entitlement. These are
people like myself. You can meet these people on the streets of Malaysia ,
in the LRT, LCCT or at the Central Market in KL. Their Disneyland is in Ulu
Kelang. Their Presidential suite is in their own terrace houses. And they
are driven daily in buses which also, sometime, double up as mobile
caskets!

I was looking at your picture with your pretty girlfriend the other day Mr
Todt. Gosh, you look old! But don't fret. In Malaysia , you can get easy and
cheap treatment for your old look and start looking younger by the day. You
just have to eat what most simple men eat in Malaysia . We call it " tempe "
(pronounced "tempt-pay"). Eat that stuff dude. You will look younger in no
time. But it won't make you any taller though, sadly. Or any longer, for
that matter.

Hahaha...another well written and terrifically hillarious unknown email reached my inbox. Got to share this one. If you are a Malaysian, you will enjoy this joke.

If you are feeling a tad tired in bed, fret not Mr Todt. In Malaysia , we do
not take viagra. We take a herb called Tongkat Ali. I tell you. We have
Tongkat Ali coffee. We also have Tongkat Ali tea. Even Tongkat Ali isotonic
drinks we have. The other day, I even saw Tongkat Ali toothpaste. Although
I must confess that it escaped me as to the exact functions of the Tongkat
Ali in a toothpaste. Soon I heard, Petronas might have a Tongkat Ali
premium fuel for cars like your Ferraris. Perhaps, with that fuel, your
Scuderia or Maranello might be able to be nearer to the GTR's tailpipe on
the track. Just perhaps.

There are several things which you cannot do in Malaysia Mr Todt. First of
all, you cannot, ever ever, mention the name of a certain dead Mongolian
woman. No. You cannot do that. You see, I am not even mentioning it. Not
only that. You cannot read about her too. Or hear news about her. No, you
cannot. Remember that.

If you did, you might be arrested and put in the lock up. Oh no. You
wouldn't want that to happen Mr Todt. In the lock up, you might turn crazy
and beat yourself with certain blunt, hard, but flexible (let me repeat
that, "but flexible") object. This may cause lacerations and deep wounds on
your body. But again, do not fret Mr Todt. Because if you do not suffer
from an "underlying acute myocarditis", you will be okay. Meaning, you
won't die. You will only die if you have that condition. Otherwise, you may
continue to whack yourself silly with the blunt, hard but very flexible
object and nothing will happen to you. You might froth in the mouth, like
the first time you saw Ms Yeoh, but you will not die. Don't worry.

Speaking of being worried, are you worried about your safety in Malaysia ?
If you do, just call the Home Ministry. It will organise your detention
under the Internal Security Act, in order to protect your safety. You can
then wine and dine in a dimly lit dungeon. A blunt, hard, but very
flexible, object might be given to you for further safety. By the way,
while we are talking about safety, you may not want to go anywhere near a
place in KL called Chow Kitt. That place, mind you, is so unsafe that even
a police beat was closed down because the police were feeling unsafe!

Do you like reality TV Mr Todt? If you do, Malaysia is the place for you.
You can choose from an array of reality TV shows. We have all the reality
TV shows from the US and UK . But if you prefer local ones, there are also a
hell of a lot.

The thing is, Malaysia - the whole Malaysia , that is - is a reality show by
itself. But the voting takes place only once in 4 or 5 years. The current
reality show started on March the 8th last year. The voting will take place
within the next 4 years or so. But sometime, just to test the ground, there
will be "mini-voting". Just to allow all Malaysians a chance to show their
voting trend in the big one in 4 years time. So far, we already had 5 mini
voting.

Ask Ms Yeoh. She might be able to tell you who is leading in this reality
show. But then again, this show is so full of twists and turns that you
will never know. Just sit back and observe Mr Todt. I am sure there is no
other show on earth which is better than this Malaysian reality show. In
fact, this blog, and this whole business of you being accepted into this
Second home thingy is also a part of the show! Wooo....you are now an actor
Bro!

One more thing that you might notice soon Mr Todt is that we are obsessed
with the phrase "social contract". Everyone is talking about it, including
me. But nobody has ever seen it. Nope. Nobody. I will leave it to you then
to surmise whether we, Malaysian, are a hallucinating and delusional lot.

Then there is the mainstream mass media. These are local TV channels and
local newspapers. You can of course watch the news on these channels. Or
read them from the local newspapers. May I suggest however that after you
had done that, please read the same news on the internet. You will find
there are differences between the one which you read in the newspapers or
watch on the local TV and the one which you read on the net. You are of
course at liberty to believe which ever version you like. You would not
however be wrong to opine that Malaysian journalists are a schizophrenic
lot.

You might be used to some of our concepts here Mr Todt. In your country,
you pay taxes. Your Government then use your taxes to provide amenities for
you and all citizens. However, in Malaysia , despite your taxes, you still
have to pay tolls for using the highways and pay money for some people to
take care of your sewage, for example. You pay duties on your cars and also
road tax to use the same. You pay fees for broadband services but you only
get slow internet connection and when you ask the provider what the hell is
going on, they would say sorry Sir, the speed is on best endeavour basis.
Well, sometime, when you are tired, you might just say best endeavour my
fu@#ing foot, you cheats!

You will find, Mr Todt, that in the corporate world, Malaysia is quite
unique. For example, we have a monopoly business making a 900 million loss!
The CEO of that company then became CEO of the year!Then we have a
government fund management company whose investment shrunk by 10 billion
and instead of raising questions, their fund portfolio is increased by 10
billion too! Then we have a company which cannot deliver ships which they
were supposed to build for whatever billions. In your country, the buyer of
the ships would terminate the contract and sue the pants off of the ship
builder. But here we give extension of time to the builder and voluntarily
increase the price of the ships by a couple more billions! And until now
the ships are nowhere to be seen. Then we have some kind of a port service
area built for gazellions but it is not utilised.

Yes Mr Todt, we are a bit different from the others. Perhaps because we
take Tongkat Ali.

May you enjoy your stay in Malaysia Mr Todt.

Yours sincerely,

H. Art

PS: If you must know, Ferraris are lame!

I have had some very interesting feedbacks from a few buddies the past few days.

Esther, suggested to let my tummy be touched by her favorite bomoh. Mind you, Esther is a staunch Buddhist. Her daughter was conceived after nenek touched her stomach one night twelve years ago. She was generally a too-weak-person to conceive. Esther ensured me this nenek is the good guy, along side with the true Islam path. Today, her daughter is one fine and pretty standard six scholar.

A Buddhist girlfriend, Veron, warned me not to go for the bomoh as she was convinced that if i should got pregnant later on, the 'it' would be a 'guai' jai' (dead child's soul). Strongly, she recommended that the right path should be paying homage to Kuan Yin PuSa and break some xing bui at each of my request. And if i got a negative xing bui, i should repeat the exercise until i get a positive reply from the divine.

On the other hand, a Christian girlfriend, Sylvea, expounded a long lecture on the existence of evil at work. Sylvea doesn't believe in ghosts but as a staunch Christian, she believed there are spirits. (...er.....aren't ghost and spirits same thingy?) Every living thing must be given by god and no other way, except evil's work on our temptation.

Emily, my other girlfriend, is drumming her conviction into my ears every now and then, to give Jesus a try, for my wish to have a baby. Emily is hundred percent confident that pregnancy is possible if i join her church for some prayer. Jesus is generous and will provide to those who need. Her first baby was a gift from god after she made her wish in church one and a half years ago. 

A guy friend, Goh, discoursed "Na Mo Dai Bei Zhao". By the way, Goh is a young father of four, with the youngest at four months.

An elderly aunty-friend even recommended me to find any one who is willing to donate a piece of soiled diaper from their baby to take home and keep it by my bed. < It's a successful method brought down through generations.

Thank you to all of you, gals. Wonderful advice and sweet to know you care. I am blessed already. 

What's In A Wu-Ji Bak Foong Pills?

Wu Chi Pai Feng Wan - Black Chicken transforms to white phoenix - a popular formula in China that is used to nourish the blood.

It is often used for light or absent menses (perimenopause), recovery from blood loss, infertility, or symptoms such as dry hair, dry skin, dizziness, stiff tendons. Do not use if currently experiencing loose stools. Reduce dosage or discontinue if you experience bloating or loose stools. This formula is not vegetarian and contains chicken and deer. The packaging is unique, the small black tea pills come in a plastic “egg” that must be broken open to get the daily dosage.

Gallus gallus domesticus
Domesticated chicken. What a mouthful sci-fi name for a simple fowl.

Raw Rehmannia glutinosa root (Chinese Foxglove) 地黄 Sheng Di Huang
Clears heat and cools the blood especially for heat in the Ying level causing very high fever, thirst, and dark red tongue. Also used for hemorrhage, epistaxis, spitting Blood, Bloody urine, and uterine bleeding. Clears irritability, restlessness, mouth and tongue sores or insomnia.
Nourishes the Yin and increases fluids for injured Yin from heat causing dry mouth, throat pain, wasting and thirsting disorder, and constipation.

Panax ginseng root 人参 Ren Shen




Angelica sinensis root 当归 Dong Gui

Paeonia lactiflora root (Red Peony Root)赤芍 Chi Shao
Clears heat and cools the blood for heat in the blood level causing fever, red-purple tongue, skin blotches, and bleeding. Also treats gynecological disorders from hot blood (dysmenorrhea or menorrhagia).
Invigorates blood, removes, stagnation and swelling for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, acute inflammations, abdominal pain and masses. Also used for swelling and stagnation from internal or external injury, rashes, and abscess.
Clears liver fire for ascending liver fire affecting the eyes, causing redness and swelling.

Cyperus rotundus rhizome (Nut Grass) 香附 Xiang Fu
Regulates Qi and spreads liver Qi used for all symptoms associated with liver Qi stagnation including pain in the hypochondrium, epigastric region, and abdomen along with fullness. Used for emotional disturbance, poor appetite, chest congestion and frequent sighing.
Regulates menses and relieves pain treats gynecological disorders including dysmenorrheal and irregular menses. Also used for breast distension.

Dioscorea opposita rhizome (Chinese Yam Herb) 山药 Shan Yao
Tonifies the qi and Yin of the spleen, stomach, lung and kidneys.

Cervus nippon antler gelatin

Mel (honey）

Astragalus membranaceus root 黄芪 Huang Qi

Drove into motor lane

Wahahahahaha......... i drove my car into the Singapore-Malaysia cross-way motorcycle lane on May 8. Serious! With hundreds of witnesses.

I only hoped no one captured me stucked in the lane for about 5 minutes until one Mr nice custom-official rescued my car out of the lane. It was nearly 2am and i certainly hoped all motorists were too eager to get home for their depraved sleep than to really notice this Kuala Lumpur plated black Honda City blocking their way with double signals on i better checkout youtube now.

Blame it on the show Guai Tham, a weekly Saturday live show in Hong Kong discussing on paranormals. I was so indulged in sharing ghostly episodes with my brother that all 4 pairs of eyes didn't notice the blinking green sign above flashing "Motorcycle Lane". We only realised when the lane gotten narrower as we went.

What an adventure of the year 2009. It was just a roundtrip to get both mine and Dino dad's newly renewed passports stamped and a bowl of fried ngau yook hoh at Geylang red-light district.

yai yei yai yei yai....malu malu malu

Cycle 21 # day 9 : Starting another cycle

SIGH.......another failed cycle, even with clomiphene 150mg. What's the damn wrong with me!!!!

I have not taken fever or cough or even sore throat for more than two years by now and i can kill two tigers at one go. Dr has also certified Dino dad as 'normal' candidate. Then why the hell i can't get pregnant!!!!! Menses is cleaned now. Tomorrow got to brew ba- zhen for myself.

Met a close girl friend, Esther, last Friday and she highly recommending me to visit her bomoh. Yes right, i penned it right - a bomoh. Esther's a Chinese in root, but she put great trust on this lady bomoh who had exorcised a 'gong-tau' (voo doo) from her house which was placed by a previous indon maid; also exorcised a 'guai-jai' (child-ghost) from following and entering her home of which the 'guai-jai' belongs to her colleague at work who feel Esther's a hinder to her climbing the corporate ladder, plus this bomoh has helped her chose the suitable new indon maid by just looking at photographs. Twelve years ago, Esther was too weak a woman to conceive a child naturally, but this lady bomoh had successfully gave Esther a baby girl by just touching her stomach!!

I am thoroughly thrill and refresh with hope now. I think i should take her advise. After all, nothing to loose but all to gain. Buddha won't help, four-faced Buddha won't help, medicine Buddha won't help, kam fa leong-leong won't help, guan yin Buddha won't help too. Maybe this bomoh will help.

Another girlfriend, Emily, has been persistently inviting me for months to give Jesus a try. She was 37 when she first got pregnant after four failed months of TTC immediately after her wedding. Now she is a blessful mother of a beautiful daughter. She is conveinced she was touched by god. I agree. One will get what one's want if the prayer is sincere.

Perhaps i am not sincere in all my prayers. Perhaps i hold grudges towards religion. Perhaps after 20 times of failed TTC, i am beginning to stray off path. Perhaps i do not have the burning desire of wanting children deep inside me. Perhaps it was just an ego-centric objective to achieve a baby just like any other objectives in my life which i am too proud to fail. Perhaps karma wants me to suffer for aborting my first pregnancy voluntarily and insensitively thirteen years ago. Perhaps i have had killed many many babies in my past lives as doctors or bitter mother-in-law who preferred sons over girls.

....ok enough self-torturing. Won't help to feel this low. At least i still have a few years before turning forty. At least i am feeling much lighter for the first time in twenty months. That food-lodging lump in my throat subsided and my mm-mm pattern resumed normal. Piles went in. I can now tucked into my low-waist Calvin Klein and back on my 4-inches heels. Arrrrhhhhhh.....feel great to be back to normal and energetic again. Got to spend these two months loose off some kilos before the IVF in July. Or maybe i should line up for the bomoh, see-see can bingo leh! Then save back RM15,000

Cycle 20. Day 14 : Diving in Koh Nangyuan

The alarm went off at 6.00am. It was a very peaceful morning, quiet with the sound of the sea gently lapping against the sandy white beach directly outside our sea villa. After snapping a few nice morning shots of the beach, we sat back and indulged in some quite moment taking it all in (the morning without dog barking and cat meowing for their breakfast back home). Then rushed the routine over and headed to the restaurant for breakfast. To our dismay, it was not a buffet breakfast. However, our choice of American breakfast turned out quite fulfilling. Toasts, scrambled eggs, beacon, ham, veg and tea. The nine-seater van arrived and we are traveling with a few young holidaying Bangkokians. These ladies were getting away from the hostile red-shirt army rally in Bangkok. I said, "You have made the right decision". It was a 40-mins ride to the pier at Nathon coastline. Holy mackerel! The pier was so pack with holiday makers. A pair of me already felt suffocating. Hey, its a Tuesday! don't these people work?? Luckily we were not in that queue. We headed to Easy Divers hut and got our tickets immediately. About 15 mins later, we found ourselves squshing for the gate. Very disappointing. These South Koreans holiday makers were not any older than us, all looking very metropolitan with their stylish sunglasses and big couture-like hats and some were carrying LV bags, and they were acting like the Chinese in China rushing for their last train home for their Chinese New Year break.... dropped spectacles...Smooth 2 hours ride to Koh Nangyuan. Arrrhhh..... finally, the diving destination we waited for. Turqouise green sea and clear to the bottom. Even parrot fish was seen swimming close to this Lomprayah Cantamaran speed boat when the kurang-ajar mat sallehs started throwing food stuff into the sea while still board next to the huuuuuge sign prohibiting such act. First-world attitude? Here is a picturesque Koh Nangyuan, courtesy of Easy Divers taken from the pinnacle of this island. We met up with the dive master and very quickly filled up some health and declaration questionnaires. While waiting for our turn, which was one hour away, we decided to lunch first. To add to our dismal list is the view of damn packed cafetaria with holiday makers mainly made out of South Koreans and Bangkokians. I think i can safely quote that there were probably about a thousand people on this little island that dayLunch was a simple buffet of western salad, fried mixed veg, fried chicken fillet, vegie-curry, sauced fish fillet, deep fried sotong/crab balls, white rice and fresh fruits-cuts. Coconut was priced at 90 bahts when it was only 20 bahts in Koh Samui. We started the crash course at 12pm. Went through some simple beginners theory on the functions of diving equipments and safety diving rules. One dive master for two dedicated for just the two of us. After picking the correct size, we put on the dive suit. Holy pomeranian! the gas tank weighed 40kg and the waist belt 5kg. And we walked all the way with these weighs for about a good 300 meters before reaching the water. And to slowly step ourselves out to the deep on the dead spikey corals with these weighs on. Finally, the dive master came to my rescue, not for the badge of a heroic act, more for saving his time for his next batch of tourists as i was taking too long to tread myself gingerly over the sea of dead corals holding onto Dino dad. Hey, i don't care if your feet callous like the back of elephant skin but i am not gonna bleed my feet yet. The dive master inflated my diving suit a little and dragged me out to the depth while i floated on my back. That's better. Other instructors were doing that too to other Korean couples. Again, the training section of the sea was an ugly sight with so so so many beginners Korean divers like us. "How are we gonna dive in this chaotic reefs," we looked disgruntled at each other. We had another short trial diving at chest-deep water and testing all equipments for another 20 minutes. Dino dad suffered his first bang of ear pain when he blew out of his mouthpiece. Despite trying a few rounds of submerging, the blow-out bubbles just kept on hurting his ear drums and he started developing ringing in the ears, stiffening of neck and throbbing headaches. The dive master didn't seem to care much for his condition, much less to make an effort to try to understand more when Dino dad explained. Sadly, Dino dad made a hard decision to abort his dive and retreated to the beach. His heart calculated the risk and not wanting to hinder the dive master in taking care of two very amateur divers in case of an emergency when we reach 10 ft depth. haiya, haiyah, haiyah soooo sad we couldn't dive together. I started to duck-feet and waddled out deeper feet by feet. I was cautious to 'pop' my ear every feet depth. As i ventured to about 6ft down, i began to get routine with my breathing rhythm through the mouthpiece while the dive master stayed a little behind me. When my heart started to gain confidence with the breathing pattern, i began to be awarded of the many beeeeeeaautiful corals and fishes surrounding me. Here they are, wonderful undersea photos courtesy by Easy Divers. Had we knew it was 1000 bahts to rent a water camera, we could have brought more money for this dive. Most fish were bigger than table-size (i don't mean the size of the table). "This is how the undersea looks like. This is how it feels to slowly kicking through the quiet blue while the sound of bubbles gently brushing my face", i thought to myself. Look!! the lush green parrot fish is within my reach. Look! this coral is exactly those i saw in Discovery Channel. The nemos and dories were weaving in and out of the flying tentacles of the sea. The dive master pointed out to carried me over many huge round boulder-liked corals as i was merely inches away. At one point, the dive master took me to sort of 'kneel' on the bed of the sea to observe up close to a small sea slug on thr coral. I swam through schools of fish, yes, i really mean fish that swim in uniform even after i trespass their formation. But my spell was disrupted when i have to make way for a tri-pair of incoming divers. On top, i need to duck carefully not to be kicked by divers who were resting on the surface while i was careful to avoid kicking on huge coral clusters or 'kneeling' divers. At one point, it was like a highway down there . It seemed time flew passed really quick when the dive master showed the 'sign-up'. It meant time's up and we need to return to shallow water before the gas ran out. When we reached shallow water, i had difficulty finding my feet on the floor. Probably due to gravity adjustment and a 45kg body metal weighs. The dive master was in such a hurry that he left me standing at the 3ft water as soon as i stood my ground. My dear thoughtful hubby was waiting at the beach with my slipper. He rushed to the sea as soon as saw me emerged from the sea with slippers on his hand. Thankfully for this pair of rubber slipper, the walking back up to the beach through spiky corals + 45kg weighs was tolerable. When my feet reached the shore, the dive master disappeared. Hellloooooo...... at least help me to get off this weigh first. The Koreans' dive masters helped their students with so much hospitality. We got help from one female Korean dive master to disrobed my weighs 당신을 감사하십시오 (thank you).
After receiving my first Discovery Diver Certification (to be hanged on my wall a home), we spent the rest of the time snapping more shots and lounging on the white sandy beach. The beauty of Koh Nangyuan matches our Pulau Redang arm to arm. We decided we'd prefer here than Pulau Redang as soon as we saw a few tourists even brought their pet dog along. See here's a white miniature poodle with his master. How i wish our Islamic country can be more liberal towards dogs. At 2.30pm, we boarded the speed boat back to Koh Samui, contended with our collection of scenic shots and a dive experience, at least to me but Dino dad is just as happy for me to be happy even he didn't get the dive. Oh, and a very bad sunburn too.