You are a lego, I can just throw you into the water and you'll survive.

Hahaha I have no such creativity lol. Plus I suck at portrait and wide angel shots

Cheapest doesn't mean bestest. If you are looking for good deals, just wait for MIDE coming up end next month at pwtc.

Check out mares smart. Now got many nice colors too.

Although I personally am using seawing and I always say they are the best fins ever and I love my fins till bits. I would still say, go try it out first before buying. Seawing gorilla is like 2 pieces of planks, make sure your legs have muscles. evansoon might be able to sell you his gorillas. Prepare to pay at least rm700+ for any seawing, gorilla is more expensive. I'm not sure with the conversion rates now.

Booties - we mostly use seapro booties. You can get it from rainbow runner shop at MIDE for below rm100. It's cheap and serves its purpose for general diving around SEA. Plus I like how the center part has the hard thingy and it fits nicely with my seawing nova to protect the center part of my feet from getting bruise if I fin a lot. I've had other booties but seapro was my first and it's still my favourite.

Mask - actually the only piece of equipment I would suggest you to get before your course. If you have the budget, go ahead and get your preferred one. I assure you, you will definitely have more than one mask (at a time) thruout your diving life. A cheap mask is generally around rm100, a good one is around rm100-200, and higher end ones are rm250+ or so.

Since you like scubapro, if you have friends or family traveling to Hong Kong soon, get them to check the dive shops there.

It's amazing for fighting currents, but I notice I hardly fin lol. Seawing is selling like rm800+ if not mistaken, check with Sealantis (distributor) and Scuba Warehouse (might be cheaper than Sealantis). Scubapro is expensive in Malaysia. Diving express is the hk based online shop right? I've gotten my seawings from them as well, so did Evan and his orange gorilla. We used to be able to get a pair of seawings for like rm400

Our MIDE isn't exactly WOW pricing for scubapro. Like I said, scubapro ain't cheap in Malaysia. If you can source from overseas, by all means, do it.

Yea booties is around that price, below rm200 can get pretty good ones. You might wanna increase your budget for mask a bit though if you're looking for frameless and stuffs.

Oh 5 years only? I guess so haha. It was around 2011 or so when I first tried on my friend's seawing and fell in love with it. She bought it for below rm400 in hk then since she was a stewardess and flew there often. I think my first pair was around rm400+ (early 2013) then second pair around rm500+ (mid 2014). I remember KL pricing was always around rm800 or so. You have to consider our awesome currency as well

MIDE is in a month's time. Just wait for MIDE and then decide later.

Many girls I know with smaller feet uses Mares X-stream as well. So far only good reviews about that pair of fins.

There's always the ATM machine downstairs

Check out Scubatex for powered mask. I'm not 100% sure if they sell them at MIDE but I'm sure they do. Even if it's not MIDE price, it should be quite affordable.

I have a rotting powered mask at home, contact lens all the way. Get dailies, no maintenance, just use and throw. Bring spare spectacles on your dive trips. I've lost many things to the sea before.

Welcome to the underwater world!

Go see an ENT specialist for a check up. And yes, make sure you are completely healed before going on your next dive.

5mm in Malaysian/SEA waters? Hows your body size like?

The water temp is getting warmer these days. I wear a wetsuit is because I'm afraid of triggerfish.

You'll never forget being bitten by one

Equalize as much as possible. If pain, stop and try again. If still pain, abort dive.

Hi sifu! Welcome back

Oh you will never know.

Perhentian is fine in September, east coast islands are open till October or so, just don't go during November. Instructors turnover rate there also quite high because matsallehs love to go perhentian too.

Check out MIDE for good deals if you are around kl end of this month.

If you got the budget to go Indonesia or Thailand, you can go Sabah too. Choose instructor, not so much on location.

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Hard to choose instructor if you're planning to do crash course on the island/resort. It's like a 50/50 chance but some dive centers do have good instructors.

There's Kota Kinabalu too. Kidnapping - no comment

If Indonesia, Padang is only a short flight away and pretty good too. Pulau Weh not really recommended for beginners since current there can be crazy but if you don't go during full moon should be alright, cheap too. You can check with Bali too, not the crazy current areas.

Wow your comprehension skills amazes me!

Well, all the best with your OW course at Pulau Sapi. Hope you see many many school of fishies there

I love that guy's work
His underwater museums are on my to-dive list, one day....

Aww thanks.
Yea we've discussed it quite a bit before I think. But I have not much to comment these days as I sendiri also takuts edi hahaha.

Actually I always wondered, if like need to release our weight/weight belt during emergency situation. How bout those with backplate?

This! Hahah.

And wow so active today.

And yea I'm sure lots of cases covered up, especially in countries where rules and regulations are not so strictly enforced.

Selamat Hari Raya to all celebrating

I need a bigger sausage.

Strobe light will run out of battery after so many hours also.

Reflector mirror will work I guess?

Hm you'll need a powerful whistle as well. Haha. My whistle is more compact than powerful. SMB also smaller than usual size. My normal sized one leaking edi hahaha.

That's why wkKay has many pockets like doraemon.

Ok. Do I need to pay you in cash?

I think MIDE was selling storm whistle for around rm20 or so. Bought one for my friend last year. Shipping $10 so expensive laaa. Aussie no storm whistle meh?

No la. If not mistaken, he glued his scubapro pockets to his sharkskin.