Hello! It's the Diveslut!

Hi there i'm a self professed diveslut. As described in the urban dictionary:-

A diveslut is noun; sounds like dahyv sluht; 1. a diver of male or female sex who will dive ANYWHERE with ANYONE at ANY TIME.

Oh yeah. That's me. 

I started diving in August 2008 during Malaysia's independence day holiday and have not looked back since.  My first dive was actually in a tiny swimming pool at Diver's Den which is located along Jalan University in PJ. Starting with pool sessions is great for folk who aren't sure about their love the ocean yet. I recall that snorkeling used to freak me out (wtf right?) and i had a bad case of surface anxiety (i still do occasionally). When i sank down into that pool though, it was an OMG moment. Breathing and being enveloped in water was and still is the most awesome feeling ever.

After several pool sessions with instructor Sharon and passing the PADI Open Water Test, she decided that i was ready to face the open ocean. Diving with Diver's Den is great because their instructors teach you good diving habits (don't touch the fucking corals!!!) and they have their own dive resort in Pulau Redang. The resort is called Redang Kalong and its located close to the more commercial Laguna Resort.

I recall fondly my first ever dive (virgin dive i guess?). It was jelly fish season that time (no we were not informed) so when i made my first giant stride into the water BOOM! Jellyfish. Good thing i was covered in a rented suit but it freaked me out good. The rest of my open water dives went smoothly there after. Sure, my mask kept fogging up, sure, my buoyancy was absolute crap, sure, i had no idea what to do with my hands, sure, i worried constantly about floating up and sure, i was breathing like a horse. Seriously, a HORSE. But the one thing that made all those terrifying and uncomfortable dives worth it? A turtle. A Green Sea Turtle.

On one of the dives at a site called Kerrenga (Fire ant in English, see i remember this shit), there it was, benign and beautiful. Sitting silently on a table coral. I thought to myself, this is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen! A turtle! As we finned by, i saw it looking at me, and in my bubbly imagination, i felt Mr/Ms green turtle telling me "Come back bitch! Its the bomb down here!".

If you look carefully i wrote that i saw 2 manta ray's. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. It was a grey sting ray. Still a noob. How embarrassing.

"There are no dumb questions in scuba diving. And, yes, if you throw up underwater, the fish will eat it." - anonymous