First time breathing in the water!!!

Wuh, two days of confined water sessions, finally finished!!! Hurray...!!!

First day, even smilingboy like me with waterphobia, also cannot squeeze out any smile when standing in front of the 5m water....

Ya... I know swimming... but only breaststroke, which I pushed myself to go to learn since I know i have waterphobia...And, the deepest pool i ever tried, only 2m...

All the basic things, equipments, signal, to dos and do nots...Equipped ourselves, ready for the first even scuba dive.

Get ourselves adapted to moving and breathing in the water of 1.8m, everything seems okay... Till that of mask clearing session...

I sucks BIG TIME!!!

Mask clearing, is a must know technique in the water, to clear our mask by filling it with water, and displaced it by blowing the air from the nose. Sounds easy, but really, I took 2 days to complete this move...

My problem was that being in water really freaks me out... I was like a in a totally different world, knowing nothing but nervousness. The moment water filled up my mask, I started to lose rythm of breathing, and water coming into through nose. Throat filled with water, choked...

Finally I made it once in the 1.8m pool, and then we were brought to the 5m pool. The mask clearing practise in the deep water, nearly took my soul away. =.="

We were asked to take off the mask for 60 secs, and then put it back, clear it. My buddy did it at first go. ME? No, not even the second step...

The moment I can't see anything with the mask removed, my mind went wild, lose control, and lose my mind. Water starting to come into the mouth and nose, drinking water(which 100% containing a lot of urine, haha), choked, and unable to breathe.

To my reflex, I tried to swim up to the surface, which is a suicidal move in diving. Luckily my instructor pulled me down, and slowed my assent. Why suicidal? Because the air in the lungs and the blood will expand, bringing injury to the lungs and causing bubbles formed in the blood, which in both could be fatal.

Frustrating day, because the sessions ended up in dissapointment.

Return home, I keep thinking what went wrong, even borrowed mask from Ken to learn mask clearing in the pool, however, not even succeed once in the 1 hour practise.

Tired, as only slept for 2 hours the day before, yet cannot fall asleep. Everytime I close my eyes, the moment of being choked in the blue world that is so unsecure to me came to my mind. Staying up almost all night, only able to get some sleep at around 6am after playing DOTA. (killing is the best way to relax our minds? I was GODLIKE that day, TWICE, wakaka).

The next morning, thinking wanna return the mask to Ken, and saying goodbye to my instructor, because the physco of being flooded in this soundless and blue world drive me to jitter.

Reaching the pool, seeing my buddy and instructor already ready to be in action, thinking, why not give myself another try?

First thing to be complete today, is to be able to perform mask clearing. I tried, again, failed in the 1.8m pool. Instructor apparently showing his dissapointment, asking me to practise and do some self-questioning.

Depressed, yet, I never gonna give up till i drowned in the water (touch wood!!! touch wood!!!). After half an hour of practise, yay!!! I made it!!! :D

Actualy the main problem is that, I am too nervous, and forgot the way to breathe. :p It wasn't that hard actually, though still I had a couple of mouthful water with the mask clearing, still I can complete it calmly and successfully!!!

Breathing in the water!!!

Returning to home, rest, sleep sweetly... I was dancing with the fishes in my dream, haha... Woke up at around 1am, and finally can have some time with my new laopo...hehe

Yay, D80! ^^

Test shoot 1

Test shoot 2

Test shoot 3

Test shoot 4

Wonderful weekend, ended with ice skating on Monday Thaipusam holiday. :)