Whilst some of us have other ways how to celebrate our Merdeka, I've never imagine what's like to fly the National Flag underwater.....at night. I've log over 100 dives and every dive was different. And when I come to think of how to celebrate our Merdeka, what is more better than to fly the Malaysian National Flag underwater at our beloved Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park (TARP) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo. Doing it with style and different I guess!
As SCUBA DIVERS living in Kota kinabalu, Borneo, we are able to tell people about the things we've seen underwater where non-divers can't at 15 - 20 meters below the surface. Now, combined with our love to this amazing sport, we can tell people just how proud we are to become Malaysian and to fly the National Flag wherever you are! I had 7 local KK divers joining with me together with Absolute Scuba crew, to get our national spirit dive underwater last 31 August 2010.It was fun and tired to some divers who dived for the first time at night.
Misol, PADI OWSI, during the briefing
Some of the KK divers listening carefully during the briefing
Ready for some underwater action - sunset dive
"I think we forgot the weights at the Dive Centre lah Misol..."The plan was, to get good shots as many as possible with the divers showing the Malaysian flag. Unfortunately, my underwater camera housing wasn't equipped with strobes lighting. So the best option to illuminate the shots was to used the flash light of the G10 (which was hopeless) and dive torch.
1st attempt
Group photo
Finally, a good one. Note the flag was the other way round. Haha!
"The sea is a pretty big place, and when you start diving deep to areas that no human actually hasn’t been before, you are an explorer, in the best sense of the word." - a quote from an avid scuba diver.A short clip during the sunset dive at New Light Reef
How did you celebrate your Merdeka?
Till next time.
Forever blowing bubbles & be active in scuba diving!
