With diving that is. Hehe. Last Saturday was my first time to dive again after almost a year. Whew! Didn’t realize it was that long since I was underwater. It was a clean up dive for the Dive Club in my company and the target was the dive spot in Anilao, Batangas. For the whole event, I think the stars were in my favor.
Usually with my past dives, there’s always a small thing or two that would make the experience quite imperfect. Examples are regulators having a minor leak when you’re already in the water, straining your back because of the heavy dive equipments, unexpected currency in a supposed easy dive, people being late and waiting for them for more than an hour, or even a person saying something stupid that would ruin your day. Things like that. But in a pleasantly bizarre manner, this particular dive did not have any of those. The BCD and regulator rentals went OK with new BC and fully functional regs used. The whole group left on time (thanks largely to Sean’s iron hand) so we were there early and had the time to relax and not hurry up because of being very delayed in our schedule. The ride was smooth with me sitting on a spacious Kia Pregio with my feet up and my iPod playing music that puts me to sleep. The dives were flawless. We did not encounter any complications with any of the people in the dive group so we didn’t really need to baby-sit anybody. The dive spots did not have a single current, visibility was high and biodiversity was lush. It was heaven with bubbles.
I think all these things added to me falling in love with diving again because this experience allowed me to concentrate on the things that really mattered. I was not distracted with small things that in a way side-tracked my focus. This time, I was able to enjoy what I really came there for – nature. While I was strolling 60 feet below sea level, I remembered why I entered this sport anyway – it’s because I am fascinated with the ocean and all its creatures. I want to take peak at their environment even for 45 minutes at a time. I want to be part of their magnificent world, even temporarily.
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