Tenggol Illustrated: Part I

*Pictures are courtesy of Enon, temah, ayud & farah*

091009- Friday

2315: Temah & Farah arrived at my place, chauffeur driven by Senah. Some last minute persuading to try and get Senah to join us, but to no avail :(. Had a late night snack at Naili's Ampang to isi minyak before the long drive up to Dungun.

101009- Saturday

0030: Met up with Art diver, Ayud, Azwar and Lina. Temah, farah & I took turns driving. Temah achieved a personal best at the time by hitting the 13* kmph mark. Damn Mak Temah laju yoo!! Hehehe. Pitstop @ Temerloh for some nescafe, was told that masak lodeh at the end stall was a 'must eat' dish but unfortunately kedai tuh tutup pulak pagi2 buta nih.

[caption id="attachment_335" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="pasangan biru"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_336" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="2u£ dan cerita italk nyer pukul 6.40am..zzzzzz...."][/caption]

0600: Arrived in Dungun. It was pitch black at the Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia Dungun building (where one of the jetty was). Reunited with red iswara and headed for some breakfast, hoping to get some nasi dagang but yet again we were disappointed.the place we went to served their last roti canai @ 0640 and only had air kosong left by 0700. hmmm. lapar laa gamaknye lepas ini :(.

[caption id="attachment_330" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="enon ke tenggol"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_333" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Art, zul, temah, ayud, enon"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_334" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="ecodivers from tanjung jara resort"][/caption]

0830: we were at the jetty. temah got hustled by a ?5/6 year old girl to pay rm1.00 for a run down, haven't been cleaned in a month toilet. we were waiting for the boat transfer but tak tahan n became so the lapar --> so we decided to walk to a nearby roadside stall for some nasi berlauk n mee goreng ;)

[caption id="attachment_325" align="aligncenter" width="112" caption="zul"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_326" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="temah dan kopi uncangnye"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="112" caption="farah"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_329" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="enon & zul"][/caption]

1030: Finally arrived @ tenggol and stayed at tenggol island resort. got our room keys, Room 23 and started carrying our luggage there.

[caption id="attachment_320" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="quick briefing by owner dive centre- En. 20£"][/caption]

As we realized our room was the further most from the dive centre (bilik 24 xde orang duduk) and the nearest to the jungle, we tried to persuade the lads to swap with us. Unfortunately, we were left dejected as they adamantly refused. We were out of time to grumble and make a fuss as we had to get ready for our 1st dive in an hour's time. The room was gloomy (Electricity on the island is only switched on at 1830h as it runs on generators), there were unidentified foreign objects on the bathroom floor and an unusual stale stench in the room. Whatever, we thought at the time. Time to get ready.

[caption id="attachment_339" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="room 23- notice how close we were to the jungle!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_340" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="our dive schedule"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_343" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="testing equipment "][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_344" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="zul juga mentesting"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_342" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="enon and her new gadget(s)!"][/caption]

1130: First dive- Turtle Point. Us fresh graduates were lead by DM Azwar & Art. Fun divers followed DM Saad. Post dive- we spent our surface interval @ Dive Centre and had our lunch.

[caption id="attachment_357" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="lapar selepas dive"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_358" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="DM Azwar juga turut serta nyum nyumm nyummm.."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_346" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Art & Zul"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_347" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Ayud with Lina dibelakang"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_351" align="aligncenter" width="112" caption="farah lagi"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_352" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="layan perasaan setelah kenyang"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_356" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="cik temah juge gumbira setelah kenyang"][/caption]

We then did 2 more dives that afternoon- Gua Rajawali & Tanjung Gemok. Temah et al managed to sight Mr Turtle @ Rajawali which was swimming just next to me but somehow I didn't!!!!!! Sedih giler :( [Dahlah I've always been wanting to meet Mr Turtle] I think it was fated, it's the greater powers' way of telling I'm just not ready to meet Mr Turle. Nanti jadi 'Shooting Star' susah pulak nanti. I guess I'll just be playing with Mr Wiggly in my w6 2z2 for now..

1930: And so as time passed, nightfall came. Temah and I walked back to Room 23 after a very long day of interrupted sleeps, bumpy boat rides and underwater dives. Temah hit the showers and I tidied up in the room. Then IT made its grand entrance. 'That M*7£35{V(<1n8 Mr. Rat' was underneath our dresser. I shrieked [yes, I did.] Temah from inside the bathroom heard me screaming and thought that I was too excitied from delivering daily reports to Senah on the phone. Temah thought of joining in on the fun, but then realized that she couldn't open the bathroom door (which is opposite the dresser which had Mr. Rat underneath), and then she started screaming for help. As I tried to help Temah open the door, Mr. Rat moved with my every movement. Finally manged to kick the door open and Mr. Rat then started running to the window & on/ under our beds and it was just shrieks from everywhere. Suddenly, Temah and I became the best gymnasts on tenggol island and were doing the balance beams from bed to bed in order to avoid Mr. Rat.

Hearing our calls of distress, hero Mr Daniel came to our rescue!! Our Prince Charming (PC) has come to save us from the evil Mr. Rat! Ooops hold on, look again girls there was a Mrs. Rat too! Armed with a 500ml mineral water battle, PC played a few minutes of hide and seek with the Ratty couple and then managed to scare Mrs. Rat out the window, pummel Mr. Rat unconscious and bravely picked Mr. Rat by its tail and threw him out the window. Awwwwww, thank you again Mr. PC for your acts of valor and for your service to us damsels in distress. ;P

[caption id="attachment_354" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="this was the PC that saved our day!!"][/caption]

Upon our rescue, we had a long, rainy night of complaining to the resort management and our refusal to sleep in Room 23 again. To cut the story short, after 2 hours of arguing and a shower of tears (hehe!) we managed to switch rooms. Thanks to a couple of gentlemanly guys, art & zul who was willing to give up their clean, comfortable, nice smelling bedroom (with zul's sinus fluid stains on the pillow) for us stay in.

2200: We were exhausted. Finally, it was time that we got some proper shut eye which we hadn't had from Thursday night. Lights off. ZZZzzzz.....