Water of life

Water.

 The most abundant compound on earth. It covers 70% of the earths surface. The formula is H2O. It has a boiling point of 99.98° C. Even our body consist of 60%-70% of water. We used water in almost any industry. Agriculture, manufacturing, construction, medical even your latest smart phone somehow includes water during its processing. Can a car run without water? Very unlikely. But do we really know everything there is to know about water?

Water can also be in solid, liquid or invincible state. In fact there is water in the air as we speak. Water can even break through concrete through a growing plant. That's the amount of pressure water are capable of. Divers especially knows this. The atmospheric pressure at the surface is 14.7 pounds per square inch or around 100 kPa. At about 10 m below the surface, the water exerts twice the pressure (2 atmospheres or 200 kPa) on the body as air at surface level. So much pressure! (..and you wonder how come the fishes and jelly fish makes it look so easy)

Water has been around longer than us. Perhaps we can learn a lot from what little facts that we know about water. Below is another amazing revelation about water. An experiment done by Dr. Masaru Emoto. Water was exposed to music, spoken words,pictures and videos. Different exposure resulted in different physical structures after the water was crystallized and seen under the microscope. It seems like positive exposure gives out beautiful structures.

So does this mean since our body consist of 60%-70% water, exposing ourselves to positive 'vibes' is a good idea? 

Think about it.

Anyone can scuba dive!

I started scuba diving in late 2010 after going for a snorkeling trip to Pulau Sipadan. It was the most magical and beautiful coral paradise I have ever seen. The diversity and amount of sea life you can see in just one place is amazing! Turtles, Barracudas, White tip Sharks, huge Humpheads and more. I decided that I will come back to Sipadan the next time as a diver and I did. It was awesome. Instead of looking at the beautiful marine life from above, now I am swimming among them!

People say it's dangerous and they have read stories about how accidents and mishaps happened to divers. Well, there is a risk of doing anything. Even your regular trip to your grocery store may or may not be your last. In fact, there are lesser injuries or accidents happened to extreme base jumpers compared to road accidents?

Anyways, scuba diving needs certification and safety is the number one priority. There are procedures and safety checks that need to be followed to ensure a safe and happy dive experience. Once you are underwater the feeling is amazing. Since I started scuba diving, I appreciate mother earth and the way I approach life is more positive compared to before.

To obtain an open water certification the price in MYR is between 500 to 1000+ depending on which Dive Center you decided to take your Open Water cert. There are a few certification bodies that issue these papers. The popular ones in Malaysia are PADI and SSI in my opinion.

Here's a short video compilation from my recent dive to Pulau Perhentian.