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Self-employed general medical practitioner who love his wife and kids in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Dedicated his spare time by serving the people with precious information about climbing the majestic mountain of Borneo, Mount Kinabalu. Contact me @ drizad(at)gmail.com


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First 3 basic equipments for your SCUBA diving lesson

I did my DSD few months back, and decided to get myself an Open Water PADI SCUBA diving license in October. After getting some input from Roslan, one of my good friend (senior at high school & the person who is responsible for me going diving), we went to Sabah Divers at Wisma Sabah to get the first 3 basic equipment for SCUBA diving - mask, snorkel and fins.

My STAROBA Sabah PADI DSD (Discover SCUBA Diving) in Mamutik Island

At last… After more than 7 years staying in Sabah, I’ve got the opportunity to go SCUBA diving!!!

When I received the invitation by Roslan Mokhtar, one of my senior from STAR Ipoh for a SCUBA diving session here in Pulau Mamutik, I was really excited - but then, I just realize that I don’t know how to swim (there goes my secret)… Fear of drowning was there, as I have experienced it once before.