Pulau Pemanggil, Dayang, and Aur

Crystal clear and turquoise green water. Swaying coconut trees as the cool sea breeze blows. Soft white sand. Peace and tranquility.

Hahaha... these are the words that i've learnt upon reading reviews about islands & beaches from the net. They make the holiday trip to islands & beaches wonderful ya? They sound good!

It has been 6 days since i got home from my tirp to Pulau Pemanggil, Dayang, and Aur. Am sufferring from itchiness on my shoulder and back now, results from sun-burning and skin peeling. In short, i feel like a snake now, shedding my skin, leaving patches of white(new cells) and black(dead cells), IT'S UGLY!


From left to right: Adrienne, Ju Liang, Me, Joanne, Albert with the same LandCruiser II we used for Cameron trip. Departed from Seremban at 1am, went through Kuala Pilah, Batu Kikir, Muadzam Shah, Kuala Rompin, and reached Mersing, Johor at 5am. The driver and I (navigator) felt like a zombie soon after getting out of the car, tired n sleepy! Had breakfast at the 24hr canteen at the jetty. Tips: Try the nasi lemak of the inner most stall, delicious! But teh tarik: thumbs down.


After a 2 hr speed boat ride, we've reached P.Pemanggil! No matter how tired or restless u are, upon seeing the beautiful resort and 10 ft clear water, it all feels wonderful and relaxing :)


Lanting Beach Resort.


The dining room. The meals were delicious! finger licking good! mouth watering! U gotta try the fish and sotong, uhhhhh mmmm yum yum! it's so fresh!


Check-in into room. 1doubble bed + 1 single bed + fan + 24hr electricity. This is the panaromic view from my room, superb! The jetty is right down there. Check out the horizon, upper side is light blue, bottom side is dark blue. All rooms are facing the sea.


Joanne, Me, Albert = roommates. I was their light bulb, preventing them from night activities! :P


All geared-up! Snorkel + Mask + Fin/Flipper + Life Jacket = RM15/person for whole trip, very cheap!


So, we went snorkelling and saw these fish. I think i'm snorkelling at home everyday! LoL!


Then, we went sight-seeing. Wooden walkway bridges were built to walk over huge rocks.


The view of pemanggil beach from a huge rock on a hill. Coconut trees everywhere! they should call the island Pulau Kelapa instead haha!


*sing with me
"L.O.L.O.N.U.T LOLONUT! LoL!!! this lolonut tree has a 'L' shape tree trunk.


Very special tree, unique in a different way.


Another unique product from mother nature. If u can't figure out what it is, it's the tree trunk of the tree. Sights that u dun seee often.


Having a shade from the hot evening sun under the unique tree.


The clones aka twins.


Around 4pm. The sun was scorching hot! that's when the sunburn started. Nice pic ya? Coconut trees in a row.


Just another beautiful pic. But the sea seems to be slanting! Run!


Around 630pm. A peaceful sunset. Aw... just sit down and relax :)


2 days after the full moon. Cloudless sky with a bright reflection of the moon on the sea surface.


Day 2. Off we go on the tradisional fishing boat to Pulau Dayang and Pulau aur. Notice how clear the water is. It was slow, but steady. Just sit back and enjoy the wind as the boat moves.


BUT, it was so slow that we chose to have a nap(sunbathe) instead haha! In the background, the small island is Pulau Dayang, and the huge 1 is Pulau Aur.


Beach Boy on the look for on-coming boats. I wonder who that is?!


That's right, the beach boy is me!


Me and Albert. "BANG BANG!"


Taking a break from the aviation industry, Albert decided to take up maritime instead. "Eye eye, Sir!"


Captain Albert safely monouvered through South China Sea and reached the jetty of Pulau Dayang.


What'cha looking at!? Dinner time! The resort operator really does ring a copper bell, DING DONG DING DONG! then everyone will rush out from the room and head towards dining room. I miss the fresh fish & sotong :( On the 1st day, me and bert used fork and spoon. On the 2nd day, we used chopsticks, just to be different. And on the 3rd day, we used our bare hands to eat! wahhahaa... product of multi-culture country! :P


Me, Albert, and Ju Liang - The 3 machos.


U know what is in this 3 bottles? It's shredded Malaysian Ringgit paper notes! RM1, RM2, RM5, RM10, RM50, and RM100! I'm not kidding! i was so shocked to see this, in fact it was my 1st time seeing such thing! I wonder whether it's false money from Bank Negara or the resort operator is too rich and has too much paper notes that he wanna get rid of them?

3d2n RM288 (not including Rm30 car petrol/person). Trip finish. My verdict? Not worth going. Why? Cos there's no more corals for snorkelling trips. Malaysian water is going through too much destruction, whatever is left is dead corals. I only saw 2 soft corals(anemonies) and 6 clown fish in 3d2n. That's saddening. So, i hope u guys take up diving too, cos 20-30m down in the sea, it is still very beautiful, definitely will satisfy you.

If snorkelling is a better choice for u, then Redang is a good spot, but u have to pay RM5 to view beautiful corals as they are protected under the marine park. (but then again Redang was reported with some damage to the corals bout 2 weeks ago, result from tourist)Better spots to snorkel in Malaysia? Sabah. There's Pulau Layang-layang... TAR islands, still very beautiful. If u r loaded, then try mauritius and carribean hahaha! why am i comparing!?

Anyone still dare to step into the water of Port Dickson? eww.... *vomit
For more info, check out Lanting Beach Resort.

Flooded With Salt Water

U can smell the aroma or sate burning in Kajang Town, u can also smell the sea in my house near Kajang Town. Some 30 hours after i got home from my trip to Pulau Pemanggil, Pulau Dayang, and Pulau Aur, which was surrounded by the South China Sea, my living room was surrounded/flooded with Aquarium Sea. My aquarium cracked. Now, my house smells like some fishing village in Mersing and I'm having a hard time cleaning up the mess.

I was surfing the net when i heard water dripping in the living room. Thinking that the water pump's hose must have disengaged, i took my own sweet time continuing surfing the net. To my shock, water was flowing out from the bottom of the aquarium! It was no ordinary water, but salt water! My salt water aquarium was leaking water in the living room! HELP!



Heart-beat rose immediately. I turned off the main switch, which turns off all (3) the pumps and (4) lights, yet water was still flowing. Ran to the washroom, grab hold of a few buckets and started scooping water out from the tank. 1st priority - save the 'Finding Nemo' family! (my aquarium has the complete family of finding nemo movie - Dory, Nemo & daddy......)

While scooping out the water, i had to prepare the back-up aquarium. For hygienic reasons, the back-up aquariums had to be wash before use. The shoes right beside the aquarium was soaking with salt water, had to transfer them to safe ground too. urghhh so much work going on simultaneously, but still wondering how on earth it cracked.



Getting the salt water fish transferred wasn't an easy job. They swim way faster than those fresh water fish. It caused them lots of energy and stress swimming away from the net that eventually they went exhausted and willingly gave in to me. From such a big tank to swim in, now the family of 9 is downsized to a 2x1 foot tank.

Fish safely transferred, sigh of relief, but the worst has just started. 1/4 of the living room was flooded with salt water. I looked at the floor for a full 10 seconds, not knowing where to start from. Since it was 1am midnight when the tank started leaking, it made things worse.



Thanx to the car windscreen cleaner, it made things slightly easier (mops come to no use at all). Foot by foot, i had to drain the water out from the living room. Then, turn on all the fans in the living room to blow dry the marble floor. And when the floor is dry, it is sticky, because of the salt. So, i have to mop the floor, not once, not twice, but 10 times! no kidding! till now of which i've wiped the floor 13 times, including twice with detergent, there's still a slight stickiness which makes u tip-toe while walking.

Since the supporting structure of the tank is made from wood, i have to bring it out to the sun and dry it. And that definitely needs the minimum help of 2 guys, which my family is lack of now. (parents goes to work) The glass tank is really heavy! Any volunteers? haha...



While cleaning up the tank, I found a dried fish at the dry part of the tank Haha! i have no idea when it happened, but it seems it happened quite a long time ago as it was really dry and the eyes was hollow! It commited suicide sighhh... am i not a good owner?



For those of u wondering how to prepare the salt water environment for the fish to live in. Let me explain, it's very simple. Of course, u need salt to get salt water. So buy the salt from some aquarium shop and just mix with tap water. The difference of cooking salt and aquarium salt? i really dunno. But i definitely won't risk using cooking salt as my aquarium's source of salt water, because it's not worth trying. The nemo family is not cheap. Anyway, after mixing salt + tap water, use this meter and fill it with salt water. Check the specific gravity of the water and make sure it's in between the red color range. As simple as that.



They are doing good now, but pretty obvious that the tank is too small for 9 fish to live in, it feels like being in jail. Till then, do wait for my next post on my trip during last weekend to the islands in 2 days' time.

Apology

I owe all my blogger friends an apology for not blogging for the past 2 weeks. And will not blog for another 7days. Am so busy with studies for the past 2 weeks: presentation, exams, reports, assignemnts... those stuff that all students get, u know? but mine comes with an extra one, which is practical class with all the spanner hammer screwdrivers... So by the end of a day, i would be exhausted and dun feel like using the brain at all.

Anyway, so sorry again. I'll see u guys in 7 days! :) Enjoy some pictures that are not suppose to be exposed to the public (no cameras are allowed in the MAS hangar). But since it was snapped the A380 tour, and eveyrone brought camera... so that special day was exempted haha!


Boeing 747 - my baby - which MAS plans to sell/lease them off.


I have a very high ass!


What are u inserting into my asshole!?


These are called Landing Gear. Normally pumped to 198psi, and each wheel weighs really heavy!


In the hangar, where maintenance(dirty work) is carried out.


Engine 1 & 2 (port side = left side) of aircraft.


KLIA's hangar is moving 24-7... lots of sport lights to illuminate the work place.


The cleanest seat in the aircraft :P