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 I had so many plans for 2021. Covid happened :((

the most frustrating ones were, no dive trip during my short stay in kl wtf. i was the one who set up the timing, so i purposely chose the best time to dive with the highest likelihood to see whale shark. i ended up spending most of my weekends sleeping whole day huhu pkp super bad that time go out also not nice shops closing early

then upon returning, shitstorm happened at work. inevitable some more huwaaaa i couldn't get leave at all, until now. super shitstorm, till i had to postpone my mri posting, but good la blessing in disguise, can buy time to study later. but gutted la of course, i was slaving non-stop huhu sedar2 out of season dah huhuhuhuu

so one night, i scrolled fb and found cheap aow. in langkawi. i know payar, but langkawi? then i asked. hmm seems nice. i had to finish my leave too anyway. but buddy? huh. nada. this woman huh, so enthusiastic in the beginning, then blue tick-ed me when i told about langkawi wtf.

but i had to go. alone dont care. for my sanity. i miss the beach breeze, the weightlessness, the sea smell so much. so i booked everything. alone.

then bamm. my sister had to get engaged on the day of my flight. i cannot not go, need to show face for gift hahahaha. she langkah bendul me, so i should get something right? tho my parents are vehemently against it...but there is still chance i mean my sister did ask me haha, at least gold bracelet muahahaha. so i managed to show face early in the morning, then rushed for the flight.

langkawi. if you think payar is bad, langkawi is at least 10x worse hahahaha. and stupid gopro suddenly cannot charge, the battery kept at 1% despite 5 hours of charging, the other battery, died infinitely, not charging at all. but good la, seriously the dives were so bad no need gopro also. vis was like, 30cm like that wtf. i felt blind, kept on descending until the sandy bottom, then my reflex of flailing around when i touch the bottom made everything worse. and the current, omg i looked like a waving flag while descending with rope. fish? hmm bilis. and my mortal enemy, sea urchin. who managed to scratch me again grrr should've take it and eat it, but i was busy for the aow and scared. my fear of darkness got the best of me, the instructor testing my skill for regulator recovery (mehhh) but i was so scared initially, took him like 10 mins to convince me to take out my regulator. at 4m je haahahhaaha scaredy cat. but of course like, with that current, blink twice i'm gone ok. i would've hold him but i came alone later he thinks i'm flirting how? mental note: buy that string thing. tenggol current was stronger, but tenggol was aquarium, current also don't care, got so many nice thing to see. langkawi? kang sedar2 kat thailand how?

the dive center was not nice tho, but i was scared to give attitude, i needed to trust them for safety, and also for my aow. things to note tho; need 4 weights with wetsuit, 2 weights with skin. aow is supposed to be 5 dives, but they only did 4, and kinda blame my mediocrity (they are commercial divers) for it. and they didn't teach much also, and they lost my aow book wtf. i will submit bad review on tripadvisor after i get my aow.

anyway, as my first solo trip, not half bad. i purposely chose a room with netflix ahahhhaha so not too lonely la, plus i was texting qisti all the time i was on land hahaha. but langkawi can la, like penang also, everything can grab only. i don't dare to go to new places alone tho. also sad, there is this one place with good review, pizza hills, i wanna try but lazy and scared. hmm next time.

and.. on the last day, my dad was positive with covid. and my mum and my sister. and i was close contact. but all of them were ok, dad had runny nose and cough but spo2 all >95 so they all had to home quarantine. me? i was waiting for kkm to contact trace me, but at the same time i have to go back. i was very confident i'm negative, because i'm pretty sure they got contact with a guest who came after me, that guest was positive first, then only my family tested. so i boarded the flight home, i mean, no fucking way i'd quarantine in langkawi no no no.

so, reached penang, my car couldnt unlock. i got the key with me, opened it manually, but the engine couldn't start wtf. but alhamdulillah i was so calm (by my standard), too tired to get panic i guess. i called insurance for tow, waited 1 hour for the tow truck to arrive, the driver jumpstart it but to no avail, so off to mazda we went. luckily just battery problem. changed to a new one, and worked like a charm. the thing is, last i checked the battery in july, it was ok. and i really had no problem/warning with the car. hmm nvm la, merasa la naik tow truck. 

so the next day, still kkm hadn't call me.me, being a responsible citizen, i self-update mysejahtera. hahhahha stupidest thing to do i tell ya. they hso-ed me starting on the day i update, not the day of last contact. idiot. i then called pkd, excellent la my pkd, they gave me appointment to swab, and they hso me correctly, starting from the last contact.

so this morning, i drove to berapit (nun dia jauh rupanya) for drive-thru swab, very organised la and got the infamous pink bracelet. and gone was my off-days...i mean, i love staying home, but i also wanted to go out during working hours playing tourist huhuu..

but all in all, alhamdulillah, got my dives haha. and i'm healthy, albeit sunburnt with 2nd-degree burn and quarantine in my own house. it could get worse so i'm grateful hehe. here's hope to more dives in 2022.