Saturday, October 07, 2006

before male

a weekend of diving in tioman,
with my diveketeers fai and mark,
who made choppy seas friendlier
(even though that didn't stop me from puking).
it's good to be back on board the ruby with them.

the dives weren't all that spectacular though
since the monsoon season's fast approaching
and the conditions got pretty bad.
we had trouble getting back to land on the first day,
and when we finally reached the jetty,
a terrifying accident happened just as we were climbing out of the boat.

uncle boatman was trying to hold the boat steady for us
when he slipped and broke his shin.
his foot was in a funny angle last i saw him,
and he was bleeding and sitting down,
holding on to the bottom half of his leg.
they had to rush him to hospital - which was a feat in itself
seeing that the nearest hospital was more than three hours away.
he ended up in hospital in JB.
it was scary shit.

i just hope the doctors know what they're doing,
and set him right
so that i'll see him onboard the ruby again real soon.

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