Christie Wants A Blog !

My 11 y.o. niece, Christie, has been asking me several time to make her a blog. She has been quite active writing and posting notes on her facebook's account, and though that it is time for her now to have her own blog home.

I am honestly support her on this, as I always encouraged her to keep on reading book as many as she can, support her by giving various kind of books that I think it might be good for a teen girl like her, and encourage her to keep practice more and more on writing. Reading and writing ! And not because she is my loving and only niece, but she is really good on both now ! Well, she is still "choosy" and seemed always preferred a kind of girly-book, but that's fine, and I like her writing style ! So I though having her own blog would be a great help for her to learn on writing and also expressing her self thru writing. But when I discussed this issue with my hubby, he is not agree with the idea, as he though Christie still very young to have her own blog, and because of some other reason that we should avoid her to be too expose to the cruel world out there ! What a super protective uncle she has !!! :)

I remember my self during my teen's life. I always had my own diary,... yes, with its own lock ! hahaha It helped my daily life alot as a teenager, whom sometimes can't just express what you feel as you want ! But thru writing, it helped me to see the world as a more simple nice one, and easy to deal with ! Well, life as a teenager is often very much different than life as either a child or an adult. It is a turbulent time, with everyday you may have different obstacle to face, and less wisdom and understanding on why or how.

So, should I make her a blog or not ??? :)

Happy Birthday, Christie !

To my loving niece Christie,

My wishes are silent but true,

Everywhere they will follow you

Luck and blessing are yours, wishes are mine.

I wish your present and future will always shine...just like you, my sweetie !

For I wish a very happy 11 y.o. birthday, and I love you so MUCH !!!

You are the most prettiest girl I've known in this life !

I Miss You Both, Pap & Mom...

Mommy, it's been six years now since you have passed. Yes, my wounds are healing slow, and I now rarely cry anymore, well, at least less than I used to, but still I have an empty feeling that I fear will never go away, specially since Papi left me too, a year ago. I wonder why you and papi chose on the month of August to leave me, you were gone on August exactly six years ago, and papi was leaving me too also on August a year ago ! August is just a sad month of the year for me !

So many thing happened in my life since you both were gone. Sometimes I lost my way, and just don't know where is the next stop, or should I just keep walking ! I really wish so much to hear your voice, your advices and your guidance, just like those days when you both were still with me. And when I feel down and depressed, I really wish I can just running away to you both, hide my self and cry on your shoulder, the only place that I can feel warm and save.

Mom and Pap, I remember you both today. Six years ago, my heart was crushed when mom left me, and it completely crushed when pap left me too a year ago. On this August ! It said that sometimes, tears say all that can be said, and understanding comes only with time. So hope that with my tears falling down slowly and a more little time, my wounds will finally healed.

I love you both, and miss you both everyday ! And I hope that you both are now found each other again, and holding hand together in heaven.

Bali Deep Blue

[Introducing Narcist Narcosist team : Retno, Hergun, and Lia :)]

[The first Mola that we saw at the Crystal Bay dive point]

[definitely not RCTI Commercial...]

[at the USS Liberty Wreck in Tulamben dive site]

[my underwater garden]

[We found the house of pygmy sea-horse in Tulamben]

Here are some photos during my weekend gateway with my buddy, Retno, on last July. We had six times dive at Tulamben [again at the USS Liberty Wreck], Nusa Penida [at Crystal Bay and PED dive point], Nusa Gede [at Toyapakeh point] and Nusa Lembongan [at Mangrove point]. All those dive points visibility were so good, 20-25m, with the air temperature around 25-27.

This visit was my first time seeing Mola, or, Ocean Sunfish. A giant fish which lives at 1,000 feet underwater, but during July to September every year, she will show up to the surface to have her "spa-treatment". Bali is well-known to have the biggest Mola in all ocean up to 3 meters long. I met her three times when I dove at Crystal Bay point at the depth of 17 meters, and the day after at the early morning at Toyapakeh point at the depth of 23 meters, and she was only about three meters away from me ! She is absolutely beautiful and elegant !

Another new experienced that I have during this gate-away, that I have my first time drift dive for 38 minutes at the speed of 4 knots. I was scared and thrilling, but it was very exciting experience !

Thanks so much to best Mola's guardian in Bali, for showing and sharing with us on those lovely Bali Deep Blue, Nicky Wirawan, and his team-mates, Asa and Pak Beddu, from Bali Marine Sport. Hope to have my another Bali Deep Blue experiences again with you, for you guys are the best !

'Till we meet again....with Mola and hopefully schools of Manta Rays ! :)