The Whole Gank

Meet the whole team of "DiveNarsisIndonesia"....

*mas Anung, Barry, Freddy, bang Anton, Mas Dede, Me - Dina, Yasmine, Clemens*

This picture was taken at Aston Hotel, Tuban - our last day in Bali...
We're heading for another dive trip this weekend at Pulau Pramuka.
As you can see here, we were "gosong" enough in this pic.. (believe me, we are still in this "super-darky-tanned" condition), and now imagine that we will be more "gosong" after the Pramuka trip...?

But hey... i don't mind at all

Happy Together

Some say that David Cook always sing flawlessly.. Unfortunetally, i found out that he was (once) sang "jelek" in this video. He started the song with a lil 'sumbang dan fals" here and there, though he finally managed his voice better than the first verse.
Tapi teteeeep.. bagi gw performanya disini nggak bagus dan bikin lagunya jeleks!

Anyway, how come that Simon said he never heard that song before...? If i'm not wrong, it was on the TOP HIT back in 1991! Bok, waktu itu gw masih kelas 4 SD deh kalo nggak salah, dan sukaaaaa banget sama lagu ini.... Setuju tak..? Setuju tak....?



David Cook



Jason Danovan




Emang sih somehow Cook membikin lagu ini jadi sedikit berbeda dari aslinya (jadi nge-rock dikit) dan jadi orosinil, but still......
.....Jason Danovan Rocks!

Mataku Juling

Niatnya malem ini mo nulis tentang Dive Trip kemaren mengingat besok wiken. Tapi gara-gara American Express sialan itu, bikin mata gw sekarang jadi sakit dan juling! Tolol banget sih tuh AMEX, bikin term and condition dengan font kecil-kecil. Ada kali font ukuran times new roman dengan size 6!! Gimana mata gw nggak juling pas review tuh kontrak.
Dasar AMEX suinjiiieeeeeng!

Next week, Dive Trip to Pulau Pramuka with Underwater Club.... woooohoooo!

Short Update

Sebenarnya niat untuk nulis udah sejak pulang dari dive trip...
tapi berhubung pindah kantor baru, waktu dan kesempatan itu jadi ilang entah kemana... Meanwhile, gw juga banyak mempropose project-project baru yang berhubungan dengan legal matters di kantor ini. Somehow, hal ini bisa bikin dipromosiin lebih cepat, which is good for my career. Tapi akibatnya, kerjaan gw....Aiiih mateeeee deh!

Ketika memutuskan cabut dari Citibank, hampir semua orang komentar ke gw:
"Are you insane???"
Mungkin bagi mereka, keluar dari Citi dan pindah ke perusahaan lain adalah hal tergila, mengingat Citi adalah Bank no.1 sedunia (kecuali untuk private banking, di pegang oleh Bank of Swiss). Tapi gw punya pemikiran, perhitungan dan alasan lain, yang mungkin hanya di mengerti oleh sebagian orang...dan menurut gw, nggak ada kewajiban untuk menjelaskan pola pikir itu ke mereka. Even my ex boss, berusaha nahan dengan segala upaya...cuma sayang upaya-nya nggak maksimal.. (well, oke mungkin gw akan narik kembali surat resign itu kalo ditawarin gaji 5x lipat, huheuheuhue ngareeeep )

Anyway, i am now officially with Commonwealth Group. And i found (and believe) that i'll have a good career with them.

Wish me luck!

Divers VS Banci Kamera

Sorry folks.. buat sementara, update foto2 diving dulu. Abis maleeees banget mau post tentang dive trip kemaren. I am now in a drop condition.. butuh bed rest for about 3 days. Ntar kalo udah terkumpul niat dan semangat deh yaaa....

These are some from our dive trip pics. Enjoy it

On the way to Bengil point, Padang bai - Bali, May 3, 08. Our 2nd dive that day.
Up in the surface the weather was fcukin hot, but once we hit 15-20m, the current was quite strong, and visibility dropped into 10meters, but it wasn't enough to be a hazard. Soft coral-nya keren abis.. Never seen that before!

Padang Bai-Bali, May 3, 08. Aboard to Pura Jepun point.. Notice me with the yellow towel around my head. Panaaaaas gila!! After this dive, i got a seasick for the first time.. Antara mau muntah, mual dan pusing banget, so i decided to get a rest during our surface interval, back at the dive operator.

night dive preparation at scuba seraya resort, Tulamben - East Bali, May 1, 08. This picture was taken around 6.05pm Bali local time.. right before Adzan Magrib bergema. Ohh.. we saw a group of dolphins swimming back to the east... just about 300m from our resort.. What an amazing sight!
Dive location: House of artificial reef.

"the banci cameras"... L to R: Dina, bang anton, mas dede, freddy, chris, bli bodo (our local guide), clemens, barry, yasmine and me. Picture taken by mas Anung.
This was Our first dive at that day, 10.15am local time.. and we all were sooo darky-tanned a.k.a hitam gosong, keculai clemmens mukanya merah banegt udah kaya kepiting rebus, hihihi!
Dive point: Pura Jepun point- Padang Bai, East Bali. At first, i thought the water temperature was warm enough, but unfortunetaly, i was soooo wrong. Airnya dingin abis dan ombak di permukaan kenceng banget! Cukup membuat gw menelan air laut dengan sukses ketika surface nunggu boat dateng ngejemput... Next time, i should bring my snorkel with me!

the complete team of "geng hura-hura"
L to R: mas dede, mas anung, dina, bang anton, yasmine, clemmens, me, barry, freddy... Minus our local giude, Bli wayan and bli bodo.
This pic was taken when we arrived at Scuba Seraya Resort, Tulamben - East Bali, just before our first dive at 11.10am local time.
I love this resort.. a good price with a good architecture and specially with a good companion around me.. So worthed! Who could ask for anything more..?

Mental Therapy For Diving..??

Kalo kata mas Dede pas di Tulamben kemaren, ada 3 dokter yang harus di temui after dive trip: Dokter THT, dokter kulit (kalo kena coral beracun)... dan yang terakir dokter JIWA!!
Somehow, kayanya gw harus nemuin dokter yang ke-3 tuh.. mulai mengalami gangguan jiwa setelah Tulamben trip. Bawaannya mau diving tiap hari dan males kerja

Anyway, I'm going to Pulau Pramuka tanggal 24-25 May for another dive trip sama anak2 yang ke Tulamben kemaren, dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan live-abroad (CRUISING ABROAD, MAN!!!) selama 1 minggu di pulau Komodo tanggal 6 juni... mudah-mudahan cuti di approve
Dare to join me, anyone?? Biayanya ga semahal cruising ke Raja Ampat kok... Semakin banyak yang mau ikut, semakin murah biaya patungan sewa kapal, hihihi..


You see here... i really need to see dokter jiwa now...
Anyone knows a good shrink in Jakarta...?

Never Get Enough of Diving!!

Tulamben and Padang Bai was fucking awsome!!!!

The visibility was about 30m. Airnya sebening aquarium... though di Jepun-Padang Bai, kondisi sedikit drop, visibility cuma sekitar 10m doang, current kenceng banget dan temperature sedikit dingin. But we still had fun though!

We did some deep dives in Batu Klebit and Drop Off Tulamben, and found a black tip shark while diving at 29,8meters deep!!! Gileee ketemu Hiu Black tip sepanjang 2,5meter dan kita semua langsung nguber-nguber tu hiu sampe kedalaman 32meter...! Some of us kena decompression gara2 penasaran ama si black tip dan nyelem terlalu dalem.. hahahaha dasar orang gila semua!

Will update the details soon, folks...