Can't take my eyes off you...

OOoOoo... you're just too good too be true... Can't take my eyes off you... You feel like heaven to touch... I wanna "dive" in you so much...

Hee hee... don't take me wrong.. it is all about diving. Yes! Berakas Oil Rig Wreck.. again..! Why? 'Cos it is that good.

Sunday - 4th of May we went diving, two dives in fact at the beautiful new-found berakas rig wreck... Setting out using Bahtera Perak II, my dive si-fu's Azli second boat.


Well, I did not dive the Sunday 11th May as I was enjoying Jazz, sipping Mojitos at the Miri International Jazz festival. :) It was superb, with mini gathering of friends from Brunei! (including a French Woman) :P

My fav...! This guy "rawks" the jazz world..!

Anyways, so how was diving again in Berakas Oil Rig Wreck. Couldn't be better! This time, my dive buddy, Andrew Chieng, has decided to take wide angle shots of this beautiful "treasure" of Brunei...! Enjoy the pictures...



Andrew, also decided to test out his black and white shots. What do you think?



As for me, I am a big fan. Love all the shots and so do my new found dive buddies below.

Congratulations Ping Ping and Lue-Ben...! Welcome to the diving world. They are now PADI Certified Open Water Divers...! Wooohoooo...! :)

Dive/underwater photographs are copyrighted by Andrew Chieng.

Berakas Oil Rig Wreck & TAC Reef

Azli: Mau diving sunday?
Me: Mau...! Of cos... ke mana?
Azli: Mana saja kamu mau la...
Me: Ada new dive sites?
Azli: Ada rig wreck baru... mau kah?
Me: SET!

Dive date: 27th April 2008
Dive buddies: Andrew, Allen, Elisa, Hung
Dive captain: Azli

Having dive in brunei for almost 4 years, there are still no sign of boredom. Why? Azli never run out with new dive sites. He is forever exploring Brunei waters and discovering new wrecks and new reef. That's why I called him, dive si-fu (master / instructor).

It rained heavily on friday. My buddy and me were worried about the visibility. A call from Eric who canceled the dive last sunday, complaining about the bad visibility his Friday's dives. We weren't putting our hope too high on good viz, but more on experiencing the new wreck site.

When we reached the dive site, my jaw-dropped and I removed my sunglasses, rubbed my eyes and look down from the boat again. Am I seeing the wreck? The oil-rig wreck from the boat?! My gawd.. visibility was excellent! I quickly grabbed any mask nearest to me, jumped down from the boat and snorkelled. I can see the WHOLE rig wreck! The viz was SUPERB! woohoooo... all excited, everyone of us quickly geared up and had a wonderful one hour dive at Berakas Oil Rig Wreck. A must return for those with wide angle lens!

For 2nd dive, we went to TAC reef. Discovered by Azli when Andrew, Tat and myself were doing exploration dives with him. Azli named this reef after us - Tat Andrew Caryn Reef; hence TAC Reef. :)

This dive site is famous with black ray shrimp goby and cute little cuttlefish.

Enjoy the pictures below! Photos courtesy of Andrew Chieng


Flabelina Nudibranch (left), Flat worms dancing (right)


Gobys on soft corals


Tube worms (left), Christmas tree worms (right)


Cuttle fish (left), Cornshell attacking / feeding on another cornshell (right)


Black Ray Shrimp Goby

My favourite for this dive collection - Black Ray Shrimp Goby front view.