[Project Aware] the shark's life ain't easy

Hey there! We have been in love with what Mother Nature has been offering since time immemorial.  We fell in love with her more when we started diving in 2007.  The biodiversity under the sea is just breathtaking. Both of us enjoy seeing fishes, corals and the likes.  But nothing is comparable to the feeling whenever we see a gliding Stingray, a gigantisaur turtle, a sleeping cuttlefish, and a wandering shark.  However, this may not be the case for the future generations to come. According to Project Aware:Nearly one out of five shark species is classified by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as Threatened with extinction. That doesn’t even include hundreds of species (almost half of all sharks)...

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The Day The Mountain Changed Us

04 August 2011.  2 days before our trip.  After seven months of planning and four months of saving, we're finally packing all our stuff preparing to climb Mount Kinabalu.  We have to exercise our packing skills so we can fit all our stuff into a 40L backpack and a 30L backpack :D Mount Kinabalu or Gunung Kinabalu in Malay, is a prominent mountain (13,435 feet asl) located in the island of Borneo. Mount Kinabalu was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. 06 August 2011.  We had dinner and a few drinks with couple of our friends.  After the usual Friday night out, we decided to spend the next few hours at Changi since we were hoping to tour around our favorite airport.  However, the check-in counters are...

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