4/26/2006 04:24:00 pm|W|P| Allan Lim|W|P| Updates from ADEX 2006 Well its another year and another ADEX. Not much has changed in the state of diving, dive travel or technology. I did my rounds on the first days and mingled with the trade fellows to fish some good deals etc but i realise most of the places on offer....we have been there and could do a better trip running it ourselves. Nevertheless....here's a general update: 1) Deep Secrets The underwater pictorial book by Danny Wang and Zul Ng is finally published! This book is a labour of love and passion as these 2 chaps travel all through asia to dive and capture all the beautiful underwater life. The book is beautifully done with a ton of pictures ranging from the interesting critters to majestic Manta Rays. Insert here and there in the book are quotes and articles the so painfully solicited from friends and fellow divers.....(look out for Pea's poem). I finally sat down on monday to look thru the book.....and i realised the how tedious must have been for Zul and Danny to get the process going. The entire book was set and design by the 2 of them without much professional help.....and the product looks and feel totally professional. There are some minor bumps here and there about the colour and the resolution of the prints but overall, it a good read (like having a great bottle of Pinot Noir - Nice and full of flavours) Also - Check out the book covers.....the inside of the cover contains many pictures of divers who have been friends with these 2 chaps.....really cool the see way we were 5 years ago.... Kudos again to Danny and Zul 2) Roach Reef http://www.etawau.com/Island/RoachReefs.htm Our good friend Jenny Lee met up with me and over lunch updated me on her latest endevour - Roach Reef Resort. During our last trip to SWV, i have heard of the fabled Roach Reef where at certian time of the year we can find up to 10 whale sharks congregeting around the reef. Jenny confirmed that this pheonomoeon occurs yearly around april to may! The resort is built on the reef itself (they did a bit of reclaimation to the reef) and has 12 rooms catering up to 20 divers at any one time. This man made island is even smaller that sipadan! Ok...if you are wondering where this place is...it's about 45 minutes south of sipadan! I am thinking of doing a check out trip there....maybe towards end of year or next mar! will keep everyone posted. 3) Lastly......the question on the existence of Clubnarc. I have been doing a lot of thinking and soul searching on weather to carry on this venture or we should call it a day. A few thoughts come naturally: i) Age - We are all not young anymore. nowadays we go on dive trips for the spas and food etc. doing 3 dives a day is tantamount to murder! iii) Family - Kums getting married, Ivan's got Ryan to look after, Meng, Todd and Han are both busy with personal life and careers. Business and Family life is also taking a lot out of me. iii) Time - this i a precious commodity that we have. All of us have to juggle time to fit one way or another and organising dive trips really take up a lot of time. On the other hand: i) Common Passion- i feel that Clubnarc represents a common passion we all share. A passion for the ocean, adventure and sports. While diving is taking a back seat for us now, i believe that the passion will be rekindled when we reached the next stage of our lifes where we could afford more time and money. ii) Relationship - Nothing beats meeting up with good friends, diving at the deep blue ocean and catching up with each other in the middle of nowhere out at the ocean. This kinda of experience is unique and the memories that it brings is priceless. iii) Clubnarc represents a model of diving which would not be easily recreated. iv)Through the years, we have made many connections with industry players who have supported us with good deals, advice and these intangible gains is hard to come by. My conculsion is.....clubnarc could take on a different form....one which allows the passion to continue, old friends to interact and diving to continue ... We could i) cut down out commitments to run trips (maybe do 2 to 3 a year), ii) organise trips which can cater to baby and non diving spouses (Trips with Spas, Nanny) and in the meantime...look forward us having more time (and hopefully more money) in the future. It would be a dream come through to organise a trip to galapagos to diving when we are all in our mid forties (and balding)..... So....for all you guys out there...don;t give up on us yet, before you know it we will be back choing roger's wreck in the middle of the night again. FATA|W|P| 114603987191754461|W|P| dive... eat... shit...|W|P| allanlimyc@gmail.com 5/01/2006 09:28:00 pm|W|P|

JonnBryan|W|P| Reality Bites. 4/21/2006 09:38:00 am|W|P| Toadjuice|W|P| Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, It is the time of the year again. The time to pretend to be fit and healthy. OSIM Singapore Triathlon 2006 is open for registration.

Let's all sign up and have a healthy weekend on 1 & 2 July 2006.|W|P| 114558461474454430|W|P| OSIM Singapore Triathlon 2006|W|P| toadjuice@yahoo.com 4/12/2006 07:37:00 am|W|P| Allan Lim|W|P| Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: "Remove all juvenile black tip reef sharks from Indochine (Wisma Atria)" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petitionservice, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/blacktip/I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you mightagree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and considersigning yourself. Cheers Meng2|W|P| 114479863684998243|W|P| dive... eat... shit...|W|P| allanlimyc@gmail.com