While in Perhentian, I was busy doing my Open Water Course, but I did not missed out all of the fun involved. I went snorkeling with my friends on the last day, before we took the boat to Kuala Besut. The boat guy bring us to the Turtle Point where I see huge turtles swimming around. We were also brought to the Shark Point and Fish Point.

One of the attraction in Perhentian is the D'Lagoon which hosts the famous windmill. I was not the hiking type person so I braved myself for it. I went with 1 of my friend on foot while the other one will meet us there by boat.

The hike took about 20-30 minutes per way. The track is clearly paved out and being non-hiking person, I pant a bit. I was about to stop for rest when my friend point out that we already reached the top.

The speciality? The view!! At the top of the hill, you can see where the sun touches the water, making a beautiful bright turquoise to deep blue ombre effect. It was priceless. This windmill was part of the Government's project to generate power to the island. Although, the stairs that lead to the bottom of the lagoon are pretty aged. There were gaping holes and there are parts where they are missing a couple of stairs - scary much?

We then went to the edge where it previously host the jetty. Now, the jetty was broken and totally unusable. The only thing left to do was to jump of the jetty, creating an adrenaline rush to all of us.

Meals are widely provided in the island. There are plenty of restaurants and bars around. I ate at 2 places and I still think Panorama Restaurant offered the best taste so far. We even managed to chill out at a reggae chill out place that offered a live music. Perhentian was hot, beautiful and amazing.

At 4 pm, we took the last boat out to Kuala Besut. The boat man stops for a few stops to take up tourist from various resort. At this point, I was beyond tired and my hearing did not improve. I cannot hear anything at all. We reached KLIA around 9pm and my parents pick me up.

The next morning, while at work, I had this sharp pain in my ears. I made the decision to leave work and go to the clinic to get my ears checked out. It turns out, my ear canal is swollen-bad. After 1 week of antibiotics, the doctor fina,ly can see through my canal and informed me that my ear drum is injured. It has a cut-like wound. I was horrified. I know that this might be due to improper equalization I had earlier. The doctor forbids me to dive for 1 month. After 3 weeks, my wound finally heals and my ears work at its 100% capacity.

I swore to myself that I will be more careful and mindful of my equalization technique. The day it occurred, I was clumsy and impatient. I force-equalized which leads to high pressure to my ears and eventually injured my ear drum.