erm.. the only thing that is on my phobia item is snake. (i’m ok with cockroach, lizzard or rat), okey, tikus mati aku agak geli.
i blame it on my father for passing me that genetic traits. ow yeah, my dad is also very much phobia with snakes. kalau ade ular dlm rumah, eh rumah aku tk pernah ada ular sbb kt atas, kalau ade bwh rumah, tobat bapak aku naik dok atas rumah senyap. mak aku yg kene halau ular.
and no, i don’t pretend or gedik2 menjadik takut dgn ular. yer, org lain takut ular sbb takut kene gigit, but moi here, aku just geli. SGT geli.
tahap bleh menangis. in short, mmg phobia lah, tk reti aku nk describe.
so when we were in phuket, we went snorkeling at phi2, at monkey beach. i went down first with sheyna. and kenkonon macho, mesti la tk pakai life jacket. so we snorkel n swim from the ferry towards the beach. the beach is very much suxx, the sand is full of small rocks yg menyakitkan kaki. and byk monyet, which is kt botanical garden penang pon bersepah. after few minutes, we decided to swim back to the ferry.
everything was fine, until i spotted this animal.
banded sea snake.

okeyy.. masa aku tgk, of course la aku tatau nama dia kan.. but mmg tau lah ular. ular tuh ade exactly bwh aku.
gile menggelupur ke tak?
aku yg phobia ular nih, mmg kalau ikut kan perasaan, nk je aku nangis kat situ. tp memandangkan aku mmg btol2 takut tahap nk nangis, aku focus, tk per, nih ular mcm belut je kot, tk bahaya. focus.. focus.. jgn menggelupur dan tenggelam. nnt tenggelam jatuh kat ular tuh.. dah perasan macho tk pakai life jacket. being a good swimmer ( err. goood ke pon, bleh lah menyelamatkan diri sendiri but definitely not a strong swimmer) berjaye lah aku selamat smpai ke ferry without attracting the snake’s attention.
dah balik opis, tader keje, baru aku google, black and white sea snake.
.. and found out ..
Sea Snake venom is Neurotoxic (affecting the nervous system) classified in the group Proteroglypha and sometimes Myotoxins (affecting skeletal muscles) with a fatal dose being about 1.5 milligrams. Most Sea Snakes produce an average of 10-15 mg of venom so they should always be approached with caution as this venom is 10x more lethal than the venom of the landbased Rattlesnake or Africa’s deadly Black Mamba
Sea Snakes have a reputation for being very curious and have a fixation for any elongated floating object such as the air hoses of deep sea divers or even a snorkeler’s fin
… but it’s good to know that ..
Although known to be non-aggressive, except during mating season, only a few Sea Snake attacks on humans resulting in death have been recorded on divers who have disturbed nesting areas.
okeyy, mental note, next time diving nmpk binatang nih, (ermm aku tanak lah jumpe lagi, i don’t like).. lari jauh2.