| Water music always has a soothing effect on the | | | | the one at Sipadan and the surrounding sites, you |
| mind and soul. That is why, you find a lot new age | | | | can see a lot of macro life that you do not see on |
| music features water as the background for the | | | | land. The fans, corals and rocks formation are |
| music. In Feng Shui element, it is good to have a | | | | completely different from the landscape. The colors |
| fountain, a waterfall in the house or compound | | | | are a kaleidoscope of a huge range of combination of |
| provided it is positioned in the right sector of course. | | | | more than the rainbow colors. You have heard of |
| Now aquariums are a hit with homes and you have | | | | color therapy and I can understand why divers often |
| aquariums in homes, hotels, restaurants. In some | | | | came up very relax and calm. |
| clinical experiments done in mental hospitals, the use | | | | Also, it seems that divers tend to have better |
| of aquariums have a calming effect on the patients, | | | | observations and this is a good habit to cultivate on |
| and it also has an effects on autistic children. | | | | land. Divers told me that one has to be extra |
| Interesting studies but still experimenting stage. More | | | | observant for two reasons. One, if you don't want |
| studies should be done in these areas involving water | | | | to miss the details, especially the macro world, you |
| element. | | | | have to keep your eyes wide open but not shut and |
| The closest thing I have been is to go to an | | | | be on the alert to observe any movement. Some of |
| underwater marine park. How do you feel when you | | | | the fishes like crocodile fish, stone fish are master of |
| are in the tunnel with the sharks, rays and fishes | | | | disguise and if you are not careful, you will missed |
| swimming above you? Great isn't it and you don't | | | | them. For reason number two, in the underwater |
| feel like going out of this world. You feel so relax, so | | | | world, you must be really observant not to mistake |
| peaceful and free from worry and stress. | | | | the fish for a stone or coral. Should you accidentally |
| This is the very reason, why I am introducing you to | | | | step on one or touch on one, you are going to have |
| the marine life in the seas of Sulu and Celebes. Just | | | | agony pain and worst, the toxins can be fatal if |
| at the Eastern side of Sabah, on the northern corner | | | | treatment is not on hand. But the benefits and |
| of the third largest island in the world, Borneo, you | | | | learning out-weights the dangers and if you are |
| have great diving sites to see all the rich macro life | | | | careful diver, it is fun and healthy for your mind and |
| and great pelagic fishes of the world.Where there are | | | | body. |
| rich macro life, there are also big fishes and you have | | | | Diving is great for motor co-ordination of the limbs |
| the best of both world, great beaches to sunbathe in | | | | and body. And because water has bouncy, the |
| and great waters to explore. | | | | weight of the body is supported by the water and |
| Now , don't take my words for it but then, I won't | | | | you feel much less weight in water. This gives you a |
| be writing this if it not true either. The late great | | | | lot of agility in the water than on land and we find |
| oceanographer, Jacques Consteau has dived Sipadan | | | | that divers tend to have great fitness. Breathing is |
| and so have so many others famous divers. They | | | | great for divers and they have to learn to breathe |
| can't be all wrong and a lot of these dive sites are | | | | correctly with the oxygen tank. All in all, scuba diving |
| now ranked in the top ten positions in the world and | | | | is great exercise for the body, great for the mind |
| a must see on the wish list of every avid divers. | | | | and soul and great for knowledge. |
| The underwater world is a completely different | | | | Article written by: Felice L. |
| landscape. In crystal clear water dive sites such as | | | | |