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	<title>Odysseys of George &#187; Diving</title>
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	<description>As life cruises along; vita non est vivere sed valere</description>
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		<title>Mola Mola</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/10/14/mola-mola/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, Marlene, Tony and I , made our way to Bali for a dive trip which would be first for Marlene and I. The highlight of the trip was to see Mola Mola. Upon reaching Bali, we were told that the season to catch these rarity was over and they have not had any sighting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dances with Dolphins</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/06/24/dances-with-dolphins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/06/24/dances-with-dolphins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the highlights of our trip to Layang-layang Island was on the third day. We were heading to our dive sites in our quest to find the elusive Hammerheads when along the way, these wonderful friendly creatures came out to play with us. There were easily 20 of them swimming and playing with us. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When will this stop!</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/06/07/when-will-this-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[illegal food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I actually blogged about this a few days ago only to realise that the page went missing 48 hours later! So here it is again! Manta rays next on restaurant menus as shark populations plummet Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layang- Layang</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/05/07/layang-layang/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/05/07/layang-layang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[layang layang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scuba diving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I will be going to dive at Layang-Layang soon. Many have already asked me as to where it is though many actually have heard about it. Layang-Layang, known as &#8220;Swallows Reef&#8221; is an atoll situated in the South China Sea 300km north-west of Kota Kinabalu. Layang-Layang is an isolated atoll-like ring of 13 connected reefs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dive Tenggol</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/30/dive-tenggol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/30/dive-tenggol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[resorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tenggol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I first dived at Pulau Tenggol about three or four years ago and from that very first day, I fell in love with it. Of all the islands, Tenggol and Redang are my favourites and now to add would be Pulau Yu near Pulau Bedong. This would be the fourth time I have gone diving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tenggol &#8211; the hidden paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/20/tenggol-the-hidden-paradise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/20/tenggol-the-hidden-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tenggol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friends and I, are planning our next dive to this place &#8211; that many know not of &#8212; mainly because it is a scuba diving paradise. But even among divers, this place isn&#8217;t a favourite plainly because it is not just 26 km off the coast of quiet fishing town of Kuala Dungun, Terengganu, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beginning of the Season &#8212; Let&#8217;s start diving!</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/01/the-beginning-of-the-season-lets-start-diving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2010/04/01/the-beginning-of-the-season-lets-start-diving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At last the monsoon is over. I can already smell the cool salt breeze of sea water. I can imagine the beaches the coconut trees and the calmness of the island. It is the first dive for the year, and it for me is more like a refresher to check out my dive equipment which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raja Ampat &#8211; The Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/11/12/raja-ampat-the-paradise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/11/12/raja-ampat-the-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come 24th November, I together with another 11 divers will be going to this remote paradise, a divers haven. It is regarded as the mother of all dive sites and is situated at the furthest point of the Indonesian archipelago. So why paradise &#8212; because it is the richest marine biodiversity in the world! To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Conservation Effort.</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/11/06/another-conservation-effort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/11/06/another-conservation-effort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a latest by Scubazoo, a promo video for the book Adrift, Tales of Ocean Fragility. The book Adrift is looking to educate the general public about conservation through new methods. What do you think of this video?]]></description>
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		<title>A quickie dive holiday!</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/08/17/a-quickie-dive-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/08/17/a-quickie-dive-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it was all planned months before. The MUW ( Malaysian Underwater) decided to have its yearly official dive trip. The day arrived and we gathered, all rushing to leave the office quickly as we had to reach Mersing by 11.30pm. Our destination , Aur Islands, the southern most islands on the our east coast. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Tioman Dive</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/07/27/my-tioman-dive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/07/27/my-tioman-dive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wah! It has been a long time! The last dive I did was in May. There was 5 of us and the destination was Fisherman&#8217;s Dive Center at Pantai Salang, Tioman. It was a good break with good friends but my underwater pictures did not turn out well &#8212; I have been having problems since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decompression Illness (DCI) &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/04/07/decompression-illness-dci-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/04/07/decompression-illness-dci-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many divers are introduced to this complication of diving during their basic open water course. However, many still are unsure of what decompression illness is all about, even those at much higher levels in their diving career. To make things worse, many medical personnel are also unprepared to handle such cases due to its rarity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diving in the Monsoon</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/02/03/diving-in-the-monsoon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/02/03/diving-in-the-monsoon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, my diving friends called for a dive in Tioman. Surprised, I asked, &#8221; Isn&#8217;t it monsoon still?&#8221;. &#8220;Yes, so?&#8221; was their reply. I thought about it like for less than a second and answered spontaneously, &#8220;Yes!&#8221; During the monsoon season, there is only a single ferry trip across from Mersing to Tioman. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irresponsibility!</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/01/27/irresponsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/01/27/irresponsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I traveled home from a dive recently, I heard a friend of mine discussing about an incident that recently occurred. An experienced instructor was probably suffering from decompression sickness after doing a dive at just 18metres deep. The instructor was ill and his only hope is to get himself to a hyperbaric chamber located [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food for Thought!?</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/01/10/food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2008/01/10/food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feed small kids small fish Last updated: Monday, January 07, 2008 Small kids should eat only small fish to avoid building up dangerously high levels of mercury, Australian health officials warned on Sunday following research on three Asian families who fed their children a rice and fish porridge called congee. Their children, aged 15 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Rounds Interview</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/12/17/pre-rounds-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/12/17/pre-rounds-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to hosting the Grand Rounds last week, I was interviewed by Nicholas Genes, for the Pre-Rounds Medscape Med Students. The interview article was actually posted on the 12th November. Please feel free to check it out. Surgeon Dives Deep to Display Photos of the OR and the Ocean Floor Posted 12/11/2007 Nicholas Genes, MD, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tioman Ferry Incident &amp; My Tioman Dive</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/23/the-tioman-ferry-incident-my-tioman-dive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/23/the-tioman-ferry-incident-my-tioman-dive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[On a personal note]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend saw me packing my bags for what is probably the last dive trip for the year. The group was mostly the same as the group that went to Redang recently. It was just after a week, after the ferry accident that occurred. That made us worry but like one of my articles I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rottnest Island Dive &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/14/rottnest-island-dive-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/14/rottnest-island-dive-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dive 2: Crystal Palace, Rottnest Island Well after a hearty lunch, we headed off to our second dive spot. We anchored and the sun was shining brightly. Again, the hearty skipper proceeded to tell us the depth and that Crystal Palace was a beautiful cavern like landscape situated towards the west. This time the temperature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rottnest Island Dive &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/12/rottnest-island-dive-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/12/rottnest-island-dive-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lunch break or better known as Surface Interval Time The boat proceeded closer to the island to stop over for lunch. Some of the divers took this opportunity to snorkel and freedive. I was shivering cold and the wind was not making the sun any worth. The island is beautiful and there were a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rottnest Island Dive &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/12/rottnest-island-dive-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gcgeorge.net/2007/10/12/rottnest-island-dive-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gcgeorge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I was in Perth, I took the opportunity to go for 2 dives. There were not many dive shops in Fremantle and the only one that I came across was of Dolphin Dive. So, I checked in for 2 dives and rented a 7mm wetsuit as the sea temperature would be about expected 18degrees [...]]]></description>
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