About

Abaragus.com is a weblog aimed at those interested in Scuba Diving and Blogging.

Articles are added and updated on regular basis. They include; but not limited to:

• diving tips and guidelines
• experiences: the author’s or others
• shared stories
• messages
• latest diving trends
• Scuba equipments

This website also tells how and why a pro-diver is using his blog to cultivate connections with others. He believes that the sky is the limit to sharing, listening, learning, educating and expressing life’s passion.

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Who is Amillson Baragus?

Amillson Baragus; aka Mel, is a scuba diving Instructor by profession. He lives in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. A partner/co-owner of an ICT company based in Sarawak and Sabah (states of Malaysia) on the big island of Borneo.

• Certified as PADI Open Water Diver in September 1995,
• Divemaster in May 1998
• Open Water Scuba Instructor in October 1999.
• Instructor Level: Currently holding the rating of Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) with 8 Specialty Credentials.

He has spent the past 13 years in the diving industry. During those years, he held various posts as:

• Underwater Videographer: filming and productions
• Dive Master: guide & lead divers on leisure dives
• Dive Instructor: guiding & teaching scuba diving courses
• Dive Supervisor: Supervising all aspects of daily dive operations
• Resort Manager: Managing the whole operation of an island dive resort
• Business owner: Currently managing my own business and posting more articles to this blog.

He has logged more than 4000 dives; excluding teaching. His previous students came from all over the world, from all sorts of backgrounds but share the same interest: scuba diving.

PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) database shows that he has certified a few hundreds of students from Discover Scuba Diving (aka resort course), Open Water, Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster and specialty diver courses.

He would like thank you for spending your time on his weblog. He really appreciates your reading and also leaving comments on any of the articles he has posted.

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