SMA - OSHIMA: 2012

SMA Teacher for Oshima trip 2013 Revealed

Mr Naung

Lecturer (SMA)

Staff Delegation Leader (2013)

Teaches = Marine Engineering

Videos taken onboard Oshima-maru!

Oshima maru going at a high speed and in the engine room!

Ren Xiang reporting!

Passing under a bridge!

Oshima students on deck!

Mooring ropes!

Navigation on the bridge!

I would like to thank Mr Sugimoto, Mr Koichi, Professor Yoshidome, captains, chief engineers and the cadets onboard Oshima maru. Also not forgetting teachers from ONCMT bringing us around Japan and also help us to translate. Thank you for guiding the SMA students along the way. Without your help, we would not learn as much.

Also, thank you Oshima students for making the effort in everything, in guiding us when we were lost and taught us Japanese too. We really appreciate it a lot. Those memories we had together are unforgettable though we only knew each other for less than a week. I am really glad to know each and every one of you and hope to see you all soon!

& last but not least...

A big thank you to Mr David Tay for taking good care of us in that one week. It is not easy to take good care of 8 students when we were in Japan. Thank you for helping and educating us along the way. Thank you for selecting us to go Oshima with you. I believed that each and every one of us had a very good experience and good memories in Oshima. Lastly I am sorry that we had brought you any trouble and had to make you worry about us.

Also, not forgetting about TEAM OSHIMA!

4 students from Nautical Studies and 4 students from Marine Engineering. Not knowing one another from the start, had meetings 2months before the Oshima trip and here comes the actual trip. Although we only know one another for a short period of time, this trip had brought all of us together. Thank you for putting all your efforts in this trip. Lastly, thank you for all the fun, laughter and joy we had in this trip. :) You all are an awesome team, Team Oshima.

Day 7

Day 7 (13 October, Saturday):

0430: Wake up

0530: Leaving Oshima

0700: Arriving at Tokuyama

0719: Leaving Tokuyama st.

0821: Arriving at Hakata st.

1015: Departure from Fukuoka Airport

1525: Arriving in Singapore (Via Bangkok)

Day 7:

Last day in Japan, it was short and sweet. Mr Sugimoto sent us to the JR station and bids farewell from there.

Flight time.

Half Team Oshima at Changi

Short and sweet day 7 with a group photo taken on Day 1 before we took the airplane to Thailand. This picture will be published (said by the thai airways) online as we are the first school team to take their latest airplane, TG 648. & also, a group photo taken on Day 6 before goodbye.

This wraps up the whole SMA - OSHIMA exchange programme 2012.

Day 6

Day 6 (12 October, Friday):

0630: Roll call

0700 - 0800: Breakfast

0900: Leaving Imabari

0900 - 1200: TR observation, watchkeeping

1200 - 1300: Lunch

1300 - 1630: Watchkeeping

1700: Arriving at Oshima

1800 - 1830: Dinner

1900 - 2200: Free time, shower

2200: Lights out

Day 6:

Same routine. However, morning work out was lead by us! The Singapore style of warm up!

Live. Love. Laugh

1st Officer!

Legendary Gorilla!

Before we bid farewell...

Constance & Rano!

Bestfriends!

Miho and Sasi!

Daigaku & Wei Chuen

Our last dinner together!

Tears came rolling down our faces... Although we spent only 5 days together, I am sure that 5 days are very memorable to us. We had serious communication problem but this did not stopped us from communicating to one another. The bond we had within 5 days is amazing. Good memories with them will always be in us even when we return back to Singapore.

Team Oshima

Our last day at Japan eating ice cream in the cold weather!

Day 5

Day 5 (11 October, Thursday):

0630: Roll call

0700 - 0800: Breakfast

0900: Leaving Onomichi

0900 - 1200: Watchkeeping, workshop

1200 - 1300: Lunch

1300: Arriving at Imabari

1320 - 1700: Field trip (Hakata Salt Inc. , Oyamazumi shrine)

1700 - 2100: Shore leave (Dinner)

2100 - 2200: Free time, shower

2200: Night round & lights out

Day 5:

Unlike other days, we had to report at 0630. This time, we had to do morning work out to start off our day. So the oshima students guided us the morning work out. Staying in the ship, we would have to do some housework in the ship. Same routine, everybody was assigned to one duty to clean up the ship. With everybody's help, within 30 mins, we cleaned up the ship. Breakfast and back to watch keeping.

Picture speaks a thousand words...

Another bridge.

Mini light house!

Watchkeeping

Engineers are given homework to complete!

Nery's work was marked by 1st engineer

Shore leave

We arrived at Imabari and went to this factory called the Hakata Salt Factory. Soon after, we proceed to the Oyamazumi shrine.

Hakata Salt Factory

Oyamazumi shrine

The tree above is called the wishing tree. In order for your wish to come true, you will have to run 2 rounds around the tree by holding your breathe. Also, from the picture, you can see we are wishing. This is called the wishing well. Firstly you will have to wish and throw the coin into the well. Secondly after throwing the coin, you will have to clap 3 times and bow afterwards.(Information not very accurate)