Day 8

Sunday 09 October 2016

The day that we reached Singapore at 0630 (Local time)

Last breakfast in plane

Waiting for our luggage

It was a memorable trip for us. Knew each other deep enough and thank you for working as one team and taking care of each other. Till we meet again guys!

Day 7 in Oshima 2K16

Saturday 08 October 2016

Last day to be here in Oshima. Hoping to rewind back the time on Day 1 but we got to accept the fact that the journey in Oshima will be ending in few hours time. Did our last shopping before heading to the Iwakuni Airport for our night flight to Tokyo Haneda

Off to last shopping

It's gonna be the same journey to reach our destination. Can't bear to leave the place hoping to stay more longer. It's gonna be a sad day for most of us. Let's push away the negative vibes and do our last shopping and creating our last memory here

Zahin is sleeping soundly

Hello Huzaini 

Most of us were split into smaller groups to have our lunch and last shopping. Had to gather back at the meeting point by 4.30pm to head to the airport for our flight

Last lunch together

Last shopping

Visited the garden museum together

Heading to the airport

It was raining when we met back at the meeting point. Done with our last shopping and last moment together. Now it's time to go to the airport to catch up our flight. It was a sad moment for us to leave one another because throughout this 7 days together , we are like one family where we shared our happiness and sadness together. Some of us couldn't hold back our tears.

Exchanged long tight hugs and took tons of photos together before we bid goodbye to these students and their Professor Yoriko. Sad night for us and time has passed so fast that we can't believe that this trip has ended. It was eventually a good and an excellent trip. Can't wait to meet them in Singapore in March!

Day 6 in Oshima 2K16

Friday 07 October 2016

Marks the day where we sailed back to Oshima and doing our last duty on-board. Time pass fast when we were having fun and it's already Day 7 we in Oshima. The sadness in us was building up as our journey here is about to end

Shiva group doing anchorage duty

Leeway (Calculate the wind)

After reaching the Oshima port, we gathered at the meeting room to have our last briefing session and also shook hands with the Captain to receive our respective certificate of participation. It was indeed a good learning experience for each one of us. Appreciated the help from the crew too

Well done to us

Day 6 has ended so fast and tomorrow will be the last day we will be in Oshima. Too sad to leave this place with great memories. Hoping time will past slow

Day 5 in Oshima 2K16

Thursday 06 October 2016

Finally the day has arrived ; the day that we gonna sail to Shimonoseki on Oshima Maru vessel.
The excitement is real as we can't wait to start our respective duties on-board. DNS students in their uniforms and engineering students in their boiler suits are ready to set off

Oshima maru 

Anchorage duty

DNS students were divided into two groups ; one will be at the bridge doing the watch etc while the other group will be assisting the crew doing the anchorage duty during the starting

Off we go

The navigators and engineers had started their respective duties. The destination took us about 6 hours to reach

Engineers doing their job

Esmail doing sub-sub watch

It's 12pm in the afternoon and it was our lunch time. Readily seated with our hunger and tiring expression on waiting for the food to be served. We had a few rounds as the food was delicious

Lunch

After lunch

After lunch we continued our duties. The engineers went back to their engine room while one of the navigator group took over the previous one. Last duty before we reach our destination to have our offshore leave and be back by 9pm (Japan time) for our roll-call

Nasrin doing the main sub watch

"Small eyes" faces

Reached our destination at 4pm and we were ready for our offshore leave. Split into two groups to have our dinner and mini grocery shopping. After a few rounding just to find a good place to eat , we finally found one empty stall

Dinner place

Cost 950 yen

After dinner we decided to do our mini grocery shopping since most of the shops has already closed as early as 8pm (Japan time). The night was totally cold and some of us were shivering. Perfect night weather indeed

Japanese guys

Group selfie

Appreciated the effort from the Japanese students for showing and guiding us around. Great night for us and we were ready for our roll-call at 9pm. After roll-call , the group leaders have to do their night duty while the others went for shower and getting ready to turn in. Day 6 tomorrow.

Day 4 in Oshima 2K16

Wednesday 05 October 2016

It's just a day before our sailing and we can't wait for tomorrow to come. But first we had our sports activities together with the Japanese students and also a few of the International students. It was the first day of typhoon but we still carried on with the activities as we don't want miss any chances while we were here

Dark clouds

It was not easy for the both team to play since it was very cold and windy with strong winds. Most of us slipped due to the wet and muddy grass. It was embarrassing moment but hilarious. The team with Captain Federick won the match but what's more important we get to play as one enjoying ourselves

We had fun together

Head back to our dormitory to have our shower and getting ready for our dinner gathering with the Japanese students together with their professors and chief engineer

Captain, chief engineer and Professors

Engineers

Navigators

We had a good and close bonding session between two countries. Took tons of pictures together as a memory. Captain Federick and the professors exchanged gifts with one another. And what's more important the buffet was marvelous. We had a non-stop eating session haha. Great gathering!

Fresh juicy fruits

Selfie

It was an exhausting day for us but we really had fun together. Our stomachs were full and we do need plenty of rest before sailing off. Before ending the day we had a small "party" gathering with the Japanese students at the guesthouse where all of us sang songs and enjoying the "supper".

Goodnight

Day 3 in Oshima 2K16

Tuesday 04 October 2016

Today was the day that we get to have our first shopping at Hiroshima and an excursion visit to the Peace Memorial Museum. But first let's have our breakfast at the dormitory before moving off! Anyways Good Morning!

The destination from the dormitory to Hiroshima took us 1 hour and 30 minutes! Indeed a long journey and some us took the time to sleep.

The long journey has ended and finally we have reached our destination! We had to walk a few miles to reach the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Remains after the atomic bomb

Commonly called the Atomic Bomb Dome or Genbaku Domu in Japanese. Serves as a memorial to the people who were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 1945. Over 70000 people were killed instantly. First atomic bomb dropped by United States Army Air Force.

"Little boy"

"Little boy" was the code-name for the type of atomic bomb. Weigh 9700 pounds (4,400 kg)
Short footage during the bombing
It was a great learning excursion for us. Brought back 2 positive and 2 negative remarks from this trip on what have we discover and learnt in the museum

Group photo

It's already in the noon and all of us are famished. And it's the perfect timing to have our lunch. Separated into two groups; one wanted the udon (noodle) and other one wanted to have rice.
Let's filled our tummy with foods!

Omurice with black pepper beef

Only cost 1000 yen ( 13 SGD) and we were done with lunch. The foods were amazing hoping to order more but time is constraint and we yet to do our shopping. So let's go.

Shopping begin

After a long day in Hiroshima we have to get back to our dormitory because it was already late and we need to get back by dinner time.

Day 3 in Oshima has finally ended and I believe most of us were exhausted after a long day out. After dinner we had our shower and waited for our roll-call at 2000 (Japan time) before proceeding to the guest house for our meeting with Captain Federick.