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.