2nd October 2017, Monday.
Hi everyone!
It is Day 2 of our trip! The morning started early with us having our breakfast at the school's restaurant!
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Breakfast!
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After breakfast, we went back to our guest house to change into our uniforms/boiler suits and headed for the Training Ship Oshima Maru (T.S Oshima Maru) for our pre-departure shipboard familiarisation. This includes Abandon Ship Drill, Passage Planning for the deck cadets, as well as Engine Room Familiarisation for the engineers.
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| From Left to Right: Salihin, Taka, Sharif and Yu |
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| Deck Cadets carrying out Passage Planning |
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| Chartwork |
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| Receiving Instructions from 1st Engineer |
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| Passage Planning conducted by Chief Officer |
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| Engine Cadets! |
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| SMA Engineers |
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| Engine Room familiarisation ongoing |
After the pre-departure preparation, we went back to the school's restaurant for lunch:
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| Lunch! |
After lunch, we had to go back to the guest house to prepare our cultural costumes because we were joining the Japanese girls' English class together with all their classmates! During which, the SMA students gave a cultural presentation regarding Singapore's unique culture of different races and practices!
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| Start of Cultural Presentation |
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| SMA and Oshima boys! |
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| Group Photo |
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| Darwis with his Japanese friends |
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| SMA girls with the Japanese girls |
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| Nani with her Japanese counterparts |
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| Rifhan sharing a part of his traditional costume with his new friend |
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| Benjamin who blends in well with the Japanese |
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| Calista the flower amongst the thorns |
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| Rachel the flower amongst the thorns |
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| Captain Raj with the class |
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| Sharif together with the girls |
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| Salihin with the class |
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| Capt. Raj with Ms Yorika (English teacher) |
The cultural presentation was a huge success considering we put a lot of effort and days of preparation for it! We were glad that it went smoothly and that the Japanese students enjoyed our presence in the classroom :)
Afterwards, we changed back into our uniforms/formal clothing to attend a Laser Cutting workshop conducted in the school!
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| We made keychains that were done with a laser cutting machine |
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Darwis trying out sand blasting to smoothen out the keychain's edges
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Afterwards, we proceeded to attend a Tea Ceremony that was held by the school's Tea Ceremony Club! We also had the chance to participate in tea making ourselves!
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| Authentic Matcha Green Tea made from Green Tea powder |
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| Sweet dessert to go with the bitterness of the tea |
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| Tea Ceremony ongoing |
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| Us trying to make the tea as well |
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| Group photo with the Tea Ceremony Club girls! |
The tea ceremony's purpose in the olden times revealed to be used for cleansing and purification purposes. The Samurais often participated in such tea ceremonies as well.
After our 'cleansing' that we enjoyed a lot, we proceeded to a Welcome Dinner reception that was held in a cafeteria in the school. The Welcome Dinner included exchange of formalities and gifts, as well as the gift of Oshima College's caps!
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| Dr. John Park handing the cap over to Capt. Raj |
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| Dr. John Park (L) and Capt. Raj (R) |
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| Group Photo! |
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| From L to R: Yuzuki, Sharif and Sarina |
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| From L to R: Yu, Benjamin and Shin |
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| From L to R: Yuki, Nani and Taka |
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| From L to R: Yuki, Benjamin and Taka |
After the welcome dinner, there was an impromptu arrangement for us to play badminton with the Japanese students in the indoor sports hall! However, we failed to take any photos that day because it was a short-lived activity. The Japanese students had to return to their dormitories for roll call at 8pm.
After they returned, we visited the convenience store 'Popular' again to purchase more food and snacks to munch on in our guest house!
That's all for Day 2!
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