Day 1 - 22 September to 23 September

Hello everyone!

Greetings from Oshima, Japan.

We met in Changi Airport T2 around 8pm on 22 September and was ready to take off from Singapore! We are a little sad to say goodbye to our family and friends as we were not going to see them for the next 7 days. However, we were all very excited!

All ready to set off! 

We took off from Singapore around 10:10pm and arrived at Tokyo Haneda around 6:30am for our transit flight. Many of us fell asleep during the flight while some enjoyed the inflight movies and spending time with friends.

Transiting in Tokyo Haneda Airport

  

We finally arrived at Ikuwani, Japan after 2 tiring flights and we are all glad that we have arrived Oshima safely! Doctor Park and some of the Japanese students came to pick us up from the airport and we head to the College for lunch and we settled down in our accommodation. After resting for a while, we head to the local drugstore to do some shopping for our necessities.

Introduction of the SMA Students going Oshima

Hello Everyone! 

Let's introduce the Students going to Oshima this year! We have 5 Deck Cadets and 4 Engine Cadets:) 


First up, let me introduce the Deck cadets.

Hello! I am Charmaine😊

I'm the blogger for this upcoming trip! 

Looking forward to the trip because I know is 

going be an exciting and memorable experience for all of us. 

I love adventures 🚢and doing sports especially martial arts! 

Hello, I'm Okkar😃

On land, I like freedom. Feeling as I'm on my 2 wheels🚲

and at sea, I like the feeling of freedom as the sail in wind!

I want to join this trip to Oshima because the word 'Oshima' 

sounds cool and I heard it's pretty awesome there! 

Hi! I am Hafeez :) 

Currently a year 2 cadet waiting to serve my Sea time. 

Going to Oshima provides me with the exposure such as 

Watch-keeping and shipboard Operation that prepares me for 

Cadet-ship and also to learn a new culture.

Hello, my name is Hizhan😃

I like to go fishing! 

The reason why I  wanted to go Oshima is to learn

about the culture onboard a Japanese ship and a good

getaway before sailing. 

Hi, I'm Orchid. 

I like to explore new things and to

gain new experience everyday. I believe,

the Oshima trip will broaden my knowledge about working on 

board a ship and I would love to get to know the 

Japanese culture.

Next up, let me introduce the Engine Cadets.

Hello! I'm Jiaxin:) 

I love to watch movies and read novel. 

I would love to visit Japan and broaden my horizon of 

how Japan Marine Institute educate their future seafarer. 

Hello, I'm Ashirah! 

I'm all about having fun and I am always 

up for new adventures!😄 I want to join this Oshima trip 

because I get to travel to learn and at the same time explore Oshima. 

Hi, I'm Ryan:) 

My hobbies are simple! Console gaming🎮 and

EATING! 🍟🍔🍕

The reason I'm going the trip is because I heard that

we are going to sleep on board the ship during the trip and I thought

that is going to be cool! 

Hello, I'm Phyllis. 

I like to play the piano and I like to cycle! 

I want to go on the trip because I have not went overseas before. 

Getting Ready for another trip to Oshima

Hello Everyone,

We are getting ready for another adventurous  trip to Oshima College. With Semestral Exams out of the way, we can now start preparing for the voyage.

The trip is already planned from 22 to 30 Sep 2019. Nine SMA students have been selected for the trip. Five from Nautical studies and four from marine engineering. Our travel documents are checked for validity and now waiting for one  student Japanese VISA to be approved.

We will be calling for a briefing soon next month to get to know the students who are going for the trip.

In the meantime  we will keep this blog updated with more news about the journey to Oshima.

Till then bye from SMA,

Capt Mohd Rosdi

Oshima 2018 Day 7 ( Last day )

6th October 2018 ~ Saturday

Hi friends. The sad day has arrived, today is our last day in Oshima. We left Oshima Maru with our luggages and headed to the guesthouse. We then proceeded to the gym hall to do some sports activities like badminton etc.

Playing Badminton

Following to that, we headed back to the guesthouse to have a rest before our flight back to Tokyo later on that night.

We then left the guesthouse and took the bus to head to Iwakuni Airport.


When we reached the airport, it was time to say our goodbyes........ We never thought that we could all built such a strong bond over the past week. But nonetheless, we were all reminding one another to remain in contact & we all brought our hopes high by reminding one another of the upcoming trips.

Eigo saying goodbye to ramadan 

Eigo and Ajey

the girls taking their cute selfies

mr park & capt Glenn

Ramadan and Gwen 

We actually did a group hug to take this picture 

Tokyo Airport

And there goest the final day, we look forward to hosting the next batch in 2019. That is one of the things that has been lifting our mood since our seperation at the airport. But nonetheless, this trip was definitely one of the best trip that we've ever had. Thankful that we were given such an opportunity to visit Oshima & also thankful for all the memories made. We had no idea that a 7 days trip could be so memorable & we would like to thank our lecturer Capt Glenn for guiding us and planning for us our trip to Oshima despite his busy schedule. Thank you for looking after us and ensuring our safety during the trip. Also, thank you to Singapore polytechnic and Singapore maritime academy also for funding our trip. And lastly, thank you Mr Park and Oshima College for being so welcoming and hosting us. We will definitely not forget this trip.
We hope the bond between the 2 schools continue to strive and grow stronger and stronger over the years.
Thank you!

Oshima 2018 Day 6

5th October 2018 ~ Friday

Hi friends! We started the day with morning cleaning and then headed to the dormitory for breakfast. Today is a special day because we'll be taking the bus to the Kintai-Kyo Bridge in Iwakuni and then off to Hiroshima. 

Breakfast 

We gathered at the library after breakfast to board the bus. 

First stop : Kintai-Kyo Bridge in Iwakuni 

It was a very beautiful place, with water streaming down the river and the scenery was extraordinary. After snapping photos, we took the cable car & hiked up through the forest to get to our final destination : the castle.

At the iwakuni bridge with Professor Yukihira

say cheese !

The castle 

After touring the castle, we took the cable car down and went to get ice cream at the famous ice cream shop. They served more than 160 different flavors. Mr Yukihira promised a group of us ice cream on day 3 because we won the class activity game that he held & he bought 4 of us ice cream. There were different flavours ranging from Wasabi, to spicy and salted caramel.

Choosing which ice flvors !

Next stop : Hiroshima
We took the bus to hiroshima which took us around an hour to get here. We then got the chance to do a little bit of shopping.

After that, we visited the Hiroshima Bomb Dome.

We then took the bus back to Oshima-Maru and called it a day.

Hiroshima Bomb Dome

City lights 

Oshima 2018 Day 5

4th October 2018 ~ Thursday

Hi friends! Its the 5th day of our trip & we're dreading for time to go slower..... We're having lots of fun & learning many things as days goes by & its sad that we're going off in a few days. NO :(

As usual, we started the morning with cleaning and morning exercises! We all headed to our assigned stations after the morning routine & was ready for embarkation. Today we will be doing anchoring again.

Did a bit of morning exercise while waiting for the engine to start up 

In the bridge

After coasting, we went back to Oshima & watch a Taku and his friend from the life savers club ( sea ) perform a rescue mission on the jet ski. We also got to ride on the jet ski! It was very cool!

Mao having fun at the back 

Then we went back to the ship & had our closing ceremony. We were given certificates by the captain & then we changed out of our boiler suit for our trip to Yanai. We took the bus and then the train to Yanai and walked through houses specially painted in white. We also visited a soy sauce factory and then headed to our friend's Moe family shop where we had some japanese deserts.

Train station pictures :D

Following to that, we went to the supermarket & did some snack shopping. We then had a good 20 minute walk to the sushi restaurant because we were all craving for some sushi :( But it was a good walk because the sushi there was good and fresh! After having our stomachs filled, we made our way back to Oshima - Maru. 

Oshima 2018 Day 4

3rd October 2018 ~ Wednesday

Hi friends! The 4th day of the trip has arrived! We started the morning with cleaning as usual and then had our morning exercise. 

Stretching time !

Following to that, we were going to set sail on board Oshima Maru. Everyone was given their task & stations & from there we set off.

We all then did our appointed duties as stated on the schedule. Some of us had to report to the forward station, while some had to report to the bridge. Those stationed at the forward station had to be in their boiler suit, while those reporting to the bridge had to be in their uniform. The engine students were stationed at the engine room with the chief engineer and first engineer. All the duties were supervised by the crew and officers on board & they were very helpful and teaching us many many things. This made it a safe environment for us to work.

At the bridge 

In the engine room

The highlight of the day would be when we did anchoring at 3 different position. It was a good experience as we got to see how to anchor was heaved and launched etc.

Foreward station

Gwen with Moe and Aishah

First engineer with Alissa , Anggun and Mayo 

After that we headed back to Oshima.  We couldnt sail to the scheduled plan due to some technical issues on board, but nonetheless we were very happy to sail around the coastal. We had our lunch on board & had was taught some lifeboat drill &  how to launch the rescue boat with the help of a crane. Also we got to ride on the rescue boat as well.

Launching of the rescue boat

& then prepared to get dinner elsewhere. We took the bus to the restaurant and had some western food for dinner.

Capt Glenn excited for his first bus ride in Oshima

After our delicious dinner, we headed back to our training ship & called it a day. Very satisfied!