Escorting RSS FORMINABLE...Steath frigate

music playing: Guang Liang - Tong Hua

Well, yesterday evening just came back from the mission of escorting our Navy new asset ~ 'RSS FORMIABLE' our new frigate back from france.

When should i start the happenings for the past 2 weeks...

Day1 28 June 05

I when back to ship at around 4pm of getting importance doucment for this sailing trip. Abit lugi coz shore leave expire at 6pm sia...anyway, wayang abit here and there to let our people see - the officer? LOL just kidding. One blur thing is that i didnt got my dinner for that coz my chef will not be cooking for the crews until 8pm which is the night snack sia. So no choice got to bare thru it and wait for the night snack to be ready once we are out at sea. At around 8pm, we were ready for the mission to escort the frigate back liao and i got to say bye bye for my homeland 2 weeks liao...going to miss alot of my shows especially my 'Project Superstar'...whahaha...

Day2 29 June 05
Just set sail for a few hour liao and i need to close up my watch duty sia...my watch timing are 2359 till 0400 loh...damn unlucky timing rite? no choice got to do may coz my chief plan the watch sia. Actually not bad liao just finish my night snack den can start do work liao. LOL... as time goes by things started to happen...dunno why we kena storm sia...started to rain heavily and the ship started to pound alot like sitting on viking at amusment park sia. LOL but i am okay coz i dun easily sea sick one coz i can ton one... :P Den it continue through out the night guess what in the morning not much people came up for the breakfast and lunch as for me...LOL i skip my first breakfast of the day... coz eat too much during my watch so still full as i continue my dream land...LOL
but no choice i got up around 11 plus in the afternoon for my watch again... so begin my 4 hours of boring...and we continue our journey to thailand - phuket.

Day3 30 June 05
After yesterday rough sea - the sea state around 2-3 ....quite jalat lah coz alot of crew didnt expect there will be rough sea at Straits of Malacca so quite a few people puke and the heads are so smelly sia...yucks! Anyway soon will be reaching phuket in 0900G which is at 10am in Singapore time. Upon reaching the phuket port, i kena be bluff off by my officer sia...the call me to throw the heaving line 1 which is the first line to reach the wharf bolard sia...and guess wat, this is my first time need to use so much energy to pull the line sia coz the people at the wharf say not enough space for other ship to berth in so need to change another bolard so urgh...i need to take in alot of rope back sia making my backbone pain again sia.
Anyway, dun really mind this coz later got shore leave to go out relax liao...but not too soon coz need to launch seaboat for the divers to check our ship hull wheather got crack and anything is to check any dangerous things under our ship...and by the time finish everything liao and the CTG declare shore leave it is about 1300G liao and shore leaves expire around 2359G sia..hai onli half day to play sia...
Time for shore leave liao...so where did i go? well first stop...the robinson shopping centre at the phuket city. We went there for money changing coz quite a number of us havent change currency loh...den after that, we went the nearby pizza company to get our stomach stuff with pizza...after that we den proceed to Lotus whereby it a huge supermarket bigger than giant and things at there are so cheap sia...but i never got things from there so just walk walk loh...hehehe....as time goes by it is evening liao so wat...time for dinner so we proceed to patong beach where this is the place kena hit jalat jalat during the tusnami. The jounery was quite loh...coz if i not wrong...we travel thru the kata beach den to the patong beach...as we proceed, saw the beach very nice sia but the wave very strong sia...
After we reach patong beach, time for dinner so we when searching a seafood restraunt to eat...we have a hard time bargain with the price sia...LOL will post with picture once i got it from Lifen jie...one of the department chief.
After dinner, time for shopping liao so...we walk along the streets of patong beach...can still see quite a few buildings still building...but my eyes are on items in the shop...and bargain time start...actually didnt buy alot, just bought a sunglass and a beach short on that day. So after that when back to ship before shore leave.

Day 4 01 July 05
Today is SAF day, so everyone got up early and dress up in NO.3 for a parade but thanks to God it rain sia...so no parade is conducted...Yahoo! After my CO muster us in the foremess for the SAF day speech...and soon another day of shore leave begins...
Once liberty declare, we proceed to Big C, another supermarket where near to Lotus, we when there to shop and have our early lunch there the KFC, really wan to kapo the glass for there sia coz just reminds me the early days of Singapore having fastfood restraunts whereby drinks are serve in glass not like now in paper cups...
After that, we proceed to central festival, where it is just like takashimaya so big loh...and at there they also having something like our singapore - the great singapore sale where they call thailand sale festival...alot of discount here and there. Some of my friends when to buy bra for their girlfriend and wife loh...but for me...just accompany them...coz i dun have any girlfriend leh...maybe next time ba...but really cheap leh... new arrival design a whole piece cost around S$30 plus leh...if in singapore need S$50 and above leh...den still got tourist discount of 5% leh...cheap cheap...LOL
Den we when starbuck coffee to wait for the driver to come sia...but he fly kite sia...after we waited him for an hour den he call us say his vehicle breakdown now repairing...wah saio liao...no vehicle how to go to phuket city to RV with others so no choice we when go up a tutu taxi...damn fast sia...LOL
Upon reaching the phuket city, we when to the Supersport store and begin our search of sport wear at there...we the typical singaporean...begin our messy up the bunch of clothes at there sia...LOL
Anyway, later we went to patong beach again for dinnwe and shopping...this time only afew of us when to shop coz the rest wanted to go massage and cheong loh...so time for us to explore other side of patong beach. Den went to a t-shirt stall, where there is a young lady tending the stall her name is kai. We bargain alot till 110 thb for a piece of t-shirt...and bought alot for her...and guess why we know her name coz my friend lah...wans to know her loh...den she so pretty and sweet...LOL den we exchange her numbers...LOL good luck for my friend...
Den we proceed to the smaller lane. To our astonisment, there are more stalls in between sia...and even cheaper sia. We bought shoes and clothes sia...i think i spent quite alot sia...buy the fun thing is the bargaining sia...coz its the feeling u going to outwit the stall keeper sia...although just 10 or 20 thb but we still feel the happiness...den come to the end...we master the bargain skill without saying too much just using calculator sia...if not happy with the price...we go...haha...so ended up we always win...hehehe

Day5 02 July05
Finally today is my duty liao so no shore leave...anyway time for me to rest onboard to recupate the strength for the past few days. No much to say coz duty mah...

Day6 03 July 05
Last day in the phuket before got RV with the frigate. However we still have1/2 day shore leave so went to local product shop to buy some local products and proceed to big c to buy titbits and have our lunch at there. As for me i order a plate of seafood fried rice and a glass of lemon tea just only 55thb leh...cheap rite? but the lemon tea damn sweet sia and ended up need to pour more plain water to dilute it so really drink 2 more cups sia...damn food...LOL
After that we went to central again coz my friends wanted to buy bra again, so for me...i just walk walk around...and guess wat i found alot of interesting things that Singapore dun have so brought some back...and some glasses back really cheap...less than 10 bucks for a set sia...
After all went back to ship and prepare to sail liao...so around 1700G we set sail to the west towards Armanda Sea which is located at the north tip of sumatra. But for the next few days will be our most miserable becoz the bad sea state is coming...will be continue how i survive in these few days and the kena played by the frigate....

P.S To be continue in part 2....the days at sea

Current mood: Tired