What An Experience

Offft.... What an experience I must say... On this very day, on much unwillingness, I visited the place I had to go once every month.. The dental clinic.

Today mark a milestone in my life, today is the day that my braces are coming off.. Hehe... Nice ehh..? After 2 whole years of wearing that metal thing that fortifies my teeth, its coming off today. However the process is not a pleasant one.

The dentist took something that looks like a pliers and start to twist every bracket she had put up long time ago. It felt as if she is actually plucking my teeth out. Then she changed to another 'pliers' and started scrapping what left of the cement off.. I keep having the fear that all this will actually make my teeth drop off.

Then she started scaling my teeth, exchanged to the polisher, and then to the pliers like scraper and scaling again. This process of taking off the cement actually took around one whole hour. And for one whole hour I have to cope with the fear that my teeth will drop off. How scary...

This is one experience that I will not want to go through again... And for those still wearing braces, your turn will come.. EHEHEHEH~

Navy Show Case 2

Next on the list is the destroyers. Destroyers are fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger ships in a fleet. Destroyers usually plays the role of anti-submarine and guided missile launcher.

Below is a US destroyer with a classic 20th century US design, USS Winston Churchill.

Cruisers are vessels that are larger than the destroyers but smaller than battleships. Cruiser was a navy's long-range "force projection" weapon, while the larger ships stayed nearer to home.
They fire long range missiles and anti-air as well as anti-ship. Cruisers in WWII are very much like Battleships just that they have different roles and sizes.(Note* Cruisers have higher towers and are longer than destroyers)

There are only 3 countries operating cruisers now, the US, Russia and France.
This is a US guided missile cruiser, the USS Port Royal.

A US cruiser firing a tomahawk missile.

Battleships are the largest surface combatant in the navy. However due to their slow movement and large size, they are decommissioned on reserve, thus making the cruisers the largest surface combatants. IN history, there's only one when they were recommissioned, during the Cold War.
Some of them served as museums because they have historic value. Such as USS Missouri.
After modernisation, the carry anti-air, guided cruise missiles and retained their gigantic cannons. In war, they usually provide off-shore bombardment and target elimination by missiles.

The good old fateful USS Missouri. She is widely known for her contribution during WWII and the Cold War. But the most historic value of this ship is that the Japanese leaders surrendered on the deck of USS Missouri during WWII thus ending the war.

The firepower of USS Iowa.

Next are the amphibious assault ships. They have a flight deck that main supports helicopters and VTOL's. They also have assault carriers that can be employed to assist ground troops. They have a 'well deck' that can be lower for assault ships to be deployed. (Note* Amphibious assault ships are different than aircraft carriers, they have very different designs and different roles too)

Here are the six amphibious assault ships of the US Navy.

US amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan.

An Air Cushioned Landing Craft entering a Amphibious Assault Ship.

Finally, we have the biggest ship in the entire fleet, the lead ship in any expeditionary force, the aircraft carrier. There are different kind of carriers, some are VTOL's carriers some are helicopters and most of them are aircraft carriers. Basically, the aircraft carrier is the most important and the most feared ship in the entire fleet. This is because of their devastating air attack capability. They have squadrons of fighter jets on board, 4000+ personnel, air-attack(most important, because at high risk of air attack), and of course an entire armada as it's strike force.

The world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise with a French aircraft carrier.(Note* US aircraft carriers are all supercarriers, so they are generally bigger than other aircraft carriers from other countries)

USS Nimitz, a 'new' supercarrier to the US Navy.

A Japanese helicopter carrier.

A Royal Navy SVTOL aircraft carrier.

Navy Show Case

In conjunction with LIMA that was officially launched today, I have decided to show you all about type of ships in the navy. This will also be my first post with pictures after such a long time.

The RMN( Royal Malaysian Navy) and other countries navy usually have offshore patrol boats as the smallest vessels in their fleet. It is usually not heavily armed, but is armed with machine guns and a small cannon at the bow. It sometimes also has a landing deck at the stern. This is a German boat that has similar design of a RMN patrol boat. And a US Coast Guard patrol boat.

And the US Navy's USS Firebolt

Next we'll have corvettes. They are vessels that are bigger than patrol boats ( 500 tons ) but smaller than frigates ( 2000+ tons ). It's main purpose is to safeguard the country's waters from pirates or unwanted visitors. It's armed with a small cannon at the bow, missles and anti-aircraft. Some even have sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a Singaporean corvette the RSS Vengeance.

And this is the RMN's Laksamana class corvette KD LAksamana Tun Amin.

And finally the biggest surface ship in the RMN fleet and perhaps the smallest in the US Navy, the frigate. A typical frigate's job is to protect the country's waters by providing reasonable firepower. A frigate is usually armed with a cannon in the bow, anti-aircaft missles and cannons and also sea to surface missles. It also has a landing deck at the stern. THe following is a older version frigate of RMN, Kasturi class frigate from RMN. One from the Republic of Singapore Navy and one from the US navy. (respectively)

RMN's KD Hang Tuah,

The newer Kasturi class frigate, KD Kasturi

(Didn't put the newer Lekiu class frigates because the photos are not that pretty)

The Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Intrepid

The US Navy's USS Brooke

New Phone~

Ahh... Finally, after months of delay and about four months of using my temporary one, I finally got myself a new phone... Hehe..

I kind of like the Nokia one, but good ol' faithful was dropped in a river and the screen died. So I've been using a Motorola phone for the past four months or so. Then finally after so much of nagging telling me to get a new one, and after such a long time looking for one, I've finally laid my eyes on a not so expensive Sony Erricson.

It was last Saturday when I went to Digital Mall while my father is getting a problem about the printer done. Then after that my mum asked me to look for one while I'm there. With much discomfort, I sat down at the booth and started looking. Then I saw this phone with the price agreeable by my father and the functions agreeable by me. Though I wanted a better one, this is good enough. hehe.. So I've settle with my current phone.

Let's hope it'll continue to be in good condition and function well until I've graduated. Hehe...

Back From Kem Kepimpinan

This year's Kem Kepimpinan or perhaps Kursus Kepimpinan dan Pengurusan Kelab dan Persatuan is quite fun I must say. Of course it's different from last year's because different people went for it...

Well, basically this year's really focus on leadership skills with a lot of team building activities being done. Leadership attributes were also taught. The basic duties of a AJK and the way of planning activities were also told. Another important thing is the Chain of Command in co-curricular activities.

On the other hand, games were quite ok... Though we had to walk extremely long distance to get there. The time that the rain will fall is basically like last year's, just that in smaller quantities. Dodge ball match is where everyone enjoyed most. Haha... In the same old muddy field again. Vinser really owned everyone.. The lookout tower that we went last year collapse when we got there this year.. Sad isn't it.. I also get to know my friends and know how to appreciate them.

However, there were a few things that is different in a negative way. Last year, the procedure and format of writing letters were clearly taught. Last year, everyone was very creative and the bond between us was strong. We had games during our free time, all of them were introduced by the participants. We even had a outing after the camp a.k.a Scandal Camp.

But nonetheless, this camp was successful and of great fun and joy. I really enjoyed it. I thank everyone who made this camp as it is. Pictures are on facebook!! Ohh... I sort of twisted my arm while throwing a ball during dodge ball, at least it hit someone... Sook Ven.. hehe...

To be a great leader,

first you have to be a great follower.

Crippled

Well, the result of the super fun and exciting dodge ball competition is.... Sore body...

Haha.. Thats right.. People will usually have strained muscle or muscle pain resulting of the lack of constant stretching and usage. Dodge ball is a game of agility not to mention accuracy, so basically a lot of people will have muscle pain.

A little different from the others, my muscle pain was result of direct ball hit on the muscle while it is in full use... For example, the ball hit my thigh when my leg is in a L shape. Sadly I'm having arm and leg pain now.. Hehe..

But still, dodge ball was indeed fun...

Dodge Ball !!

Yeah!!! Dodge ball!! Suddenly dodge ball has become the game among us... Even the girls loved dodge ball.. haha... As part of the after exam games, inter-class dodge ball competition for both guys and girls were introduced to us.

It started yesterday with most classes playing 2 matches while 2 classes get to play 3 a day... Right from the hour school begins everyone is high in spirit, all wanting to grab the winners title. Unluckily for me, it's also the Form 3's returning SPBT books day, I'll have to help out.(Because of this I nearly missed one game and missed the entire match with 4D) With helping out, I myself have to keep an eye out just in case my class is playing.

The matches weren't so bad. It's quite fun actually. Throwing and dodging balls. The guy's matches are very much different from the girl's. We have more players on the field around 18, while the girls only have 10. Our balls are so fast that you best avoid it, the girl's is like playing passing with other team's player catching the ball just thrown.

Though we manage to scape through into the semi-finals we lost to 4Br. They were good no doubt about that. But then there's some controversial part about the player's actions. And also the ref's. Our best game is the one with 4Ix. Mainly because they're the class we always have PJK with, and it so happened that it is our PJK time as well. All of us were shouting PJK PJK. As the finishing cry of the 'round' discussion, they shouted PJK instead of Goooo 4IX. Interesting ehh..

Ohh our girls team is undefeated.... They are the best! Yeah! Go 4A girls. We have MSSD net ball players, MSSD tennis players, MSSD badminton players and even MSSD athletics. We owned every team we played with. We were the one that you will see with no players with the killer even when the match is over. THe girl's team won every game all the way to the finals. What's more is that they won every match too! 3 with each class and 2 in the finals.

The outcome is Boys: 1st 4L, 2nd 4D Girls: 1st 4A, 2nd 4K?
This competition had foster relationship not only among classmates, also with students from other class. I'm sure that everyone enjoyed it very much.
Pn Chew happened to treat the entire class with Domino's Pizza and a can drink each too!! Thank you Pn Chew!! You are the best!