The month of May was certainly a good one, since there was the E-learning week on week 5, which meant that we didn’t need to come to school for lessons.

The class went for the Navy open House at Changi Naval Base on the 21^st of May, which was on the last day of the E-learning week. We were ferried to the location by chartered buses. Once there, we proceeded on to view the huge ships that were docked at the piers. We had to climb up and down steep stairs carefully as we were not used to taking such stairs. It was an eye-opener for all of us, since we had the opportunity to discover what’s in a navy ship. There was also a helicopter which we explored too. There was even a machine gun that was attached to the helicopter! Apparently, it is used to shoot at the enemies.

After all the exploration, it was time to assemble at grand stand for the ship cruise at noon. The ship cruise was the highlight of the Navy Open House and the entire class was excited about it since this was the first time that all of us were on board a navy ship. Not every visitor to the Navy Open House could experience the ship cruise since balloting was required, so we were thankful to Jo-An Toh for winning the facebook quiz and won the ship cruise tickets. There was a breeze as the ship cruised in the waters off Singapore and our hair flew along in the breeze. We thoroughly enjoyed the cruise, especially when the ship made a 360 degrees turn.

When the cruise was over, we had snacks and drinks before playing games in the air-conditioned tents. After which, we took a coach back to school. We were worn out by then. Some of us were sun burnt too, which was no surprise since the sun was burning hot by the time we were on the ship cruise.

By Ailsie