panorama di laut biru - we have the capabilities

entri bangga gila...

that baby carry rockets..and hurl em into space...

photo shown above are the Ocean Odyssey 4 months ago (yeah..sudah basi)....a semi submersible platform which is being utilized by Sea Launch as the rocket launch platform at sea...and it is undergoing repair and maintenance...in MMHE, Pasir Gudang....can read it here on my age old post of the Sea Launch

yes...in Pasir Gudang....

i dont know what kind of repairs they were having...or to what degree the maintenance were being carried out...but it shows that...even a company...that launch billion dollar satellite using Ukrainian made Zenit3SL rocket are being sent to our shores for repairs...showing that they are confident with us Malaysian capabilities...

now..if those foreign nationals do trust and have the confidence towards us...then why oh why our own countrymen were not...why we keep on sending our own ships to shipyards outside our own country...why we kept on relying on on foreign nationals where we have a lot of national talents....

sad...but it is true...

anyway...

salutations to MMHE...its staff and all the contractors....you made us Malaysian proud...

credit to my mate Jolly Roger who took the photo

-come to sea and see for yourself-

panorama di laut biru - Day of The Seafarers

entri hari pelaut....yg terlewat

on 25th June every year...is the day of the seafarer....the day that marked by international communities to remember,to appreciate and to celebrate seafarers who are the backbone of global trades...

yeah...me and me mates are the backbone of global trades bebeh....

then why is that i said such a thing...

lets ponder for a moment....

have we ever think where the hell TNB got the means to power their powerplants to provide electricity to the masses...so that we can watch Master Chef Celebrity Malaysia on Astro...so that we can surf the net...so that we can use the air conditioning on a hot tropical afternoon norm to Malaysia...so our electrical appliances are working as it is supposed to be....how and where does the electricity came from...

it came from a far away land.....through the seas...

most of our powerplants are generating power using coal and gas....apart from hydroelectric which is also our doings (serious)..have you ever wonder where does the coal came from...how it was transported....and where they unload it...?

what is a coal powered powerplant without coal....Janamanjung will be dead and part of West coast will have no electricity....so a steady supply of coal were bought from Aussies....taken by a massive bulk carrier manned by mens called seafarers....yes...it was us who brought light to the nation...(not the menteris)...

and what is a hydroelectric plants...if there are nobody to transport its massive turbines...i dont recall we made the turbine ourselves but we did bought them from somewhere and there is no air transport that can carry that massive hydroelectric turbine....

and apart from power generations...ever daily items that we use...from televisions to Ipads to tabs to cars and fuels that we use to work...even a pen and a rubber...your laptop computers...the coffee that your having...of the croissant that your having while reading this post.the oven use to make that croissant..the flour..the cooking oil the additives...even the chair,the table you were sitting at,the clothes you were wearing...almost everything in your household or in the kedai raayat sathu Mareshia came from somewhere else and had a moment in its life living on a hold of a ship...

and these ships are operated by us seafarers (although owned by kompeni)....who ventured to the massive oceans...to nations never been heard before...through raging gales and storms over rolling seas and roaring winds....being chased by fukken pirates...being shot at by warring states...being scrutinized by communities saying that we are nothing but a bunch of men who only live for intoxications and pleasures....

it is us....seafarers...mariners...navigators and marine engineers who brought all of it to your door steps...

we are the driving force...who keep the sea lanes of communications open...who continue the significance of trades....

and without us...well...you can rely on airlines....but wait...even they are relying on us...take every massive parts of the aircraft from one place to another...

so how is that...?

i asked nothing much...but take a moment and have a thought to ponder....

where does all of these thing that i have here came from....and who brought it there...

-it came by the seas and i cant live without it-

a navigator`s serenade - good will

a good will for a good friend....

i don`t really know

what had happened really

but what i do know

is that you are 

in a maps of problematique

even we have not converse

for quite a while

and here 

i pray for fair winds

so the wind will always blows

and send whispers to your ears

to soothes your soul

i pray for following seas

so the seas

will always be calm

and it will calm your heart when you sees it

i pray for a sky light

so the lights

will lessen your burden

and shy away you misery

i pray for your good will

for good health

for good life

for you are a good person

-o god be good to her-

a navigator`s serenade - neva eva

entri.....

after that

everything changes

should have keep it

should have not had that

should never ever

-this left feels right-

a navigator`s serenad - Finite/Infinite

entri finite

all held the finite and infinite as unrelated
none could for see that the history of the two would become one

-ace combat zero-

The Other Ghost - Bunga Mas 6

entri kapal x berapa nak perang

the ghost that terrorizing the gulf...leaving pirates running for cover and mercy
photo taken circa April 2012 en route to r.v point

while i was onboard MT Bunga Melati Satu..i got the chance of operating with the well known ghost ship in the Gulf Of Aden region...first is the Bunga Mas 5..or BM5...and also the other ghost..the BM6

it seems that somebody from the higher ups do heard our ideas eh..

before BM6 the only escort vessel available in the region is BM5...and she had to stretched her long leg to cover the whole Red Sea to Indian Ocean alone...

this lead to the inability of the escort vessel to cover all the Malaysian flagged merchantmen movement from east to west...and as a result most of the transfer are conducted without the presence of BM5...but carried out in a safe and secured area

having BM6 along for the operation had loosen the stress a bit for the BM5...and at the same time having two ship at the same time greatly enhanced escort operations in the region.

the logic behind the two ship tango is that...the other can cover one area and the other can cover the next...which area...well generally the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden area and the Arabian Sea to Sri Lanka area...where merchant traffic are high so as the presence of those skinny pirates...

way ahead and way faster than my own tanker...

another logic of having two ship tango is...the availability to have one the other ship to continue the operation while the other went back home for schedule maintenance and repairs....rather than having one ship then you will have no ship for escort et all....

so there you have it..the reason why there are two ghost now...and now the two will continue to keep our merchantmen safe from any threats....

and with that bombshell...a thousand appreciation to both BM5 and BM6 officers and engineers...crews..SPG team..air crews amd pilots....thank you for the assistance and thank you for the escort

until then...god speed fair winds and following seas...

HMS MALAYA - the one that we Malaysian knew little about

entri sejarah kapal perang....

the HMS MALAYA...a beauty she is...credit photo to MaritimeQuest

not many of us know that...before Malaysia was formed in September 16th 19(oh shit i forgot...)..and before we gained independence in 1957.....before there was even a thinking of getting an independence.....we had our own warship named after our homeland....

the warship is HMS MALAYA....a Queen Elizabeth class dreadnought....built by the Sir W.G Armstrong Withworth and Co. Ltd.....

she was sponsored by the kings from the Federated Malays States (state of Perak..Selangor..Pahang and Negri Sembilan) thus the name MALAYA....(imagine our kings those day sponsored a warship for the British Empire....damn....so kaya eh)...the proposal for the sponsor were made by the Sultan of Perak in 1913 ans supported by the Sultan of Selangor...

the HMS MALAYA is a 33 020 tonne...196.82 metres long warship...capable of steaming 25 knots..which is driven by the Parsons direct steam turbines consisting of 24 boilers driving 4 shafts at 56 500 horse power.

she is armed when she came out from the yard in 1915 with eight Mk1 15 inch gun, fourteen single MkXII 6 inch gun, two single 3 inch anti aircraft guns, four single 3 pounder saluting guns and four 21 inch torpedo tubes....

yes ladies and gentlemen...that is the 15 inch gun...and she got eight of em...

HMS Malaya served on both world wars...the first during the Battle of Jutland...where this warship..along with other Queen Elizabeth Class dreadnought of the 5th Battle  Squadron of the Grand Fleet...fought against Imperial German Navy....

she was hit by enemy fire eight times....but still managed to return to safe haven....with losses of 65 seaman....

during the Second World War...HMS Malaya were stationed at the Mediterranean as convoy escort and at the same time operating against Italian fleet. She fired her guns in anger at Genoa in February 1941 under Operation Grog which is the air and naval bombardment campaign against Italian harbour city of Genoa and La Spezia.


On 20th March 1941, HMS Malaya were damaged by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat number U-106. HMS Malaya were hit on the port side causing her to list 7 degrees. She reach Trinidad and later New York for repairs.

coming out from New York after repairs....

HMS Malaya bears the coat of arms of the Federated Malay State and had its own naval ensign..uniquely different from other battleship in the British Grand Fleet at that time...

Although at that time..there is no Malayan crew or officers serving onboard HMS Malaya.

More photos of HMS Malaya on this link.

HMS Eagle and HMS Malaya in Operation Spotter in 1942 at the Mediterranean. Operation Spotter is a transport operation carried out by British forces to transport 6 RAF Spitfire MkV fighter aircraft to Malta on March 7th 1942

the crew of HMS Malaya on the deck in front of the 15 inch gun having an exercise...somewhere in Mediterranean

HMS Malaya..HMS Warspite and HMS Nelson (March 1938). More photos of HMS Malaya can be viewed here through this site link

Salutation for these majestic battleship...although not operated by our countrymen but at least bearing the name of our former nation...brought prife and glory in our own annals of history



 Come to sea and see for yourself

the story of a watch keeping officer on holiday - Subang Air Force Base Open Day

entri fast jets and hot tarmac...panas melampau

i went to Subang Air Base a week after i signed off for the celebration of the Royal Malaysian Air Force 54th Anniversary.

for most of the time i am stuck at the AirwingsMerchandise booth...right outside the gate to the hangar and the runway. on that day we were selling lots of merchandise...mostly had the Super Lynx theme...from t-shirts to caps to car sticker and patches....and alot more to come in near future...

our small but...quite profitable booth at Subang....

but still i got the chance to meet my fellow mates from the military forum who are crazy about everything with jet engines and stuff with green camos although for a very short period of time...since i had to put my time and effort at the Airwings booth...but it is worth it....

fellow mates that were there on that day....forumers and scale modelers alike....
credit this photo to BERTIWI

anyway...my photos taken during that day were still inside my mate DSLR camera...and i haven`t got the time to recover it...but he did managed to edit one of my photo of the Sukhoi Su-30MKM on the apron...right after it finished taxied and the ground crew were working on the jet for post flying checks...

yep..this is the Flanker photo that i took....taken by myself and edited by Dinding Straits of Photography

i managed to snap more photo of the RMAF 17 Sqn MiG-29NUB Fulcrum a twin seater frontline fighter alongside the Flanker...the Sikorsky on a high speed manouver...a CN-235 bearing a livery of the RMAF 54th anniversary....and other stuff.....

but since that photo is lurking somewhere in i dont know where....well here i share a photo of my fellow mate who were also there at Subang...also mesmerized by the power and action of our fellow pilots and ground crew....

Pugachev Cobra by a Flanker bearing a number M52-12

truly...a beauty of soviet engineering and mechanical pragmatism...Su-30MKM

the Sikorsky S-61N...M23-25 on a high speed and aggressive fly past

the Fulcrum from 17 Sqn - M42-01 after the aerial showcase...

Fulcrum and Flanker

all these photos are taken by mr Ibrahim Azhar...the photographer and writer of the BERTIWI - Home Of Helang Rimba page...where visitors can view and review photos and articles about activities related to the armed forces.

There are also announcement of which any activities would be carried out by the Ministry of Defence of the Armed Forces of Malaysia at any day..at any date at any venue so that public could participate...

Hope you guys enjoy the pics....

-come to sea and see for yourself-

a navigator`s serenade - baru

tak perlu ku cari beribu

ku akui kamu yang satu

kau buat ku rasa baru...

0.58 -estranged-

-come to sea and see for yourself-

a navigator`s serenade - thank you for listening

entri silap.....

the passenger seat became the witness
for what i had said


and after that night
how i wish 
i haven`t said those thing to you


how i wish that i kept it to myself
and not to add more burden to the already
complicated matters


but
i seek my own peace of mind
rather my own happiness
and i don`t ask anything in return


yes i am selfish
and yet i had to be sincere
for i am hurting myself


thank you for listening

-to sea and never to look back-

1k apologies

A THOUSAND APOLOGIES I SEEK FROM MY FELLOW READERS WHO SENT THEIR MESSAGES THRU FACEBOOK...WHERE I DID NOT REPLY IN TIME...SOME OF THE MESSAGES CAME WAAAY BACK IN 2010...

AND I HAVE REPLIED THEM 

REASON IS...I JUST NOTICED THAT I GOT THE OTHER INBOX FOR THOSE WHOM IS NOT IN MY FRIEND LIST...(SERIUS...BARU TAHU SETELAH SEKIAN LAMA PAKAI FACEBOOK YAHUDI YANG BAR MITZVAH INI - JAHANAM KAMU ZUKERBERG...!!)

AGAIN...I SEEK APOLOGIES FOR MY DAFTNESS TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY....

TILL THEN

-god speed...fair winds and following seas-

the story of a watchkeeping officer - inside 9MCH3

entri siaran diskoveri....




i bet many of you wonders how does it looks like inside a ship...does it really looks like a hotel...or it isn't....


well...below are a photo-documentary of what is inside the accommodation of a tanker ship....where we live and work day by day....


first....

the navigation bridge....many people thought the bridge is the "jambatan" while it is not...in bahasa Malaysia it is called "anjungan".....

cargo control room - this is where the day to day operations of monitoring cargo conditions...maintaining ships stability...pushing paper from here to there...kicking the cargo pump...transferring freshwater to the engine room and vice versa...is carried out....


this place become`s the ship nerve center while at port....where loading and discharge operations are carried out ....

the bridge is the mind of the ship....while the engine room are the soul that drive`s the ship....the engine control room...or machinery control room are the souls of the ship...


from here the engineer`s monitor all the ships machinery...the main engine...generators...pumps...steering systems...electrical systems...hydraulic systems..and so on...


if the engine is dead...the the bridge have no control of the ship....

this is what drives the mariners day by day....the galley....a simple yet fully equipped galley...

laundry room....and who said we have to gonyoh baju dgn sabun buku....ngahahaha

the officer`s lounge...complete with televisyen skrin rata and a PS3.....boleh laaa...

the crew mess room...a.k.a kedai kopi pak jabit....where gossips and khabar angin about the company and many other life stories are told here....

the officer`s mess.....mostly used by the top four....a lot more like a parliament than a kedai kopi coz you have to be formal and can only talk good things bout the company....


hahaha....


come to sea and see for yourself