Fourth week

Monday has another three hour session for machine shop. That day, we discussed about the vernier. I honestly don't know how to read a vernier caliper but when Sir. Bong told us about the "vernier scale", my mind went "eureka!” Vernier scale for the Metric system is a lot easier compared to the Engish system, inch. In metric, the nine divisions is equal to ten visions in its vernier scale but in inches, the vernier scale is divided to twenty-five divisions. Anyway, we also discussed kinds of these verniers and, to my surprise, one of this is the vernier micrometer; it is just like any kind of micrometer but it has its vernier scale. (Just thought, "They are really creative on combining and sophisticating tools.")

Then had our fifth meeting in our BST last Tuesday. We should have already met for the seventh time for this semester but because of some unfortunate timing of events -luck- we only managed to have few meetings for BST. BSN Gonzales is amazed how late we were and quickly tackled lessons we have missed. He taught us the parts of the SCBA, Self Contain Breathing Apparatus, the standards for fire hoses, the different nozzles and water manipulation for fire fighting, and the coiling and uncoiling of fire hoses.

We also had swimming last Monday and Wednesday and those meetings are tiring; we are asked to swim across and back the length of the pool twice using the front crawl (free style) and the breast stroke. I did not finish the whole lap on Monday's meeting but I noticed an improvement on our second meeting -though I did not finish all the laps. I learned how to control my breath and how to swim efficiently; also, I learned that when you get a cramp in the middle of the water, the first one who will help you is yourself, never panic.