Team Building at Batangas

Hay! Super delay nang post na ito. The team building was held last weekend nang March at anong petsa na ngayon. Hehe. I waited for all the pictures and videos to be uploaded pa kasi kaya sobrang na-delay. Ganun talaga pag sandamumak ang may camera sa isang event. But anyways, sabi nga nila, mahuli man daw, huli pa rin. Hehe (ang corny). Expect this entry to be a looong one.

R&R Council: Ash, Angel, Stephen, Hazel & Yron

My R&R Council prepared this event for one whole month. Super effort talaga sila in terms of preparation. This was their last project for the 1st Quarter. Yung program, yung budget, yung mga awards and certificates, medals, trophies, yung logistics, yung mga stuff na kakailanganin, teasers, details of information, food, activities, room and transportation assignment. They are so into it. I guess they really took my challenge slash pressure by heart. Hehe.


I was involved also with the preparation but they ran the whole show. Wednesday of that week pa lang, nag-grocery na kami nang mga food sa South Super Market kahit biglang buhos ang ulan that day. Kawawang Ash nga, sinugod ang ulan makapunta lang. We asked kasi representative from each council to be part of the grocery thing for the Iron Chef Challenge na gagawin namin. So I had Drey, Raine, and Ash with me.

Drey of Performance Council

Raine of Admin Council

Ash of R&R Council

Andaming naging challenge upto the last minute nitong team building na ito but those were challenges to test our determination to push through with this project. Bilib talaga ako sa R&R team ko. Lupet! This is the first time lang din kasi na halos kumpleto kami for an out of town event kaya super duper excited kami. Everything was all set for the "One Team One Summer" Team Building.


Call time was 5:00am nang sabado pero mga 6:00am na kami nakaalis sa office kung saan kami nagkita kita. Dalawang sasakyan. Absent from the team are Ka-ye, Raech and Bess, but the rest of the gang are there, so as the external members of our team (hehe): Abi-wife of Yron, Randy-boyfriend of Sherrie, Alex-boyfriend of Roxee, Cecile and Biboy-children of Lissa, and of course, kasama din si Kumander. The first activity of our team building was the Protege's Amazing Race.

I will make another entry about what happened on the very exciting and fun-filled Amazing Race we had kaya forget about that muna. To continue, when we got in to the resort sa Lemery, Batangas, it was already 11:00am na. Sinimulan na namin ang Protege's Iron Chef Challenge agad. R&R Council was tasked to prepare the Lunch kaya sila ang una. Kahit pagod at sobrang init, tulong tulong na sila sa pag-aayos. Team work to the fullest!

To explain the Iron Chef challenge, each council was tasked to prepare a meal covering the lunch, dinner and breakfast the next day of the team building. Each council was given a budget for whatever they plan to prepare. They will be also the ones to take care of the dishes after the meal. This was done to ensure our meals are organized. So R&R Council prepared "Picadillo" for lunch.

Kumander and I are the judges for this challenge. The criteria for judging are 50% of the Lasa nang pagkain, 35% presentation nang food, at 15% for budget, if they were able to squeeze in everything on the alloted money for their meal. And here is the presentation of the R&R Council for the lunch:


Guess what, I was somehow helping them preparing. Kasi naman, whole day kikilos ang R&R Council dahil project nila ito kaya tumulong na ako with some little stuff (oh ayan ha, walang masyadong big claim hehe). Remember that I don't usually help out with these things kasi nga wala naman talaga akong alam. Kaya nung naghugas ako nang yelo, nagpakuha ako nang picture para ebidensya at ipapakita ko kay mamiko. Hehe.


Kaso nung pinakita ko kay mamiko pag-uwi, binatukan pa ako. Hindi naniwala. Mapagpanggap daw ako. Nagpose lang daw ako. Hay! Kung alam lang niya. I was so proud of myself. Hehe. So after the lunch was prepared, attack na ang buong team nang lunch at gutom na gutom na ang lahat. Napagod kasi sa Amazing Race. Kaya nangalampag na ang buntis sa mga kuwarto para gisingin ang mga natutulog gamit ang kaldero. Hehe.



Ang sarap tingnan nang team ko habang kumakain nang lunch. We are such a one big happy family. It was a dream come true event. Nakakatuwa talaga for a leader like me to see this in my team. Everyone enjoyed their lunch in the heat of the sun. The picadillo was so great at naubos ko yung napakadaming kanin na nilagay sa plato ko. Yumyum!!!


Etong si Drey, di pa rin tumitigil makahanap nang pagkakataon makaganti sa akin sa lahat nang pangloloko ko sa kanya kaya nung nagpapakuha ako sa kanya nang picture together with the yumyum picadillo, di pala picture ang ginagawa, video. In fairness, nagantihan na niya ako. Hmpf!



Pagkatapos kumain, naiwan na si Yron at Stephen para maghugas nang mga pinagkainan. Tumulong din ako magligpit nang mga nakakalat sa lamesa. Yung iba, nagpasukan na sa mga kuwarto. Si Drey naman, habang nagyoyosi, naisipang uminom nang buko juice. Since hindi ko pa na-try magbukas nang buko, nagpresenta akong gumawa. Effort kung effort talaga ang buko juice para sa di marunong. Hehe.


After magligpit, pinagpahinga lang namin saglit silang lahat at pupunta na kami sa beach para sa obstacle race namin. Ako, nanggulo muna ako sa mga kuwarto kuwarto at nanguha nang mga stolen shots. Hehe. Here they are:

Kumander, Joy and Lissa

Marien, Raine, Carol, Eric, Val, Sherrie & Randy

Pagkatapos mag-scout at magprepare nila Yron at Stephen nang Obstacle Race sa beach, pinaghanda na lahat. Si TL, nagmistulang Invincible Man sa loob nang kuwarto at nagkukukuha nang mga scandalous picture nang mga babae. Para akong manyakis nun. Hehe. At feeling ko, bukas pinagbubog-bog na ako nila at pinost ko itong mga ito. Hehe.

Kala niyo babae ang pinapahiran ni Angel noh.. Si Ash lang yan. Hehe.

Ang aming seksing mommy Lissa na tinatanggalan nang bra ni Joy,
este tinatali pala yung swim wear. Hehe.

At hulaan niyo kung sino itong nagsusuot nang underwear. Hehe.

Pati si buntis, may scandalous lotioning picture. Hehe.

After everyone was done, we all went to the beach na para simulan na yung fun Obstacle Race. Mainit pa rin yung araw pero go na kaming lahat at madami pang activity na inihanda yung R&R for that day. Everyone was game with the program kaya walang nabulilyasong plano.

Kasali ako sa Obstacle Race, na dapat hindi kasi mahinain ako sa araw pero for the sake of fun, I joined. It was a battle between Admin & Performance Council. Sa Admin ako. And guess what, I had a very memorable experience sa race na yun. Sumubsob, nagpagulong at naligo ako sa buhangin. Hassle! Hindi ko talaga makakalimutan yun.


Kita niyo ang mga buhangin sa katawan ko. Hehe. Nung nakita nila akong gumagawa nang kahihiyan, hindi nila alam kung matatawa sila o hindi at sobrang nakakatawa yung nangyari sa akin. Naisip kasi nilang leader nila ako. Pero ako, grabe, natatawa na ako sa sarili ko. Hehe. At take note, ako lang naka-experience nun, lahat sila, normal yung laro, except kay Drey na muntikan nang magaya sa akin. Lampa talaga katawan ko. Hehe.


Natalo tuloy kami. Ako ang may kasalanan. Pinilit ko kasing maunahan talaga si Eric. Hehe. Nagkasugat pa nga ako sa tuhod. Di bale, marka nang ala-ala yun. Hehe. After the race, bumalik na kami sa resort at doon kami sa pool naligo. That's where we spent the rest of our afternoon na. Then, it was Performance Council's time to prepare for dinner for the Iron Chef Challenge. They prepared Chicken Stroganoff naman for dinner na sobrang yumyum din. Hay!


I was very overwhelmed sa niluto nila. Sobrang sarap. Grabe. At take note, meron pa silang desert na ang sarap din. Galing nang Performance Council. Nanahimik talaga ako sa sarap. Ang hirap ko pa naman maka-appreciate nang mga bagong ulam sa panlasa ko. Galing!


At pagkatapos kumain, at habang nagchi-chilax lang yung iba, at habang naghuhugas si Drey at Alex, nagpe-prepare naman na ang R&R Council for the Tag Awards na supposedly sa beach gagawin together with a bonfire kaso they decided na gawin na lang sa room for exclusivity purposes.


Then it was time for the Tag Awards. R&R Council conceptualized our own version of Tag Awards wherein they created 7 Tag Awards representing the 7 core values of the company. They have chosen 7 proteges who have represented well each core value pero ginawan nila nang tagalog Tag Award. For example, Profitability, ang award is TAGatinda. And Integrity, ang award is TAGasabi nang totoo. Kulet talaga! Hehe.


We also awarded those people who have excellently performed nang 1st Quarter of the year. People who have exceeded expectations and really delivered impressive results. R&R Council also made a personalized certificates, prize and a medal. And of course, a one-million prize photo shot. Hehe.


And the team was so coot to give me a special Tag Award as well. Actually, madaming Tag Award ang binigay nila sa akin in one certificate. Like TAGa-pressure, TAGa-hassle, TAGa-blog, TAGa-drive, TAGa-payo, TAGa-pagtanggol, at kung ano ano pa. Coot coot! I gave some speech and they were all expecting that I would cry. Di kaya! Hehe.


Pero ang pinakapanalo that night during the Tag Award ay walang iba kundi si mommy Marien. Pang-famas ang eksena niya. She gave a very emotional speech na nagpaluha sa amin. Nagulat kami how she really appreciated everything despite of what happened to her before she got transferred to the team.




After her speech, we took a picture of all recipients of awards, as well as the winners of different challenges:


Then, we all went outside to join the world in the Earth Hour. What we had was a Light Night activity. Everyone had a candle and when it was time for someone's candle na masindihan, he or she will tell to everyone his or her goal, past mistakes, and whatever he or she wants to accomplish this 2nd Quarter. It became an emotional activity. Nag-iyakan kami to the max. Hay! Bumuhos at bumaha nang luha.

That was the last activity we had for that day. After nun, kanya kanya nang activity. May nag-inuman na, may nagkuwentuhan, at yung karamihan, natulog at nagpahinga na. We accomplished our goal of having the true essence of a team building. We were able to do it and we all rested very happy, as for those who prepared the event. Yung pagtulog, naging shifting. Gumising kaming mga naunang natulog nung patulog na yung mga nag-stay pa.


Yan kaming naggising nang maaga. Kape. Kain. Kuwentuhan. Tawanan nang madaling araw. Hehe. Pagsikat nang araw, gumising na ang Admin Council to prepare naman for Breakfast for the last part nang Iron Chef Challenge. It was such a very nice morning for all of us.


They prepared omelette with Spanish Sardines. Pero ang kumuha talaga nang pansin ko, eh yung desert na ginawa nila. Alam niyo naman, si mr. sweet tooth ako. Hehe. Ang sarap nang agahan namin. Ang ganda pa nang sikat nang araw. Such a lovely day!


After kumain, nagpasukan kami sa mga kuwarto. Yung iba natulog (tulad ko), yung iba nagkuwentuhan, yung iba nagligpit na nang gamit. We left the resort around 11:00am pero yung isang sasakyan, umalis nang maaga. Kaming naiwan, pupunta pa kasi sa house nila Eric sa tagaytay para maglunch. May food kasi 1st year death anniversary nang dad niya. I still remember how Eric struggled that day and how he became strong now.


Pagdating sa house nila, which we met his mom and his relatives, pinakain na agad kami. Ang sarap nang luto lalo na yung desert. Grabe! Nagtakaw ako sa buong lakad na ito. Hay! Pinabaunan pa kami ni Eric nang suman at saging nung umalis kami. Sulit na sulit talaga.


Then, we all went home na. Ako, naghatid pa ako sa Sta. Rosa, Carmona, Alabang then San Pedro na. Dapat may date pa ako noon nang gabi kaso sa sobrang pagod, shet, bumagsak na ako sa kama. Yung ka-date ko, text nang text at nandoon na sa dapat na meeting place namin. Nabasa ko na lang lahat at nakita ang mga missed calls pagkagising ko. Overflowing guilt. Hindi ko na kinayang magreply. Hehe.

Over-all, the team building was such a success. Too bad wala si Ka-ye who just gave birth, and Bess and Raech. Pero sobrang saya at sulit ang P500.00 contribution nang bawat isa. Lahat nabusog at nag-enjoy. At nagawa namin ang dapat gawin sa isang team building, which is the most important. To my R&R Council, congratulations. You really made me so proud. You delivered the hassle-free event I asked from you. Kudos!!!