Quarter 2 Team Building

Our next team building is 2 more weeks from now so I think if I don't write about my last team buildings, I never will.

Initially we wanted to go to Universal Studios, because the last time we went for team building, the Galactica and Transformers ride were not ready! However, my boss wanted something different, something away from Marina Bay and Sentosa because most of our activities and dinners revolve around these 2 places.

We voted and decided to rent chalets and do a BBQ instead. BBQ? Under the blazing hot sun? I, for one, definitely wasn't looking forward to it.

#1 Goldkist beach resort. Turns out it was some ancient old chalet at East Coast.

#2 The beach, just 5 minutes walk from the chalet.

#3 The guys, put to work rightaway. Started barbeque pit fire while waiting for the vendor to deliver the marinated BBQ food.

#4 Kenny, the organizer, also my cube neighbor, and Ken.

#5 We rented 2 'villa's and we seem to be the only residents there.

#6 Danh, one of my badminton kaki and Alec, the assigned photographer of the day. He took all the photos here.

#7 The vendor was pretty good. So much food! Even though there's 40 of us we still could not finish it. Other things are mediocre, except sambal sotong and stingray which is quite yummeh! Oh, premium cup-otah too. The rest are just fried bee hoon, noodle, satay, garlic bread, chicken wing, butter corn, lamb, the usual BBQ food. Good thing about ordering from vendor is they marinate and pack all the things nicely and even deliver with the utensils, charcoal, aluminium tray etc. Which means, we dont have to do ANYTHING at all except starting fire and EAT.

#8 Tung, my Vietnamese colleague, also an alcoholic. He drinks almost every other day, and once he got so drunk during our annual dinner that we went on stage and hugged our CEO.

#9 Elvie. One of the major contributor of the day. Before I go for the BBQ, I was still thinking who the hell would want to stand outside and BBQ under the hot weather. Turns out almost all of them took turns without being asked! Ehem, except, for my team.

#10 I did not bring my camera. So took my boss's camera and played around while people cook for me haha.

#11 The one on the right is my manager. On the left, is the SAP business IT manager. Both of them sat there and bbq for us. When he's done, he'll shout for us to pick up the food!

#12 My team. Obviously not contributing except finishing all the beer.

#13 While I hid in the chalet which was air-conditioned.

#14 My team mates and lunch kakis.

#15 Kenny shouted and tried to get us to play a game, and it took him almost 1 hour to finally get our name on the board.

#16 At that time, this "Draw Something" game was still the IN thing. I also played it almost everyday at that time, then one day I just decided to quit and never logged in since! Not long after, I never hear people talk about 'Draw Something' at all.

#17 Our boss rented bicycle for all of us after the game so we can go cycle around the park all the way to the beach. I haven't cycled in ages! It took me almost 15 minutes to finally get the hang of it. I used to have a racing bike, not mine, my brothers! Haven't cycled since I left Segamat.

#18 Pit stop.

#19 Then the rest caught up.

#20 Pit stop again at the hawker on the way back to get sugarcane because we're all exhausted and dehydrated.

#22 They're both my cube neighbors and I'm never bored because they talk all the time. So loving wtf.

#23 Heading back to the chalet!

#24 Then we stayed in the air-conditioned room and watched while one of our team mate did his dirty dance thing and shake his bootay to songs he picked from his own iPod wtf. Nobody forced him! He volunteered to entertain us. As you can see he's the only one dancing in the middle while all 40 of us sat around him laughing coz he's so daring!

#25 Our 2 IA students. Left is Pris from NUS who's in our team and right is Hyosun from Korea who's in the business IT team. She had peace sign in EVERY SINGLE PHOTO. I guess that's the Korean way of taking photo. Her boss can never pronounce her name correctly so in the end he just called her 'Samsung', during her whole 6 months training.

#26 Amy, Juliet and me.

#27 Most of us! That's our director lying there.

#28 Last one!

Work environment is pretty harsh over here compared to my previous company. But still, I think most of them are still OKAY to work with. At times I get really frustrated but I'm slowly getting the rhythm and catching up on how to get things done with the military working style.

I cannot believe I'm here for 2 years already. Time really flies!