Saturday, March 13, 2010
Bollywoods Veggies Farm trip (26 Feb 2010)
For once our company has generously sponsored us for team-bonding trip to 2 locations (Batam / Bollywoods Veggies Farm trip)... While majority of my colleagues chose to go to Batam, some of us (around 15 people) chose for the Bollywoods Veggies Farm trip.... At first, some questioned why i chose to go to the veggie trip than Batam... afterall, a trip to Batam will definitely worth every single penny than a local exclusion trip to a veggie farm...
After trips after trips, some of they commented that the Batam trip will take up more than 8 hours as they have to reach the jetty by 7am and probably reached sgp around 8plus... So compared with our veggie farm, ours more relax and more time for proper team-bonding. Not so rushed... Coz the organiser has inlcuded team-bonding / ice-breaker games to help us compete against each other teams in a friendly way.... Maybe Batam trip is probably more for retreat and getaway from work... Ours too but... as most of us headed back to office after our farm visit with some exceptional pp like myself, SC, J & GT proceed to our next visitation.... goat farm... though i just went to buy a carton of goat milk... thanks to SC's transportation... =P
I reached the place around 9.30am... but omg... 1 staff from SAP was even earlier than me coz she caught the earlier 9am shuttle bus... Guess i was fortunate as i got a hitch from a employee who's also late for work.. So both of us took a cab in... The taxi-driver almost lost his way there... Omg, it's like almost a maze inside...
Ivy-Singh which is the owner of the farm came out to welcome us and make us really feel at home at the farm... Thanks to our dear colek who helped to organised this event and our bosses who initiated the outing, if not these outing wont be possible.
Oh before i side-tracked again... SHe gave a really long and funny speeches... during breaks, she will drop by and gave us even more funny stories... 1 story which is very deeply-emblemed was the one she wore a "navy blue hat" with a very small tissue paper and shared her story with it... Shall not shared here... Haha... But those who are interested can ask pm. =P
Our dutch tour guide brought us around the farm and showed us interesting veggies they grown in the farm, ranging from bananas to fragrance plants such as the lemongrass leaves which suppose can ward off any smell in yr household items... very organic yet friendly to our bodies. They even have this "praying bananas" where 2 rows of bananas sticked together from head to tail (really looks like a pair of hands clasping very tightly - which looks like prayer hands)
We were spilt into few small groups for some ice-breaker games... and finally ended with "building the strongest strawman"... Eventually PC's teams won... never expected JW's team toppled after few pushes by the tour guide... Haha... Now we understand why big size doesnt equates to stability... Maybe the upper body super unstable - Too big and heavy. Haha... Too end tat, we all brought home a "DIY" pot plants (pandan, aloe vera)
After the whole farm visit ends at around 3plus, majority of the staffs headed back office while 4 of us went to the next farm visit - goat farm as i'm quite despo for the goat milk... Thanks to SC's, all of us managed to get to the goat farm without any difficulty...
Had a fun day... bonding with some of the coleks whom i seldom talked to... let alone sit down and have meals together.
After trips after trips, some of they commented that the Batam trip will take up more than 8 hours as they have to reach the jetty by 7am and probably reached sgp around 8plus... So compared with our veggie farm, ours more relax and more time for proper team-bonding. Not so rushed... Coz the organiser has inlcuded team-bonding / ice-breaker games to help us compete against each other teams in a friendly way.... Maybe Batam trip is probably more for retreat and getaway from work... Ours too but... as most of us headed back to office after our farm visit with some exceptional pp like myself, SC, J & GT proceed to our next visitation.... goat farm... though i just went to buy a carton of goat milk... thanks to SC's transportation... =P
I reached the place around 9.30am... but omg... 1 staff from SAP was even earlier than me coz she caught the earlier 9am shuttle bus... Guess i was fortunate as i got a hitch from a employee who's also late for work.. So both of us took a cab in... The taxi-driver almost lost his way there... Omg, it's like almost a maze inside...
Ivy-Singh which is the owner of the farm came out to welcome us and make us really feel at home at the farm... Thanks to our dear colek who helped to organised this event and our bosses who initiated the outing, if not these outing wont be possible.
Oh before i side-tracked again... SHe gave a really long and funny speeches... during breaks, she will drop by and gave us even more funny stories... 1 story which is very deeply-emblemed was the one she wore a "navy blue hat" with a very small tissue paper and shared her story with it... Shall not shared here... Haha... But those who are interested can ask pm. =P
Our dutch tour guide brought us around the farm and showed us interesting veggies they grown in the farm, ranging from bananas to fragrance plants such as the lemongrass leaves which suppose can ward off any smell in yr household items... very organic yet friendly to our bodies. They even have this "praying bananas" where 2 rows of bananas sticked together from head to tail (really looks like a pair of hands clasping very tightly - which looks like prayer hands)
We were spilt into few small groups for some ice-breaker games... and finally ended with "building the strongest strawman"... Eventually PC's teams won... never expected JW's team toppled after few pushes by the tour guide... Haha... Now we understand why big size doesnt equates to stability... Maybe the upper body super unstable - Too big and heavy. Haha... Too end tat, we all brought home a "DIY" pot plants (pandan, aloe vera)
After the whole farm visit ends at around 3plus, majority of the staffs headed back office while 4 of us went to the next farm visit - goat farm as i'm quite despo for the goat milk... Thanks to SC's, all of us managed to get to the goat farm without any difficulty...
Had a fun day... bonding with some of the coleks whom i seldom talked to... let alone sit down and have meals together.
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