This Year Team Building

Day 1

We took off to Cameron Highland for our team Building this year. No spouses allowed but the new MD brought his, anyway. We took off right away after the so-called Seiri Activity for the Store.

Stopped by for a site visit which I enjoyed just because the Man's Nikon DSLR abilities and endurance were tested.

Ida drove slowly. Not like her normal-self.

Checked in. Had dinner, served, because buffet cannot be organized for a below 30 guests. Slow. Too much black pepper. Ate anyway.

The first session, the MD walked out and let us asked his wife questions. Only the kaki bodek did ask serious questions. We didn't bother. Among the answers which can bring your hair stand straight.
"He doesn't like children".
"He, like me, think alike. We don't like wet market. We've stopped going to market 15 years ago"
"We don't like people who talk aloud in hypermarket"
"We don't like children. They are humiliating. They are high maintenance. They are embarassing"
"We like other's people's children. We like playing with them. When they are dirty, we can just chuck them out to their own parents. But who do we chuck our own children to when they are dirty?"
I immediately walked out after that.

Then a few games kicked in. One I like is where you pasted a piece of paper at your back and people will take turns writing about what they feel about you. We did to others as well.

I got, "Helpful, sexy, sexy mom, gatal (what?), idea bernas, angelina jolie, hardworking , humble, playful, very dedicated colleague, good leadership but moody, baik hati, nakal ( i think the new MD wrote that), happy go lucky , fun, caring".

Ida got as much but among a few that we can't stop laughing is, "keras, suka belanja makan, suka tolong orang, lawak".

The Snobbish Cobbish Dick got, "Garang, garang tak bertempat, fussy, suka bodek boss".

I wrote, "Weird but fun to new MD".

The Lazy-TapiMauNama-Manager got, "cakap banyak , cakap tak serupa bikin , banyak plan, tak fokus".

We ended that night at Ida's room talking until 2.00 a.m. about the new MD, Snobbish Cobbish Dick and the Lazy-but mau nama-Manager and thought that they three have most of the things in common.

Day 2

True enough. There was a management test where they divide people by 16 categories and those three fell under one common box. I was alone, so did Baie. The rest of the group stand way opposite the three-stooges common box.

I thought we were super-duper brilliant in assessing people.

The girls spent the night at karaoke lounge whilst the men watched the ManUni humiliated by Chelsea. It was cheap, though, RM30 per hour. We sang our hearts out.

Day 3.

It went so fast because I got nothing to write. I couldn't wait to go home.

We stopped by to buy sayur, strawberries. I bought lilies (RM20 for almost 38 stalks) and roses (RM10 for 24).

The lilies were arranged in one vase, blooming steadily.The pink roses look pretty in another vase. Both are at the new work stations.

At least, there were good things to remember this year team building by.