On 18-21 Apr ’11, I had a chance to enjoy the beauty and tranquility of the Land below the Wind, state of Sabah. I has attended 4 days 3 nights team-building program with all partners in Sarawak. This program has been planned for almost a year. My Regional Office has been entrusted to organize the program; which I have been appointed as a Team Leader. I’ve been assisted by 2 most reliable, hardworking and trusted colleagues. Thanks my friends!!
The program has been organized in Nexus Resort Spa, Karambunai, Sabah. Day 1 of the program is all about meeting and information sharing among the partners. All of us has shared on the operation best practices and achievement, but that excite me the most during Day 1 is jacket distribution. I felt the jacket which has been embroidered with all the partners logos and "Integrated.....Suppliers Committee" made us like an elite group (self proclaimed). Hehehehe..
During lunch, we has been served with a set lunch with a kiddie meal portion. Everybody look puzzled and surprised. I manage to made a complaint to the hotel F&B and they has compensate by adding 1 more extra menu during our evening tea break - banana cake. After the evening session finished, one of our partner request to have a special briefing to our Head of Department. The sharing session is all about planning process and cycle. Later, we had an internal section meeting due to all the executives and the boss were in Karambunai. We had discussed on the status of our big project which I am currently the team leader. For the first time, we had a heart to heart meeting!
In the night we had a BBQ dinner. It was awesome!! More than 16 menus been served but the venue arranged by the hotel was unbelievable - car porch. Everybody seem to forget about what happen during the lunch. Its kind of boring at first, cause everybody seem so quite. As usual as a good host I suggested to play a simple game. Charade!! Than the environment change. Everybody had a good time.
Day 2 is all about physical activities. We departed from hotel @ 0730 to Jesselton Pier, KK. Than we departed to Bunga Raya Island Resort, Gaya Island by 2 boats to accommodate 25pax of us. It really a breath taking 15min journey to see such a beauty landscape that Malaysia has to offer. After having light refreshment, we set to go for the activities planned for us. We've been divided equally into 3 groups and decided to name our team as Ultraman Taro 3. The rest are Wild Boar and Ular Dalam Botol. All our instructors which been led by Ms. Jennifer (Sorry if I spell your name incorrectly) are friendly, patiently and well trained.
The first activity required us to wear a snorkelling gear and run while holding an egg with a spoon. It really tough to run on a beach with a pair of flippers, but it was a fun experienced. Then our second activity is kayaking which required each team to kayak about 500m from the beach and return. Most of the girls were awing and “drooling” to see our male instructor topless during this activity. Firm up my theories I started to take picture with one of the instructor and everybody started to take picture with him. Pity him! For those who don’t have the guts to take the photo with the instructor, they requested the pictures to be shared with them later. (Hope you will not angry with me Mr. K) Hehehehe…
At the spa while waiting my turn to be massaged, I managed to have my foot scrub (this is not complementary) with reasonable price. After 45min waiting it’s my turn to have a body massage. It feels so nice and relaxing especially after all the activities done in the island, and it reminds me of Holliday Villa Hotels and Resorts tag line “Let us manja you!” (Manja means pamper). Around 7pm, the bus picks us up for our dinner at Floating Seafood Market Restaurant. During this time I had a severe migraine which forces me to throw up all the food I consumed. As far as I remember from my colleagues responded, all the foods were delicious and fresh. We also been entertained with 1 Malaysia Cultural & Variety Shows and my migraine were killing me.
Day 2 is all about physical activities. We departed from hotel @ 0730 to Jesselton Pier, KK. Than we departed to Bunga Raya Island Resort, Gaya Island by 2 boats to accommodate 25pax of us. It really a breath taking 15min journey to see such a beauty landscape that Malaysia has to offer. After having light refreshment, we set to go for the activities planned for us. We've been divided equally into 3 groups and decided to name our team as Ultraman Taro 3. The rest are Wild Boar and Ular Dalam Botol. All our instructors which been led by Ms. Jennifer (Sorry if I spell your name incorrectly) are friendly, patiently and well trained. 
The first activity required us to wear a snorkelling gear and run while holding an egg with a spoon. It really tough to run on a beach with a pair of flippers, but it was a fun experienced. Then our second activity is kayaking which required each team to kayak about 500m from the beach and return. Most of the girls were awing and “drooling” to see our male instructor topless during this activity. Firm up my theories I started to take picture with one of the instructor and everybody started to take picture with him. Pity him! For those who don’t have the guts to take the photo with the instructor, they requested the pictures to be shared with them later. (Hope you will not angry with me Mr. K) Hehehehe…
Third activity required us to work as a team and the game called Back to Back. This game required us to sit back to back with a partner and stand up without holding hands and touch the ground. It seem easy but why don’t you try it, then you’ll know how difficult it is. After all the planned activities have been executed, we had our time to swim and enjoy water activity. I had a chance to snorkelling, kayak and surf. It’s really tough to balance my self on the surfing board, but with helped and encouragement from my colleagues and instructors. I managed it!!
After we clean ourselves and had our lunch. It is time for us to depart from the island to the mainland. Our next agenda is complementary massage at Austral Beauty Centre by our travel agent. Due to the limitation of masseurs and facilities we need to split our group into 2. While the first group had their massage, the second group had a chance to window shopping at KK city especially the Philippines Market. 2 hours later, the bus picks us up and it is our time to enjoy the massage and the first group to enjoy their shopping time.
At the spa while waiting my turn to be massaged, I managed to have my foot scrub (this is not complementary) with reasonable price. After 45min waiting it’s my turn to have a body massage. It feels so nice and relaxing especially after all the activities done in the island, and it reminds me of Holliday Villa Hotels and Resorts tag line “Let us manja you!” (Manja means pamper). Around 7pm, the bus picks us up for our dinner at Floating Seafood Market Restaurant. During this time I had a severe migraine which forces me to throw up all the food I consumed. As far as I remember from my colleagues responded, all the foods were delicious and fresh. We also been entertained with 1 Malaysia Cultural & Variety Shows and my migraine were killing me.
On the way back, I took the opportunity to thank all my colleagues and participants for their active and open minded participation. I’m really glad to have an opportunity to work with them. So, that was it, the summary of my life during the team building which took 4 days and 3 nights. Ciao!!
*All the pictures attached courtesy from Ms. E.T
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