SWEET CATASTROPHE: team building in antipolo

october 14 to 15

we held this year's team building at the ELC (eugenio lopez center) in antipolo. they booked the same venue 2 years ago & i was on my 3rd trimester so ofcourse i wasn't fit to join them.
my team's actually scheduled for the activities today but i preferred to join the 1st batch coz all my friends were there. *:)
by 730am, i took a cab to maricel's place to hitch a ride w/ her. her bf's gonna drop her all the way up to antipolo. how sweet diba!

most were already there when we arrived. we went directly to our rooms & had breakfast. a brief conference was held at their seminar hall to detail us the exercises for the day. basically, we were going to war. :)

they separated the batch into 2 groups. the first group went to the war zone for the war games whilst my group headed to the ropes courses.

while waiting for the shuttle to bring us to the challenge sites

we did a few stretches at the basketball court then separated areas for the main challenges. first exercise was the tire + block. the objective was to send 2 tires to another wooden block using ropes w/ hooks. the wooden block at the center of the tires should not topple or else the game will reset. we were given 30 minutes. we finished it at 20 minutes. next challenge was called 'traffic jam'. everyone of us was assigned a floor mat. we were divided again into 2 groups, each facing each other, stepping on each of our own mats in 1 line, 1st in line facing the other group, also the 1st in line. there was only 1 mat unoccupied in the center. essentially, we had to think of the smartest move to get the other section's line swapping positions, & avoid a 'traffic jam'. we've had several infractions but nonetheless, we finished it.

after 2 games we had 'merienda', a wonderfully made lasagna & garlic bread, yummy!

at around 11am the shuttle brought us back to the building & walked the short trail to the pool. we were again challenged to setup an A-frame planks & fish out from the pool styro balls. fishing out 4 balls would gain us a small basin or 'tabo', to help us on another challenge, filling up a small drum punched w/ multiple holes. everyone had to try fishing styro balls & when we finally had at least 1 'tabo', we started fetching water from the pool to the drum w/ several plus myself, plugging the holes with our fingers & toes. all of us got wet in the end. we won the challenge once again.

we ate lunch at 12. rested for a few minutes, then headed to the war zone. we were briefed on how to handle our guns, test fired bb pellets then positioned ourselves for war!

we played an exhausting 4 rounds & we all ended up muddied & sweaty from the games. i unfortunately got hit twice by the pellets, one at my right hand & the other at my left elbow.

we took a break after & met with the other group to eat then we were prepped once again by 3 more games, the trolley, the wooden planks & bricks, & the cable harness. it took us past 6pm to finish everything.

back at the elc center, everybody freshened up for dinner & went ahead to the game area to drink, sing videoke, play table tennis & billiards. the bosses busied themselves at the mahjong & poker tables whilst us girls preoccupied ourselves at the videoke station. alcohol was flowing so everybody went crazy as midnight approached. it was a hell of a party. you do only see your colleagues go trippin' once in a while. *:)

the pictures i have here mostly highlights the events after the exercises.