First Pacific HR Congress – Day 2 Teambuilding

The highlight for Day 2 was the teambuilding activity. I don’t know with the other congress members if they got the memo, but on my end, I was never told on what was going to happen. My mistake was that I had too much to eat for breakfast.

The theme was sort of an Amazing Race / Survivor challenge; and there were several stations set up for the teams, across a 10-acre compound. Initially, our team, Purok 8 – Yellow team, had the least members, we started with just 5. When the facilitator asked who wants to transfer teams, no one was actually volunteering, which prompted us to say that, it doesn’t matter, we will show everyone what productivity is. (Putting into play the talk given by one of our speakers during the 1st day, that being productive doesn’t mean having more workers) Eventually our team grew to 9 members. (The late comers were our new members)

Each team was given a map and score sheet where it was indicated on what the next challenge was and which station to run to. May I repeat myself, we had to RUN to the next station. And behold, the first challenge was to eat a stick of "banana-que", 2 pieces of “puto” and 2 quail eggs...without using your hands! After that you had to take a shot of “lambanog”. And it was 9:00 in the morning!!! Not only that, you were pressured to consume all of these within a few minutes! What a way to start the day.

2nd station; we had to fill an empty pail at the end of the road (A distance of about 30 feet) with water. But the challenge was, the water was fetched by using a “palayok” and putting it on top of your head and walking towards the pail. Simple enough, but wet all over afterwards.

3rd station; we had to paint our own masks and follow the dance steps of the Ati-Atihan Festival shown on the projector screen.

4th station; five members of the team had to jump rope five full rotations in order to complete the challenge. Timing was crucial, but we managed to clear the course in about 5 minutes.

5th station; I don’t really know how to describe this challenge, but 5 members of the team had to step onto two planks of wood with ropes on them, where the team had to synchronously lift the plank that we were stepping on and walk towards the end line. It took quite some time for us to reach the goal. But we felt that we were still doing well.

6th station; It was fairly easy; two team members just had to be blindfolded and hit the piñata with a 2x2. After enduring all that, guess whose team was crowned with the most stars…. Purok 8, the Yellow team. (The number of stars depended on how well the group showed camaraderie, teamwork and of course completing the challenge) I'm pretty sure all the others who had a chance to join our team earlier is feeling it.

So this ends the 2-day HR Congress, and I am looking forward to the next.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford

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