I've just returned from a 3 days 2 nights team building program at D'Ark Resort, Janda Baik. Home sweet home!
Well, let me tell you how it all began. On Monday morning, my boss walked into my office room with the sweetest smile on her face, with hands clasped together and gleaming eyes. At that very moment, I immediately knew that something is not right. Then she said, "I'm sorry, but you'll have to attend the team building which commences tomorrow." I was like "What...???" Hoping that I might have heard her wrongly. And she said, "Yeah, I'll need you to go. Sorry for the short notice. You may have half the day off to prepare for your journey."
In shock and feeling distressed, I started visiting colleagues who have been there before me, trying to gather as much info as I can. You know, on what to bring, what to expect, etc. This is because I've heard that it's really tough, and it gets worse with each session.
Anyway, it is a weekly program, specially tailored by the company's training centre, meant for managers and above, and will be on-going till everyone has completed the program. In other words, there's no way to escape. And this is really no joke, man... The program was designed with a vision in mind - to push the participants way beyond their boundaries and see how they fare.
So by speaking to colleagues, I gathered a long list of things to buy and bring. And I ended up spending more than RM 200 just for the trip - solely on special clothings and gadgets. :P
The thing is that these items that I've bought is meant only for the jungle trekking, which takes place on the 2nd day of the program. In other words, I will not be needing them under normal circumstances. So it's kinda painful in that sense.
And I should not forget to mention that I spent a good 3 hours, just walking around looking for the items in my list. To make it worse, I was wearing a rather new pair of high-heels. A peep-toe to be exact, about 4 inches in height. So you can imagine, what kind of torture that I went through. It's hell!
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