Monday, October 27, 2014
Struggling to choose the best time
for the implementation of the Team building because of the availability of the
people, Team Luop decided with the community people to hold it on October 12,
2014 at 5 in the afternoon (as this was the time most of them are free from
their work). With the schedule in hand, preparations were done and it was
decided that just a set of games with moral lessons incorporated are to be
carried out. In turn, each station had to have a facilitator who would give out
the synthesis of the station game. Moreover, to encourage a healthy
competition, the different core group members were mixed up and were randomly
divided into 4 groups for the competition – Red Team, Blue Team, Black Team,
and Yellow Team.
October 12 came and the activity
pushed through. This was held in the Barangay Gymnasium and began with the
registration of the different core group members, who all wore shirts of their
respective team colors. In total, there was an 80% attendance of the core team
members. Unfortunately, there were groups with a very few number of members, so
a grace period of 30 minutes was given for the others to arrive and join the
game. In the light of team play and healthy competition on the other hand, some
of the participants went out of their way to call other members of the group to
attend the team building.
In a more unfortunate turn out of
events though, at about 6 in the evening, a barangay-wide black out deprived us
of the light that we need to go on with our activity. Despite this, the people
stayed behind and one of the participants, Mr. Danny Boy Allegado offered his
generator for us to be able to utilize the gymnasium still to go on with our
programs. This took some time so the organizers of the Team Building to have a
picture taking of each group amidst the darkness. Also, to utilize the time
well, game instructions were given out and a period of 10 minutes was given for
the groups to think of group names and make a group cheer.
The team building commenced at about
7:30 in the evening with the group cheer of each team. The Blue Birds
(facilitated by Mark Anthony Paredes), Yellow Tigers (facilitated by Edward Jay
Azman), Red Alert Team (facilitated by Sherhata Adjid) and Black Bug Team
(facilitated by Pratima Lakibul)all gave stellar performances and did not show
any signs of wanting to go home. Since yellow team only had 4 members, we
restricted each station to only a 4 players at a time to have an unbiased basis
for judging the winners. The following games with their moral lesson were done:
1. Longest Line –
station 1 was facilitated by Jamera Hajijul. This station bore the lesson of Resourcefulness since members of the
group were only allowed to use what they have in their bodies to form the
longest possible lines they can. Some groups even resorted to removal of bras
to augment to the line. Some in shoes removed their shoelaces to use in the
line. Even others did not hesitate to lie down on the floor to make the lines
longer.
2. Calamansi Relay
– station 2 was facilitated by Mary
Antonette Torres. This station came in with the lesson of Patience. While others are at work or still using some materials
one also need (like in the case of the person still completing the course of
the relay), the other players should be patient enough to wait for the rest to
finish. The speed of the tasks to be accomplished is not the priority, but it
is the quality and the thought that everything should be done within the
allotted time – no rush, no impatience.
3. Plate Relay –
this 3rd station was facilitated by Weena Joyce Fernandez, and had a
theme of Unity. This game is played
by using plates 1 more than the number of members playing (in this case, 5).
The first player is to lay down the first plate in front and step on it. He
then throws a second plate for him to step on and for the 2nd player
to step on the first plate (and so on). The group needs to transfer from one
plate to another together, maintaining both feet inside the plate. All groups
completed the race together without leaving anyone behind, which is the essence
of the game – UNITY.
4. Egg Catch –
the 4th station was manned by Madilou Dimple Sabellina. This part of
the game wanted to imply that Care
should be exercised in handling resources – material or manpower. The games
general idea is that the participants should throw the eggs at coordinates that
get farther and farther from each other. Game stops if the egg is crushed. Most
team got past 5 coordinates and we believe that the message has been set across
well.
Finally,
an extra game Paint Me a Picture was
done while game master, Kerwin Emil Faustino computed the scores to arrive at
the winner. This game tried to exemplify Creativity
which is needed in carrying out several, if not all of the projects for the
problems to be solved. More importantly, what was really pushed for during the
team building activity was Team Work and
Camaraderie, both of which are
essential to a successful working relationship between core team members and
members of the community.
