it was the first time i went for a retreat. a company retreat. think at least half the company probably felt that way too. there's only that few that were in the corporate world long enough to have experienced many company retreats.
i tot it was going to be a relax session. hmm.. to a certain extent, yes, considering that our day ends after dinner. and we had alot of breaks in between (but not for the retreat committee). lots of bonding sessions, lots of activities, and lots of walking around, shopping and drinking.
everyone seemed to have something they wanted to buy. ranging from clothes to bags to souvenirs to food. i chose food, lugging back 6 bottles of redbull and 2 packet jellies. kind of regretted not buying more but then with the luggage constraint i wont want to add on too much load to my teammate's check in luggage.
we had a lot of chatting. digging out lots of gossips from one another. understanding each other better. seeing more transparently, their character "behind the scenes".
loved the 2nd day the most: the island hopping. it was such a soothing experience that one can really feel the serenity of the island. clear waters, no rubbish, fresh sea breezes, naturally clean rocks.... no slippers allowed okay! so all of us hopped up the island on bare feet. everyone was snapping away at one another, posing for the best shots to upload onto their fb/insta/twitter/snapchat/etc..
it was also a day for all of us to let our hair down as well. chatted along the way walking on the waters. played mini games. kind of love that feeling though. cos to me that was like a chance to make friends with your colleagues.
sad to be already back in sg signifying the end of the know-each-other-on-a-personal-level session. back to politics and stuff. i hope there is no 公报私仇 involved there.
Time flies. and now we are into october, where i had a good few days leave plus a week of retreat.
still had difficulty catching up at work. hmm. but at least im lying low for now. the next high season will be towards the end of the month. hope to be prepared for it so now have to squeeze out items to prepare for. whatever i can prepare please prepare.
outside of work, im looking forward to the taiwan trip! the short november as well. once oct and november is over i shld be ready to welcome again a festive month of december. more outings.. and more expenditure omgosh.
need save up more money. for the honeymoon.. and wedding. alr owe my dad 2k for wedding.
and my stocks are currently lying low as well. beaten up by the slump in china valuation. it wont be soon that the prices climb back up.
need multiple streams of income especially these few months... how lehh.