Sunway
CPA(Australia) Student Charter
Team Building
Sem 2, 2014
Date : 1st – 3rd
September 2014
Location : BB Holiday Home, Tanah Rata, Cameron
Highlands
Committee Members : Project Advisor : Chang Li Hong
Organizing
Chairperson : Ng Weng Shuan
Organizing Vice
Chairperson : Gan Victor
Organizing
Secretary : How Jia Yee
(Amanda)
Organizing
Treasurer : Yap Chew Kee
Organizing
Logistic : Bryan
Liew Chun Yoong
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This Team
Building was aim to train team spirit and ignite passion in every SCSC member.
The objectives were to foster stronger relationship, cohesiveness and build
team rapport among committee members, to ignite passion to achieve personal and
professional fulfilment and success, to discover the importance of
communicating ideas and experiences among members to accomplish goals, to get
committee members out of their comfort zone to learning, creating and growing,
and establish a positive team culture and develop a trusting environment.
Unlike the previous team building, this team building has a theme which is
“OHANA”: Ohana means family and family means no one left behind.
There were
29 of SCSC members joined in this activity. The 3 days 2 nights event started
from the gathering and briefing at foyer by 7.30am. After a 4 hours ride, the
team reached Tanah Rata safely by 12.30pm. A walk in the tea farm refreshed
everyone’s mind. After check in, the team went for lunch in Gossip Corner. The
ice-breaking and trust activity started at 3pm. “Tissue blowing”, “Sticker war”
and “Merry go round” had been played in the field nearby BB Holiday Home before
it rains. The game shifted into the living room of the house. “Step Up” is a
game for members to come out with a solution to stand up at the same time. This
game took some time as it is a hard task to balance their weight and to discuss
the solution. “Trust circle sit”
required all members to sit on each other lap in a circle and to walk at least
5 steps. This game let the members organize each other to balance and support
each other’s weight. Next, “I Trust You” needs everyone to close their eyes and
fall from a bench. This activity aimed to build trust among members other than
bringing the message of ‘we are always supporting each other’. After a short break, the team walk to Ferm
Nyonya Restaurant to have their dinner. Game II which focus on “teamwork”
starts shortly after. There were 3 main games in this activity which name
“Blindfold Queue”, “Human Knot” and “You Jump, I Jump”. “Blindfold Queue”
basically blindfolded members and mix them up in the garage of the house. Then,
they have to line up from the oldest to the youngest. They were all shouting
and making noise before they decided to let one person speaks only. This game
not only let everyone know each other birthdates but also aimed to let members
know that it is important to listen to the instructions. Everyone was holding
different people hands and they are required to untie the knot to make a circle
without letting go anyone’s hand in “Human Knot”. “You Jump, I Jump” needs
members to help each other to get from a place to the opposite place by
crossing a string which shaped like a spider web. At this point, everyone was in
the mood and understood the meaning of teamwork. They made a fast decision to
appoint few strong guys to go to the opposite first so that they can help to
carry the girls and other guys across. The night ended with fun and laughter at
12am.
Lunch Time !
The second
day began with a surprise morning call from committee members at 7am. Members
were given only 5 minutes to clean up before going for a morning run around the
neighbourhood. After the run, everyone gathered in the field for morning dance.
The dance of “Louder” and “Xi Shua Shua” were led by committee members. Despite
the low volume of songs from the laptop, everyone enjoyed themselves in the
cute and fun dance. After a light breakfast, the team building continued with
Game III, Treasure Hunt. There were 7 small games played by dividing members
into 4 groups. The group which won the small game will get one hint for the
‘treasure’. After all the games, members were required to discover the
‘treasure’. The treasure that committee members set was only a piece of paper
writing the word “We Love SCSC”. The committee members want to remind every
member that actually SCSC has its own treasure and it is within each and every
member. The spirit and togetherness of SCSC is the precious treasure. This
strong and powerful treasure can make the team grow stronger regardless what challenges
await. After the meaningful game session, lunch was served. The team went to
Big Red Strawberry Farm in Brinchang after a 2 hours rest. It was a relaxing
and wonderful trip to the strawberry farm because they enjoyed few desserts on
strawberry as well as enjoying the mesmerising view. The second dinner of team
building was steamboat at home. A warm steamboat in the cold night warms
everyone body as well as heart. Members were all bonded well at this moment.
Chit chat and jokes surrounds the house and everyone were so close to each
other just like family members. The last activity of the team building was
sharing session. In this session, everyone need to share with each other about
the high and low of their life. Through this heart-to-heart talk, members were
shocked, proud, and sad for some of the life experiences of each other’s
stories. All 29 SCSC members were crying together, laughing together and
hugging each other so tight after the session. This was the best part of the
team building because it made all of the members understands each other more
and this bonded everyone well. The lights went off at 2am after a light supper
and pillow talk.
Everything has its end. Finally, it
is the last day of Team Building Sem 2 , 2014. The morning started with a few
members who woke up earlier. Without any doubt, they start to prepare breakfast
for others who are still in their sleep. The closing ceremony and photo session
started at 10.30am. Reviews of the team building were given by members to
committee members to understand their strength and mistakes that they did. The
last lunch of the team building was had in Gossip Corner as well. Everyone was
mixing around and taking pictures before the event ends officially. The team
departs from BB Holiday Home at 1.45am and reached Sunway University at 7pm.
In
conclusion, this team building was successfully done and the aim of training
team spirit and ignite passion were achieved. Through this event, the members
are closer to each other and the bond among them had been so strong that they
are a strong family now. The Team Building Committee Members want to thanks
every member for their cooperation and understanding throughout the event.
Written by: How Jia Yee ( Amanda)
Edited by: Soo Lim Lee (Enaly)
