Hello All!
I recently went to Chiang Mai for my company trip. BEST TRIP in 2012! Well it's only January! Haha! What a way to start the year. 2012 is definitely going to be a good year.
I'd love to just blog about the whole trip in one post but I wouldn't want to miss anything out.
Our first day was hectic. I got on the plane at 6.55am. I left my house at 4am in order to make it for the check-in, baggage drop off etc.
I literally didn't sleep all night till I get on the plane. 3 hours later, we landed in Chiang Mai. I imagined the place to be more ulu. So, I was pretty impressed that they have a decent airport. Like a proper concrete one. Entirely different from the one at Koh Samui.
Once I got there, I met Elisa (Singapore HR Exec) to coordinate the Nuffies for the activities that were planned for us.
Elisa was right, it's really a resort in the city. Except that you won't feel the city when you're in the resort.
After the ice breaking games, the event coordinator from Siripanna ushered us to a secluded part of the resort to play games.
For the first time in my life, I "planted" rice!
Let's take a tour, shall we?
Here's the walk way towards the secluded area.
I must say that Thailand is really a spiritual place. It's almost always so peaceful. (I haven't been to Bangkok, so won't comment on that but Koh Samui was really quiet too.)
I can't remember if they called this place Panna House or something.
The only two HR Execs in the Region. Elisa is half Thai (I now officially have 3 half Thai friends! Whee!) so it's really nice to have her take me around since she can converse in Thai! It's so cool to hear her speak!
I've never been this close to a real Scarecrow before in my life. It was cute!
My Team Mates - Ming & Tim (Co-Founders of Nuffnang), Huiwen (Singapore Country Manager), Elisa and Latif (Malaysia Web Developer). Having the bosses in my team definitely made me more nervous. Nonetheless, I wouldn't exchange my team mates for anybody else! :)
Ran off to take a pic with Righty! Not profile picture worthy, so just post here la.
Latif got his game face on! Rule of the game is that we work as a team to plant rice. We were judged on the consistency and the tidiness of the rice/grass/paddy (I don't know what to call that - the green thingy la) when we stick it into the mud.
Huiwen trying to make sure that the plants were in order!
Looking more Thai than Chinese! :)
Tim joined us not long after the game started! He flew in from Bangkok.
Latif: I'm on the right track baby, I was born this wayyyyy.....
Timothy Tiah.
Ming Shen.
Ming planting rice. Rare sight but my bosses are really sporting people. They both got down and dirty for the challenge.
Tim beautifying our plot.
End product.
Nice anot? Nice right?
But we didn't win! :D I'm sure we came close enough but it didn't matter, it was a really good experience for me.
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