It’s actually pretty cool for a sponsor to organize team-building events for their scholars… Well, that’s what IDA did for their National Infocomm Scholars. They organized a teambuilding event to Pulau Ubin which consists of both current scholars and alumnus. So, the age group is actually quite large… From those waiting to go Uni, to those who have been working for 2-3 years.. Yea, and I suppose it’s also a ‘braniac’ outing…

I think there’s only about 35 participants who showed up. I was there with my 2 other colleagues who so happened to be in this scholarship programme where we’re all working in the same department. We had our breakfast at Changi Village Hotel (yes, there’s a hotel at Changi Village) and a quick ice-breaking session before taking to ferry to Pulau Ubin. The highlight for the day’s programme is an Amazing Race session at the island. But of course, it’s nothing like the Amazing Race show. There are just some brainy questions, questions to be answered along the way while cycling to the east (Chek Jawa) and to the west of Ubin, and several station games.

The programme was pretty simple I would say although there were a few injuries and broken bones involved, but I think it’s actually a good approach to have a somewhat networking method cause we can really make friends through events like this. After the Ubin programme, they really fed us good.. With a lunch buffet back in Changi Village Hotel followed by another round of tea-session after a de-brief.

All in all, I think it’s a  Saturday well spent although I actually woke up when the sky was still dark… But learnt a couple of few useful things… Like there’s a direct bus to Pasir Ris… And Changi Village.