Friday evening...

It was the weekend, my office mates and I have been planning for the past few months...I must say that we went through some speed bumps along the way. After the initial plan of doing it at Tiara Beach Resort in Port Dickson was canceled, we found ourselves a nice place in Bagan Lalang managed by Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia named Camar Laut. The price for the facilities and food here are kinda reasonable and suits the need for everyone in my department.

All of us planned to meet up there after the Friday prayers. Since it was my first time visiting there and was not familiar with the route, I did some prior research using Google Map. Picked up Abang Hard in Seri Petaling who I invited to join (as a game consultant and bodyguard...hehe) and we were soon on our way. Unfortunately, I still manage to miss that important junction which lead directly to Bagan Lalang. It was a minor setback. Thanks to my iPhone Google Map, we were back on the right track once again and arrive soon later.

The place was serene and peaceful. I was happy to be in such place. Its just plain simple and nice.

We started that evening at 5.30 pm with the making of the kite and try to make it fly competition. We brought all the materials from home. The ultimate rule was to build a kite using newspaper. Any extra decorations are according to their own creativity. I formed a team consist of myself, Zabil and Abg Hard. It was the most perfect kite I have ever made and the most difficult to fly...hehe. Funnily, none of us was able to fly their kite. Hehe... I guess we're not that good at making kites...LOL.



Later that evening, a BBQ dinner and Prize Exchanging session was on the schedule. Due to a last minute change by my Head of Sector, we suddenly have a Karaoke session in line. The original plan was to have a game called Charades. For those who are not familiar, it is a game of describing certain clue by using only sign language. After a morning of researching for potential clues, I was disappointed to know that this game might not take place. Fortunately enough for me, the Karaoke session didn't receive an overwhelming attention due to the lack of songs selection (the CD box only contains oldies...hehehe) and I quickly suggested to the emcee to proceed with the charades game to save the night...and it did. We had a blast laughing at the teams attempt to answer the given clue. Credit to Abg Hard for helping me with this particular game. The night ended with the thought of more games to come the next morning. Being the mastermind of the game, the thought of failure was haunting me that night. But on the other hand, I have faith that everything will go through smoothly.



Later that night, Abg Hard and I went down the beach if any fun activities there that worth looking at before going to bed. I was surprise to see that there are many people camping out along the beach and making campfire. It reminded me of my school days.

Saturday morning...

Zabil and I agreed to have early breakfast so that we can set up and choose the best spot at the beach for out telematch games that morning. Upon choosing the nearest spot the chalet, I noticed that the weather and sea level was on our side. We quickly set up the place while the emcee (Faizal) conducted an early warming up. Soon, it was my turn to give a brief explanation about the game that was about to commence. Did some demonstration to give extra understanding before blowing the whistle. They were divided into three teams of 10 members who were then given the most spontaneous name according to the pail which was given to them; Team Baldi Purple, Team Baldi Hitam and Team Baldi Merah. To tell you the truth, I have never seen my office colleagues act like the way they did at the beach. It was pure satisfaction.


The first telematch was called Filling the water bottle. The game consist of two stages. In stage one, half of the team members were requested to fill up a 600ml bottle by transferring the water using a sponge from a pail of seawater. When they manage to fill up to a level sufficient enough for the other half of the team to use a big straw and transfer it again to a 1.5l bottle. They were given 10 minute and the water level at the end was used to determine the winner. The winner for this game was Team Baldi Purple, closely followed by team Baldi Hitam and team Baldi Merah.

The second telematch follow suit. This time, a simpler game of carrying a ping pong ball using a spoon to a station and blow a balloon until it blows. Simple game yet very fun to watch. The winner for this game is yet again Team Baldi Purple, followed by Team Baldi Merah and Team Baldi Hitam.
As soon as the second telematch was over, the Sand Castle building commences. Being a subjective competition, a non-bias judge was quickly appointed (Zabil's wife, Zila and Abg Hard). The results was judged based on practicality and neatness of the castle structure. The results are as follows; 1st : Team Baldi Purple, 2nd : Team Baldi Merah and 3rd : Team Baldi Hitam. I would have given another award for the best presentation to Dr. Azwan of Team Baldi Hitam for his imaginative and creative explanation but there was no more prize left...hehe.

We ended the session before high noon and presented the winners with their respective prizes. Since we had a late sponsors, basically everyone won something in this Family Day. But then again, its not the prizes that matters, its the spirit of togetherness that counts. In my opinion, we had achieved this objective and that makes me happy that everything went according to plan. The bosses even said that the program was a success and hope that the coming events would be more successful than this one. Hehe...yeah right. I made it clear that I won't be the frontman anymore for any future family day because I really want to take part next time. Hehe.


Anyhow, I had a blast and was grateful that everything went well....had a good team to make it happen and I believed that it was because of the togetherness that made this program a success.