Bintan Retreat

I had a company retreat to Bintan in late October for a team building exercise. It was a 2D1N retreat but a few of us extended another day for leisure.

We were spared from stepping into the office on Friday and started the day at the ferry terminal. Our casually-clad boss invited a few giggles and murmurs from us who were all excited to see his "unusual" outfit. It took us an hour's ride and a quarter's bus transfer to get to Nirwana where we started our games with Focus Adventures.

We had a few ice-breaking indoor games before the long-awaited paintball. We donned on our masks and coveralls and got to war in no time. And with yours truly around, the rest of the 3 teams got defeated by us! Thank god I did not bring home any bruises.



The ATV activity brought more fun after lunch. We took turns to drive/ride on these hardy vehicles downslopes, over rocks and on the beach. The long rides to and fro allowed us to sightsee and have fun at the same time.

We got back to Nirwana for more indoor games and ended the team building adventure with Focus, feeling closer and more familiar to each other. We checked in at Bintan Lagoon Resort which was a beautiful resort with big rooms, pools and a nice beach in the evening. We had a mouth-watering buffet that comes with steamboat for dinner, followed by a KTV session in a large room.

I was kinda apprehensive that most people ( esp my boss ) would not enjoy the singing session since there are some new members to our family and some British whom I assume do not frequent such places. To my surprise, we got to hear Boss' sing after we got the ball rolling. And the amusing thing is, he sang a song with an animated MTV " Puff the flying Dragon"!

On the very next day, we did LaserQuest and my team ( with different members ) won again! It was more exciting then paintball as you get unlimited "ammo" and the place was pitch dark. After lunch, we took a ride on the banana boat, checked out the beach, chilled out in the pool's jacuzzi and had buffet again for dinner.

At night we played Charoodles which I borrowed from Ally, UNO and a round of Mahjong when everyone was totally zonked out by the drinks of penalty. It was whole lot of fun... if only we can have this once a year....