Battery of Training - Batch 2009

March 7-8, 2009 Sapangbato, Tolit's place...

Every year,one of the most important events ng T.G. ang B.O.T. And sa 3 years ko na pagiging member ng T.G. ngayon lang ako nakapag-B.O.T. Well,lagi kasi ako di pwede nun,so this year ok na.

Since di pare-pareho ang mga schedule ng mga participants, we were divided into two groups. Yung mga nagkita-kita ng 4:30 pm,they did tha mini "ämazing race". While ako dun ako sa 7pm batch sumama kasi may pasok pa ako. May nagyari nun habang naghihintay ako,pero hindi ko na ikukwento kasi maiinis lang ako. :) So there,we went dun sa place nung ex-President na si Tolits. At first akala ko di na ako isasali sa B.O.T kasi nga matanda na ako. Pero I was shocked ng i-include pa nila ako.

So there, after magbihis,people started to be serious. We sat sa grass, in a circular formation. And tinanong kami one by one ng mga expectations namin sa activity, sa mga kapwa members, at sa sarili. Then right after that nag-start na yung first activity. We were not all prepared for that first activity. They called it "The Caterpillar". Naka-line kami, horizontally, tapos naka-Indian sit. Kailangan namin buhatin yung tao sa harap at ilipat sa likod, and vice versa. Ok naman sya, medyo mahirap nga lang dun sa part na si JD na yung bubuhatin, medyo malaki kasi sya, medyo lang :P. And fortunately we survived. Then we did the "boodle fight". Tradition ito ng TG, nakalapag ang food sa napakalaking dahon ng saging. Then nakapila lahat ng members, and sabay-sabay kakain ng nakakamay. Then we rest for a while then we did the "bidding" game. We have to trade our clothes, or anything na suot namin kapalit ng mga gamit pantulog like unan, kumot, dahon, tali and we need to make a mini tent or camp. So the story goes on. We made tents, we slept. The next dat we woke up. We ate a small bread filled with a bit of scrambled egg. Then we did the next activity. I forgot kung ano tawag nila sa activity na yun. Mechanics was, kailangan lahat ng members tumayo sa isang pirasong log, then bibigyan kami ng command ng mga facilitators to arrange ourselves into different categories without falling from the log. It was hard, so obviously di naging succesful I cried after that. Next challenge was the bao thingy. Kailangan namin mapuntahan yung finish line na tanging bao lang ang inaapakan namin. Take note..15 bao lang yun, so kailangan diskartehan. And as usual. Di na naman kami nagtagumpay. After that, relax relax muna, then we had lunch. Then relax ulit. Tapos time for the next activity, trust fall. May isang member na nakatayo sa gitna. Naka-blind fold, and kailangan nya magpahulog at dapat sya saluhin ng mga members na naka-paligid sa kany. I enjoyed that activity. Sarap ng feeling. Last activity was trust walk. We were grouped into two. Each member will be blind folded, tapos nakapila, hawak-hawak, at may isang leader, at kailangan lang namin sundan yung tunog kung san man kami dadalhin. That was the most exhausting part. KAsi,kung saan-saan kami sumuot, nagsipag-gulong gulong. But at least, this time it was succesful. Well, gusto ko pa sana magkwento, kaso nakalimutan ko na yung ibang mga nangyari. Kwento ko na lang ulti next time. HIHI..