BINTAN RETREAT: DAY 2
(15 OCT 2006)
Tuna sandwich breakfast prepared by Lucy and me. There's tuna mayo, black pepper tuna and one other flavour which I can' remember. I woke up at 6.45am (Singapore time) that day. Lucy best, didn't even sleep much the whole night.
After breakfast, the various programme managers took turns to present an evaluation of their respective programmes from Apr 05 to the present... first on the list was me... for Strength Works
Next was Fiona, for My Home
Then Laura, for Family Works
Siew Bee, for Student Care Centre
And Lucy, for School Family Education (SFE)
After that, we went into brainstorming and discussion about our Centre's mission... this is the initial portion of what we came up with
Another sub-group came up with this
Howe Lai showed us this... familiar?? SMART!
A strategic thrust is needed for our Centre
A set of broad action plans is needed too... this is just an example that Howe Lai used to illustrate what a broad action plan for Strength Works might look like
Though it's a programme presentation-cum-team discussion, everyone seems relaxed
Howe Lai appears to be full of energy and motivation as he leads the team on in discussion
Finally time for lunch! Porridge with minced meat and carrots! Century egg porridge! Yummy!
All thanks to our superb chefs! Regina prepared the plain porridge first while Auntie Grace shelled the century eggs
Cutting the eggs
Aunt Joyce had a hand in preparation of lunch too
Aunt Yin also
There were braised peanuts, spicy tofu, pickled lettuce and garnishings to go along with the porridge
Lucy enjoying her porridge
Mmmm... couldn't taste better!
Can I have some more?
Free and easy time after lunch... so we went in groups to the beach for a nice walk
My sea, my home... just for the day haha
I picked up a seashell!
Aunt Grace enjoying the cool breeze
Ephraim getting his feet refreshed in the cool waves of the sea
Regina looking for more seashells
Aunt Grace: Whey!! Fifif, don't pull my hair! ... Fiona: Yay!!!
Daybreak: The future is ours!
Huh? Where?
Later part of the day... some of them stopped somewhere for a drink
3 beauties
Ephraim the part-time beer boy?
Did you all know that there's a big monitor lizard named Dino within Nirwana resort?
Beautiful!
How I wish I can swim
There's this huge chessboard where we can play giant chess! The pieces are movable de!
Fifi: My turn! ... Eph: No, my turn! (friendly suqabble)
Laura asked me to bring her to the pool for a swim and stopped for a pose
Fiona the Hibiscus girl
Back at the villa, more shots
Group photo
Lovey-dovey
Me and Li Ching
Aunt Grace and me
Fifi and me on the bridge
In the night, we headed down to the kelong for seafood!
Delicious gong-gong conch shell and sambal kangkong
Lucy demonstrates how to get the gong-gong meat out of its shell... she expert lei!
Yummy crispy squid
Sisters??
Mother-daughter??
Mother-son?!
How on earth do I get this working?
Where's my chilli crab?
After dinner... feel like lazing around...
Ya loh...
Let's go for some karaoke!
The next instant...
What are they singing?
Shang Hai Tan: Long ban... long lau
Aunt Yin can sing too!
Fiona shy shy...
Aiya, how come take my mouth closed?? Should be open!
Come come, select more songs... dun paiseh...
Going on strong :)
(15 OCT 2006)
Tuna sandwich breakfast prepared by Lucy and me. There's tuna mayo, black pepper tuna and one other flavour which I can' remember. I woke up at 6.45am (Singapore time) that day. Lucy best, didn't even sleep much the whole night.
After breakfast, the various programme managers took turns to present an evaluation of their respective programmes from Apr 05 to the present... first on the list was me... for Strength Works
Next was Fiona, for My Home
Then Laura, for Family Works
Siew Bee, for Student Care Centre
And Lucy, for School Family Education (SFE)
After that, we went into brainstorming and discussion about our Centre's mission... this is the initial portion of what we came up with
Another sub-group came up with this
Howe Lai showed us this... familiar?? SMART!
A strategic thrust is needed for our Centre
A set of broad action plans is needed too... this is just an example that Howe Lai used to illustrate what a broad action plan for Strength Works might look like
Though it's a programme presentation-cum-team discussion, everyone seems relaxed
Howe Lai appears to be full of energy and motivation as he leads the team on in discussion
Finally time for lunch! Porridge with minced meat and carrots! Century egg porridge! Yummy!
All thanks to our superb chefs! Regina prepared the plain porridge first while Auntie Grace shelled the century eggs
Cutting the eggs
Aunt Joyce had a hand in preparation of lunch too
Aunt Yin also
There were braised peanuts, spicy tofu, pickled lettuce and garnishings to go along with the porridge
Lucy enjoying her porridge
Mmmm... couldn't taste better!
Can I have some more?
Free and easy time after lunch... so we went in groups to the beach for a nice walk
My sea, my home... just for the day haha
I picked up a seashell!
Aunt Grace enjoying the cool breeze
Ephraim getting his feet refreshed in the cool waves of the sea
Regina looking for more seashells
Aunt Grace: Whey!! Fifif, don't pull my hair! ... Fiona: Yay!!!
Daybreak: The future is ours!
Huh? Where?
Later part of the day... some of them stopped somewhere for a drink
3 beauties
Ephraim the part-time beer boy?
Did you all know that there's a big monitor lizard named Dino within Nirwana resort?
Beautiful!
How I wish I can swim
There's this huge chessboard where we can play giant chess! The pieces are movable de!
Fifi: My turn! ... Eph: No, my turn! (friendly suqabble)
Laura asked me to bring her to the pool for a swim and stopped for a pose
Fiona the Hibiscus girl
Back at the villa, more shots
Group photo
Lovey-dovey
Me and Li Ching
Aunt Grace and me
Fifi and me on the bridge
In the night, we headed down to the kelong for seafood!
Delicious gong-gong conch shell and sambal kangkong
Lucy demonstrates how to get the gong-gong meat out of its shell... she expert lei!
Yummy crispy squid
Sisters??
Mother-daughter??
Mother-son?!
How on earth do I get this working?
Where's my chilli crab?
After dinner... feel like lazing around...
Ya loh...
Let's go for some karaoke!
The next instant...
What are they singing?
Shang Hai Tan: Long ban... long lau
Aunt Yin can sing too!
Fiona shy shy...
Aiya, how come take my mouth closed?? Should be open!
Come come, select more songs... dun paiseh...
Going on strong :)
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