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Anyways, today we had our annual leadership training at Borja campus. The designated schedule for the training to start was 7:30am. Yet, we waited for hours until the clocked struck 9:00am and we started the program. Sir Bong stood as our emcee, Sir Harvey for the invocation and the Borja and Recto Club Moderators led the singing of the National Anthem and School Hymn.
Minutes later, the academic chairman of the Borja campus, Ms. Liza, gave a brief orientation about today's activity. After her speech, Ms. May took over and the TRAINING officially started! In our name tags there were animals. There were different kinds of animals, some owls, giraffes, birds, bears, dolphins, turtles, lions, penguins and many more. We were asked to group ourselves according to our animal. I belonged to the owl group. Yet, due some unavoidable miscommunication and disorganization of the specific distribution of the number of animals, some groups had only 5 members. With that problem present, the moderators decided to combine few members of a group with another. In each group, there is a specific coach/moderator/teacher that will lead the group.
After all the mishaps were over, now it really has begun! There are 10 different games. We are obliged to finish the ten games in a day. (Time Check: 10:30am)
First, we went off with the "BLIND FOLD" test. It was handled by Teacher Tesh.
Here, we are all required to be blind folded and only one member from the team will not be blindfolded because he/she will lead and guide the rest of the group to walk up the stairs, walk past safely through the blue bars that are in post. This tests our trust between our members and if we are responsible enough to follow instructions.
Afterwards, we went to the next game. It was similar to the trip to Jerusalem game.
It was handled by a borja campus teacher. This tests our alertness in finding ways and solutions in order for us to be convenient.
The third obstacle was a game that was not named. And thus I call it the "LAP A PARTNER" game.
Why LAP? Because this game is similar to the Trip to Jerusalem yet this only is applicable to those who qualify for the qualifications the Teacher (Sir Earl) would say. For example, "To those who are wearing white shirts, move three steps to the right. And all the people in white would move three steps and sit on the person's lap (if ever there is). The game continues until all will be seated on one chair.
The purpose of this game is for the student leaders to realize that in an organization all would share the burden. Yet there are times when some would be at ease and stay comfortable while others would experience hardships and problems. Like the people in the very edge of the seat and those who are first in line.
The fourth obstacle was also another unnamed game. And I will vest power on thy self to name this game, "Protect the Temple from Disaster" game. This was handled by Teacher Annie Rose. Here, the team members are to give up their personal belongings (IDs, watches, shoes, pants, shirts, bags, jackets, or anything in hand at the moment) for a certain barter price. The prices vary with the degree of value the item may be to a person. Other teams accumulated PHP 10,000 from the said barter. While us, we thought we had enough money but then, we only earned PHP 5,830.00 out of the items we gave up. Some of my group mates did not give up their socks, earring, and even shoes.
We are to create a temple out of the materials newspaper, stick and scotch tape. The cost of the newspaper is PHP 500/page. The stick costs PHP 1000.00 while the Scotch tape costs PHP 500/meter.
We created a temple out of the 15 minute time slot. Yet when the teacher kicked it 3 times. Our temple fell. Why? It was because our foundation was not firm. We were not able to sacrifice our belongings and use our minds and hearts to give up for the better of all. And thus, we were not able to be successful in that game but we certainly learned something out from it.
Next, we proceeded to the Shirt Game. We were divided into two groups equally. The first person in line was to wear a shirt and run around a certain object and be back. The next person in line would go along with the first and go back together. Now, the next person (Person #2) would go with Person #3.
We finished ahead of time than the other group. The lesson indicated here is that without the guidance of a leader, a member would be lost in his/her way. In our group, "ALEXA" guided and instructed us to do what we needed to do and thus, our process was fast and we finished first.
And to the sixth game we go on my next blog post! Five more games to go!~~~ BE UPDATED.
xoxo, Claireyoungmin.
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