It was time for our team outing again for the year 13 - 14 (July to June). We came to know from HR that, team outing budget need to be utilized on or before April 30th of 2014. Last few months were hectic in office, so we didn't get time to plan for the outing. We decided to look for different options available in and around Bangalore for a day's outing. Bally will provide 2K per head for the event. Finally we short listed few resorts - Golden Palms(Nelamangala), Wind Flower Prakruthi (Near Airport) and few others. Sowmya and Somesh decided to come to Bangalore and join the team for the event. Sowmya was able to make it only on April 14th, and others were okay with that date. So we locked the date as 14th.
After hearing the feedbacks from others who already visited these two places, we decided to go for Prakruthi Resorts. Since me and Subodh were not good at bargaining, we asked Amit to give it a try in getting a good deal and he succeeded in getting a day out package for Rs. 950/-
We decided to leave early (~7AM) from Whitefield. But that didn't happen, since Somesh reached Guest house late and he had to do refresh himself. Another sad thing happened was, Shantha was not able to join us, since his daughter got admitted in a hospital due to an infection in her small intestine. Subodh called and informed that his wife being not well, he would be coming late directly to the resorts.
Finally by 8 - 8:10 we started from Whitefield. Me, Amit, Somesh and Bharath in my car and Sandeep, Sushmita and Trisha in Sandeep's car. Vidya, Sowmya, Subodh would be joining directly at the venue. Trisha's GPS helped us in reaching the venue by 9:30 AM. We could see a welcome board for Bally Technologies there. Ambience of the resort was good. It's a very neatly managed place. To our surprise, there were no other companies present there. It was only for us. Later we saw 3-4 families as well. They were staying there.
We started having our breakfast - It was a buffet arrangement with decent options and the taste was very good. After that we met our guide for the day - Amit. So we had 2 Amits that day with us. Amit showed us the options available for us - Indoor Games, Swimming Pool, ATV, Zorbing, Paint Ball, Rope Adventure activities etc.
We all played Badminton and Table Tennis for sometime.
By that time, Subodh had come.
Then we decided to do the activities - First one was Rope Adventure. Last year's team outing also, we had done similar thing. This time, ropes were tied with coconut trees. After seeing all these arrangements and coconut trees - Sandeep commented - Akhil, it should be easy for you, being from Kerala!!
Amit, Me, Subodh, Sandeep and Trisha did the rope activities. While someone was doing this activity, others were doing photo sessions - Selfie being the new trend :)
By this time, Sowmya and Vidya came. Karthik dropped Sowmya. It was wonderful to see him with us once again. Vidya did the rope activity after that.
Couple of stretches in the rope activity was demanding some amount of hand strength. Other than that, it was easy for everyone of us.
Modelling / Photo Shoots - Continued
After the rope activity - we went for the Paint Ball. It was so tiring (because of the sunlight, extra military costume).
Then we had our lunch. Lunch was decent with some varieties of veg/non veg. It was a very relaxed lunch and it took a long time for everyone to finish.
After the lunch, we tried ATV (All Terrain Vehicle). Good or bad - only one ATV was in working condition and that also stopped working after Amit. So only Amit and Sandeep did that and from the feedback, it was not so great. We were able to save some money out of it. Those ATVs were looking horrible and many of them were punctured/out of service.
Then we came back and played indoor games again for some time.
After that we went into the Swimming pool for the remaining time. Had our Hi Tea and then went back to home.
Overall, it was a nice experience with the entire team and it was FUN!!!
രണ്ടു മലയാളം സിനിമകൾ കണ്ടു - "സെവന്ത് ഡേ" & "വണ്‍ ബൈ ടു". പ്രതീക്ഷ കൂടുതൽ "വണ്‍ ബൈ ടു" വിനു ആരുന്നു. കാരണം മുരളി ഗോപി, അരുണ്‍ കുമാർ അരവിന്ദ് എന്നിവരുടെ കോമ്പിനേഷൻ. ഒന്നുകിൽ എനിക്ക് അവർ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച അത്ര ഒരു ബൌദ്ധിക നിലവാരം ഇല്ല, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അവർ മര്യാദക്കു കാര്യങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞിട്ടില്ല..എന്തോ ഒന്ന് സംഭവിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. കാരണം സിനിമ മുഴുവൻ കണ്ടു തീരാറായപ്പം എന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ വന്ന ചോദ്യം - സലിം കുമാർ പറഞ്ഞത് പോലെ - "അപ്പോൾ എന്റെ ചോദ്യം ഇതാണ് - ആരാണ് ഞാൻ?" ഇരട്ടകളിൽ ആരോ വണ്ടി ഇടിച്ചു മരിക്കുന്നു. അവരുടെ അച്ഛൻ അത് കാശ് കൊടുത്തു ഒതുക്കുന്നു. എന്തിനു? കൊന്ന ലോറിയുടെ ഡ്രൈവർ ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ എന്നാ ഡോക്ടറെ വിളിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്, പക്ഷെ ഇരട്ടകളുടെ അച്ഛൻ എന്തിനു വേണ്ടി കേസ് ഒതുക്കുന്നു?
