23-24 july 08
the off site meeting 2 weeks ago. i had been wanting to post all the pictures i have taken using jen’s cammie. i really liked that place a lot, the tranquility, the splashes of blue everywhere, the sea breezes. totally relaxed my mind. ok. definitely not relaxing when during the brainstorming session. but lunch and dinner was good.
on the second day, 6 of us from the entire team went on a banana boat! i’m a little amazed that not many people sat on the banana boat before! jen’s quite funny.. she amused me with the following conversation..
c: i didnt bring any toiletries for bathing.. did you?
j: no. we aren’t going to get wet right? we are sitting on a boat eh! why would we get wet?!
c: huh?! have you been on a banana boat before?!
j: no.
c: do you have any idea what a banana boat is?
j: well, i would expect it to look like a sampan…
c: *burst our laughing* the whole idea of sitting in a banana boat is to fling you into the water.. how can you NOT get wet?!
j: hah!!!!!!
sadly, there were no pictures taken since we were out in the sea, and too far away from the land where everyone else is.. well, my d80 was lying in my bag, but there wasn’t anyone who know how to use it. the only guy that knows is on the boat with me.. oh wells.
i had a lot of fun.. but i was also tearing a lot! because too much salt water splashed into my eyes non-stop, my eyes had to tear to clear the salt away! such is a painful experience but i never once climb onto the speed boat to rest while the rest surrendered from fatigue after being flung off many times. jen is quite fit too! both of us kept going and we mastered the art of not being flung off! the boatman was seriously bored! he kept turning and turning non stop and we kept our balance on the boat while screaming our lungs off at each turn.. he eventually towed us all the way to the dock cos we aren’t falling off the boat! it’s kinda fun and it made me want to go wake-boarding all over again.
ok, photos!
Cherie
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10 Comments
vanstels
Your colleagues that were flung off the boat.. did they have a change of clothes?
cherieladieblogs
haha. yup. they did.. but none of us brought toiletries.. i wanted to bring but my bag was seriously too heavy with my laptop and dslr.. so i was hoping someone would bring.. but no one did!!
:S
vonique
i love banana boat rides!
they are awesomely fun,
and its exciting getting high over being flung!
cherieladieblogs
it is! i was quite surprised that they had a banana boat.. we had to make special arrangements to go on it and it’s $150/hr! atrocious right?!
but i’m not the one paying!
but seriously, i was a little freaked out cos i kept sitting in the front of the banana boat and each time, i am flung the highest!
vonique
HAHA. tell me about it.
I sat in the front with my girls the other time as well. I literally jump up and down, everytime the speedboat makes a sharp turn, then boom I flung off the boat!
cherieladieblogs
hahhaa. the first person is usually the one that absorbs the impact (most bumpy) and also the first to be flung off!
no one wanted to sit in front.. so i had to take the front seat. 🙁
vonique
Hahaa.. I was initially afraid to sit in the front to. But I think I was too high on that day, after all the seasports and ice-cold german beer, I took up the challenge to sit in the front, and I really didnt regret it.
The front seater, normally experience the most exciting ride for banana boats!
I wanna go and play banana boat again!
cherieladieblogs
haha. where did u get the chance to go on banana boat? overseas?
vonique
hmm. remember I went for a school activity on wakeboarding? Bascially, its that day. Where all the I could try all the various sea-sports together.
And the best thing, its free!!
cherieladieblogs
wah rao. i missed those “get/play things for free” days!!