Event 1
We are doing an egg hunt on the grounds... we must find a minimum of 10 red eggs or for each egg under 10, we get a penalty egg..Clues are endangered species, where plants are cultivated, statue, elephant....I am looking in bushes like crazy...and no eggs...We find something wrapped in foil...maybe a fruit? i find a bubble bath in foil...i guess those will have to do....we have 2 eggs so far...a late comer is assigned to our team...he has no clue... we make our way to get our ribbon and penalty eggs, but lucky for us, the late comer has 6 eggs...don't ask....we get our ribbon and realize we are the last group... we took too long, so everyone is gone on ahead... Now we have a map telling us where to go for the next event....and we have a rope with 5 ends...we all need to be tied together....We set out on the road and up the hill...everyone on the road is looking at us, like what the heck is going on??? At the top of the hill, we see the parking lot where we need to be...
Event 2
We have water and juice.... we form two rows...one row has one of our team mates holding a water bottle. the other row about 3 yrds in front of that teammate, is where the rest of us are... there's a bucket in the middle between the two rows. We have to use bottle caps to dip in the bucket, and then fill our water bottle...the 3 bottles with the highest amount of water, gets rewarded... Ok...so there are 5 teams, one water bucket, and we are all diving in the bucket at the same time? This is going to be crazy...and we are off...mad dash for the bucket..i think most of the water in my cap fell out before i got to our bottle...we take turns and we are runnign like crazy, bumping into people, hysterical laughter.... Finally someone has an idea...drink some water, hold it in your mouth and then empty your mouth into the bottle....our bottle is almost full...We are all cheating, so they are trying to determine who played by most of the rules...lol....Come to find out, the winner gets the easy route up the moutain...and that sure wasn't fi mi team....
Event 3
Off we go, tied up again, up to the top of Tongniuling also known as UFO moutain..
. THis can't be that bad...Wait, you mean it's like a never ending staircase, and it's all uphill? Yes, Lawd...mi heart jumping out mi chest...mi team leader, Mr Fit, decide say we need to pick up the pace, so him pulling us...Urggggh...mi can't breathe....I need to rest....nope...no rest till u get to the top...dear fada..mi knees about to fall off, not to mention mi can't catch mi breath...We find the red ribbon, and mi can't believe instead of reaching for it in the trees, the giant stand up and make the other team just take it, right from under him..Argh#^$&*...so we need to go further to get another one....Got it...so keep going to the top....my team is about 2 staircase length ahead of me, as the leader pulled till the rope burst...the staircase is wider now, and the other team not letting my team pass... The top, sweet Jesus.... All the managers and drivers are there... of course, the managers get taxied from one point to the next... We get to rest...drink juice, eat chips....Please tell me it's over now....
Event4
The next event takes place right here.. Sweet, i can deal... There's hop scotch boxes drawn on the concrete, and each team gets to lay out all the eggs they found in event 1. Team members are blinded folded and directed to find the eggs by their team member (two at most)....Each member gets a minute to find eggs. If after a minute, more eggs are left, the next team member takes over... The team who does it in the shortest time gets a prize... This is hysterical...to your left, your left, the other left..LOL...the Chinese ones gives direction in chinese to their counterpart..no fair....everyone is screaming false directions...they don't stand a chance...Craccckkk! there goes an egg..... Loud mouth me is designated as the direction giver for my team. I pick the ones i am sure will be able to follow directions... 3, 2, 1 and we are off.... to the left, keep coming, straight, bend down, pick up an egg...1 down...7 more to go....4 in the first try...we are on a winning streak now... Team mate # 2...who switched? OMG...he starts off chest on the ground and he is swimming!!! I am fuming, everyone is laughing and i can't get him to get up off the ground...he totally blows it for us...i am horse from screaming... he is sweeping the floor with this hands and body..even going through the broken eggs....what a mess... he finds 1...I am sooo going to kill him.... Our next team mate finds the remaining eggs...
Event 5
Now it's time for the final stretch... we head downhill to the the parking lot... This is super easy as it is so step going downhill, that your feet don't even have time to stay grounded...you have to keep moving so you don't roll down the mountain.... Our team is hell bent on winning this event, so we are hustling...we are even taking short cuts through the woods... What a sumting if we get lost?...We don't care, we think we can make out a path, so we forge ahead.... Good...we not lost...and no other team in site.... level ground...finally... parking lot.... ahhhh..sweet victory....not....we are the second group... oh well, we tried.....
Event 6
It's late afternoon now, and the temperature has dropped..it is freezing.... are we going to dinner now? The managers have these Ikea shopping bags... a wonder how they got out of the store with them? aren't they for shopping while you are in the store?.... they are taking out portable stoves out the bags, knives, cutting boards... i see mayonnaise... ...what? is this the lunch they promised us? We have to make our own food? In the parking lot? I can't believe this..... oooohhh...it's a challenge..which team can make the best omelette... So the eggs from even one, are still alive and kicking... We get busy....one person lights the stove...the pan is on the stove with some butter... someone is whipping up the eggs, and i am cutting up the vegetables...we have no onions...but we can trade with antoher group....the tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, ham...all cut up... we have to use all the ingredients we found on the hunt.... My one teammate is pretty good at making omelette....he's got skills.... he flips the omelette over.... the sharks are ready to eat, but it can't be eaten until its judged...man, these people are cracking me up...they are ready to chow down..... ah....we have to name the omelette too? Island Omelette sounds good to me.... now for the finishing touches.... TAAAADAAAA.....
The bagettes are here, and we get to eat...this is hysterical...people are making more omelettes....the bread is goign like crazy.... and they think chinese people don't eat..... After all our hard work, our egg didn't even win...the all irish team won, as they served their omelette with beer to the judge.... we will be sure to remember that next time.....
Finally...we are off to dinner at Bashu...Hot Pots....i swear..i can't imagine what is it with these people and boiled meats..... We have like 4 tables upstairs in the restaurant... The chinese manager orders the basics, and the pots are going...i don't see anyting that i want...so i am ordering off the menue... shrimp, pork and fried rice....There's one guy sitting at my table (yeah, my teammate that was fast asleep while we did the blind folded egg hunt...had to be my teammate), who's taken on the role of chef...now i see why...so he can be the first to eat.... my dishes come and his eyes light up...by the time he passes the plate around...i barely get a piece of pork... great... same thing with the next plate... this guy is brutual...has no qualms.... except he don't care for rice, so that i get to eat... He is eating hot, cold, spicy...he is sweating...and he doesn't even take a break..his head doesn't come up from the bowl....Wasn't that the coke i ordered? Would i like some? I am sorry, I thought I ordered it.... ok...i can't watch any more...so i go to another table.... no he didn't just go to the next table and get some of their meat to put in the pot on his table...OMG, now he comes with his bowl and chopsticks to the table where i am sitting, and he is helping himself to the pot... lol..lol.... does he have food at home? i wish i had videoed this, as this is unbelievable....
At the end of the day, it was a great team builder, and i had a blast!
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