On the 9th of September 2017, an annual team building event was held by our TuPSS committee to welcome our year one juniors who are new to Taylor's University's School of Pharmacy. This event involved students and lecturers from SOP, including the dean of SOP, Prof. Chua. The objective of this team building was not only for the participants to have fun and learn skills, but also for the freshmen to get to know the seniors, and for the seniors to share their experience as a pharmacy student in Taylor's University.
The registration started at 11am and we were glad that almost everyone from year 1 showed up that day. At 11.30am, participants were separated into 8 groups according to different colours. Then, they started to gather and sat together in a circle. Participants started with some fun ice breaking activities, for everyone to remember the names and the hobbies of their group members.
After breaking the ice between group members, we started with our first activity, The Charade. Each team was required to act out 20+ items and the rest of the teams were to guess what the team was acting. It was a new game introduced by the committee, and most of the participants including the lecturers enjoyed the activity very much.
After the fun yet interactive charade, lunch was provided for the participants and that was the time where the juniors could enquire the seniors for more information about pharmacy.
After lunch, there came the most exciting activity of the day, station games. 8 station games were set up for the teams, and each team must complete the station games and collect as many points as they could in limited time. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. From the photos below, we can see that everyone was having fun and working together as a team, and that is why we say, unity is the strength.
After the game, the committee introduced the highlight of the day. The detective game - "The Voix". It was a relatively new idea introduced by the year 3 committees, in which the participants must solve the mystery of the death of the billionaire. A crime scene was set up and the participants were required to examine the crime scene and solve the clues provided in the crime scene. Everyone enjoyed the game and they were thrilled by the clues set up by the committees as the clues were scattered around the crime scene and participants were directed to solve the clues one by one in order to solve the murder's mystery.
After the physically and mentally exhausting game, the truth was revealed by showing the truth video to them. Participants were wowed by the truth as it was really an unexpected result due to the set up of the hidden clues.
The team building ended with the prize-giving session, and a group photo was the perfect full stop to indicate the end of our team building. Last but not least, this event is not complete without the organizing committee sacrificing their time and putting their best efforts in organizing this team building. Thanks to all the lecturers and students who participated and making the event a successful one.
*On a side note, this will be the last update from the Editorial Board 2016/2017, I hope every one of you enjoyed reading the posts we posted on Facebook and on the blog. On behalf of Editorial Board, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this blog, especially Jason and Hong, thanks for being our grammar checker and always contributing ideas on how can we improve our blog. Lastly, we wish all the best to the Editorial Board 2017/2018. Thanks everyone for your support in this year and we hope you can continue support TuPSS event in the future.
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Signing off,
Reynard Aw
The registration started at 11am and we were glad that almost everyone from year 1 showed up that day. At 11.30am, participants were separated into 8 groups according to different colours. Then, they started to gather and sat together in a circle. Participants started with some fun ice breaking activities, for everyone to remember the names and the hobbies of their group members.
After breaking the ice between group members, we started with our first activity, The Charade. Each team was required to act out 20+ items and the rest of the teams were to guess what the team was acting. It was a new game introduced by the committee, and most of the participants including the lecturers enjoyed the activity very much.
After the fun yet interactive charade, lunch was provided for the participants and that was the time where the juniors could enquire the seniors for more information about pharmacy.
After lunch, there came the most exciting activity of the day, station games. 8 station games were set up for the teams, and each team must complete the station games and collect as many points as they could in limited time. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. From the photos below, we can see that everyone was having fun and working together as a team, and that is why we say, unity is the strength.
After the game, the committee introduced the highlight of the day. The detective game - "The Voix". It was a relatively new idea introduced by the year 3 committees, in which the participants must solve the mystery of the death of the billionaire. A crime scene was set up and the participants were required to examine the crime scene and solve the clues provided in the crime scene. Everyone enjoyed the game and they were thrilled by the clues set up by the committees as the clues were scattered around the crime scene and participants were directed to solve the clues one by one in order to solve the murder's mystery.
Everyone was scratching their heads for clues
Participants were required to complete the checkpoints during the detective game
After the physically and mentally exhausting game, the truth was revealed by showing the truth video to them. Participants were wowed by the truth as it was really an unexpected result due to the set up of the hidden clues.
Winning Team for The Charade
The 2nd runner up of the detective game
First runner up of the detective game
The winner of the detective game
The team building ended with the prize-giving session, and a group photo was the perfect full stop to indicate the end of our team building. Last but not least, this event is not complete without the organizing committee sacrificing their time and putting their best efforts in organizing this team building. Thanks to all the lecturers and students who participated and making the event a successful one.
Introducing the team building committees!
*On a side note, this will be the last update from the Editorial Board 2016/2017, I hope every one of you enjoyed reading the posts we posted on Facebook and on the blog. On behalf of Editorial Board, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to this blog, especially Jason and Hong, thanks for being our grammar checker and always contributing ideas on how can we improve our blog. Lastly, we wish all the best to the Editorial Board 2017/2018. Thanks everyone for your support in this year and we hope you can continue support TuPSS event in the future.
.
Signing off,
Reynard Aw
