“A scavenger hunt is a game in which individuals or teams seek to gather a number of specific items — usually without purchasing them — or perform tasks or take photographs as specified by a list. The goal is usually to be the first to complete the list, although players can also be challenged to complete the tasks on the list in the most creative manner.”
That was one of the activities we had yesterday for our Unit’s team-building. We have several new members and to create a spirit of belongingness and oneness, our Unit head decided to treat us at Canyon Cove Hotel in Nasugbu Batangas.
This was the content of the sheet distributed to us by the organizer prior to our departure with corresponding comment/stories how we got the item or how we perform the tasks:
Scavenger Hunt
Collect, perform, answer as many items as you can.
Start of Hunt: Upon Departure (6am, November 21, 2009)
End of Hunt: Before Dinner is served
There will be four teams with four members each. The team to arrive at the resort one hour after the 3rd team will be deducted with 5 points.
1. Bank ATM transaction receipt
One of my team mates got one from a trash bin, hehehe. Neither one of us wants to let know our bank account balances.
2. Astroboy Action figure
We got ours from a Jollibee outlet in Batangas. I asked my sister where we can buy AstroBoy Figure and she told me, Jollibee has an ongoing promo on the action figure.
3. Group picture at a popular Tagaytay landmark
We stopped at Taal Vista Hotel and I asked myself why did we have to do that in order to have this task done? We paid 100 pesos (approximately $2!) for a parking lot just to have our picture with the famous Taal Volcano. Anyway, I can’t complain, one of my team mates sure does have money, hehehe. Though, we lost some time here, one object was secured in this place to compensate.
4. A Christmas décor
My moneyed teammate (the only male in our group), wonder of wonder, have a very talented hands, wahahaha. I was amazed when he proudly showed us a shining object in his pocket and that was inside the vicinity of Taal Vista Hotel. Huh!
5. Sugarcane
There are hectares and hectares of Sugarcane along the way. Municipality of Nasugbu is afterall the home of the plantation of Central Azucarera Don Pedro, the Philippines’ largest producer of sugar and other sugarcane products.
At first, we are looking for stalls that will sell us even just a short stalk of the plant. After we can’t see one, we stopped when we saw one group already hoarding a sevaral stalks of giveaways. One team mate, the nearest to the door of the vehicle, descend to ask also for one, but she was denied by the other team. The farmer who gave them already was inside his house.
Seeing this, my one innocent team mate decided to rather get from a growing sugarcane by going to the nearby field along the way and started pulling from the roots, hahaha. I regretted not taking a picture, he does not know the plant is coarse and its leaves and steam are coated with very fine bristles that can get your hands prickly.
hmmm… luckily, we saw a farmer along the way, and asked if we can buy even just a short stalk. We added that we are on a race and he thankfully hurried to get his bolo. He cut one of the stalk, cleaned it and handed it to one of our charming group mates. We got the cane free. Thank you manong whoever you are. You helped us.
6. Create a team sand structure
We created a small pyramid along the beach for this part.
7. Group picture with your Sand structure
One of the organizers kindly took the our group picture with our beautiful mini pyramid.
8. Underwater Group picture
Underwater camera took a picture of four pairs of calves underwater, hehehe.
9. A pastry/pie bought in Bag of Beans
We nearly missed the place if not for our helpful and ever vigilant driver. The place is a seemingly small stall/restaurant concealed along the way. It is not very noticeable; we nearly failed to have the pastry and Kapeng Barako (item #33).
10. Name all states in the US
Money brings a lot of convenience that we should love it, hehehe. Our sole male teammate has his iPhone and we used to get the list and to the max. It’s a boring way to get the list says our competitors. Well they can say what they want. They got theirs via sms and via telephone dictation. Yeah, there are so many ways to solve a problem.
11. Name of your team mates’ current and former boyfriends/girlfriends
Hmmm… this is rather privy. I am NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth) to cut the story short, hehehe. Got that!
12. Reason/reasons for break-ups with former boyfriend/girlfriends
Same answer as #11. Two of my teammates gave their lists to make our answers acceptable some submission time.
13. Insect(s)
Poor and unknowing mosquito which appeared inside the car after our stop over at Petron; it was murdered by a clap by our driver who swerved and jolted us all when he did it. Tsk, tsk, tsk… we nearly came close to the fate of the mosquito.
14. Number of rooms in Canyon Cove Hotel
Answer: 72
15. Tanning lotion
Answer: We didn’t bother with this. We don’t have it among our personal things and it’s too expensive to purchase a bottle you will not use in the future.
16. Any BDO corporate give-away
It’s a Saturday and we were not able to see one BDO branch along the way. Our eye sights maybe are too poor. Other groups are able to see and secure the item.
17. Provincial Bus Ticket
It sure does help to keep tickets for mementoes especially the memorable ones. One team mate keep her ticket when she did the Ilocos Church Pilgrimage earlier this year.
18. Unit’s Table of Organization (Full Names, Position Title, Rank)
I did this one in a tabular manner; it’s a table of organization not an organizational chart. One judge says its wrong and was looking for a drawing with the usual boxes. I defended what I did and that kept her mum. It’s a Table not a Chart they asked for.
19. Evian or Perrier Bottle
We got this after several stops. Not in any starbucks that we stop to visit, not in Robinsons, not in Petron, 7/11. We got the Evian bottle with content from Bag of Beans. We’re the first group to have one and all the remaining bottles; my teammate concealed. However, other teams still saw it and they accused us of trying to hide the item. Well, we do sometimes get naughty…
20. BDO pamphlet/application Form
Again, we don’t have this. Sigh! Poor vision is the culprit, hehehe…
21. Pearl necklace
Saw pearl baubles in one of the tiangges in Tagaytay and bought a cheap one.
22. Lyrics of the competition piece on our Christmas party presentation
One musically gifted teammate scribbles the lyrics of “kumukutikutitap”.
23. Total Toll fee going to Batangas
Answer: 78 pesos
24. Movie Ticket
Answer: Our ever cooperative driver, who also has these very talented hands (shhh… he was able to secure a Christmas décor also at Taal Vista hotel), again provided us with this item. We are kidding him about the ticket, hehehe. It must be a ticket kept because of its sentimental value but he parted with it to help us in the hunt.
25. Any foreign currency coin
One teammate has several in her wallet. No difficulty here.
26. Picture of Manny Pacquiao
He’s in the papers and billboards but we have saved a picture downloaded from the Net to the iphone of our rich teammate, hehehe. Again, boring says our competitors.
27. Precious Heart’s pocketbook
This is the last item we were able to secure; and its reluctantly given but at no cost from one tiangge vendor in Tagaytay. When we cannot buy one from our stops, we decided to ask tiangge vendors with the thought that these books are popular among them. We are right! We said we are willing to buy one because we are in “amazing race” and it is being required. After hearing that, they said, we can have it for free. Filipinos are really a bunch of helpful people; at a cause, they will readily give a helping hand. Thank you unknown owner! Sorry that in our rush, we were not able to ask for your name.
28. BDO Dollar buying rate yesterday (November 20, 2009)
This is easy. We surfed it using rich teammate iPhone and confirmed by friends in the bank via sms (as if we don’t trust the Net).
29. Group picture at a church in Nasugbu
We got one passers-by to have our pictures taken.
30. Golf Ball
We tried to buy from a stall which sells the item but was informed by the owner that they run out of stock two days ago. I would have like to ask the kids in the surrounding area if they have even just an old and used one. The stall is near a gold course and am sure golf balls can come hay way.
31. Restaurant menu/brochure/pamphlet
This is very easy. No need to elaborate.
32. Newspaper yesterday (November 20, 2009)
Bought one at our first Petron Treats stop. They are not selling old dailies says one attendant but when we said we are in a race and we need it, again they are very helpful; they even asked what else do we need. Great and kind people we have still here in the Philippines!
33. Kapeng Barako
We bought at Bags of Beans.
34. Tagaytay souvenir
We bought at Bags of Beans.
35. The Boutique Bed and Breakfast room names
The names are fanciful and “emotional”, hehehe… and again we got it in a boring way says tauntingly by the other teams.
Here are the names:
“I lust,”
“I dare,”
“I dream,”
“I surrender,”
“I love,”
“I escape,” and
“I desire.”
The sixth in the order should be the last for isn’t it escape most people do when they fall out of love. Hmmm… what’s the difference between desire and lust again? Must be that lust is a deeper emotion; it’s one of the deadly sins afterall. Ok, here’s from wiki: “Lust or lechery, is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature.”
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- 1. Bank ATM transaction receipt
One of my team mates got one from trash bin, hehehe. Neither one of us wants to let know our bank account balances.
2. Astroboy Action figure
We got ours from a Jollibee outlet in Batangas. I asked my sister where we can buy AstroBoy Figure and she told me, Jollibee has an ongoing promo on the action figure.
3. Group picture at a popular Tagaytay landmark
We stopped at Taal Vista Hotel and I asked myself why did we have to do that in order to have this task done? We paid 100 pesos (approximately $2!) for a parking lot just to have our picture with the famous Taal Volcano. Anyway, I can’t complain, one of my team mates sure does have money, hehehe. Though, we lost some time here, one object was secured in this place to compensate.
4. A Christmas décor
My moneyed teammate (the only male in our group), wonder of wonder, have a very talented hands, wahahaha. I was amazed when he proudly showed us a shining object in his pocket and that was inside the vicinity of Taal Vista Hotel. Huh!
5. Sugarcane
There are hectares and hectares of Sugarcane along the way. Municipality of Nasugbu is afterall the home of the plantation of Central Azucarera Don Pedro, the Philippines’ largest producer of sugar and other sugarcane products.
At first, we are looking for stalls that will sell us even just a short stalk of the plant. After we can’t see one, we stopped when we saw one group already hoarding a sevaral stalks of giveaways. One team mate, the nearest to the door of the vehicle, descend to ask also for one, but she was denied by the other team. The farmer who gave them already was inside his house. One innocent team mate decided to rather get from a growing sugarcane by going to the nearby field along the way and started pulling from the roots, hahaha. I regretted not taking a picture, he does not know the plant is coarse and leaf and steam are coated with very fine bristles that can get your hands prickly.
hmmm… luckily, we saw a farmer along the way, and asked if we can buy even just a short stalk. We added that we are on a race and he thankfully hurried to get his bolo. He cut one of the stalk, cleaned it and handed it to one of our charming group mates. We got the cane free. Thank you manong whoever you are. You helped us.
6. Create a team sand structure
We created a small pyramid along the beach for this part.
7. Group picture with your Sand structure
One of the organizers kindly took the our group picture with our beautiful mini pyramid.
8. Underwater Group picture
Underwater camera took a picture of four pairs of calves underwater, hehehe.
9. A pastry/pie bought in Bag of Beans
We nearly missed the place if not for our helpful and ever vigilant driver. The place is a seemingly small stall/restaurant concealed along the way. It is not very noticeable; we nearly failed to have the pastry and Kapeng Barako (item #33).
10. Name all states in the US
Money brings a lot of convenience that we should love it, hehehe. Our sole male teammate has his iPhone and we used to get the list and to the max. It’s a boring way to get the list says our competitors. Well they can say what they want. They got theirs via sms and via telephone dictation. Yeah, there are so many ways to solve a problem.
11. Name of your team mates’ current and former boyfriends/girlfriends
Hmmm… this is rather privy. I am NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth) and will die a virgin to cut the story short, hehehe. Got that!
12. Reason/reasons for break-ups with former boyfriend/girlfriends
Same answer as #11. Two of my teammates gave their lists to make our answers acceptable some submission time.
13. Insect(s)
Poor and unknowing mosquito which appeared inside the car after our stop over at Petron; it was murdered by a clap by our driver who swerved and jolted us all when he did it. Tsk, tsk, tsk… we nearly came close to the fate of the mosquito.
14. Number of rooms in Canyon Cove Hotel
Answer: 72
15. Tanning lotion
Answer: We didn’t bother with this. We don’t have it among our personal things and it’s too expensive to purchase a bottle you will not use in the future.
16. Any BDO corporate give-away
It’s a Saturday and we were not able to see one BDO branch along the way. Our eye sights maybe are too poor. Other groups are able to see and secure the item.
17. Provincial Bus Ticket
It sure does help to keep tickets for mementoes especially the memorable ones. One team mate keep her ticket when she did the Ilocos Church Pilgrimage earlier this year.
18. Unit’s Table of Organization (Full Names, Position Title, Rank)
I did this one in a tabular manner; it’s a table of organization not an organizational chart. One judge says its wrong and was looking for a drawing with the usual boxes. I defended what I did and that kept her mum. It’s a Table not a Chart they asked for.
19. Evian or Perrier Bottle
We got this after several stops. Not in any starbucks that we stop to visit, not in Robinsons, not in Petron, 7/11. We got the Evian bottle with content from Bag of Beans. We’re the first group to have one and all the remaining bottles; my teammate concealed. However, other teams still saw it and they accused us of trying to hide the item. Well, we do sometimes get naughty…
20. BDO pamphlet/application Form
Again, we don’t have this. Sigh! Poor vision is the culprit, hehehe…
21. Pearl necklace
Saw pearl baubles in one of the tiangges in Tagaytay and bought a cheap one.
22. Lyrics of the competition piece on our Christmas party presentation
One musically gifted teammate scribbles the lyrics of “kumukutikutitap”.
23. Total Toll fee going to Batangas
Answer: 78 pesos
24. Movie Ticket
Answer: Our ever cooperative driver, who also has these very talented hands (shhh… he was able to secure a Christmas décor also at Taal Vista hotel), again provided us with this item. We are kidding him about the ticket, hehehe. It must be a ticket kept because of its sentimental value but he parted with it to help us in the hunt.
25. Any foreign currency coin
One teammate has several in her wallet. No difficulty here.
26. Picture of Manny Pacquiao
He’s in the papers and billboards but we have saved a picture downloaded from the Net to the iphone of our rich teammate, hehehe. Again, boring says our competitors.
27. Precious Heart’s pocketbook
This is the last item we were able to secure; and its reluctantly given but at no cost from one tiangge vendor in Tagaytay. When we cannot buy one from our stops, we decided to ask tiangge vendors with the thought that these books are popular among them. We are right! We said we are willing to buy one because we are in “amazing race” and it is being required. After hearing that, they said, we can have it for free. Filipinos are really a bunch of helpful people; at a cause, they will readily give a helping hand. Thank you unknown owner! Sorry that in our rush, we were not able to ask for your name.
28. BDO Dollar buying rate yesterday (November 20, 2009)
This is easy. We surfed it using rich teammate iPhone and confirmed by friends in the bank via sms (as if we don’t trust the Net).
29. Group picture at a church in Nasugbu
We got one passers-by to have our pictures taken.
30. Golf Ball
We tried to buy from a stall which sells the item but was informed by the owner that they run out of stock two days ago. I would have like to ask the kids in the surrounding area if they have even just an old and used one. The stall is near a gold course and am sure golf balls can come hay way.
31. Restaurant menu/brochure/pamphlet
This is very easy. No need to elaborate.
32. Newspaper yesterday (November 20, 2009)
Bought one at our first Petron Treats stop. They are not selling old dailies says one attendant but when we said we are in a race and we need it, again they are very helpful; they even asked what else do we need. Great and kind people we have still here in the Philippines!
33. Kapeng Barako
We bought at Bags of Beans.
34. Tagaytay souvenir
We bought at Bags of Beans.
35. The Boutique Bed and Breakfast room names
The names are fanciful and “emotional”, hehehe… and again we got it in a boring way says tauntingly by the other teams.
Here are the names:
“I lust,”
“I dare,”
“I dream,”
“I surrender,”
“I love,”
“I escape,” and
“I desire.”
The sixth in the order should be the last for isn’t it escape most people do when they fall out of love. Hmmm… what’s the difference between desire and lust again? Must be that lust is a deeper emotion; it’s one of the deadly sins afterall. Ok, here’s from wiki: “Lust or lechery, is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature.”
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