After the great experience from the second class outing. I really looked forward to the third class outing that was originally planned in sentosa. After that the people in charge was changed to Teresa and Bambby. Which also changed the venue of the third class outing from Sentosa to Pasir Ris Park. I am very disappointed with the third class outing as there was a serious lack of preparation.
People had 2 venues to choose to gather. You either gather at Pasir Ris Park by 9.15am for those who do not know how to get to Pasir Ris Park or to gather at Pasir Ris Park itself by 10am. No one chose the latter and the attendance of that day was only 15 to 17 which consist of only 2 boys. Me and Wei Hao. It does seems like a girls outing though and it really is a bad thing to not see at least 85% of the class going. But of course i will understand for those we was not able to make it. But some people chose not to go thinking that the class outing suck.
The first thing when we reached there, we met up with Teresa who is waiting for us at the bus stop of Pasir Ris Park. She then brought us to a shelter and Bambby was there preparing some stuff for the whole outing. I saw balloons and sweets all over the floor. I didn't really thought much as i have no idea what was going to happen. The first activity was Wacko. A classic game in which helps in knowing each others name better and also a perfect way of wasting time. Thinking that we already know each other rather well and with the small attendance which makes up a small circle, i think that the idea of the game wasn't so good. Players would have to do a forfeit which will be randomly picked by them in pieces of paper inside a box. These players are those who got wacked before calling another classmate's name.
Forfeit on the first hit isn't too good of an idea. There was around 10 pieces of paper, each of different forfeit in the box. Which means there would be 10 people who would do the forfeit but some people would have more than one. The forfeit are dull and lame which makes no sense and seriously makes you not wish to perform the forfeit. You will have the kind of thought that this sucks. Who made up with all this forfeits. Of course not everyone wished to perform the forfeit.
Next we moved on to Pass the Parcel. The game was rather boring and there was not any bonding within the class of the few activities. The forfeits in this game are too rather stupid. I don't mean to offend anyone, or showing any personal biased, but the forfeits created are seriously horrible. The game ended quickly and we saw that there was another round. Of course after having a bad experience from the first Pass the Parcel game. I don't think playing another round was such a good idea. Of course the second round was postponed.
The next activity was Captain's Ball, which i thought was a good activity to bond the class together. But after knowing that we are using balloons to play, I thought it was rather special, or should i say, weird. After splitting ourselves into 2 groups. The organisers then explained the game rules. I got no idea how the game is going to play and so on. There were sweets in the balloon which i got no idea what is it for. People practically just want the sweet rather than to enjoy the game. The game was planned for at least 30 minutes or more but it ended within 5 to 8 minutes. After that the organisers had no idea what to do next. So they just let everyone go to the playground to have fun. This point shows how badly prepared the whole outing is.
After playing till 12pm plus. We headed for lunch at White Sands Mall. Which means of course we will not be going back and playing any beach activities which was planned and of course no Jovian Race in which was stated. After lunch, they had the last minute decision of watching a movie. People started complaining and some went home leaving only a 11 people who wanted to watch movie. Some people have no money so they either idle around waiting for people to finish watching the movie, or just go home. But some, even though they had no money, still tagged along to watch the movie resulting some people having the lend some money to them. This happened as people did not bring much money as the email stated that all activities would not cost any money.
After the whole movie ended, the Pass the Parcel game was then held at an open area at E!hub, where we watched the movie. Of course the boys did not join in because the experience of the first Pass the Parcel game was terrible.
Closing Comments
The overall experience was not as good as expected and i am utterly disappointed with it. The whole outing was badly planned and most activities were planned on the last minute. The pricing was average but still affected some people due to the reckless planning of activities. Also i hope that more people would have joined in the class outing.
Pricing
My ratings: 7.5/10. The pricing was average and still affected people due to the movies. After stating on the email that all activities would not require any money. Of course most people would bring money only for lunch.
Preparations
My ratings: 3.7/10. The whole preparations for the outing is horrible with all the last minute planning which affected a few classmates. This is one point organisers should take note.
Activities
My rating: 5/10. None of the activities helped bond the class together and only the movie was a great thing. If the whole thing was welled prepared, i'm sure there would be more people watching the movie.
Overall
My ratings: 5.2/10. It may look a little harsh for such a score but i don't think so. Take this as a learning experience for organisers which i hope will help them in the next outing. I am looking forward to the next outing and i hope that it will be a simple one.
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That's all...
Signing off...