Today is Los Baños Day for Mom, Dad, Ate, and of course, the youngest. I packed my things overnight, Mom said that we were going to swim, swim, swim! 
Actually, this family outing is one of the products of the main agenda for today.
As you might know by now, my Mom works in DoST. So there. Today, they had a teambuilding in Forest Club, which is in Los Baños, Laguna.
We were late, as usual, because of you-know-who. (Shhh, no telly!) And we had quite an interesting day ahead.
We got lost because of the incorrect wordings of the directions that were given to us. To top it all off, during our way to the Club, there was a pop inside the car. It sounded like a plastic popping, and the car had quite a repugnant smell afterwards. I wonder what that is. So we went down the car, and rode again after a few minutes of breathing fresh air.
And then, lo and behold, we were inside the big blue iron gates of the Club.
The Club is a really nice place. With an enclosed spacious nipa hut for large gatherings such as these, with pools for both adults and children, and with obstacle courses, this said place is housed under the shade of towering trees.
So I went inside the function hut and ate snacks. People were wearing either red, blue, or green shirts. Apparently, they were the teams for the teambuilding games. Mom was in the Green team. And Blue lacked two, so Ate and I joined the fun. Hihihihihi.
So there were 5 events: rafting, log-crossing, single-rope crossing, obstacle course, and ski relay. All of these events were timed, and the team with the best time won.
Rafting: Two people are on a raft. You try to go back and forth the “swamp” by tugging on a rope stretched across your court. Every time a person falls into the pond (not a swamp ), 20 points are minused from your score.
Log-Crossing: You cross a log. You fall, you get drenched into the muddy depths of the pond, plus, you get demerits for your team.
Singe-Rope Crossing: There are two parallel ropes. One below, one above. You step on the rope below, you hold onto the rope above. You cross the pond.
Obstacle Course: You crawl under a net, go across some tires, cross an elevated log, go around a chair, cross the log again, etc. Every time you make a mistake, you repeat the part of the course with which you made a mistake on.
Ski Relay: 5 pairs of slippers are nailed onto two boards. Your goal is to go with your team and go around a chair, and make it back to your starting position. Lifting the boards will cost demerits.
Well, the blue team topped the first 3 courses. I fell off the log and into the pond. My slippers got lost, but they were later recovered. (Help me! I’m itching right now! I took a bath after the entire game though. O_o) We were last in the obstacle course and the relay. I even got a wound on my thigh because of the crawling part of the course.
WE WON! Hahaha. Second in place was Team Green, and last was Team Red. So there. 
There was the awarding ceremony for the other events of the day, and then we ate some snacks and went home.
Ate and I got two blue glasses, and Mom got a green one.
*scritch, scratch*
