Bintan Company Retreat

Brayden 7Y9M4D

Bevlynn 3Y5M28D

28 - 30 Nov 2024, 

I was off again on a business trip, but this time it is a company retreat. It is the first time in my five years working for the organisation. We went to Bintan Indonesia, an island not too far away from Singapore. The ferry ride to the island took only about 1 hour to arrive. 

However, something happened right before arriving at the ferry terminal. We were sharing a cab and my company phone dropped on the car seat. By the time I noticed it, the Grab car has left for the other side of Singapore. So I had to quickly arranged for Hubs to collect the phone from the driver. I had to go on the trip without my phone and nobody could reach me. It truly become a "retreat" for me then, although it was unintentional. 

We had conferences and teams from Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam; all coming together. 

We were taken on a bus to the Angsana Hotel Bintan. It is a nice hotel, my room was facing the swimming pool and the beach. Each time the lunch and dinner comes in variety of places and setup. We ate at the Lotus Cafe, Banyan Tree restaurant and Saffron Restaurant (Dinner Thai). To go to the restaurants we need to get on a buggy, on the way there were many private villas lined up on the sides of the road. Banyan Tree and Saffron Restaurant had very nice view overlooking the beach, it was on top of a small cliff. 

There was team bonding session. It was rainy weather so everything has to be mostly indoors. We had to Pass the marbles in a line, Tap-Catch the fingers, Pull-out balls from basket using chopsticks, Rearrange the Cards, Hold the rope and make shapes blindfolded, Build a tower with straws, Drop the Egg. Our team did not win but we had lots of fun. 

I had managed to get a session of Sound Healing on the last day; it was a 45-min session in a private villa with a wonderful view outside the large windows. It was a new experience for me. We had all laid on the floor mat and there were sound gongs. It felt relaxing with the sound, slowly it started getting really bright and I saw beautiful aura colours (blue, violet, red) in my blind-folded eyes. I thought it was strange, was the blindfold not work properly? I moved my blindfold and made sure it was all pitch black. It was..... only for awhile, then the colours start reappearing again. It came in circles and circle in to a small dot, following the gong sound. Then I could felt vibrations on my body even though the gong was only very close. I was not feeling too well that day, but when we return home. My blocked nose started to clear and phlegm just came out after few coughs. It does felt like body healing; although I am not too sure if this is how it should be. 

My colleagues had some ghostly encounters in their room. There was a lady in tudung screaming at a colleague and she saw a kampung of people staring at her from outside her window. It was not too good an experience for her.