I thought I was late, arriving past 9:00am. Greeted by a new face, one of my new barkadas assured me that this was the place. The smell of coffee and pastries drew me to the food table...
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| Jacked from Maria's blog. Thanks Maria! |
The retreat was a great way to begin this chapter of the Bayan Learning Community. I enjoyed the food (well, the coffee at least). I wished I hadn’t eaten breakfast that morning. The food looked enticing. I had planned on bringing something, but I dropped the ball on that one. So, thanks to those that contributed.
The exercises that we did were fun. I recognized the fishbowl exercise. It was an exercise that was frequently done in last semesters Personal Development class. The exercise was a means of overcoming the walls of uncertainty. It felt forced, but, like the proverbial jagged little pill, it was good for the Bayan.
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| My only source of solitude. |
Yeah, I could be on my kayak fishing for the big one and enjoying the solitude on a Friday morning, but I wouldn't mind doing another retreat. Good way to teach others about me.
So many things we could have been doing that Friday morning, yet we chose to be together with our bayanis, and I dont regret it at all! Like you I really liked that we were able to break those walls and speak our minds. =) Great time!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome for the picture Jaun! Ahaha. But yeah, I think that having a retreat to start off the semester was a good idea. And since we don't get to be with each other as much as we did last semester, we dont get that closeness from seeing each other Monday through Friday .. So having this retreat right off the bat, was a good way to start/feel that closeness.
ReplyDeleteI also thought was late on arriving at 9 am to the retreat but hopefully I was on time. I also enjoyed being on the retreat because it help us a lot on knowing the class by having activities that Mr. Aranson told us to do. I was a good idea having a retreat, and assisting to the retreat, to bad for does people that missed it.
ReplyDeleteI did not go but based on how it was described it makes me feel like I missed out on a good event!
ReplyDeleteYou did, Alisha (I'm hijacking Juan's blog to holler at you!). But, I'm sure you'll have more opportunities to build memories and community.
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