We also ate for more than half an hour before we finished, the waiters came back and they took the dishes one by one after a while Sir Pablito started to speak and I think he will be the first to give us the task.
"We need to get out of the hall now and we're going to go outside into the woods,"
I felt then that I had not tasted the food and also did not feel full because of the thought of the exciting first task of team building.
We all looked at each other as if we were asking for assurances from each other and we were even able to ask questions and murmur until Sir Pablito suddenly whistled loudly which signaled for us to leave the hall. We all walked towards the entrance and they lined us all outside.
"We will go to the woods and we will guide you so that you do not get lost, you will just follow us in which direction we are going. Do you understand?" and we all agreed.
They walked ahead of us where we quietly followed them, it was still clear where we were walking because there were still lights on each pole, I thought at first Amazing race was our first task but I was wrong, more than half an hour we were also walking and we were a little tired but when we got to the woods Sir Pablito suddenly stopped at a big tree and Ms. Jessica, Mrs. Althea and Mr. Molina were walking in distance, when they returned, they carrying boxes, they started to open each boxes and exposed in front of us so many flashlights, they handed them out to us one by one.
"Your first task will start tonight here in the woods and it will be called‘ Last El Bimbo ’just like the title of the song,"
Raim laughed to one side and I scold him to silence.
Sir Pablito continued to speak.
“As a team, your task is to find each of your handkerchief mates and you will tie them around your wrists, the task will end when you reach this tree together with the same color and design of the handkerchief, only five groups will win here so do your best and sharpen your mind and eyesight, you need to persuade the other team to cooperate as your handkerchief partners to get to the base before the times up, there are obstacles in every tree you pass so be careful, when you hear the song El bimbo in the distance means the 'times-up' is approaching so you need to get back to base and then we will announce the winner. "
"Sir, what if the different group that already owns a handkerchief that similar to us doesn't join us? Can we exchange a handkerchief with another group and negotiate with them so that we can share the victory?" Richard asked.
"Yes, it can be as long as they are identical, the goal of the first task are cooperation, trust and unity," Sir Pablito replied.
"You are all twenty -four students, which means you are made up of eight groups and in eight groups there must be three members, so now choose who you will be with," Ms. Jessica said.
Suddenly Sir Pablito whistled, we were all alarmed and at first, we didn't know what to do until some of our female classmates quickly hugged each other while others holding hands to form a group and not split up. Separately, I ran to Raim and Endrix but I left Charles and Jake while they joined with Elvis. When I looked in Lara's direction, I was shocked that Cecile was separated from them and ended up in Monique's group, and I was even more surprised when I see Vanessa hugging Andrea and Lara.
I dared to ask Sir Pablito.
"Sir we are all eight groups, you said only five groups will win so that means three groups will lose?" I looked carefully at him.
“Yes, and the five groups will have a big badge equivalent to the big group score so be good to win,” Sir Pablito said.
A strong tremor rumbled in my chest, I watched my friends particularly Lara, Andrea and Cecile. We split up into a group and one of us even threatened to lose in team building.
A few minutes later Mrs. Althea showed small boxes and then she explained to us the next procedure of the task.
"When I call your names, it means you're the one in the group and you're going to take every box I give you,"
Mrs. Althea began to call our names in random order.
TEAM A
Andrea
Lara
Vanessa
TEAM B
Elvis
Charles
Jake
TEAM C
Richard
Andrew
Mary Kate
TEAM D
Lancelot Timothy
Endrix
Raim
TEAM F
John Carmelo
Monique
Cecile
TEAM G
Luther Edward
Mischa
Roldan
TEAM H
Danita Joy
Fritz Lawrence
Ford
TEAM I
Kelly
Louise
Vincent
When Mrs. Althea was sure that we got the boxes she then explained the instruction.
"Each box contains handkerchiefs, once you have opened the boxes you will wrap the handkerchiefs around your wrists and never remove them until the first task is over because you will be defaulted. Go ahead and start to scatter and go into the woods, GO! "
We quickly walked into the woods, the atmosphere was clear because it was full moon but we made sure we could see our way, we turned on our flashlights until we saw Charles and Jake walking in the woods and asked for their forgiveness when we accidentally left them.
“Don’t worry we’ll get out of the woods as winners,” Charles said.
"Oh, how did you know?" Raim asked.
"We're witches and we already knew the future because we’re holding the crystal ball, hahaha" Jake replied.
"Oh, be careful huh. May the best man win," I told them before we bid goodbyes.
On the other hand, I caught a glimpse of Lara smiling at me before disappearing into the thick leaves of the tree.