GSD's Back to School Event

Do you still remember your school days? Flag Eraser Game! Hopscotch! Recess! Canteen! Those were the highlights of school in my dictionary. It’s been exactly a decade since I left my school days. I would have never thought that there would be a day, when I will be getting the chance to experience any sort of school experience unless it is of my children sometime in the future. That was until the 8^th of March 2013, when Ericsson and Eli Lilly team organized a fun event at our work place. The theme was none other than “Back to School”.

Top: (L-R): Nur Liyana, Siti, Enaam, Brilly, Ahri, Bel, Ghobi, Eddie, Azfar,Hafizullah
Bottom (L-R): Baki, Kevin, Hazim, Saiful

 Every detail of the event was carefully planned from the dress code, activities and decoration in order to bring the theme alive with the effect of bringing us back through memory lane to reminisce the good old days. GSD agents and staff were encouraged to wear school uniforms and those assigned with roles dressed based on their assignment.

Starting from the Top Left (Clock-wise): Nadrah the Music Teacher, Elvin the History Teacher, Kishok the PJK Teacher, Kelvin Sew the Disciplinary Teacher and Mega the English Teacher.

Everyone was required to play their role accordingly. For example, the students would have to greet the teachers with “Selamat Sejahtera Cikgu”; or in English “Good Day, Teacher”; in the tune that was used back in school. Fun-filled activities such as Win Lose or Draw, Hopscotch, Eraser War and Dustbin basket ball were played.

Games on that Day

Participants who wins a challenge were rewarded with a small token of GSD Back to School Currency which can be used to buy food at the Canteen. Yes, you read it right. We even had a canteen selling Super Rings, Nasi Lemak, Mee Hoon, Mamee etc.

GSD Back to School Currency with a picture of the Idris, the Chairperson of the event.

Back to School Canteen Operation

 The common area was decorated to look like a class room.

 Back to School Background

The support and participation from the team was overwhelming that even our foreign employees came wearing their very own school uniforms! 

We also had a competition for those who dress up for the occasion and the winners are… *drumroll*

Fikrul Hadiy Shahbudin a.k.a. Eddie (Boy Category)
Eddie came to work wearing the complete school attire and equipped with an actual school bag and pencil case.

Enaam Abdoun Mohamed Osman Suliman (Girl category)
Enaam wore her actual school uniform from Saudi Arabia International School

Kudos to our creative committee and sporting participants for making the event a success.  As a result of our success, similar events will now be held periodically every odd month of the year. I look forward to our next event. What will the theme be? Now, that’s a secret I’ll never tell. *Wink!* The only hint I can give is, it’s all about dressing up that hard coconut which stores your brain!

Check out the video highlights of the event here:
http://youtu.be/897feUPb8kA  (Long version)
http://youtu.be/UUbwSIxy3y4  (Short version)