- piece of paper with 3 logic puzzles (my team did poorly and needed help from another team
- puzzle where you have to trade puzzle pieces with other teams in order to finish
- I forget what this step was
- you must find someone and convince him to give you the next clue (by bribing him)
- you must find someone and sing them a song
- you must solve a complicated logic puzzle (or get the same answer by an easier way, which we did after a hint)
- you must solve a crossword puzzle which can only be solved by asking random Indian TWers around the office (no laptops allowed)
- you are given a picture of something and you have to ask people around the office where it is, then go find it. at it is the prize (guarded by one of the trainers)
Our prize was a game of Monopoly and a dinner voucher for our team. :)
I have many enormous bug bites and it makes me sad. I need longsleeved shirts and bug repellant but when I tried to find the grocery store under N building I could not find it. I'll try again later. One of the trainers says that it is open from 8am to 9pm.
During the treasure hunt, we were very loud and disturbed everyone's work but I think that that was partly the intent? We ran around the office a lot and I think provided much amusement.
Tonight Ron organized dinner- meeting by the atm at 7pm. Go Ron!
Other leadership moment of the day- when Uchenna divided us into teams when we were having trouble with that at the start of the treasure hunt. :)
My team: me, Dani (curly and enthusiastic!), Shane (irish guy), Pavithra (my flatmate)
How is training going: A little slow, but camaraderie is developing. We're still having self-segregation problems with the Chicago people vs everyone else, but they're fading.
How am I doing: I'm ok. I'm looking forward to less games and more work/learning. My feet are owwie and I don't know why. The cell phone we were issued is old pathetic hardware which borders on useless.
What did I learn today?: I'm not really sure. I'm a little tired.
What do I still need to do?: The strengthsfinder test, get dinner with people, finish the Industrial Logic courses (oops)
I don't feel too bad about the Il courses because I know that some of my fellow trainees didn't take them all that seriously or in detail, but I still intend to finish them (my way) before monday.
I asked Wolter how much of the sessions next week I can blog publicly- because blogging is my way of taking notes... and the answer I guess is almost all of it, but that I should run it by him first for the first few days.