Chasing Daylight: P&G CS Amazing Race Manila Season 1

P&G CS Amazing Race Manila Season 1

1 Comments Published by Ryx on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 5:29 AM.

January 14, 2008: Our team in the company decided to have this teambuilding activity which tested out knowledge of Metro Manila's ins and outs. It's Amazing Race Manila Season 1! We divided ourselved into 3 teams and each of us prepared a task that all teams should perform. And these tasks are scattered all over Metro Manila! Race started at 9.30am at our office in Buendia, Makati.

Final Pitstop at Friday's Bonifacio High Street. All teams must be here by 1.00pm. For every 15 minutes that a team is late, they lose one task performed. Jayan's team was the first to arrive (l-r) Jayan, Donelle, Alelie, Joyce.

Here are the groupings:

Mark's Team - Winner
8/11 tasks completed, second to arrive at pitstop, no task deductions
Mark Camus, Herbert Hallig, Toffee Raperoga, Mango Ngo

Francis' Team - 1st Runner Up
8/11 tasks completed, third to arrive at pitstop, no task deductions
Francis Uy, Ryx Nabos, Boni Andino

Jayan's Team - 2nd Runner Up
7/11 tasks completed, first to arrive at pitstop, no task deductions
Jayan Dy, Donelle Gan, Alelie Tagle, Joyce Saez

And here were the tasks (do note that the locations were not indicated in the instructions, so every team has to figure out where these places are!):

Francis' Task. Take a picture of the team + 1 stranger + quote from Ninoy Aquino near the Ninoy Aquino Statue. (location: Paseo cor. Ayala, Makati City)

Joyce's Task. Take a picture of the team with Ronald McDonald in his famous bench. (location: Wherever)

Donelle's Task. Take a picture of the team onsite Surf's and Sunsilk's headquarters. (location: Unilever Head Office, United Nations Avenue, Paco, Manila)

Boni's Task. Take a picture of the team + 1 stranger at Paco Park. (location: Paco, Manila)

Herbert's Task. Take a picture of the team with a Rizal quotation plate/plaque. (location: Rizal Park, Manila or Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila)

Jayan's Task. Take a picture of the team in front of a hotel-looking funeral. (location: Sanctuarium, Araneta Avenue, Quezon City)

Ryx's Task. Get an autograph from Ryx's girlfriend, Margarette. (location: Pag-asa, Quezon City)

Mark's Task. Purchase a Philippine Peso Bill from the Japanese Occupation. Actual tender required. (location: Antique Village, Tiendesitas, Pasig City)

Alelie's Task. Take a picture of the team with Alelie's baby, Zion. (location: San Joaquin, Pasig City)

Toffee's Task. Take a picture of the team in front of Colegio San Agustin. (location: Dasmariñas Village, Makati City).

Mango's Task. Take a picture of the "Bank of P.I." logo. Note: not one team has accomplished this task. Apparently, the Bank of P.I. has closed down a few weeks ago. Picture above is Joyce trying to find a way to accomplish this task (get it?). (location: Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City)

Overall, the activity was tiring, but fun. We're planning to do Season 2 maybe next month, with more participants joining in as the P&G MDO-IDS team will be joining us by then. We'll have new rules too, adopting it very closely to the famous reality show Amazing Race. By then, teams will be in pairs. And contrary to what we just did, all teams would have to travel by commute (haha!). All credit cards and wallets must be left at the office and each team will only be given a certain amount of money to cover their needs (travel fares, food, etc.). Season 2, I expect, is going to be more exciting. I'll make sure to cover that when that happens!

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