Sunday, October 16, 2011

Team Building @ FRIM

Friday was NOT a working day for my team. One of my team member has organized a mini team building @ Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM).

@9:20 i reached the FRIM and i was the 3rd person there besides my colleagues who was organizing this event and my boss whom don't like to be late. Luckily i was not late... Anyway, we were there waiting for the rest to arrive.

The trip to FRIM was different from my previous visit. This time we hired a ranger to bring us around FRIM... My team member has organized a light and easy hike through the planted forest since 1929. There were lots of different species of trees... The Kapur trees (Dryobalanops Lanceolata) formed the crown of shyness which is a popular spot for the entire hiking trip.

Crown Shyness, Malaysia
Managed to capture via my iPhone.
Then we continued walk over to see other species. Guess what? We came across a tree name Jelotung (Dyera Costulata) which its latex is use for...

Ranger : Do you know the latex of this tree is use for making what?
Team: No idea...
Ranger : You know I usually offer Chewing Gum when we reach here but now i don't...
Team : Why?
Ranger : Recently the research found this latex is a good material for high quality Condoms.
Team : High quality Condom?
Ranger : Yes, because of its latex is soft and not so easy to break.
Team : Oh i see...
Ranger : I stop chewing gums now cause every time i chew the gum, I always feel like i chew on high quality Condoms.
Team : Hahahahaa....

After the story of Chewing gum and High Quality Condoms... we move on and the Ranger continued to explain those plants... we have learnt a lot within that two hours hike. It's a very nice hike for a CITY BOY like me. LoL...

2 comments:

Small Kucing said...

LOL...funny fella

TZ said...

i think we should plan out a blogger session with the ranger... it's so nice to walk with him as we could learnt a lot of knowledge about the plant in FRIM :)