Juanas Just Wanna Have Fun: Women's Month Celebration 2016

Time flies indeed! I reached my first year milestone in the PNP last February 23. So far, everything is running smoothly. I’ve learned so much from my daily mix up with police matters, albeit I’m not a uniformed personnel, so to say. I’m also enjoying my small roles in community related activities, as well as my daily grind as a Crime Registrar. However, all work and no play makes Jane (or Juana) a dull girl. Did I pray for a break and got answered? Well yes! Lo and behold, 2 whole days on a work were given to us Juanas of the Northern Samar Police Provincial Office for team-building and merry-making. Now, this my friends is what we call a Women’s Month Celebration!

Allen PS we represent! :)

Women’s Month in a Nutshell

Before I go into the deets about the team-building, I’d like to share some info about how the month of March came to be dedicated for this cause. Before women had the whole month, the U.S. recognized Women’s Week; before that, a single International Women’s Day. The first Women’s Day took place on February 28, 1909, in New York City as a national observance organized by the Socialist party. It honoured the one-year anniversary of the garment worker’s strikes in New York that had taken place a year earlier when thousands of women marched for economic rights through Lower Manhattan to Union Square. For more info about this, read this article from Time here.

On to the Team Building. . .

Location: Lagbangan Eco Park and Beach Resort, San Antonio, Northern Samar

Date: March 29-30, 2016

This trip is riddled with many firsts for me that it feels like I've gone straight out of looserville: first time to attend a Women's Month Celebration outing, first time to ride a motorboat, and first time to cross the sea towards an island. Huzzah!

We come in peace. Arriving at the island via a state-of-the-art sea craft. Thank God the 'voyage' only took about 20 minutes from the terminal at Victoria because I was starting to feel a little edgy. No I was NOT nervous!

This being my first time to attend and it seemed that my companions were veterans of this occasion, I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say, we didn't waste much time and after finishing our lunch and resting and sleeping a bit, our activities immediately started. These photos were randomly taken during the games. It was so much fun, I had tummy aches for laughing too much! It truly gave us the chance to get to know each other better. What with the night socials extending up the wee hours of the 30th. I have a fairly good idea about who the best dancers and singers are, NUP and Police-wise, this side of the region. (^^,)

Our team leaders get blindfolded during the game of 'Find Me'. 

Meanwhile, these are some of the photos taken inside the resort. Lovely, ayt? I'm actually thinking of coming back and inviting my siblings for a vacay.

Photos on he left were taken at Cafe Ruperto where we took our meals for the entire duration of the activity. On the right are the sights at the Lagbangan Eco Park and Beach Resort.

That would be me, making the most out of my two-day no work. :)

Bakasyonista mode. Wala munang Crime Registrar.

And lastly, this trip wouldn't  have been as fun it it were not for my companion, who also happens to be my office-mate, friend, chaperon (?! Look after me, I can't swim!!!), bedfellow and owner of the photos used in this blog post (royalty-free of course!). The fierce and arse-kicking Maam Tracy.

There's no other way to put it, I'm definitely looking forward to next year's team building!

XO,

Carissa