JMPers in Southeast Asia bonded during the first of four virtual team building events planned and hosted by Ida Rahim, Sr. Associate Inside Sales Account Representative. The sessions, which will continue over the next month, are an opportunity to build relationships and foster future collaboration.
Divine & intellectual activities
The theme of the first two sessions? Divine and intellectual activities. In session 1, participants shared in a brief meditation to a peaceful soundtrack and discussed their families and life motivations.
Some highlights:
Bass Masri is proud of his three daughters. Sarah-May is studying to become a primary school teacher, Zena-Rose is thinking about becoming a world class chef and Emily-Joy is going to play football for Australia’s Matildas. (@Bass_Masri)
Melisa Muhamad’s “minions” (@Melisa_Muhd)
Pin Hu and family celebrating the Year of the Tiger (@PIN)
Zhaobin Wang and his family a couple of years ago – his son is now taller than he is! (@Zhaobin)
Mun Keat Woon’s children range from age 5 to 14 and hold a variety of interests and hobbies. His family members’ names all start with V or W (except for Mun Keat, of course!). (@MK_Woon)
Murali Anandamurthy lives with an extended family of 14 (his brother and sister and their families). This is his nuclear family. (@Muralidhara)
Chandra Ramnarayanan's son and wife who is a banker turned homemaker. (@Chandramouli_R)
Kim Hui Lim with his mother (front row left), sister (back row left) and wife (front row right), whom he married last year after their wedding was delayed due to COVID. They are expecting a baby in June. (@lkimhui)
Bryan Yan’s son is now 15 years old and has been “the source of all my happiness and most of my anxiety,” he quipped. He’s now a cyclist and as tall as Bryan. (@BryanYan)
Gina Xie’s son is almost six years old, just lost five baby teeth and is a Lego lover. Her husband is a journalist – in the phone screenshot on the right you can see him covering the Olympics. (@GinaXie)
Ida is the seventh of eight kids, an experience she says taught her to be compassionate and work well with others – and to be rebellious for the sake of attention! She met her husband, who is from Nigeria, at university and has a son. (@IdaRahim)
Later they will give each other a glimpse of their hobbies and test their general knowledge with a trivia game.
Coming Up: Festival and collaboration
Sessions 3 and 4 are all about festival and collaboration. The team will:
- Dress up and share how they celebrate Eid al-Fitr/Hari Raya, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
- Pre-record performances with a partner and share their creativity with the larger group. (Rumor has it the team with the best performance will receive a surprise!)
- Attend an online brunch, during which they will share their favorite foods and talk about caring for their bodies with nutritious meals.
Reactions to the first session
“What a wonderful team bonding session, look at the smiles. Thank you, Ida!”
Zhaobin Wang
“Thanks Ida! Even though it’s a virtual session, it helps team bonding 
Appreciate your effort!"
Kim Hui Lim
"From knowing my team as mere pixels on a screen, this session made me know you all much better – who you are, your journeys and y(our) aspirations helped me see you in flesh and blood. Ida, thanks for conceiving this idea and for making this happen. Looking forward to the rest.”
Chandra Ramnarayanan
Thanks for sharing, very nice to see pictures of you all!
Thanks @IdaRahim for hosting this for SEA!
Such great photos of the SEA team and their families! I can't wait to see the next sessions in photos.
What a wonderful treat to get to know some of our far-away colleagues in such a beautiful way. Thank you sharing this with us.
Loved reading this and seeing such beautiful families--thank you for sharing!
What a brilliant idea, @IdaRahim, to create connection virtually!
Great to learn more about colleagues around the globe! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful smiling faces & families!
Love seeing these pictures and learning more about the team's families!
Thanks for sharing, it´s good to know a bit more all JMP colleagues WW!
@lkimhui great news, congratulations!
It is an honour to organised this team bonding activities. SEA JMPers are all participative & awesome!
