In the 1980s, laser tag equipment were limited to the military grade Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (or MILES as they are more commonly known) developed by the United Sates of America to train their soldiers in combat situations with firearms. The system comprises of a transmitter mounted onto the barrel of the weapon which fires a beam of harmless infra red light when the weapon fires a blank (a bullet filled with gun powder without explosives). At the same time, soldiers participating in the MILES training will also be wearning a body and a separate helmet harness with several sensors mounted onto it.

This beam of infra-red light that is “shot” from the gun revolutionalised the way military training is being carried out in the United States and in other countries (including Singapore). The light simultes the trajectory of the bullet and if it is picked up by the sensors worn by other soldiers, the harness of that soldier will register the shot and the small speaker mounted on the harness will give out a beeping noise (indicating that the soldier has been shot) and at the same time, his weapon is disabled. The MILES system became the choice equipment for modern militaries around the world as it is far more realistic in terms of range and accuracy for realistic skirmish exercises than using blanks alone.

Paintball, on the other hand, remained the preferred equipment for close quarter combat trainng and other leisure skirmish games for hard core fans of combat games. Paintball is prefered by some militaries during their training perhaps because it inflicts a certain level of pain (and bruising) when people are being shot and this may help toughen their soldiers.

Initially invented for marking trees and free ranging cattle (hence the name paintball marker), paintball swiftly gained popularity as an outdoor extreme sport. Paintball equipment are mostly powered by compressed CO2 cannisters. Modern equipment allows adjustments for range (by adjusting the amount of compressed CO2 emitted when the trigger is squeezed).

Tiny pellets containing coloured paint exit the barrels of the paintball markers at speeds of about 60 to 80 m/s, explodes upon impact, leaving the target stained with paint. If unprotected at close range, the naked skin may bruise or even bleed. It is considered an extreme sport in most countries and there is a legal age limit to participate in paintball games.

The good news is that, during game play, the paintball field operators will limit the range of their guns to probably about 50 meters depending on their playing field, this will also prevent  severe injuries when players fire at their opponents at close range (against regulations) in their excitement. Protective masks and clothing are also required to prevent injuries. 

In 2004 when laser tag equipment were finally introduced in Singaopre, it gave an entire new meaning to consumers as to what war games and laser tag skirmish games meant. Laser tag equipment are invented with leisure skimish games in mind and the technology is very similar to MILES equipment. The only difference is that laser tag weapons are entirely battery operated and do not emit any physical bullets (at all)! They are safe for children and the infra-red “bullets” will not cause any harm (no bruising & no bleeding).

Combat team building was only introduced when laser tag games operators started to integrate training objectives with the skirmish games to meet the demands of corporate clients. Today laser tag skirmish games are the preferred combat team building option as they are not as “extreme” as paintball (more ladies are open to this game) and the risks of injury are much lower. It is also less cumbersome as protective clothing need not be worn.

The different settings in the skimish equipment (number of lives, number of rounds per clip, firing modes) can also be adusted, giving a whole range of possibilities for different scenarios and mission types.

If you wish to know more about combat team building or laser tag skirmish games, please feel free to drop us an enquiry.

Being team building specialists, we pride ourselves for having he widest range of indoor and outdoor teambuilding programmes in Singapore. What’s more, we also have a list of venue partners that we work with to give you a one stop team building service that cannot be compared.

We have recently added a new indoor team building game, anergy beat-it! to ou arsenal of programmes. “Beat-it” utilises common household items like pails, cans, buckets and containers and most importantly, coordination from participants to create an unforgettable musical experience.

Beat it can be played in almost any venue, as long as it is quite and we are allowed to make some coordinated noises with our instruments. As long as the team works together and put their hearts and minds to it, the “noise” will eventually transform to muisc and the experience will bond participants.

Through the session, participants will not only bond as a team, they will also learn about the following team building lessons:

1. coordination and communication
2. listening
3. leadership
4. leveraging on the strengths of each participant
5. importance having fun 

Anergy beat it stands out from our other popular outdoor team building programmes like laser shootout (using laser tag guns) and synergy race (similar to Amazing Race we see on TV) because it is an activity that does not have age restriction. As long as you enjoy music, you can participate in this game.

Organise a Laser Tag Game for them! The Laser tag equipment that they use are safe even for children as they emit only infra-red light, which means, even your lady colleagues won’t mind giving it a go.

Do take note that it is a physical sport and they may not be required to run but they will have to hold their weapons and hide from “enemy fire” during the 15 to 20 mins game time.

Laser Tag Shootouts! can be played as a team bonding game or it can be used to share on values like leadership, communication, planning before execution, adapting to changes and motivation. To find out about this combat laser teambuilding, just follow this link: www.anergyfunengineers.com.

Laser Tag games are becoming increasingly popular as more and more people become aware of this exciting game. It is simliar to laser quest, which uses indoor laser tag equipment, and played in a dark arena. Laser Shootout! usese outdoor laser tag equipment and can be play under the broad daylight. The range of the laser tag guns are also much longer, making the game more realistic to outdoor combat simulation.

Another interesting thing about laser tag is that it does not involve any projectile and you can have a laser tag party in almost any public park (subject to approval from relevant authorities). The laser tag games also do not leave any mess behind, so approval is usually not an issue.

To find out more about laser tag games, you may visit these sites:

Team Building with Laser Tag - professional teambuilding services OR Laser Tag Party -  laser tag party at your doorstep.

Do you have to be as smart as a rocket scientist to conduct a corporate event? I suppose not; but you may need some pointers, especially if it’s your first time conducting. Conducting a team building session can be fun and easy. The purpose of this article is to help you learn how to prepare for, and facilitate games in a professional manner (or at least appear to be so).

If you are going to organise some form of ice breaker for the first time in the near future, this article will give you an idea of what to look out for and how to behave when the team games.

Before you proceed, please make sure you have already read our article on organising a corporate event. It will give you tips on administrative matters pertaining to planning a corporate event.

There are quite a few types of team games around; generally they can be categorized into:
1. ice breakers (or warm up games)
2. low impact team games (initiative games, puzzles… etc)
3. ball games
4. low & high rope obstacles

We will focus on items 1 through 3 for this discussion. You will not need any professional qualifications to conduct such games and there is a very high probability that nobody is going to get hurt if you do some things wrongly.

For item no. 4 however, we hope that you are not considering conducting that by yourself, if you are not trained or certified to conduct them. Someone may get seriously hurt if you do something wrongly and you may end up in jail (or bankrupt).

Preparation

Rule No. 1 – more games is better than less games. The reason is simple, if you have a lot of games and time is running out, you can always skip the rest of the activities. However, if you have not enough team building games you may be forced to end early.

This may or may not be a good idea as sometimes there are transport arrangements, other times the meals may only be ready at a stipulated time and people may wander off when they have nothing to do.

Search the internet or visit your local bookstore for games resources (or go to this ice breaker page), choose the games that you think are suitable and draw up a timeline. Make sure you fill up the time, with one or two extra games as backup.

Work out the number of teams before hand, if possible, let the participants know about their teams and nominate a team leader so that it will be easier to get the people into their teams on the actual day. It may not be easy to move people into teams in an open space if you are new at it. Having a whistle or loud hailer will help a lot. For group sizes 30 and below you should be able to be heard if you project your voice properly.

Get game rules right

Make sure you know the rules to the games. Know - as in know and able to explain it clearly to another person, not know - as in you know how it works or how to solve it. The easiest way to find out is to grab someone who does not know the game and try explaining it to the person. If he gets what you mean, you should be on the right track.

Another important thing is to make sure you know the solution. If you can’t remember them all, make notes. Unlike a Singapore (or American) Idol contestant, a team building facilitator can, and is encouraged to refer to notes (once in a while, that is).

Simplify the rules

Make the rules easy to understand, if the rules are complex, use visuals, this will help participants who receive visual signals better understand the rules better. It will also help prevent any mis-conception, as the rules are written out.

Conducting Corporate Games Requires Energy

Conducting a corporate team building session requires a lot of energy. Make sure you have enough rest before the actual day, especially the day before. Hydrate yourself well and sleep early. This also helps minimize any chances of you falling ill on the important day.

Be happy, look happy. 

Before we continue, if you are going to organise a team building session or leading some games for your colleagues, we hope that you are out going and you enjoy leading a crowd. If you are not such a person, then at least appear happy and enthusiastic when conducting the games, and SMILE! Remember, negativity is contagious, so is enthusiasm!

Begining the Session

At the start of the corporate team building session, introduce yourself and your assistants, and make sure that the participants are all feeling well and properly hydrated. Let them know what are the objectives of the team games. When giving instructions, make sure you speak in simple English (or whatever language it is supposed to be in), in short sentences, and make sure all the participants can hear you. If you are in an outdoor environment, you may want to prepare a loud hailer (mega phone) or outdoor sound system.

When using the loud hailer, take note that it is directional, it amplifies your voice very well but it narrows the angle of projection, thus you may have to repeat the same line in a few directions.

Have someone hold the visuals when you explain (if applicable).

While Conducting Team Games

Make sure you are have your full attention. You will need to concentrate to make sure that you get the right calls. Most competitive participants will insist that they are right; you have to know who is telling the truth.

We suggest that you have a minimum ratio of 1:2 (i.e. one facilitator to two groups) when doing tele-matches or other competitive games. When working with more experienced facilitators, you can reduce the ratio to 1:3, but it still depends on the complexity of the games involved.

Another important thing is – TAKE NOTES during the games. If you watch soccer, you may realise that even the professional referees take notes. Imagine facilitating a ball game, you have to remember who scored, the score, and also who you have given verbal warnings or yellow cards during the game. Taking notes will help you remember.

Be polite but firm when conducting the games, let the participants know that if you have to, you will penalise them, by either giving demerit points or sending players off the game (all these should be explained to them before the game). You will have to put what you have said during the briefing into action, or they will start to bend the rules.

Be Sensitive to the Participants’ Feelings

Make observations of the participants throughout the session. If the participants are physically exhausted, be sure to give them breaks. If they look like they can’t go on anymore, end off the team building session slightly earlier, so long as the objectives have been achieved.

Ending the Session

Close off the team building session on a high note, commend the different teams on their efforts and performance and give any feedback of the observations that you have made during the session (if applicable). If possible, get participants to share about things that they have learnt during the session. Give out prizes to winning teams!

Finally thank them for thier participantion.

After reading this article, I’m sure you will agree with me that it does not take a rocket scientist to conduct a team building session. However, I must add that having organised such team games for various organisations since ealry 2003, I realised that a rocket scientist may not fit the job requirement perfectly either.

Just like everything else, practice makes perfect. There’s nothing that cannot be learnt, if you are willing to practice. We wish you a successful corporate event!

Just been delegated the “Staff Welfare Committee Chairperson” by your boss to organise a corporate team building event when you have not even conducted an ice breaker before? Do not despair. This article seeks to provide insights on intelligent questions to ask and important things to look out for when organising a corporate team building event.

The O.P.T.I.M.A.L. approach to team building events management:

1. Objectives of the corporate team building

“What do we expect to achieve at the end of the corporate team building?”

To have an end in mind, a purpose, is crucial to planning a corporate team building event. Having objectives mean that you can skew or tailor the activities to meet your expectations. The objectives would, in many situations, form the guiding principals to select the appropriate activities.

Having clear objectives would also help to set the tone for the team building event, and establish the expectations of participants involved, so everyone is moving in unison towards the same direction/ goal.

Having conducted corporate team building events for a variety of organisations, some of the more common reasons why corporate team building is required, are as follows:
a) To create synergy in a new team/ team with new members
b) To create an opportunity for staff from different departments/ functions to interact
c) To address certain work issues
d) To reinforce their corporate values
e) As a form of training
f) To reward their staff with a day away from the office
g) To interact and have fun

Each of the reasons listed above will result in emphasis on different aspects during the corporate team building event. For example, for a new team, we would want to spend a little more time during ice breakers to allow the participants to get to know one another better. If reinforcement of corporate values is the imperative matter, we would want to ensure that the intended values are visible to the participants, for example, as banners, posters or on the little souvenirs that they receive.

2. Profile of Participants

“Who will be attending the corporate team building event?”

Another important factor in planning a successful corporate team building event is the profile of the participants. Age range, gender mix and other background information like educational level and job scope, should be taken into consideration while sculpting the programme, to ensure that the programme would be suitable and relevant for all participants.

Special consideration should also be made for participants who have chronic injuries, medical history or disabilities - they should still be able to actively participate in the activities, without aggravating their conditions.

One other point which organisers frequently overlook is the dietary preferences of the participants. In a multi-racial country like Singapore, participants may be Chinese vegetarians or Indian vegetarians, while others only consume Halal food (food that is lawful and allowable under Muslim law) or even Kosher food (food that has been prepared so that it is fit and suitable under Jewish law). There may also be participants who are allergic to certain types of food. The best way to find out about dietary requirements is to check with the participants directly.

3. Time Frame for planning the corporate team building

“What is the targeted date of the corporate team building and its duration?”

Dates are important, especially when there is a need to secure venues and check the availability of key personnel or speakers. Typically, we would recommend a lead time of about 2 to 3 months to plan for a small to medium-sized team building event, catering for less than 80 participants. If the event is large-scale, the lead time may escalate to 6 months, or even a year before.

When conducting corporate team building outside working hours, some organisations may wish to consider dates of school holidays or school exams, especially for organisations, which place emphasis of balanced work and family life. To encourage maximum attendance from participants, organisations may wish to leave the school examination and vacation periods untouched, for their staff to spend that extra time with their spouse and children.

Duration of the corporate team building should also be taken into account - is it going to be a half-day or full-day event? If there are specific issues to be tackled or other forms of planning or training involved, it may be good to consider a 2-day or even 3-day programme.

4. Inclinations of the participants

“What will the participants prefer to do during corporate team building?”

Having information about the profile of the participants is usually sufficient. However, whenever possible, unearth the type of activities the participants are inclined towards - are they indoor-games type of people or the outdoor adventure type or do you have a good mix of both?

One can derive such preferences by having a poll or survey with the participants if you have an intimate group size, or by gathering the views of a sample group if your group size is overwhelming. Alternatively, reviewing previous corporate team building events and the feedback received could also give a good indication of what is preferred (and what not to do again).

The rule of thumb is to have a good mix of indoor and outdoor activity especially if your size is big, unless you are deliberately exposing the participants to a particular type of setting, or you know their specific preferences.

5. Money Matters

“What is the indicative budget for the corporate team building?”

The budget would have a significant influence on the venue, food and beverage, as well as duration and type of team building activity. If there are no figures to work on as yet, use the previous years’ budget as a guide. If no such information is available, then plan for something not too ambitious, and adjustments can be made from there.

Next, you have to decide if the team building portion is to be handled in-house or to be outsourced to an external vendor. Of course, if the budget permits, there are many advantages in outsourcing the team building portion.

Firstly, to run a team building event, you would need manpower and chances are, if your colleagues are running the event with you, they cannot participate. External vendors would likely be more experienced in conducting the activities and less likely to make mistakes. The vendor would also provide all the logistics involved, leaving your team and yourself free to participate with all your other colleagues.

corporate team building companies also bring with them sufficient experience in knowing what works and doesn’t, so you are not only paying for their services, but also their rich experience.

6. Assessment of Success

“How would you measure the success of the corporate team building session?”

How would the success of the session be measured? Is it considered a success as long as the participants enjoyed themselves, or if the participants got to know at least 3 other colleagues better?

While the effects of corporate team building are generally intangible and the takeaways are somewhat more subtle, measurements of success can be derived from verbal feedback from participants, surveys or observation reports. Observation reports comment on behaviors and attitudes displayed during the activities. Pre and/ or post-event surveys track the effectiveness of the corporate team building event based on the same set of questions they organisers wish to enquire about.

7. Location for team building

“Where should we hold the corporate team building?”

The location or venue would have an effect on the atmosphere of the team building session. The previous six factors mentioned above would have shaped the decision on where to hold the team building.

Other issues relating to location for consideration would be accessibility, function set-up and layout and contingencies for wet weather (if you are having an outdoor session).

With the O.P.T.I.M.A.L. approach developed by änergy, we trust that you would be able to plan for your team building event effectively. If you are running the team building event with your committee internally, be sure to draw up a detailed work plan and budget, with clear responsibilities for every task.

Next, remember that one of the key ingredients of effective team building is rehearsals. You would need to do a site-visit and rehearse the day’s activities, as it would help you trouble-shoot any potential issues, so that improvements can be made on event day and contingency plans are already in-place to tackle any glitches.

We wish you a resoundingly successful corporate team building event!

We all know emails are a integral part of most (if not all) buisnesses today, but we also know that emails are not the best form of communication around, especially when you want to find out how people feel.

Not having time to chat is good in a sense - it means that the human capital in the work place is fully utilised to produce results for the company. On the other hand, we have to be aware that human beings are not machines, they have feelings. Too much communication over emails is not good for team building or for building relationships.

In team building, one very important course is the DISC course. If you are familiar with DISC personality profile, the “S” and the “I” traits (both relational people) represents a total of 80% of the population. This means that more likely than not, 80% of the colleagues in your office wants some form of connection with thier colleagues. They thrive on knowing how people are and how they make them feel. This also implies that in the long run, if this need of the people are not satisfied, they may malfunction. Resentment may go (and grow) unnoticed.

This also means that people who are of the “D” and “C” trait have to learn to be relational to the other 80% of the population!

One very good team buidling and team bonding exercise that we learnt while working with Nokia’s Human Resource Manager, Mr. Satoshi Ishizaka is to introduce “Coffee Time” to the work place. Set aside one day a week for staff to come into the office either 15 minutes earlier (or come in on the same time but start work 15 minutes later) and sit around to have coffee while they chat on anything but work. According to Mr. Satoshi, this exercise has help his staff build relationships and achieve some team building objectives.

We will recommend that you either find our more information on the internet of how to do this first or borrow some resources from the library to learn more before deciding if this is what your group is keen to embark on. This project will easily take 3 to 6 months, depending on the type of tank that you are looking at. Also before even thinking of setting up the tank, please remember that keeping any pet comes with responsibilities, if you are on leave for a long period of time, someone else will have to feed the fishes. Not to forget the weekly water change and other maintenance that needs to be performed.

If you are really new to keeping fish, we actually will encourage keeping a fresh water tank as opposed to a salt water tank. Keeping fresh water tank is easier, the investment required is much lower and success rate is also higher. We will only discuss setting up a fresh water tank in this article, if you are considering setting up a salt-water tank please do your own reasearch well before starting on the project. Time, money and lives (of the fishes and animals - the anemonies) are at stake.

Freshwater Tank
To set up a simple freshwater tank takes about a month. The time line also depends on the type of fish that you are keeping. Usually in an office setting, we will encourage you to keep a landscaping tank, where you showcase a lot of water plants and either a school of small fish or just a few types of fishes.

First thing to do before setting up a tank is to find a spot. One good place to consider is at the waiting area where visitors arrive so that they can admire the tank when they wait your colleagues. The tank should not be near equipments that emits too much heat or right below air conditioning vents such that the water temperature can be affected.

Next, you got to ensure that there is power supply at the place that you want the fish tank to be. A freshwater tank will need an air pump and a water filter, some fishes will also require a heater as the air-conditioning in the office will chill the water to temperatures that may not be suitable for tropical fishes. They may develop diseases if the water is too cold, and eventually die.

After you find a spot and setlle the power supply, you will need to decide on a size of tank and the type of plants and fish that you want to keep. Before you buy anything again, you have to do some research. Visit a few aquariums and look at the displays that they have. Find out what type of plants and fishes you are keen on getting, ask the shop owners for suggestions. Ask them about whether the fishes that you intend to keep can co-habit together. No matter what type of tank you are setting up, patience is the key to success.

After you decide on the type of tank and fishes you are interested in, you will need to buy the tank, the stand or cabinet for the tank, the pump, the aquarium light and heater (if required) and filter. After setting up all the equipment and filing the tank with gravel (please wash the gravel several times before putting it in the tank) next fill the tank halfway with some tap water so that your plants can stand.

After all your decorations are complete, fill up with water to about 3 cm from the top of the tank. After that, you will need to “cycle” the tank - to let the filter run for about a month, with either just plants or plants with 1 or 2 small but very hardy fish (ask the aquarium owner for suggestions). Yes, one month minimum, before you buy any creature to add to the tank. This procedure is required to allow micro-organisms to grow in the filter. These organisms break down harmful substances in the water (like excretions from the fishes) and convert them into gases. If fishes are added too quickly, they organisms may not able to convert the wastes in time they will accumulate in the water day after day and one day you will find all the fishes dead for no apparent reasons.

However taking this up as a group team bonding project will prove to be rewarding when you see your beautifully decored tank with healthy fishes swimming happily inside.

Freshwater Aquarium
picture from http://www.aquazone.gr/forums/uploads/Nature83_2.jpg

The zinc roofs and wooden houses will give some participants a nostalgic feeling if they had lived in atap houses before. even the houses made of concrete are a far cry from the 20 storey flats that most of us live in today, in mainland Singapore.

To get to Pulau Ubin, you will need to get to the Changi Jetty and head downstairs to the basement and wait for the bum boat to arrive. The ferry fare is $3 per way and they will usually only leave when the boat is full (12 passengers). If you are in a hurry, you will have to pay for the empty seats before they will leave.

When you first arrive at the Jetty, you will see a few coffee shop and a chinese restaurant. After that, you will realise that Pulau Ubin has the highest concentration of bicycle rental shops per square meter of land, followed closely by coconut drink stalls. These vendors mostly stay on the island and they make a simple living out of renting the bicycles and selling drinks and coconuts to the island visitors, which is mostly students. Which means, their business thrives during school holiday seasons and their income will not be as good during exam periods.

You can spend a whole day in Pulau Ubin, cycling around the island (bicycle rental there is the cheapest in Singapore, from as low as $3 or $4 for a whole day!). Please rent the better bikes that cost a little more, about $7 onwards, the terrain in Pulau Ubin is already not the most friendly, to get a run down bike is to make life more difficult for yourself.

Before renting your bicycle though, remember to get a map from the Park Rangers’ Office near the Jetty.

There are a lot of interesting flora and fauna in Pulau Ubin that you will not usually see in Singapore. At low tide a wade at Chek Java will also be an eye opening experience.

We do not know whether or when Pulau Ubin will be develop into a beach resort, after Sentosa is fully utilised. So we should try and visit this island before it disappears forever.

Another place that you can visit is St John’s Island. To get to St. John’s Island, you can take a ferry from inside Sentosa, at the Ferry Terminal. The ferry operators told us that they will be operating from Sentosa Ferry Terminal until January next year, afterwhich they will like dock at HabourFront Ferry Terminal, which is just across where they are docking now.

Everytime we go to St. John’s island, it always feel like we are in some dive resort in Malaysia. The water there is crystal clear. In fact the water condition there is so good that there is a Marine Science Reasearch Facility operated by Tropical Marine Science Institude from NUS at St. John’s island. There are schduled visiting days where they will allow publics to tour their facilities. When we visited them, we had the chance to touch star fishes and sea horses and other live marine creatures in their touch pool. They also bred endangered giant clamps that live on the nutrients from the algaes which photosynthesise in them! This trip will definitely be an eye opener to most people!

You can visit their website to find out more about the type of research they do and their public visit schedules. Entrance fee is $25 for adults and children below 18 at $7.

www.tmsi.nus.edu.sg/edu.htm (copy and paste this link to your web browser to visit thier website)
or you may contact the person incharge (copied from their website at the time this article was written) to make a reservation to visit the Marine Science Research Facility:
Ms Jenny Koh
Tel: 67749657
Email: tmskgh@nus.edu.sg

Volleyball is popular with ladies as well as men. It is non contact (since opposing team play on different sides of the net), and it requires a tremendous amount of team work to play the game well.

Gears required to play this game is also simple, basically indoor court shoes, knee guards, volleyballs and ofcourse a venue.

It takes practice to pick up this game and having someone to coach the team will definitely help.

Number of people required for this game is 6 a side. Beach volleyball is usually played with 2 players a side (but this is not recommended for begineers, it will be very challenging for begineers to play 2 a side).

For smaller group sizes, we will recommend games like tennis and table tennis. Equipment for the games can easily be bought from sports shops and courts can be found all across Singapore.

Playing games regularly like these (once or twice a week) will not only help build inter personal relationships between participants, it is also good exercise, which is much needed by most Singaporeans, given their hectic work schedules.

First thing you need is a BBQ pit. there are a few National Parks that have BBQ pits available for rental, they are: Changi Beach Park, East Coast Park, Labrador Park, Pasir Ris Park, Sembawang Park, Punggol Park and West Coast Park. One of the more popular one we suppose is the ones in East Coast Park.

All the BBQ pits are maintained by nparks sub-contractors and we’ve seen them clean the pits in the morning, they did such a good job that the grills were sparkling clean when they left! One of our favorite BBQ spot is Labrador Park. The park is under utilised and it is nicely renovated.

If you just do a search for national parks website, you will be able navigate to the online booking site, or you can go to any AXS stations situated at certain cinemas and shopping centres where you can book the pits, of course there is also the online option. At the end of this article are some links that you may find useful to assist you.

After getting the pits, you will need to get the food. There are two options here, the first is to set up a committee to buy the food and marinate them yourself or the second, more convenient way, is to cater the food. Considering the effort required to buy and marinate, catering seems the more popular choice.

If you are looking at catering the food, we will recommend using BBQ wholesale, they have EVERYTHING you need for your BBQ including the grill, charcoal, different types of marinated food and even wire mesh. They also carry tongs & styrofoam boxes! We have used them a number of times before and their BBQ food is great! Like us, they are SPECIALISTS!

All that’s missing now is cooler box with ice, drinks, trash bags and troches for safety. Remember to clean up the park after using it to keep Singapore clean and maintain the good name of Singaopreans (which is quickly deteriorating).

BBQ Wholesale, your one stop BBQ supplier:
http://www.bbqwholesale.com (copy and paste the link to your web browser to visit the websites)

Booking of BBQ pits through AXS stations:
http://www.axs.com.sg/axs_station/how_to_use/how_to_use_bbq_pit_booking.asp (copy and paste the link to your web browser to visit the websites)