Japanese and Chinese Gift-Giving Etiquette (Series 029)

The topic for the 29th presentation in the series was 'Japanese and Chinese etiquette in gift giving'...

 Twenty students, including five international students attended the session today...

Kaho Kobayashi from the Law Faculty gave a talk in English about the Japanese practices of gift giving...

 Students enjoy their lunch while listening to the speakers...

 The Chinese side of the story was presented by Tou Houi who hails from Beijing Technology University...

There were several questions touching on matters such as why the numbers 4 and 9 were not favored... on why the color red or silver and not black is used for wrappers... and the rationale of the green cap implying infidelity of the wife in China...

The moderator was Fan from China...

Noodles of Malaysia and Japan (Series #28)

Today, Azalia and Sayaa Nishizaki made a presentation on noodles...

Sayaa introduced several varieties of noodles in Japan...

Examples are soba, ramen, udon, and somen...
Her favorite is Tokushima ramen and she recommended us to go to Tokushima to get the real taste of the noodle...

Azalia presented details on three popular noodles in Malaysia...
According to her, a plate of noodles costs about 100 yen, cheap when compared to the prices in Japan...

There were laksa, char koey teow, and mee goreng mamak...
Her favorite is char koey teow and she suggested that Penang is the best place to eat this dish...
There were 23 students today, with 6 of them being international students...