NTU iGlobal event on 24th & 25th January
Sunday, January 14, 2007
皆さん 明けましておめでとうございます！Warmest New Year Greetings from Japanese Appreciation Club! JAC wishes you had fruitful 2006 and an even more fulfilling year ahead!
For the last semester, with your support and interest, JAC has held several events successfully. That includes the sub-com recruitment, the Japanese Conversation Workshop (JCW) and last month's trip to Waseda University, Japan. I believe, in this year, we will be able to do better and let more people join our club activities and enjoy the Japanese culture.
Our club will be involved in the NTU iGlobal event on the 24th & 25th of January. iGlobal is an event aimed at increasing awareness and encourage participation in the exchange programs available to the various countries and universities. This event is organized by NTU International Relation Office and JAC will be in charge of the Japan booth.
Members are invited to our booth to enjoy the following:
1. Free Yukata Photo taking
We will prepare several pieces of Japanese traditional Garment: Yukata and offer free photo taking service. Two digital photos of you dressed in beautiful Yukata will be sent to your designated email account shortly after the event.
2. Meiji Chocolates sales
At the booth, we will be selling some Oishii Japanese chocolates and sweets. The products will be sold at flat price because the club actually subsidizes the price. So please do not let go the chance to buy some cheap and yummy chocolates!
3. Membership Card distribution and Discount
JAC members who have signed up with us and not yet got their membership cards will be able to come to the booth and collect their membership cards, together with a free piece of chocolates/cookies. We are sorry for the lateness in distribution.
Members who come to the booth can also get a 20% discount on the Meiji Chocolates. So, please don’t hesitate to come!
4. Information on exchange in Japan
At the booth, you will find brochures and booklets etc about exchange program in universities in Japan.
5. Information Talk
On the event day, an informative talk(time to be confirmed) will be held by the Japan booth. The talk will be made up of several powerpoint presentations, about exchange experience in Japan, universities in Japan, JAC’s Waseda Trip, and JAC’s activities etc.
So, if you have a plan to go Japan for exchange, or at least willing to know more about how JAC can bring you closer to Japan related activities in NTU, we engourage you to attend the our talk. It will be informative, enriching and fun. Promise! If you have any questions and queries about going Japan for exchange, there will also be students who have gone to Japan for exchange, and even exchange students from Japan to answer your questions! It’s also a good chance to make some friends.
The time slot of the information talk will be updated once confirmed.
So, after my introduction about iGlobal Japan booth, you should have a rough idea about what we are offering there. So, do come to our booth! We will be waiting for you all there!
お待ちしてます！ またね！
Best Regards
NTU JAC
Yang Peidong
Leadership & Technology Management Study Trip in Japan
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Last December, some of our NTU students took part in a 6 day exchange trip to Tokyo, Japan. Here is an account by our president, Peidong:
We visited two universities, Soka University and Waseda University. Soka University impressed all of us with their friendliness and hospitality. The students prepared very fruitful discussion sessions and we enjoyed interacting with them. The university campus was extremely beautiful and provided a very condusive environment for learning. There were very comfortable lounges, reading rooms and libraries for students to do reading and learn language etc.
We had a wonderful and fun session at Soka University discussing about leadership qualities and our role models. We also discussed how leadership differs between Japan, a typical Asian country and Singapore, a more westernized one. We also had the chance to try some hands-on activities in teams for a manufacturing competition. Through that, we were able to learn how to work better and more efficiently in a team and produce better results.
The other university we visited, Waseda University, has a longer history than NTU and we strongly felt the long history of traditions and academic atmosphere on our campus tour. We agreed that this is rarely felt in NTU, perhaps because NTU is newer, therefore Waseda University really gave us another perspective.
Other than our campus tours, we also visited 2 companies, Olympus and NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo was the most impressive event through the trip. We were impressed by two major points: first, the advanced technology of the mobile phone industry in Japan. In Japan, a 3G phone is almost a necessary for everyone by which they can watch TV, download music, etc etc. In the company show room, the company also showed us some new concepts of products for the years to come. The kind of creativity really amazed everyone of us. Secondly, in the show room, we were attended by several extremely friendly and graceful attendants who showed us around. The spirit and quality of service is so amazing that we believe that probably we could not find that any where else in the world. NTT really demonstrate how the technology is being managed and transformed into industry and business.
Overall, the trip was a tremendous success through which all of us had fun touring tokyo and learning about leadership and technology management. Most importantly, this trip served to deepen the friendship between our universities and also the two countries.
More Photos can be found at http://ntuwaseda2006.myphotoalbum.com/