Monday, September 28, 2015

Adios, Antonio-kun, for now...




Just about a year ago, the Kagawa University International Office was offered an opportunity by the Japanese ministry to host two international students majoring in Japanese Language and Japanese affairs.

One of the students was Antonio-kun, from Mexico...

Hosting him for one year had been an immense pleasure, to say the least...

He is bright, intelligent, funny, jovial, super-sociable, and loved by many of his peers...

He graciously came by today to say 'sayonara' and even gave me a little gift for remembrance...

With his many talents and his skill in handling multiple languages, this young man will go far...

I wish him all the best...

Adios, for now... and have a safe flight back home...  (Lrong)

Saturday, September 26, 2015

'World Cooking Event' @ Ayakawa town


The so-called 'World Cooking Event' was held at Ayakawa town on 26th September 2015.

This event marked the 21st in the series that began in 1995. The first three events were coordinated by another individual.

I had the pleasure and honor of taking over the coordination from the 4th event in 1998.

Since then, 171 students from 27 countries had graciously offered to cook some of their national dishes.

This year, we had five students from Indonesia, two from Bangladesh, and one from Costa Rica.

They managed to cook some magnificent dishes within the allotted two hours.

We had a fine time tasting the wonderful food.

Following which, a local band entertained us with some nice traditional Japanese tunes.

Many thanks to the students who helped us out this time...

(Lrong)



































Saturday, September 12, 2015

Fifth SUIJI Seminar @ Kagawa University

Kagawa University is a member of the Six University Initiative Japan-Indonesia Consortium, (SUIJI Consortium).

The member universities are Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), and Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) from Indonesia, and  Ehime University, Kagawa University, Kochi University from Japan.

Each year, members take turns to host a seminar. In mid September 2015, Kagawa University had the pleasure to host the 5th Seminar in the series.

On a personal level, I was much honored to be asked to present a Shakuhachi performance at the Welcome Reception attended by over 80 people.  (Lrong)



Monday, September 7, 2015

Kagawa University & Chiang Mai University SEE Program (second week)

The International College gave the name 'SEE' to the program, meaning 'Study, Explore, and Embrace' Program...

Many thanks to the staff members of the International College, the CMU Buddies, and the several institutions and companies that welcomed us into their premises.

We look forward to bringing more students to CMU next year as well.  (Lrong)