Tell us about a business trip you took overseas.

I went on a business trip with three coworkers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Singapore to visit three universities in January. The trip lasted for eight nights and nine days, and was mostly focused on looking at their laboratories and how they manage them in the aspect of space and human resources. I visited the University of Malaya (UM) in KL, the National University of Singapore(NUS) and Nanyang Technological University(NTU) in Singapore. I did have a few days for sightseeing though, especially the Bintan Resort which is famous for wonderful landscapes and very expensive prices.

The reasons why I visited those universities are ;

1. How does the university generally manage their laboratory?

2. How does the university maintain their space and human resources in their laboratory?

3. How does the university support the material cost for their students' projects?

4. Does a term project progress between two or three departments which are closely connected?

and so on.

The most impressive thing was that almost all the students who were in KL or Singapore spoke English very well when they explained their projects. I was surprised that they didn't hesitate to present their project to us at all. They seemed to eager to explain questions about their work to me. I felt they strove to concentrate on their studies at every university I visited, differing from our university students. And there was a lot of space where the students were able to study in chairs and desks everywhere such as hallways or around the buildings. The company wanted to hire the students who were graduating from those universities as soon as they graduated. The employment rate of those universities is amazingly over 90 percent.

After officially visiting all three universities, I started to look around tourist spots. I was anxious to see the Petronas Twin Towers in KL and Julong Bird Park in Singapore. I was astounded at how tall the Twin Towers were and how smart the birds were. Actually, I have already visited the Twin Towers in 2005 because I had a three-day stopover during a European trip.

I ended up taking over five hundred pictures while visiting those marvelous places, I also ate a lot of various foods during that trip.