IS Insight to China and BPE Chapter 7

Day 25:

Today started off with us having IS lessons at 9am in the morning. While walking there, Edy called me and told me the classroom number was 210. I was rather shocked as we never had lessons at level 2 before. Upon reaching, the classroom look like a computer lab. At first, we thought it was because there were no other classrooms so they just gave us a computer lab. However, we were then told to on the computers.

What happened next actually shocked us and I hope to see this implemented in schools at Singapore. The teacher had a master computer at his desk. The master computer controlled all of our computer screens and switching it over to the ppt slides that was at his screen too. We could then see him using his laptop from our computer screen we are sitting at and explaining his lecture to us. Today's IS was about Chinese Business Etiquette; what to do correctly when doing business at different scenes/scenarios. e.g. Eating(lunch/dinner) at China and US.

Today IS was really beneficial to us in the future as we can practice the things we would have to take note from the lecture. It would not only cause misunderstandings from customers but it would also help the company boost their business.

This was the screen at our computer telling us to concentrate.

Computer Lab in our Foreign language school.

First slide of Chinese Business Etiquette in the ppt slides.

Finally, end of the lecture on Chinese Business Etiquette.

Reflections:

During lunch today, while I was deciding what to choose to buy for lunch, a group of girls came and shoved their way through to buy their lunch. We (me, Chin Kuang & Zhong Rong) were taken aback and shocked by their behaviour. It is because it is not only dangerous but they were also girls which may turn around and accuse us of molestation in the scuffle. Soon, we realised that this is the culture for people here to buy food. If you want to eat or have your order taken, you would have to shove your way through and make your order. This is something we learnt today about the culture of people buying food here.