Marketing Competition Part 3: The day of the competition and touring around osaka

This is a traditional japanese food you can only eat in Osaka.

Just kidding.

This is the burger my senpai bought for us when we were at the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies for the marketing competition.

After the trip to Kyoto and preparation for the competition we travelled to Kobe to compete. 

Our senpai also bought some energy drink for us!

And the time of the marketing competition has come.

To briefly explain the competition,

 we were told to create a marketing plan to sell this clothing brand using social network tools. 

I think we did a good job creating the plan but unfortunately the "feasibility" which we took most consideration of was not a big criteria and the winner group which had the most exicitng and entertaining presentation took first place. It was really regretful that we couldn't get first place but being selected to perform our plan out of the 24 groups, and to be able to work hard on one thing in Japan, I was really happy to be taking part of this. I probably wouldn't have joined this competition if it wasn't for my friends in the zemi and my prof.  

I would love to be part of something like this again.

Some flamenco dance.

My senpai and my group members. Proud to be Keio students.

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After the competition and mingling with the judges and other contestants, our teacher came from all the way from tokyo to visit us. We then went to dinner in this bar/restaurant in Sanomiya, Hyougo Prefecture. 

This is some cabbage. That we munch on.....

No we are not some herbivore animals but a lot of bars serve this as a starter.

Extra chilled cold beer. It's apparently chilled in an atmosphere under 0 degrees.

Marketing Competition Part 2: In Kyoto

 

After long preparation for the marketing competition,

(read previous post)

we left Tokyo and took a train and bus ride to Kyoto/Kobe/Osaka, a region called "Kansai". 

 

This is the toilet we used in the bus.

 

We arrived to Kyoto Station at 6am in the morning. 

We planned to tour around Kyoto before we head to my grandma's place.

 

Our breakfast.  

 

Kyoto started to light up at 7am.

 

This is how Kyoto Tower looks, first thing in the morning. 

Marketing Competition Part 1: Preparing in Tokyo

 

 This is a heart light up on tokyo tower and I ended up seeing this almost everyday because I was always at school very late for the past few days before this marketing competition.

The days consisted of sleepless nights and lots of food outside.

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To start off we have Origin Bentou.

It's a bentou shop that sells bunch of homemade looking/tasting food.

It's very cheap $4-$10. And they have lots of variations. 

 

This is the food samples we can pick from.

 

This is the self-serve food corner. 

BUSY BUSY BUSY

First of all I will like to apologize for my late late posts.

1st excuse: I had a business contest I had to participate.

2nd excuse: It was christmas

3rd excuse: My zemi had lots of events


4th excuse: I was addicted to tv and got very lazy.

Lunar Eclipse

 

I am not sure if they had lunar eclipse in Canada but a week and a half ago people in Japan got to see lunar eclipse. So few of my zemi senpai (older ppl) and zemi ppl went out at 10pm to Tama river station to take some pictures of the eclipse.

Above is probably the only decent picture I took for the whole night as I didn't have a tripod to support my camera. I am seriously considering to get one in Japan though because I cant take any non blurry pictures at night with out a tripod.

 

This is a nice picture my senpai took. 

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Hiyoshi Neighbourhood 2: Hiyoshi Park

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Last time I tried to go up this little mountain/hill in Hiyoshi but I failed to do so.

So this time i tried going up from behind the hill.

I also has a tangerine in my hand, so I can eat it when I am up on the top of the hill.

 

I first ran in to Yagami river. I didn't know that it was so close to where I live.

 

Some fruits.

 

And then I finally found these stairs!!!

Zemi Fun: Presentations

 

The zemi I am in is always pretty active. 

While some people are presenting in Osaka, our teacher is in the States joining a conference.

And this time was one of the 3rd year groups presenting their research in front of other zemis in Keio.

I honestly have to say our groups presentation was the best.

Each zemi has its level of intensity. Some zemi is more strict than others.

And I think I chose one of the more hard working zemi in Keio.

Don't mistaken me though. It's really good.

While my time here is limited I am happy to join a zemi that stimulates me.

 

View from the room. This is Hiyoshi, where I live.

If some of you guys remember from my previous post. 

I am part of a marketing team within the zemi and we are presenting this sat in Kobe.

Kobe is pretty far (10 hour bus ride) 

so I am super exited to go have fun both presenting and touring around. 

And our zemi isn't some bunch of nerds that work all the time. 

We also have fun too.

 Drinking yay- 

Eating yay-

Karaoking yay-