RK 11 Faris by MOHD. FARIS BIN MAIMUN

Malaysian Embassy Campus Tour: Sungkyunkwan University Campus Tour: Soongsil University

> Preparing breakfast in the early morning

We met Mr Mohd Zulkepli bin Embong, a counsellor in Investment at Malaysian Embassy in Seoul. It was a very informative session in which he presented the bilateral relationships between South Korea and Malaysia and also his experience being abroad and becoming a diplomatic officer.

FARISDAY 11

> Campus Tour: Sungkyunkwan University QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS Year 2011 - 259 Sungkyunkwan University was founded at the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty in 1398 as the highest national educational institute in the early years of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. As the oldest university in East Asia, it has fostered leaders of our society for over 600 years.

Old Sungkyunkwan was founded over 600 years ago by royal decree to promote education the scholarship in Confucianism. > Mr Peter presented about the background of Sungkyunkwan University With the support of the world renowned global company SAMSUNG,Sungkyunkwan University has become a creative and innovative center of higher education. Based on a highly successful partnership with Samsung which has generously funded several core initiatives, the University has been rapidly developing and prospering since 1996.

> Ammar and Halian, study engineering at Sungkyunkwan University

> Anak Johor

> Anak Utara

> Anak Pantai Timur

> Anak Selangor > Peter

< Lunch at Pasha, a

Turkish kebab restaurant serving wonderful Turkish food in an exotic,

interior setting.

< Final campus tour

in South Korea: Soongsil University

Soongsil University was founded on October 10, 1897 as a private school by Dr. William M. Baird, a missionary of the Northern Presbyterian Church of America. The name, Soongsil (숭실), roughly means "Revering [God] (숭 soong) with Truth and Integrity (실 sil)". The first Computer Science Department in Korea was founded here and the department is currently ranked second after Seoul National University in the field of Computer Science in Korea.

> Izzah at the individual study compartment right in the university library

> Inside the library > Met a Malaysian student at the student hostel

> A surprise dinner organised by Julia and Stephanie

> The boiled barley & fast-fermented bean paste