The first two pictures were taken at Bao Bao house. The text consists of Chinese characters. These characters are used because Bao Bao house is a Chinese restaurant. I would assume the characters demonstrate the validity of the food. They show Chinese people that their food is authentic and made the way they would expect back home. I don’t know much about Chinese characters but I can see that they look complex. I would also assume that these characters are mandarin because it is the official language of China. Mandarin is also more simple with only 4 tones versus Cantonese. I can’t tell but the characters look like the simplified version used in mainland China, and Singapore.

As far as my learning process in the class, I like reading and absorbing the information from the readings before class, and coming into class with the material fresh on my mind. I also like just listening to the lecture and taking notes sparingly. I find I can focus more when I am present in the lecture and not worrying about taking notes. I am normally a good note taker in other classes but I feel like this class it isn’t strictly necessary and the lectures aren’t necessarily set up to take notes on.