Let's groom and Let's feast!

This was fun. Dressing up and feast on fine food! Aha, Grooming and Dining Etiquette. 

 Dining Etiquette?

We had an ex-stewardess Miss Noraini who worked with Cathay Pacific before. Her experience in Dining Etiquette is just awesome! Lets see some tips:

• When dining, always thank the host and allow the host to sit before you sit.
• When female guests arrives, gentlemen stands up.
• When female guests leaves the table (even for toilet), gentlemen stands up.
• Never call the waiter "BOSS" or calling them with funny sounds. 
• When food falls to floor, do not pick them up. Same goes to utensils.
• Place the napkin on the lap, not on the shirt like a toddler. 
• Always place hands (when not in use) on the lap not on the table. 
• Drink soup with a circle movement, outwards, then back inwards towards the mouth. 
• Try not to make noises when sipping the soup.
• Break bread into pieces, apply butter then eat them mouth-sized pieces, not shoving the entire bread into the mouth.
• If somehow, the napkin flew far away, get the waiter to give you a new one. 
• Lemon-water prepared for cleaning fingers, not dipping your entire hands into it. 

You may be wondering, why are we learning this. Some interviews are done over lunches with the potential employers. Even while working, there may be functions or events that you will have to attend where food is served. It is not compulsory to learn dining etiquette but having more knowledge may save you from countless embarrassing events! 

At the end of the day, Mr. Farizal gave tips on choosing the perfect shirt and tie (including tying the correct knots) to the guys. Heres something interesting: 

• Ive always thought that the color of the socks does not matter, but it actually have to match with your slacks, not shoes! 
• Select the correct collars to suit face size. Round faced (like me) should choose collars with small distance between the left and right. 
• Select the correct tie pattern. If the pattern on the shirt is all vertical, DO NOT get a vertically-patterned tie unless you want to look like a stick. Get the semi-horizontal (45 degrees angle) ones.  
• The color of the tie can/should be contrasting with the shirt.
• Try different types of tie knots. It is less boring that way :P 
 

The girls however, were thought on how to dress up and applying make-up for work.

 Mr. Farizal and Me

A truly memorable experience!