Ohh, it’s getting concrete with the progress of preparation.

Ticketing is done, and the schedule is almost set.

On coming Friday, I will get on the plain to New York and fly for approximately 14 hours.
(It will be the longest flight of my life so far!)
Then I am supposed to meet a driver from a driving company who will give us a ride to Kent School, where I am going to lecture with Kwon Kapyong 7P.

Kent School is a private boarding high school, which is located in Connecticut.

I didn’t know how famous the school was until seeing the reaction of Prof. Hahn and Park, when I asked them if they knew the school.

“OH, I’ve heard of the name, I understand it’s one of the greatest schools in US that only elite students are accepted. Are you interested in that school?”

You know, it was even before I said I would lecture there.

So I googled it, and found the web site of it.

It looked awesome indeed.

Anyway, I would arrive at Kent School around midnight and take some rest.

Following day (Saturday), there is a meeting with students for introductory lecture for about an hour.
I suppose Kwon 7P and I will introduce ourselves and talk about Baduk in general.
Honestly, I am concerned that my English wouldn’t be good enough to deliver Kwon 7P’s messages accurately. But, I will just do my best. (Fortunately, there is no judge and scoring unlike TOEFL Speaking, which means I won’t be as freeze as I was then.)

On Sunday, we have another one hour’s lecture on the game.
This time, we will probably talk about more practical stuff, and encourage the students to play it.
Hope the students will like it.

In addition, there are meetings with the Advisor of Chess Club over dinner next day, and Math team members on Tuesday. (Have you seen the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’? In the movie, the genius mathematician John Nash played Baduk on the campus of Princeton.)
I guess it would be interesting to meet up with math team.

Last, individual and small group sessions are planned to be on Wednesday.

And returning flight is on Thursday.

Tomorrow, I am going to meet Mr. Kwon to discuss an overall plan.
It would be the final check up before departing.
Please feel free to tell me if you have any advice for me.