I was getting tired. I hadn’t been sleeping as much and well as I did since I got to the US.

Besides, I had to be tenser all day to communicate in English. Though I did not want to admit, I couldn’t help thinking ‘I probably need some rest.’ Fortunately, Mr. Kwon was tired, too.

He seemed still suffering jet lag then. So I could relax while he slept more after breakfast in the morning.

It was cloudy, but fresh after the rain last night. Our next schedule was the meeting with Math Team of Kent School, the last official lecture. You probably know that there are quite a few who major Mathematics and enjoy this game among Western players. My theory is that those who studied Math understand the game faster than others because of the subtle similarities. And because the better the more interesting, many mathematicians like to play Baduk. What do you think? Anyway, for that reason I was looking forward to talking with Math Team members. I thought ‘I got used to it through the previous lectures. I would perform as well as I possibly can, and students might like it.’

Yet, it was too good to be true. By the time I finally began to be confident with myself, I had too little time to prove it. The truth was all 570 students and teachers were supposed to take a group photo at the time Math Team meets. Hello? Isn’t it something you do once a year? Therefore, when the math team members were done with the group photo and gathered, we had only about 15 minutes to introduce the game! Too bad. So, Mr. Kwon and I almost gave up doing what we prepared. Instead, Mr. Kwon talked to Korean students about many things in Korean, (5 students out of 8 were Korean) and I taught the rest of them briefly in English.

At the Sunday’s lecture, Dr. Nadire invited Mr. Kwon and me to his house for dinner on Tuesday.

I thought that was another schedule like the meeting with the Chess club. So I told a few people to come to Dr. Nadire’s to play it more. Yes. I was thoughtless. When Dr. Nadire told me “Hey, it is private dinner! How many people did you invite?” I inwardly yelled ‘OMG WHAT DID I DO?!”

I apologized, but it was already split milk. So Dr. Nadire had to cook for more people.
(Sorry again)

Dr. Nadire’s main dish was Moroccan style ‘Couscous’. Have you ever eaten it before?
If not, you should definitely try it! It was my first time to taste it, and I loved it. SO NICE.

After the big, delicious dinner, we talked about establishing a Go club. Nothing was certain then, but it seemed positive. Of course we played baduk, too. And, that was the last night at Kent.

As I showed you by the diary ‘An email from Kent School’, they made a Go club after we left.

A few days ago, another student sent me an email that he undertook the vice president of the Go club and he would work on it regularly with other guys. I guess it would be tough at first since it is very complicated game especially for beginners. Yet, as time goes by, they would gradually get better, and it would be the very start.

Come on guys! I will help you as far as I can. J


The End