2nd challenge Japan-America
I like this homepage, because it’s full of wonders and people with the same interests like me. Last year I studied in Germany, but now I am back in Japan. After my studies I will work as an Au pair in America, for one year. At home, I, a young woman, am the best at the Go-Club of my hometown. But we are only five members there. It’s a very new club, founded by me, because the other clubs have too many members for me.
Today, we practise Go. We had all been members of Animexx before the Go-Club existid. New opponents were waiting for us. My knowledge of German is very important on this German homepage. Time to play.
First the appeal: “Neue Gegener gesucht: Wer traut sich?”
One moment of waiting and already three answers via ENS. Not bad, that means, I can meet my opponent. It’s a boy, I’m happy, because I like it more to win against a boy than against a girl.
I am pleased: “Du darfst anfangen”.
I will give him a chance.
“Danke”, he shortly replies.
Catch my if you can, smart boy with 5kyu. We play on the board of 19x19, the hardest. I ask him about his age and I get only the number 17 for an answer. He is very monotonous. Okay, if he doesn’t want to speak, I will make a very fast end. Stone after stone. White angel over black hole. I win. What a miracle!
“ Do you train with champions or what, 30kyu-girl!”
Oh, he can speak.
“ I play at a Go-club. Why did you write in English, when you answered on my appeal in German?”, that is very mysterious.
“I came from America, but I thought you come from Germany”, he confesses to me.
“No, I am from Japan”, I begin the second game:
“Next year I will work as an Au pair in America”.
“Then I don’t wonder that you can play Go so well. Your club has surely over 30 members”, he writes a little bit angrily.
“No, we are only five members. On my ‘wanted’ poster you find the others. At the moment, we all train at Animexx, because tomorrow there is a competion near here”, I answer full of joy.
“Oh, wow. Do you look at the board or do you concentrate on the comments, because, I think I will win”, he asks.
“Shit, I forgot myself. But I can win. Look!”.
But it’s too late: “Next time I will win!”.
“Yes, I see”, he replies.
