AISEP (Shogi) Here I Come!

Hey all!

Before I begin, I would like to say that AISEP means Asian Intercultural Shogi Exchange Program and yes it has something to do with Shogi!
Today I receive the following e-mail which have make me the happiest man on Earth:

Note: The e-mail content is quoted in BOLD

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Dear Aya*, Omi*, Ryou, Ken* and Yohji*

*names are fictional and Ryou have been used as my name to cover up my real name.

Greetings from AISEP COMMITTEE (^-^)

AISEP will be safely held on the dates we once scheduled !!!
And, we are very glad that we can welcome you to AISEP.

Finally, the Chinese governmental institution for cultural exchanging have accepted to take a responsibility for this project.
Of course, Japan Foundation is greatly supporting us too.
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html (English)
http://www.jpf.go.jp/cn/index.html (Chinese)

1) Flight Ticket

We will subsidize you ......* (Currently it's almost equal to USD.....*)
Could you buy the round-trip flight ticket by your self?

*Money is not disclose for privacy.

The date you arrive at Beijing should be 30th May or before,
and the date you depart from Beijing should be 2nd June or later.

If you have any question, please feel free to ask me.

2) Accomodation

We decided the place we stay together.
......Hotel* this is one of the prestigious hotels in Beijing.

*Hotel's name is censored for privacy.

3) Pre-Research

We would like to ask you to do some pre-research.
The topic will be announced soon.



If you have any question, just ask me ASAP.

Kazuma Yamauchi
AISEP Tokyo Committee
http://www.aisep.net
info@aisep.net
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I am so so glad that I got chosen for AISEP event and I get to meet my most favourite Shogi player - Yoshiharu Habu! The first thing I'm going to do is buy a permanent marker, bring my shogi set to Beijing and let him sign on it! WOOHOO! I guess luck is on my side for being passionate about playing Shogi for the rest of my life.

Though this is a very exciting news for me but there might be a chance that I won't be able to participate. You see, recently I've gotten myself into a car accident and ever since then my mom was considering of not letting me go. But I really hope I can convince my mom to let me go no matter what. I really really want to see Habu-san no matter what. After this year I might not be able to see him again in my life. I truly hope my mom can understand this small wish of mine. Still this is once in a life time experience for me. I want to go there no matter what.

Anyways I'm currently busy with my exam and I hope to play Shogi the whole night again after the next Thursday. I can't wait to use the Shogi book that my friends have bought for me during my birthday! But the only thing is I can't understand what the book is saying since it's all in Japanese and I can't read Japanese! Nevertheless I'm going to crack my head and use the book if I want to further improve my tesuji and skills.

That's all for today. More journal updates after the exams!

Regards,
Ryou Takehito