Entries from Other Recruits

2010/5/9



The following entries are from a new recruit....thanks to him, we learn a few things about Joon Gi in first week of training. This soldier had since been discharged from training due to his poor health.

3 May Enlistment at training centre....

To enlist when you are not very young is a little worrying...

All the while, I have lived well....although there is no regrets but I am a little lost and worried that I have to enlist immediately....
Must do well, must unconditionally do well.
With this determination, when to the enlistment centre...
Learn the news that celebrity Lee Joon Gi will also emlist on the same day
Many people know about it...
More than one thousand people..
What I was looking forward to was not the training....

But it's very strange that right from the start, elder brother Lee Joon Gi was standing diagonally across my side, after the ceremony when we broke up into small teams we were still together, even up to the last minute when we were designated our living quarters....

And so that was how I ended up sharing a room with elder brother Joon Gi.... he is 29 years old, I am 25 years old, plus another friend who is 25 years old, the rest are either born in '90 or '91.


We agreed not to take age into consideration, just take it that we are beginning a new life together as room mates....
The aroma from the mess is not bad. On the first day, we had chicken...although the lamb that was served after that was a bit too little
but there was still stuff like belly meat....

Whoa.....the internal quarters are not bad, to tell the truth, even to live along the corridors is good.

After receiving the military report, everything must be examined, when elder brother Joon Gi was being examined, the section leaders came in succession for his autographs. Even I, who was just standing there watching, also felt tired....it was like some 1000 sheets per day.

Even in the internal quarters where we are supposed to be resting, trainee soldiers will come asking for autographs, wow, it's really tiring. In the end, elder brother and a group of us jointly agreed that a few of us will act as "managers" and only those who win the "scissors, paper, stone" game will get an autograph.....ha ha ha

Joon Gi hyun looked at me and asked me how I got here, so I told him the reasons....instead he was even more angry than me and almost teared as he listened till the end of my story.... "If that was what happened, you don't have to come here if you don't want to, isn't it?" and so I smiled and said "It's OK....elder brother" then he gave me a hug... elder brother really understands me... thank you... this is really good...

Elder brother also told me his story...really it was not easy for elder brother either.

After saying many warm words, he told me "Let's train wholeheartedly!" and also gave an autograph.


Ke ke....the catholic brother went to the cathedral while I went to the church, then food was distributed... because I was not very hungry, I gave my drink to brother Joon Gi, and the remainder I gave it to the hungry children outside...

During night duty, we did everything we were supposed to do....

Although it was from 2 am(?) to 3am and no sleep during night duty, this was something that has to be done....

The most tiring thing is being unable to sleep.....me too.. same for friends of the same age. Elder brother Joon Gi seems to be sometimes sleeping, sometimes awake.

But then... it was like this... during yesterday's physical examination, due to some abnormality, I had to go to the military hospital. The medical officer asked why and how did one with arrhythmia and high blood pressure come for reporting, cannot undergo training, go back...

So I knelt down, because I did not have the money for a medical examination and that was how I came to undergo training..... go back.


Note : This trainee went back home to his parents and girlfriend

2010.5.7 A fellow trainee training together.....

It is only because elder brother Joon Gi is really very good to me that I am writing down these few words....
Thank you for the many people who found this place and giving me inspiration.
I have seen the media reports and have heard the news about elder brother Joon Gi.....however the vision of being in the same room with him seems to be something that happened yesterday.

Really, will lead the demonstration for everything and of course there will be night duty together.....

Right from the start, when we were enlisted and living together in the same room, many intersting things have happened.......plus all those things that elder brother Joon Gi said.

It is really very good. Honestly, I only knew that I enlist on the same day as Joon Gi, but I really did not know that, among so many trainee soldiers, I will be sharing the same room as Joon Gi...

Right now there should be 30 platoons, 7 mid squads and 3 small squads training in Nonsan....

There will be training again tomorrow. During training on 5 May, went to the cathedral for pizza and drinks....

Even at meal times, he is always smiling, joking with the younger trainees...hahaha.

As long as Joon Gi.. as any rest time, he becomes the target of many trainees who "attack" him for his autographs ... we were togther with Joon Gi half menacingly and half jokingly... playing "scissors, paper, stones" to get his autographs.

Everytime a trainee loses the game, he will walk away downcasted only to be called back by Joon Gi happily who will ask for the trainee's name before signing his autograph.

After Joon Gi completes his training, no matter where he is posted, I will always support him.

LOYALTY!!!! (Chungso - Korean army salute)

And ....

I apologise if anyone thinks that I have some ulterior motive for my words.
But I am purely talking about this as someone who has trained with him.. ..
I am writing this only because elder brother Joon Gi is really very good ...

Really in the same training unit?
If you are not well, how can you enlist?
Sorry to those who have been dropping notes, even those who are unwell have been enlisted..

It is purely out of gratitude that I am writing this... I hope that everyone does not misunderstand... If anyone wants me to delete this, I will delete it.

Just an ordinary person, a fan.. that's why I am here to drop a few lines.

I am just.....

Sorry