See YOO in Dec.8.2009

One Fine Day

Aricle sr:baidu

re-posted@yoohouse by SantaLF

1.That person is very special, you only need to take one look at that person

and he’ll be etched in your mind, that sort of person. But because my ability

to see through people is limited, I am frequently reprimanded by

my Editor who always says: “Don’t you have any ability at ‘sussing’ up people?”

(NB: Sorry can’t find the right word - ability to assess people’s personalities

just by looking at them).

So, for me to understand what makes a person tick will require me to go

spend some time with that person. Of course, the way we look at people is

obviously similar, but with all the human beings living on this planet,

we do not reach the same conclusions about everyone. While we cannot say

anything for sure and without much confidence, we can, however, usually say,

that each and everyone of us is completely different. Everyone must have

encountered the same situation before. We tend to look at a person

and make assumptions to reach a conclusion about that person which is

a habit that is hard to change.

2. The memory of my first meeting with him is a blur; it was such a long time ago.

In this not too short a period of 8 days and 7 nights, I think that he of

the nervousA type (blood type?) and me of big and strong B type,

both had our worries about this encounter. Without arriving at any understanding yet

and compared to the kind of familiarity between friends backslapping

when they happen to meet each other on the streets, there is still not a lot of

understanding between us. So the question is, can we achieve a level of familiarity

to give me an understanding of him as a person? Since I did not want to take any risks,

I firmly believed that I should at least get to know him better even if for

a short time when we decided to do this photo-shoot and article.

So, what is so special about him?

3. No matter what kind of question you ask him, he will always think for a while

before answering, whether it’s a serious question or a joke,

he will intently listen with a quiet countenance. This admirable attitude that he has,

makes me marvel and feel that this guy is a special person.

Living in a disorderly world such as ours, there are times when we are

asked questions that require careful consideration before we reply,

but there usually is a tendency to impulsively answer without much thought

when replying to such questions, which almost always eventually

leads to a lot of regretful situations in the end, but this young man with a calm

countenance takes the time to carefully consider his reply even to a joke -

is he not special? When the word “regret” was mentioned,

he said his motto is not to do anything he would regret.

“Life should be lived in the midst of regrets.

It is because of the word ‘regret’

that it is necessary for the word ‘mistake’ to exist,

the experience of making mistakes makes life

more interesting.If everything is perfect,

is there any need to take risks?

Is his life then but a series of mistakes, a young man with only 28 years of age,

we now have the image of “Gong Yoo”, presumably an observer of people,

he appears to watch them as they make mistakes and vicariously absorb the lessons learned.

4. The flight to Brisbane cannot be said to be short, arriving at the Gold Coast after one hour,

it’s already early morning. Although quite tired, my curiosity cannot be contained,

seeing him amongst people who are still unfamiliar to him, he once again displays

that unique sense of humour which he customarily does,

it’s as if his every step is saying “ I exist for this moment, right here…”

making me feel as if I’m watching a scene unfold on the silver screen.

I once again sense that feeling of being with someone special,

a genuine person without any pretensions;

he grabs hold of people’s hearts

with extraordinary gentleness, truly admirable.

Then, there is also his powerful energetic spirit,

which seems capable of being possessed only by people

at the peak of their youth,

will this great and passionate energetic spirit wear him out ?

As an observer by his side, I ask myself, is it too selfish to wish for that kind of energetic spirit to continue to burn and never end ? Finally, I feel that his slow gait with each and every steady and deliberate step towards the stage which he exhibits exudes his star quality, making it one of the things which gives him a special quality. This year, we are very happy to see ‘Gun’ in “One Fine Day”, a role which resembles closest to his image in the five years’ time he has been appearing before us. In the not too short period of five years, he has been determinedly pursuing the career of a Movie and TV actor, a career which from the beginning requires a resilient spirit, as there may be times where you are not the lead but the supporting actor, a feat which would only be possible with a healthy sense of self-confidence. The star for the moment, may be forgotten by the time the sun has set, maybe it is because of this fact that he exhibits no urgency but displays a steadfast attitude towards his career, the relationship between GY and the audience, is possibly the same as the relationship between him and me, which expressed in words, requires a slow and gradual appreciation of each other, which for me, only came after going through this one week with him to allow me to understand the side of him which was not clear to me before. After this he will go to Japan to film “Like a Dragon”, we can all once again see another new side of actor Gong Yoo.

5. The unperturbed manner of this man faced with a lot of questions from others, calmly touches his head, seemingly deep in thought in search of an answer is a picture of the serenity that what this world of ours needs. We are lucky to have the privilege of slowly witnessing his progress, and the relationship between Korea’s actors and the audience will continue to grow. After the photo-shoot, on the night before we return to Korea, while sitting in the car with the cold winds enveloping us on our way to dinner in the city of Brisbane, he asked me “Have you seen ‘Unfaithful’ ?, I want to do that kind of sad love hate process …. I want to try to do everything that there is to be done”. Is this the answer to the question I asked before? With a wide smile on his face in that famous city, he shone brighter than the lights during that weekend walking amidst the crowd. I’m really happy, I now have an understanding of him … thank you!!! I now know One fine day’s Gong Yoo.

Chinese->English Translation by ariesw@yoohouse

re-posted@yoohouse by aalhl
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YOOgals chat

Angel said " Here's the article translation for Esquire 2006. Wow!! this writer really impress me.. He's really a good writer. Very well written and makes me cry in the end again..."

OC said " Hello..my Angel Are you cried?? im not cry. just weepy!!
...Goshhh ariesw Are you a Translator ^^?? my english not very well but for this Article it's very easy to understand.if you know my feeling now and all YOOgals feeling also. you made me falling in love more and more...again&again. Thank you so much. Dont know what to say except "Really Thank you" ^____^ Ohhhhhh...absolutely!! i think baby YOO enjoy his life now. follow his motto, Baby YOO should be happy& do anything he want. i think for his MS , may b it's a new adventure of him."

OC said " Because of he seem Movie lover, i was study basic psychology. they said that people who fall in love with Watching Movie. They feel lonely inside. and Unfaithful is a kind of movie which preview ordinary emotion of human being have to do just once in their life nomatter what right or wrong they'll do follow their instinct so this is his answer why "the experience of making mistakes makes life more interesting"....goshhh...why he so smart like this !!"

Angel said " yep.. if he follow his motto he should be happy.. MS is absolutely a new adventure for him.. a great challenge too, to make him an even better person. wahh.. you even study psychology.. geesh.. you should be more expert than me in reading baby YOO's mind.. hehe. well, of course making mistakes in life makes things more interesting.. you learn from mistakes.. you don't make mistakes you don't learn anything.. so it's challenging too."

Unnie Euchan said " In his young age to have an attitude and a perspective in life like that GY is truly admirable and special. I admire this writer for the opportunity he had in interviewing GY and yes we are very lucky to witness GY’s maturity in his acting career as well on his real life.gosh the movie unfaithful truly etched in his mind, maybe it has some kind of relevance to him since he also want older women in a relationship ,though I must say the movie is really impressive as well "

Angel said " No one is comparable to baby YOO.. his parents really brought him up well. awww.. I love him more and more everyday..I have not watch Unfaithful, so I'm not sure what the story is about.. but I guess baby YOO wants older women because it somehow gives him a sense of security? like he's being taken care of rather than he taking care of her I remember during OFD time, he was asked how he feel working with ladies younger than him.. and he say he was nervous and he was not sure whether he can be a big brother for them because he has always worked with older or more matured partner."

OC said " what da -___-? baby YOO made me hurt again y_y and you're right ! My angel no need to study psychology. why i dont born in 1975 Goshhhh....i would like to know how older women's thought and why she has a sense of security ????"

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