My life at the first boot camp(the Navy)

On March 18, 2013.
After the farewell with my parents, I got into the boot camp. and We recruits had a statement ceremony. As it was done, a very loud sound buzzed across the training field. That's the beginning of my life at the training camp.
The whole courses of the training to convert us into soldier are comprised of these things:
CBR exercise
Military song
Ranger training
Running
Swimming
March for 8 hours
Close-order drill
Shooting exercise
Roll-call at night
Disciplinary punishment upon a group
Night watch
Etc.

We always had to sleep at 10PM and wake up at 5:30 AM in the morning. It was pretty hard for me to get used to it. Being forced, i turned and changed my life habit.
So many punishments crushed us. Even we did something wrong but very minor, D.I(Drill Instructor) and A.D.I(Assistant Drill Instructor) didn't let us go. push-ups, sit-ups, putting a gun 'M16' over one's head for a long time, etc. No time to take a rest. But i could bear it. Whenever harsh things came down to me, I said to myself ' Hey, You are a soldier! and this is exercise. you have to get over it. You can do it'. over and over. Almost all of recruits seemed mentally and physically depressed.
In my case, the most severe thing I had during this time was a CBR training.  In the mt, we went inside a small room surrounded by only wall. no window. We were wearing gas masks and Drill Instructors were wearing them too. All of a sudden, poison-smelled gas flew out toward us.(Later, I heard that it was actually harmless. of course!!). As soon as it came out, we were forced to take off our gas masks. we all screamed and yelled out to survive. So poisonous and suffocating, salty. Tear, snot, saliva automatically came out from all of us. Coughing so toughly, we had physical trainings and sang military songs. I thought I could die. I couldn't breathe. some trainees were crying looking for their mom. They said ' Sir!! please let us out. I don't wanna die..'. Instructors yelled at them to be quiet and to follow their order. After about 20 mins, we got out and tried to breathe deeply. I realized I got it over finally and it made me more stronger.
About swimming, I didn't have a hard time learning swimming cuz i could swim. But procedures of learning swimming in the training camp was overwhelmingly crazy. There were full of assistants who were from UDT(Underwater Demolition Team), SSU(Ship Salvage Unit). They didn't just let us go as well. We had a harsh group punishment without reason for exercise and many physical trainings.
As 5 weeks at a training camp had passed, my parents visited me at the training completion ceremony. My mom cried and I was sad but pretended not to cry.
Now, I'm taking a ship 'Frigate' and still have hundreds of days to finish my military service. I'm so proud of myself. It could be hard to bear things at that very moment. But after it gets done, that's it. Nothing to get scared anymore. 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. this sentence got me encouraged and touched. I will really miss my life at the boot camp. That moment never comes back...  I should keep it in my heart. It's time to go forward.

Incidents that happened between two koreas

What is the NLL?
For a stable management of Armistice Agreement between two koreas, NLL(Northern Limit Line) was set up on August 30, 1953. Since then NLL is a substantial border line between North and South Korea that we protect from constant North Korea's provocations.

Why do we have to protect the NLL?
o To protect five islands in the Northern-west sea of Korea
o To protect the metropolitan areas of Korea
o To protect economic activities of Korea

Background of the NLL
SInce July 10, 1951, in two years of cease-fire agreement procedure, unlike 38o line, U.N Forces and the communist army failed to reach an agreement on a sea border line. On August 30, 1953, U.N commander Mark W. Clark set NLL to reduce and prevent possibilities of potential military collisions between the two koreas.

The 1st YeonPyeong Naval Battle
On June 15, 1999, against preemptive strikes of North Korea patrol boats in southwestern coast of
YP-do, ROK Navy engaged and repulsed them.

The 2nd YeonPyeong Naval Battle
On June 29, 2002 when Korea-Japan World Cup successfully came to a finish, North Korea patrol boats raided NLL in the vicinity of southwest of YP-do, and conducted a surprise attack on our PKM(Patrol Killer Medium)357. ROK Navy reacted swiftly and repulse them.

Daecheong Naval Battle
On November 10, 2009, in the eastern sea of DC-do, North Korea raided NLL and opened fire on ROK Navy. Thereupon, ROK Navy engaged and repulsed them.

On the attack against ROK Ship Cheonan
On March 26, 2010 at around 9:22PM, while ROK Ship Cheonan was conducting her routine patrol operation 2.5km southwest of Baengnyeong-do, it was sunk due to an torpedo attack of an North Korean submarine. Out of 104 sailors 46 were lost from this attack.

The result of Civilian-Military Joint Investigation Group on the attack against ROK Ship Cheonan
On May 20, 2010, Civilian-Military Joint Investigation Group announced the investigation results.
From the analysis on the propulsion motor system of torpedo that we collected, shape and trace analysis, testimony analysis, results of postmortem and surviving patient examinations, analysis on shock response to underwater explosion, analysis on sea area of the incident, it was concluded that ROK Ship Cheonan was split and sunk due to shockwave and bubble jet effect generated by an underwater explosion of a torpedo.
The detonation location was 3m to port from the center of the gas turbine room and at a depth of 6~9m. The weapon system used was a CHT-02D torpedo manufactured and used by North Korea.

Bombardment provocation of YeonPyeongdo
Starting at 2:34 PM on November 23, 2010, North Korea inflicted indiscriminate bombing on YP-do. It was clearly a NK's Bombardment provocation. On this, ROK Marine YeonPyeong force counter-attacked North Korea's missile fortresses with K-9 mobile guns.


NLL이란?
NLL(Northern Limit Line: 북방한계선)은 1953년 8월 30일 정전협정의 안정적 관리를 위해 설정된 이후 북한의 수 차례 도발에도 불구하고 우리가 피로써 지켜온 실질적인 해상경계선이다.

우리는 왜 NLL을 지켜야 하는가?
o서해 5개 도서를 보호하기 위한 것이다.
o대한민국의 수도궈늘 보호하기 위한 것이다.
o대한민국의 경제활동을 보호하기 위한 것이다.

NLL설정배경
1951년 7월10일 이후 2년간의 정전협상 과정에서 유엔군과 공산군은 지상이 군사분계선과는 달리 해상경계선 합의에는 실패하였다. 이에 따라 1953년 8월 30일 클라크(Mark W. Clark) 유엔군 사령관은 한반도 해역에서 남북간 우발적 무력충돌 발생 가능성을 줄이고 무력 충돌을 예방한다는 목적으로 NLL을 설정하였다.

제1연평해전
1999년 6월 15일, 연평도 서남쪽 해상에서 북한 경비정의 기습적인 선제사격에 대해 우리 해군 함정이 이를 격퇴한 해전이다.

제2연평해전
한국과 일본에서 개최된 2002년 월드컵 대회가 성공적으로 마무리 되어 가던 2002년 6월 29일 연평도 서남방 해상에서 북한 경비정이 NLL을 침범, 기습공격하여 우리 해군 함정이 즉각 대응하여 격퇴한 해전이다.

천안함 피격사건 민.군 합동조사단 조사결과
2010년 5월20일, 민.군 합동조사단은 협동조사 결과를 발표하였다. 침몰 해역에서 수거된 어뢰 추진동력 장치 분석, 선체 변형형태, 관련자 진술내용, 부상자 상태 및 시체 검안, 지진파와 공중음파 분석, 수중폭발 시뮬레이션, 백령도 근해 조류 및 폭약성분 분석 등을 종합한 결과 천안함은 어뢰에 의한 수중 폭발로 인해 발생한 충격파 및 버블효과에 의해 절단되어 침몰되었다.
 폭발 위치는 가스터빈실 중앙으로부터 좌현 3m, 수심 6~9m 정도이며, 무기체계는 북한에서 제조하여 사용 중인 고성능 폭약 250kg 규모의 CHT-02D 어뢰로 확인되었다.

연평도 포격도발
2010년 11월 23일 오후 2시 34분부터 서해 연평도에 해안포와 방사포로 무차별 포격을 가하자 이에 우리 해병대 연평부대가 K-9 자주포로 대응사격을 실시한 북한의 포격도발 사건이다.

The Power of Words [Korean Subtitle]

My ego

22살때와 23살 3월즈음 군입대전까지의 나를 대표하는 심볼(키워드)는
배움과 새로운 나를 창조하는 것이었다.
다양한 분야에 대해 배우고자 하는 계기를 만들고 21살 때 까지 살아온 기존의 '나'가 아닌
또 다른 나를 찾고 변화하기 위해 노력했다.

-계기를 찾는 것-

'Life of Pi' explains different endings

Ang Lee’s Life of Pi is racking-up critical acclaim (read our review) and pre-award season buzz along with solid box office numbers. Though, for every mention of the film’s beautiful 3D or amazing CGI tiger, there’s a fuddled viewer confused by the movie’s controversial ending.

Readers of Yann Martel’s original novel (the ones who made it to the end) have already faced the challenging last-minute question presented by the story’s narrator, but filmgoers expecting a fanciful adventure at sea have been understandably caught off-guard by the finale. No doubt, viewers will debate the ending with friends and family – but to help steer discussion we’ve put together a brief analysis of the Life of Pi ending, explaining why the final question may not be as cut and dry as some moviegoers seem to think.

It goes without saying that the remainder of this article will contain MAJOR SPOILERS for Life of Pi - the movie and the book (especially the ending). If you do not want to be spoiled about either, turn away now.

For anyone who hasn’t seen (or read) Life of Pi and isn’t concerned about having the ending spoiled, Pi’s adventure concludes in a Mexican hospital bed – where he is interviewed by a pair of Japanese Ministry of Transport officials. The agents tell Pi that his story – which includes multiple animal companions and a carnivorous island – is too unbelievable for them to report, so Pi tells them a different version of the story: one that paints a much darker and emotionally disturbing variation of events. After both stories have been shared, Pi leaves it up to the viewer (or reader) to decide which version they “prefer.”
Personal “preference” has larger thematic meaning, when viewed in the context of the overarching story; however, before we analyze the ending (via the question) in greater detail, we’re going to briefly lay out the two versions of Pi’s story.
In both accounts, Pi’s father contracts a Japanese ship to transport his family, along with a number of their zoo animals, from India to Canada in an effort to escape political upheaval in their native country. The stories are identical up until Pi climbs aboard the lifeboat (following the sinking of the cargo ship) only re-converging when he is rescued on the Mexican shore. The 227 days that Pi spends lost at sea are up for debate.

The Animal Story

In this version of Pi’s tale, the cargo ship sinks and, during the ensuing chaos, he is joined on the lifeboat by a ragtag group of zoo animals that also managed to escape: an orangutan, a spotted hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a Bengal Tiger (named Richard Parker). After some time, Pi watches helplessly as the hyena kills the zebra and then the orangutan before it is, subsequently, dispatched by Richard Parker. Pi then sets about conditioning the tiger through rewarding behavior (food and fresh water), so that the two can co-exist in the boat. Though Pi succeeds, the pair remain on the verge of starvation – until, after several months at sea, they wash ashore an uncharted island packed with fresh vegetation and a bountiful meerkat population. Pi and Richard Parker stuff themselves, but soon discover that the island is home to a carnivorous algae that, when the tide arrives, turns the ground to an acidic trap. Pi realizes that eventually the island will consume them – so he stocks the lifeboat with greens and meerkats and the pair sets sail again. When the lifeboat makes landfall along the Mexican coast, Pi and Richard Parker are once again malnourished – as Pi collapses on the beach, he watches the Bengal Tiger disappear into the jungle without even glancing back.
Pi is brought to a hospital – where he tells the animal story to the Japanese officials. However, when the agents do not believe his tale, the young survivor tells a different version of his journey.

The Human Story

In this version of Pi’s tale the cargo ship still sinks, but instead of the ragtag group of animals in the lifeboat, Pi claims that he was joined by his mother (Gita), the ship’s despicable cook, and an injured Japanese sailor. After some time, fearing for the limited supplies in the boat, the cook kills the weakened Japanese sailor, and later, Gita. Scarred from watching his mother die in front of his eyes, Pi kills the cook in a moment of self-preservation (and revenge).
Pi does not mention his other adventures at sea (the carnivorous island, etc) but it’d be easy to strip away some of the fantastical elements in favor of more grounded (albeit allegorical) situations. Maybe he found an island but realized that living is more than just eating and existing – deciding to take his chances at sea instead of wasting away in apathy on a beach eating meerkats all alone. Of course, that is purely speculation – since, again, Pi does not elaborate on the more grounded human story beyond the revelation that he was alone on the lifeboat.

The Ending Explained

Even if the connection between the lifeboat parties was missed, the writer makes the connection for the audience (or readers): the hyena is the cook, the orangutan is Pi’s mother, the zebra is the sailor, and Richard Parker is Pi. However, the film’s juxtaposition of the animal story and the human story has led many moviegoers to view the last-minute plot point as a finite “twist” – which was not the original intention of Martel (with the book) or very likely Lee (with the film). Viewers have pointed to the look of anguish on Pi’s face during his telling of the human story in the film as “proof” that he was uncomfortable facing the true horror of his experience. However, the novel takes the scene in the opposite direction, with Pi expressing annoyance at the two men – criticizing them for wanting “a story they already know.” Either way, much like the ending of Inception, there is no “correct” answer – and Life of Piintentionally leaves the question unanswered so that viewers (and readers) can make up their own mind.
Facing the final question, it can be easy to forget that, from the outset, The Writer character was promised a story that would make him believe in God. In the first part of the narrative, we see Pi struggling to reconcile the differences between faith interpretations (Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam) – acknowledging that each of them contained valuable elements, even if they tell different stories (elements that together help him survive his ordeal at sea regardless of whether or not he was there with a tiger).
As a result, the larger question is impossible to answer definitively and, as mentioned, the “truth” of Pi’s story is of little concern to Martel or Lee. The real question is – which story do you, the viewer/reader prefer? Interpretation is subjective but the question is intended to serve as a moment of theological reflection. Are you a person that prefers to believe in things that always make sense/things that you can see? Or are you a person that prefers to believe in miracles/take things on faith? There are no right or wrong answers – just an opportunity for introspection.

Pi is faced with a heavy challenge: telling a story that will make a person believe in God. Some listeners might remain unconvinced but in the case of The Writer, who openly admits that he prefers the story with the tiger, and the Japanese officials, who in their closing report remarked on the feat of “surviving 227 days at sea… especially with a tiger,” Pi successfully helps skeptics overcome one of the largest hurdles to faith – believing in the unbelievable.
Since Pi marries The Writer’s preference for the Tiger story with the line, “and so it goes with God,” it’s hard to separate the question entirely from theology. Evidenced by his multi-religion background, Pi does not believe that any of the world’s religions are a one-stop shop for the truth of God – and his goal is not to convert anyone to a specific dogma. Instead, his story is set up to help viewers/readers consider which version of the world they prefer – the one where we make our own way and suffer through the darkness via self-determination, or the one where we are aided by something greater than ourselves (regardless of which version of “God” we may accept).
That said, aside from all the theological implications, and regardless of personal preference, it’s insular to view the ending as simply a dismissal of everything that Pi had previously described (and/or experienced) – since, in keeping with his view that every religious story has worthwhile parts, a third interpretation of the ending could be that the “truth” is a mix of both stories. Like Pi and his three-tiered faith routine, the viewer/reader can always pick and choose the parts that benefit their preferred version of the tale.

The “truth”: Pi survived for 227 days at sea, married the girl of his dreams, had children, and lived to tell two stories.
Like any quality piece of entertainment, a lot of this is subjective and there are multiple ways of interpreting the Life of Pi ending

사실 우리가 경험하는 일상의 모든 것은 기회가 될 수 있다. 같은 상황을 맞아도 어떤 사람에게는 그것이 지나가는 일상이고, 어떤 사람에게는 기다려왔던 기회가 된다. 중요한 것은 실행력의 데이터다. 뭔가 해낸 데이터가 많은 사람은 사소한 일상에서 기회를 쉽게 발견한다. 때로 그것은 꿈이 될 수도 있다. 어쩌면 기회는 오는 것이 아니라, 우리 곁에 늘 있는 것인지도 모른다. 다만 실행력이 부족한 사람은 그것을 볼 수 있는 눈이 없고 가까이 다가와도 무심하게 흘려보낼 뿐이다. -김미경의 드림온-

 

In fact, every routine we are experiencing can be an opportunity. It could be a passing-by routine to someone but could be a chance to another waiting for it. Most of all, the most significant thing is data of power of execution.

Those who have accomplished many things find opportunities easily in trivial routines. Perhaps 'chance' might be always around us, not coming toward us. Only the ones lacking executive ability are anything but have eyes to see 'chance' ,letting it slide by indifferently.

- Dream On by Kim Mi-Kyung -

2013 World of Red Bull Commercial

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If there is no mark of Red Bull in the commercial, nobody would regard it as an ad of Red Bull.
After watching it, i realized how mesmerizing it was and those marketing strategies. It made me more closer to marketings. Creativity, imagination, innovation, breaking stereotype, etc are what i aspire to. Thank you Red Bull for letting me learn more about it and broaden my perspectives.