.Wednesday, July 31, 2013 ' 1:12 PM Y
& I'm waiting
Barefoot Friends
I started out watching the show not expecting much, but simply out of boredom and partly because Eunhyuk is in it. The first few episodes on the trips overseas were fun, MT was funny with Lee Hyori, but what really pulled me into the show was the diving challenge.
Firstly, Eunhyuk is really an ace, but still practises so hard. What's best of him is that he does the best under competition, even when the pressure, burden and expectations of him were so high. But he never disappoints. I guess that's why he is able to come so far and earn a good life for his family now.
The part of the whole diving special that left the deepest impression on me was when they asked him to do a 10m for the first time, and he just goes "yes, I will do it" and walks to the staircase. Even if he is fearful, he pushes himself to do his best, and of course, he does well. At that point, all I felt was of course, he is Eunhyuk oppa. :)
Watched the last episode of the diving challenge with hopes to see Eunhyuk doing well, but the rest of the members all caught my attention. It was an international diving competition and I couldn't imagine how much stress Eunhyuk experienced when all the members go "oh, we have Eunhyuk".
But yeah, he did well. :) Even though he didn't attain the best score for platform and Hyunjoong seemed to have done better, he did consistently well for all three dives. :) and he was signed up for the 3m springboard as well, so he didn't have enough time to practise for all, but the 1.5 spins on the springboard was simply the best! :)
And he couldn't hold his tears in after that spinning dive that earned him a score of more than 30, highest out of all the events for the members. Nobody knows if it was because he was relieved, happy he did well, or actually a bit regretful because he could have done better. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the last one, because they are all so hard on themselves (which totally reminds me of aoquan), but he (they) still get over it and do better the next time.
It was relieving to see him smiling so brightly, doing so well on his platform dives and cheering so loudly for the other members after he ended his springboard event. :D
What was best out of the competition was that everyone did so well, even those who were afraid of water/heights initially. The last dive of Siyoon at 10m was simply a challenge against himself, with the happiness of victory shared by everyone. :) And their coach is so supportive and proud of them! She's so nice. Oh, and the rest of the competitors were happy for them and cheered for them when they did well. I guess that's the attraction of sports. It brings people together. :)
And it brought the members much closer together too!
New found admiration for Eunhyuk oppa and the rest of the Barefoot Friends members.
I guess the show is really about them overcoming challenges together, showing the bare side of themselves, and becoming better as a whole. Really looking forward to the upcoming episodes (and I read somewhere that the next challenge is composing their own songs, which Eunhyuk already had experience. :D )
Their spirit is what I should learn from. Because every individual can do so much more if they try. :)
은혁오빠 짱! 맨발의 친구들 짱! 파이딩!