August 10, 2005
Today we had a Change of Command for our Unit Commander. Yeah I know, nothing exciting about that. I was next to CPL Choi in formation. We must have stood there for 2 hours without being able to move. It really is a stupid old formality that noone wants to do, but because the Army never changes we still have them. All the soldiers have to stand at attention for hours while the commanders talk about how much they appreciate us coming to thier ceremony, knowing full-well that we had no choice, and if it was up to us, nobody would even attend their ceremony.
But we made the most of it. During a little break time we goofed around. Here is Choi chocking Nam one of the other Katusa's.
And here is Choi again, acting like a dork for the camera. Nice beret Choi! Oje thing about Choi is that he is addicted to video games. I have never seen anyone play more video games than this guy. He's real good at them, but he should be for as much as he plays.
This was during the ceremony. They didn't need me to stand in the formation for the ceremony after all (afte3r I had been standing there for 2 hours already). I just hng out in the stands and waited for it to end. Yeehaw!
Speaking of being addicted to video games, CPL Choi has nothing compared to this guy. I read an article in yahoo today about a guy in South Korea who died from a heart attack from playing video games for 50 hours straight. Now that's dedication! Here's the article:
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said.
Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games on Aug. 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said.
"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.
Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe.
After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and then go home, the paper reported.
He died a few minutes later, it said.
South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.
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