A month before Jo Hyun-Jae's birthday on May 9, EVERKorea asked overseas fans who wished to send birthday wishes to him to do so, following a certain format.
Fans from johyunjaeChina and johyunjaeTaiwan sent over a hundred birthday wishes which EVER compiled into a hand-made booklet (Photo 1), covering six pages in total. (Photo 2 shows one of the pages.) (There are two booklets altogether, one containing birthday wishes from Korean fans and the other from overseas fans, I guess.)
On May 18, johyunjaeChina received a letter from EVERKorea describing what happened when they brought JHJ the birthday gifts:
On Hyun-Jae's birthday, as office-bearers of the official website EVERjohyunjae, we met him at the guest reception area [of the camp.] We gave him the birthday presents. Have you seen the Master's post on this?
Hyun-Jae looks very healthy. I feel he is a real man.....^^
He speaks a little faster than he used to. Seems like everyone who enters the military undergoes some minor changes.
The way Hyun-Jae looks and speaks has changed somewhat because of military life. He's more manly ^^
But his eyes and the way he treats his fans are exactly the same as before. We could feel his love and gratitude to his fans.
When we gave him the "Happy Birthday" hand-made booklet, he looked through it very slowly, very closely, leafing over every page, saying "Thank You" all the time.
He said: "I will carry your hearts, all your hearts, in my heart and cherish them."
When he was saying this, he put his hand over his heart, several times.
I was thinking: He is a man of few words, so he uses this gesture to express his feelings.
Thank you all!
Thank you for telling him that fans from China and Taiwan care about him.
We feel we can prepare the best present for Hyun-Jae because of all the warm wishes of so many fans from all over the world.
The hand-made booklet is all the more wonderful because of your participation.
P.S. Above is the letter from EVERKorea to johyunjaeChina. I saw my birthday wishes in the booklet! (Photo 2 - right page, top left) Mine reads simply (in Korean and Chinese):
"Happy birthday! May you be blessed!"
JHJ read my birthday wishes!!!!!
(Credit: Thank you, johyunjaeChina, for the photos and the news!)
That's really your birthday card? You lucky girl!
ReplyDeleteJo Hyun Jae means we are in his heart? I am so moved!
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet of Hyun Jae, likewise I am moved by his remark and gesture.
ReplyDeleteHi Wulijohyunjae?
ReplyDeleteDid you made a good memory in birthday event for him? Actually I did. I participated in the event that gall opened to celebrate hyunjae's 30th birthday. It was so good for us.