Two weeks ago, On Thursday… we held a funeral for my father who has passed away… I have been in a daze… for a week…
On the 23th, I sent my son off. My mind was blank and I was so dispirited….
My neighbor young sister told me ‘Let’s go buy Kimchi’ so I was dragged to the market…
I rarely go to Costco Yangjae (T/N: Costco is a famous warehouse brand managed by Costco Wholesale Corporation) because it’s very crowded. After coming in, I went to cleanser’s shelves. White tee, jeans, white face with sunglasses… What a familiar look… That person was right in front of me, selecting cleanser…
I was like ‘Could it be? Could it be?’… Could it be possible that, in this daylight, in this place full of ajumma, Jaejoong-ie shows up…?
But… that voice was our Director Cha’s… How can he be this thorough, more thorough than those homemaker ajumma
The voice that was commenting on every kind of cleanser… Kim Jaejoong… I couldn’t believe my own eyes.
During his little leisure time, Jaejoong and his manager… in that corner where there was no one… except me and my muggle young sister (T/N: which means her young sister isn’t Jaejoong’s fan)…..
I acted like I was choosing stuffs to steal a glance at him several times, look at him… then look at him once again…… Turning around and look at him again, I pretended to be nonchalant….
I was quiet…
Coming around that corner, for that moment, my hands were shaking and I thought I was going to die…
I didn’t have a nerve to say a greeting word…
There wasn’t any fan there…..
When I looked back, he was going to another corner…
By the way, I looked at people around, no one recognized Jaejoong-ie or maybe they just didn’t act like they recognized him…
Most of them were ajumma, ajusshi, grandmothers in 50s but there were many ajumma in 40s like me too….
They didn’t recognize Jaejoong-ie… or didn’t act like they recognized him… So I also pretended to not know.
Sneaking a look at his face…. I thought, ‘Why?! An opportunity like this…’ then screwed up my courage and met Jaejoong-ie again at the food department….
As I nerved myself to ask him for his signature, he kindly gave me one….
He asked me for my name and didn’t only write ‘noona’ but ‘(…)-sshi’ before signing… I’m Jaejoong-ie’s big sister anyway….
It could have been embarrassing to sign for a silly chubby ajumma like me but he kind-heartedly did it with a smile…
Yet again, I screwed up my courage and told him that since their last showcase, I have gone to all of their concerts… Jaejoong-ie said ‘Thank you very much’ then greeted me (with a bow)…
And I think I disturbed his long-awaited shopping… I turned and was looking for soy sauce… But my sister told me that I should take a picture with him…
She encouraged me but I was so nervous to do it…. So my muggle sister asked without reluctance, if it was OK to take a picture…
Manager said no…. and also Jaejoong-ie….. He said sorry then turned away. I scolded my sister that it would be rude to take picture in a place like this. Hearing it, Jaejoong-ie smiled and went by sideways…
“My hubby is also fan of Jaejoong-sshi and we went together to Busan concert after coming back from vacation abroad,” I told him…
He said ‘thank you’ with a blooming smile and bowed again…
Seeing that smile, I was so excited, my hands were shaking and I couldn’t calm myself down….. After regaining my consciousness, I came to checkout counter for payment….
Just then, I realized that I have bought only cherries…
Jaejoong-ie bought a lot of food… so much that it might take some weeks to finish it all… enough for a housewarming party…..
A housewarming party at his new house.. I got that imagination by myself….
I really like this down-home image of Jaejoong-ie…. Such a sweet-tempered young man…
So I got to see Jaejoong-ie in person, without make-up… up-close and for such long time with no one around
I feel like it was my father who blessed me so that I could meet Jaejoong. He wants me to stop living in depression but enjoy my life…
My gloomy mood has flown away and I feel better now.
(Unrelated parts omitted)
Source: yhoomom(yh66***) 님 of JYJ Telzone
Translated by: The_little_pear of JYJ3
Shared by: JYJ3
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If this ahjumma acted this way, I wonder how I would act and feel if I’d ever run into him.. o__o
that what I thought 😀
perhaps I would act worse than that ahjumma
or perhaps, no need to act but completely fait at the first sight :DD
This is such a sweet fan account! Reading this made my day! 😀
LOL. I love how she called her sister “muggle” LMAO! Maybe she likes Harry Potter too? ^^
Ahhhh! How I wish this would happen to me just once!
I’m so happy for Noona ____ -shi 😉
Awww, how sweet 🙂 I’m so glad to hear that she really felt better after meeting Jaejoong! Just more confirmation that he’s really beautiful from the inside out.
THIS is why I need to live in Korea…..sigh…..can’t think of anyone I could possibly run into at our Costco that could even remotely compare. T___T
And thanks for the translation Little Pear!
D”aww this is so beautiful, and it is really so awesome she got to meet him.
I feel hopeless when it comes to having a picture with one of them, they never want fans to take pictures with them, WAE, just WAE every celebrity does it, I don’t know why idols don’t like it T____T
prob bcos they dont wear make up. so they need to refuse the photo taking
I’m thinking it might be because they’re always in the spotlight. But when idols have their precious downtime, they want their little private haven for themselves without having paparazzi shots.
well the way i see it, perhaps maybe since its their private time, which is to say if its a fanmeet or a concert or anything relating to their work they won’t mind but since this is ‘out of work’… but then again i think it largely depends on their mood, time and place. jae did took a picture once with a finnish fan the time when they recorded for the beginning, she met him by chance and he agreed to take a picture together, there’s a post about it in omona. so yeah, mood, time and place. lol and here i thought idols and celebs are the same?
I looove this fanaccount!
Ahh~ this made me smile. Jaejoongie you have no idea what kind of effects you have on people.
this is so sweet. it gives me again the feeling of how wonderful they are and how much they inspire and help fans of all ages. it makes me feel like i would also try if there was an opportunity like that to ask one of them for an autograph.
Unexpected! Good thing meeting Jae lifted her spirits. 😀
Awwww jaejoong can make people feel better without even trying 🙂
It is a beautiful and lovely fanaccount, she’s so lucky 🙂
He he he grocery store is a cute place to run into famous persons.
Nice account.
So sweet! I can actually imagine Jaejoong being thorough before buying anything…looking at all the brands and prices. *so cute!* My mother does that every time she goes shopping.
I need to have a casual run-in with the boys!
cute story 🙂
What kind of cleansers would Jaejoong recommend? ^^
¡Wonderful story! That’s how I want to meet Jaejoong one day, exactly as it happened to this lady.
Next endorsement – cleanser! 🙂
LOL jaejoong commenting on every kind of cleanser, I totally can imagine that!!!
this is so precious, seeing him in his private time like this, picking cleanser and food
such a lucky fan
I wish I could meet him like that
LOL muggle, so cute!!
housewarming party eh?? makes me wonder if he is already move in to his new condo or not..
I expect him to tweet some pics of his new condo, please jae *puppy eyes*
i don’t know what will be my reaction if I bump into jaejoong into a grocery store~ omg sun!!! *_________*
Awww , that is really great ! Congrats to Noona-shii , sometimes things happen for a reason 🙂 If I ever encounter him I got a good ideea of what my reaction will be,simply because this is what happends when I’m taken by surprise! stage 1) turning into a statue , stage2) my mouth hanging ,stage 3) eyes like this O.O, stage4) coming back to life….And afterwords I’ll be like ^_______^ Kyaaaa I saw Jaejoong !
Last stage: some questioning looks from other shoppers =))
Lucky and blessed noona-shii, her father in heaven must have asked GOD for this favor. I hope to run into Jae like this someday. But i doubt if i can keep my composure if i do. hahaha…so far i’m alright with Jae, Yoochun and Junsu as my cyber boyfriends 🙂
She’s so lucky, she went to the supermarket, and Jaejoong was there!! doing shopping!! with his manager,, OMG I’ll die it if sometime like that happen to me !! he’s so kind and humble!!! ^^
Awwww this is so sweet, I’m glad Jae made her feel better.