Seeing how busy Junsu and Yoochun are, I can't help but feel a bit like a fraud. Now that I'm past basic training, life has really slowed down. Or maybe that's the wrong way to look at it. It's not that I'm not busy, it's just not the kind of crazy we've all been used to.

There's a distinct rhythm to each day - something I've never had since I've been a trainee.

Getting up at set times. Sitting down to eat at regular intervals. Going to sleep at a ridiculously early hour. Time to myself…

In a way - it's weird. Weird to know that this evening I'll have time to phone home or phone friends. That I can read or chat, watch TV or write music. And that I can do the same thing tomorrow and the day after and the day after that. I can actually plan things in my head and know the schedule won't suddenly go all topsyturvy.

Some of the guys here are studying, or learning languages. When you know that you have time set aside for it most days, it totally makes sense. Compare that to us all learning Japanese on the run and it's obvious that I should have joined the army much, much sooner.