Chapter 11 - Life as a HBYE Trainee (1)
A month has passed since Oh Min-Hee started her life as a HBYE trainee. During this time many things have happened to her.
Oh Min-Hee had moved to her dorm provided by HBYE Label just after a few days of signing the contract. The room consisted of single bed, study table and cabinet one for each. Oh Min-Hee shared her room with one more trainee but she had not arrived for some reason. After Oh Min-Hee unpacked her stuff and settled down, she went to the HBYE Label headquarters to have her dinner in the cafeteria located inside the agency. It took her around five minutes to reach the building.
She came out of the elevator and saw that the girl trainees have a separate cafeteria. She entered the cafeteria and took her own food from the buffet. She searched for an empty table and sat there because she did not want to mingle for now. She finished her meal and tried to roam towards administration area on this floor but she noticed that their are to many CCTV cameras on the floor and you needed an access card to enter that part of the area. She knew that nothing would be achieved today and headed back to her dorm.
The next day, all the new girl trainees were called for an orientation. Oh Min-Hee headed to a room where her orientation will be held according to the message she received yesterday. When she entered, she noticed almost all the chairs were filled in that room. She sat in an empty chair which was not filled and waited for the orientation to start. The projector in the room then started to run the orientation video with the help of the staff.
The orientation video was boring except for when J-Hope and V of BTS gave a somewhat motivational speech about 'not to give up' and 'you will make it' that made many of the trainees in the room emotional and one on two just outright cried. After the orientation video was was done we were handed our schedule which we need to follow from the next day. When I opened my schedule it was something like this:
'Trainee Oh Min-Hee's Schedule
MONDAY
07:15 - 08:15 - Media Training
08:30 - 10:30 - Vocal Training
10:45 - 11:45 - Japanese Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
TUESDAY
07:00 - 09:00 - Vocal Training
09:15 - 10:15 - English Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
WEDNESDAY
07:00 - 08:00 - Etiquette Training
08:30 - 10:30 - Vocal Training
10:45 - 11:45 - Japanese Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
THURSDAY
07:00 - 09:00 - Vocal Training
09:15 - 10:15 - English Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
FRIDAY
07:15 - 08:15 - Sex Education
08:30 - 10:30 - Vocal Training
10:45 - 11:45 - Japanese Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
SATURDAY
07:00 - 09:00 - Vocal Training
09:15 - 10:15 - English Learning
12:00 - 13:00 - Exercising
13:30 - 19:30 - Dance Training
SUNDAY - (SELF TRAINING) '
After reading the schedule, Oh Min-Hee wanted to faint right on the spot. She knew that it would be difficult but not this much. She is barely getting any free time because she had to do the homework that each class would give and more than that she was baffled by what was written on the schedule for Sunday. She thought that Sunday was the worst schedule day because the agency is basically telling that you could any training or laze around for how much long as one wants. That means that trainee's can train their vocals or dance for twenty four hour straight if they want or do nothing that entire day. According to her cognizant that is not going to happen.
The most worrying for her was not this schedule but that she is not getting any other time except for Sunday to do her actual work for which she became an idol trainee.
Oh Min-Hee returned to her dorm really depressed.