Sunday, June 20, 2010

SJ Army Enlistment Schedule Released

Just got depressing news. The schedule for Super Junior’s members enlistment into army has been released. Everyone of them have to be in the army for 22 months >___<

Enlistment Years (by members)
Kangin: 2010-2012
Leeteuk, Heechul: 2011-2013
Yesung: 2012-2014
Shindong: 2013-2015
Sungmin, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon: 2014-2016
Ryeowook, Kibum: 2015-2017
Kyuhyun: 2016-2018

Members Count (by years) (just take it that Kibum is not away cause of acting)
2010: Missing Kangin, 11 Members left
2011: Missing Kangin, Leeteuk, Heechul, 9 Members left
2012: Missing Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, 9 Members left
2013: Missing Yesung, Shindong, 10 Members left
2014: Missing Shindong, Sungmin, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon, 7 Members left
2015: Missing Sungmin, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum, 6 Members left
2016: Missing Ryeowook, Kibum, Kyuhyun, 9 Members left
2017: Missing Kyuhyun, 11 Members left
2018: FULL TEAM!!

That means 8 more years till we’ll see SJ together as a whole again T__T Kangin’s enlistment this year is understandable, but then can’t they just choose 2 years and enlist all the other members together at the same time? It’s not as though they have an age limit of when you go in. If Boom can enlist at the age of 27, I don’t see how the older members can’t wait till then and enlist together with the younger ones. The way they’re doing it, there will definitely be a few years where no albums will be released at all, for various reasons. And at the end of 8 years, who knows how many ELFs will there still be left? How many fans will wait 8 years for a group to be together again??

But looking at the number of people left over per year, it’s pretty unlikely they would release any albums. Concert tours maybe, but albums, not quite possible.

2011: Missing leader and most talkative people aka Heechul, Kangin, Leeteuk. Promotion activities would be quite hard.
2012: Same reason as 2011, plus missing one of the main singers aka Yesung.
2013: Possible, if they have other members to take over Yesung’s parts, possible Leeteuk or Kyuhyun.
2014: Not possible. 4 out of 6 main dancers gone (Donghae, Eunhyuk, Sungmin, Shindong. Left with only Kyuhyun and Leeteuk) Dance choreography will be too huge a barrier. Unless only SJ-K.R.Y. continue with their activities.
2015: Even worse than 2014, not only with more members gone into army, but Ryeowook, one of the main vocals will be missing. Only 3 out of 6 main dancers left in group. Even SJ-K.R.Y. activities, if any, will be put on hold.
2016: Not possible to release album as SJ as a whole. Main dancers all back, except Kyuhyun just join army. But 2 out of 3 (Ryeowook and Kyuhyun) main vocals will still be in army. Unless they have activities with SJ-T or SJ-Happy.
2017: Possible, since Kyuhyun’s the only one missing. Can probably have Donghae, Leeteuk and Sungmin covering his parts until he return.

Only 2018 will all of them gather as a group again. But after 8 years gap, will they still have as many fans? Not likely. Will SM still let them release an album? That’s a question. Maybe one as an experiment, which if their album sales are still high enough will possibly continue. But if not, this 4th album could be the last that we see of them together as Super Junior. Hopefully not though, especially with all the turmoils that they went through together since they debuted. I’ve got to say their road to being idols is much tougher than most, if not all, other groups that I have seen.

Nevertheless, it’ll be wonderful if we can still see them together, as 13 or at least 12 after 8 years. If not we’ll just have to settle with seeing them with their individual activities, which I hope is not the case.

YES, ELF WILL WAIT SJ. FOREVER

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Not every fans can be called as ELF

Those who like Super Junior can be called fans of Super Junior, but not every fans can be called as ELF.
Every Super Junior fans like the 13 guys that shine on stage with their performances, but every Elfs know that behind those brilliant performances, there are lots of tears and sweat.

Every Elfs know that our tough looking angel teuk, Pak Jung Soo, is using every second, every minute he has to care and love the 12 younger brothers. He, who is the leader of a group of 13 people, has huge pressure but he still walk with his beloved members with the lovely smile. He hides the real him and show us the best side of Lee Teuk every day, he hides all his pain and do his best in every performances. Please, love our Lee Teuk, our Jung Soo as much.


Every Elfs know that our princess from Mars, the prettiest princess, Kim Hee Chul, who wears the funny joker mask and be funny, is a tough guy deep inside. After that car accident, in order to prevent himself from fainting, he nearly snapped his tongue off. And he was still trying his very best to smile at the camera with blood running off his face. He is an emotional person, and cares about his members, his fans, but he only shows us the happy side of him. Please, love our princess, our Hee Chul as much.


Every Elfs know that there was a time when our strong Han Geng felt helpless. He went to Korea with nothing, no friends, no money, all he had was the dream of being a successful idol. There was a time when our Han Geng felt hurt when he had to wear the mask to go on stage. We went through all this with him, and although he is not with us now, please still support him and love our Han Geng as much.

Every Elfs know that our Jong Woon, who has a beautiful voice given by God, tries his best to act funny in programs. But in real life, he has a fine emotion and is touched easily. He has the comforting voice that smooths everything and sings with his life. He cares about his members without saying it out loud, his love is from the heart and we all know this. Please, love our Yesung, our Jong Woon as much.

Every Elfs know that our Kang In, who has the nicest smile with the cute eye smile, gave up his powerful background, put down himself and trained so hard that he lost 30kg in just a month and a half. Our Kang In, our Young Woon, love all his members and fans so much that making this decision must be very hard for him. He has faith in us, and his brothers, although we can’t see him for a while, but as he has promised, he will come back with all his 12 brothers. Please don’t forget him and love our Kang In, our Young Woon as much.

Every Elfs know that our Shin Dong, had always been thinking of quitting Super Junior because of his image. But we should always remember how amazing his dance is and how much effort did he put in all performances and raps. Always remember how hard he tries with his hyeongs in all the funny performances in Strong Heart. Please wish him good luck with his girl friend and still love our Shin Dong as much.

Every Elfs know that our little cutie Sung Min, who looks soft and needs care is a very tough man. He never cries in front of us even during the end of year ceremony. He lent his shoulders to his members and comfort them, but he hide himself off stage and cry by himself. Our Sung Min is always smiling and hiding the manly image behind. Our Sung Min is the middle of 13 people, cares about his younger brothers and loving his elder brothers. Please, love our Sung Min as much.

Every Elfs know that our dancing king Hyuk Jae, always impressing everyone with his fantastic dance is a easily touched man who cries easily. He gave up so many chances to debt just to be with his best mate, and fortunately they are both very famous in different groups. Our Hyuk Jae who loves all his members and hates even thinking of the idea of being separated from them, put everything in every performances. Please, love our Eun Hyuk, our Hyuk Jae as much.


Every Elfs know that our little princess Dong Hae practiced endlessly for the best performance to show us and his beloved father who rest in peace in Heaven. Every performance of our Dong Hae is the best gift for his dad and he tries his best to make everyone proud of him. He is still the pure child deep inside who needs care and love, but he acts to be strong and happy all the time so we won’t need to worry about him. Please, love our Dong Hae as much.


Every Elfs know that our gentleman Si Won tried everything to convince his dad to let him be an idol, the job he wanted the most. How hard Si Won tired in order for him to be on stage with his members. Pray for him to have good health and get well soon as we should all be able to imagine how big the pressure is on them to make our strongest Si Won to be not well. Please always pray for him and love our Si Won as much.

Every Elfs know that our shy Ryeo Wook lost weight in an extremely short time because of the hard work. He changed from a shy boy to a man that makes in all the singing and dancing parts perfectly. Even in the foreign country that speaks a different language, he tried his best to learn and speak the language as quickly as possible in order to communicate with his fans. Please, remember what our Ryeo Wook has done for us and love him as much.


Every Elfs know that our Ki Bum, who is very quiet, loves his elder brothers and Kyu Hyun with all his heart. When he received the text from Ryeo Wook in America, he was crying as he was so touched. Although our Ki Bum can’t be with us, he is doing great on the road he chose and we should all wish him a successful future with Super Junior or on his own. Please, don’t forget him and love our Ki Bum as much.

Every Elfs know that our youngest member Kyu Hyun, who is being loved by all his elder brothers and Elfs was so close to never returning. It was his own faith and the love from his members that brought him back to us. He hides so much pain and tears from us but don’t forget how hard he tried to be able to come back. He was performing with his members just after he recovered and we should always be thankful of having him as one of Super Junior’s member. Please, love our Kyu Hyun as much.


Because we are Elfs, when our oppas are happy and joyful of what they achieved, we are in silence tears because of all their hard works we don’t see.


Because we are Elfs, when people criticise or even insulate our oppas, we can’t say anything as we don’t want people to think Elfs are rude which will bring lots of troubles to our oppas.


Because we are Elfs, we have to be with the 13 oppas we love and ‘Only 13’ will always be our faith.


Because we are Elfs, when the whole world leaves Super Junior, we will leave the world and be with Super Junior without doubting.

Because we are Elfs, we have to be strong, we have to be the strongest back up for our oppas.

Because we are Elfs, we should know how important the 4th album is to Super Junior and us, so please do your best to VOTE FOR BONAMANA and buy VERSION A only from Korean proper stores.

Elfs, live everyday with smile, use your biggest smile to show them your love.
We will have a bright future as there will be you and me with the 13 oppas we love the most in the sapphire world.


No matter when, we will say this out loud proudly, ‘wu li ELF or ye yo!’


Elfs, please love Super Junior and don’t give up.
Trust them, have faith in them and wait for their complete Come Back.

All Credits: Baidu SJ Bar
(bulk order in philippines)Photo taken by monick jaranilla
Translated by Crystal 성철 Poon

original message (through FB) : click here

really. I'm touched.

 

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