Honestly...I'm not sure if I'll be able to convey myself clearly, but here's my shot at it. I figure I have a one in a million chance. 

There once was a girl who was an avid exotic who spent hours on end when their song 'History' came out, trying to learn all of their names. She succeeded, and from there on out, she became one of the many millions of fans who ogled these twelve men from a distant planet far away named 'Exoplanet'. Well, this girl had a younger brother, who was autistic. He always seemed to be in his own little world, and no matter how much this girl tried, she could never connect to him. 

May 30th, 2013 was a fateful day. The girl could barely contain her excitement as she sat down to watch the highly-awaited, highly-anticipated comeback of EXO with 'Wolf'. She could barely control her overload of feels after seeing the twelve adorkable aliens who had come back from a very long vacation in Exoplanet. The girl was too consumed in watching to screen, speakers blaring, to notice a presence behind her. After the song was finished, she heard a voice say, "Again.'

She was thoroughly shocked to see her younger brother behind her, looking at the screen almost as intently as she had been looking, but nevertheless, she repeated the video so he could watch it again. 

Over the span of days, she was thrilled to see that her younger brother, too, enjoyed EXO as much as she did, and she was touched when she noticed him playing by himself again, struggling to form the words so that he could sing. Gradually, he began to pick up by ear the Korean and Chinese versions separately, singing proudly to her while including a couple of clumsy dance moves that he had also picked up. 

There was a time that he heard EXO's 'Wolf' playing at their local Asian grocery store, and he did not hesitate to put on an impromptu performance for himself, singing along with all his heart. From his smile alone, the girl could tell how much joy EXO and their music brought him, lighting up his world.

So...that's my story. 

A bit cheesy, I know. And I also want to make it clear that I'm not trying to pull some pity tactic or something. I'm just being honest. I really, really want - no, need, EXO's XOXO album because I really want to share it with my brother. Being a student with no money who lives in a place where K-pop is...almost nonexistent (my parents don't pay for things that aren't essential; I'm also prohibited from buying anything online TT TT), I couldn't afford to buy EXO's album for my brother's birthday. That's why, I'm hoping to win it so I can present it to him as a really late birthday present or a Christmas present because I've seen how much happiness his smile contains when it comes to EXO. I'm really thankful to EXO for making him so much more bright and bubbly, always joining in with me whenever I sing, which really touches me because I know how much of a struggle it is for him to pronounce his words in English, much less learning the Korean and Chinese versions by himself. 

Currently, he is away in Canada receiving treatment and therapy. If he wasn't, I would've attached a clip of him singing or something because it's just so darn cute (He's also learned some parts of the other songs including 'Black Pearl' and 'Baby, Don't Cry'). Honestly, this may come off as really selfish or self-pitying, but I really want an EXO album because EXO is, like, the one thing that my brother and I can really relate with each other about. 

I dream about being able to get a job and being able to fly to Korea to attend a concert or something - a goal that must be put off until I actually finish school. However, I know that my brother would never be able to experience something like concerts, fanmeetings, and the like (he doesn't like crowded, dark, noisy places), which is a little sad. If I am able to win the EXO album, I would like to give it to my brother so that he can listen to EXO in the car or at home whenever he wants to sing and dance along. 

EDIT: My mother just called me, and told me that I wouldn't be able to show him the MV on Youtube anymore because he won't stop dancing to it. That's why I'd really like to win the album now, so that I can just play it for him without him watching the MV, so he can still enjoy the songs without watching anything like my mother asked.  ><;;

And of course, I would be lying if I said that I myself did not want to also have a chance to own EXO's album.

I have a couple of other reasons that I would like to own EXO's XOXO (because it would feel like in a way, I, too, have received their hugs and kisses without being at their live performances, concerts, or fanmeetings) that I won't disclose because then, it would seem like I'm trying to pull off the whole pitying tactic. 

Either way, thank you so much for hosting this and giving three out of thousand K-pop and EXO-deprived people a chance to actually own an EXO album!! ^0^