_{Since I can’t edit with this computer or make gifs….
I’m going to write a post.}

_{Ten years ago from today, a band with many names debuted.
Four years after their debut, in 2007, I was blessed to run into them while watching X-Man on youtube. I didn’t even know what k-pop was.
Jung Yunho appeared on my screen and froze all my senses, how was it possible to look that good?} 

_{After that fateful event, I began to spend my entire days just watching them on shows and listening to their music. However as we all know, once you venture into any branch of Korean music, you land into the world of kpop somehow.
They started it all. It was because of them I entered this fandom, and because of them I became the person I am today. Life was rough but knowing that I could come home and watch Dong Bang Shin Ki in all their glory made everything a little bit easier.}

_{Roughly a year after first discovering them, I was blessed to get tickets to the Korean Music Festival 2008 — May 17, 2008 where they were performing. Seeing them live made my heart hurt and for the first time, I cried out of happiness. Tears rushed down my face as they came onto stage performing Rising Sun, Purple Line, Tonight, and concluded with Balloons. I could say that I saw the Gods as a whole, in concert. Something many can’t say anymore.}

_{A year or so after, they split. This was when I took my leave from the k-pop world. My first k-pop band, my first bias, my first everything… they broke up. I can’t put into words how I felt that day but it was horrible. They weren’t just a measly band, they were the reason I looked forward to coming home and getting on my computer for. I was constantly made fun of for liking k-pop back in those days (and now the same people are all into kpop, go figure.) but nothing mattered because I knew they were worth it.}

_{I got back into k-pop when Homin came back as DBSK. Two members. Then JYJ as three…it still broke my heart but I figured, as long as they’re happy, what kind of fan would I be not to support them? It was their choice. I decided to follow both as closely as I can but it was hard. It was like following two different bands, two different musics, I found myself slowly detaching myself.}

_{2013 rolled around, and DBSK announced they were having a world tour. July 5th, 2013 Catch Me LA. I bought the tickets right away. I could not miss seeing them — no matter how many, in concert. That day felt like a dream to me. The moment they sang Mirotic and all their old songs, my heart felt like it was being torn up. I met Changmin or at least it felt like it as he walked right past me and brushed against my fingers.} 

_{So here we are now. Thank you for getting me into kpop and becoming my first bias, Jung Yunho. Thank you Kim Jaejoong for being the man that got my bestfriend to like kpop with me and being the first “feminine” idol. Thank you Kim Junsu for always brightening up my day with your laughter and being the reason behind my soompi username. Thank you Park Yoochun for making me cringe at your English pick-up lines and making me ship Yoosu. Thank you Shim Changmin for being a crazed food junky who picks on all his hyungs… you’ve grown up beautifully. Thank you for showing me 동방신기. Thank you for an amazing 10 years and may we have many more years to go.}