This post is inspired by ASPARKOFMOONLIGHT (wordpress) and her descision to back off the Kpop stanning just a tad bit.

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Many long-time kpop fans today have been trying to "move on" and do "more productive" things that don't involve their oppas.

As a fan of almost 6 years now....I can say that this is an issue many of us should address someday. While other fans are not as immersed and buried into their "feels" like the rest of us— they are the very few who have managed to stay sane in the glamorously confusing  world  that is Kpop. 

I started my Kpop days when I was in elementary, so you can imagine my awe and fascination at that time. Add the fact that Sandara Park, a celebrity I enjoyed watching on TV suddenly became "Dara" of this new group called 2NE1. So....BOOM! Newfound love!!!

My journey into Kpop began in a subtle way (and I was more into Mandopop back then) and then started manifesting itself in my daily activities. Soon enough, all I had in my brain were thoughts of 'Kissing You' and "I got u~ under my skin...". 

And then I discovered LiveJournal. (I rediscovered it last night and even made an account but that discussion is for another post.) Soshipops is to blame. MY INNOCENCE. 

Kpop fanfiction suddenly became my thing. I loved drabbles and my heart just scrunched up everytime I red angst oneshots. I then started to look for more sources and I found local forums for my fave groups.

The first I ever joined was GGPH:Keeping The Nine Flames Alive. It is a Philippines-based Girls' Generation fan forum that served as my connection to other Pinoy SONES (of course back then we still didn't have a fanclub name and were tentatively called "Honey"). If I remember correctly, I joined on the 24th or the 25th of March 2009. I can't actually check because GGPH did a little reconstruction and somehow my account "does not exist" anymore. To which I was like, "WTF man?! I logged onto GGPH even when it went on a year-long (I kid you not) hiatus". I started looking for more fan forums and started signing up (Soshified) though I was familiar to fan forums (I had a lot of rainie Yang forum accounts) it seemed like a new way to create bridges between Kwave fans.

And since then the birth of my Chatango account, JangSaebyeok was born. 

I started a Photobucket, Flickr and a me2day account because of kpop. And I'm not a fan of socializing. I'm as awkward as hell (more than KStew and Kris Wu combined). And now I forgot all my account names and passwords already. 

But my point is, I began trying to find more ways to get a glimpse of my beloved Soshi.

Just like Tiffany, Youtube became my bestfriend.  Allkpop was (initially) a source of snsd news (I also HAD an account) but then I discovered Wonderful Generation by Sugar Apple. And my school work sorta got involved, too. 

I had a portfolio folder that had SNSD pics all over them (I busted my wallet to print those).I used SNSD's names for my characters in Short fiction. 

(to be continued bec I really really need to sleep lol orz)

Thanks!