Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Unexpected U...nicorn

"The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us."-Francois de La Rochefoucauld 


Funny how I have to eat my words that I won't like and won't have any other bias from KPop idol groups aside from Super Junior...but life sure is full of surprises.

A year. That's how long I've been away from the fandom & the cyberspace due to studies. I have to cut myself off from all of it to concentrate on my thesis. And probably because I know that there's nothing out there that can hold me back. Heechul's away. Jungsoo too. No reason for me to stay. Or so I thought.

That entire year felt like forever and the only thing that keep me sane was Donghae's face. He was like the only thing that made me stay in the fandom...just joking :) Even though Leeteuk & Heechul were missing coz of their army duties, I will always be an ELF. It's just that I have find myself smitten by Prince Lee Donghae...It was fun though. It never occurred to me that I'll find the other half of my fave otp, irresistible.

He always look good, cute, squishy, you name it...in my eyes, but I didn't paid that much attention to him coz I always see him as the other half of Eunhyuk. The EUNHAE couple. My favorite otp (one true pairing). So I was really having a hard time admitting to myself that I like him more than before. And Yesung was like "Why am I suddenly become your #5?" LOL!

The admission's the hard part but the realization of liking another man from the group isn't. Besides, what's the use of having 15 men in one group if you'll only like one?!? Just like the saying goes, "If the cat's away, the mouse will play." ㅋㅋㅋ So be it. It's the same group I love anyway. But unexpected things really do happen. The year that I was away was also the year another group from SM Entertainment debuted. 

EXO. A 12 member South Korean-Chinese boy band with 2 sub-groups, Exo-M & Exo-K. One man short from Super Junior with 13 members...2 men short from Super Junior with Zhoumi & Henry. Am I rattled?!?No... I'm way passed the stage where a fan should be pissed off with new group/s that'll threaten the status of the band he/she supports. I believe I'm mature enough to accept the fact that younger generations of idol group will come our way. It's how the entertainment industry works anyway, especially the KPop Music Industry.

When EXO has been the talk of the town, or rather the Kpop world, I wasn't really into it. Sure, I accept them wholeheartedly but I never paid attention to what and who are they. My eyes and my heart's glued only to SJ. But one particular event made me notice them for real. I won't elaborate on it..just read here...coz just remembering it makes my blood level high T_T

So yeah, I got curious with the group and then one day I found myself liking a particular member...Oh Sehun. I just found him way too cute with his "bbuing, bbuing" & that tounge of his. But as much as I want to indulge myself with EXO, I can't. Sure, I was searching infos & stuff, but I don't know why I can't seem to memorize or remember even half of what I've read. Even their faces were all blurred. Plus the fact that my thesis is more important than them.

I cut myself off from all of it...again. Thesis deadline was on the way that time & I have to focus. But then Christmas time came and it only meant one thing. Year-end performances from 3 major networks in South Korea. I told myself, "It's vacation so I have all the right to do anything." And so I did...or else  I wouldn't be able to revive my interest on EXO but this time it's not Sehun who caught my attention.

I'm a sucker for bedimpled boys/men... that's why I was blown away when I first saw Jungsoo...I'm very vocal about it right? And I thought it was only Leeteuk that could do that to me...but I was very wrong... The moment I saw the SM Performance unit performed Spectrum on SBS Gayo Daejun, I can't help but follow a certain guy.

Never in my wildest imagination that somebody can make me do what I did when I first saw Leeteuk. All along, I thought he's the first & last man that could make me feel something stir inside my heart. And it's so easy for me to admit to myself that I'm falling each and every day to this particular boy.

Lay. Zhang Yixing.

He's handsome for the lack of the right word to say about his almost perfect profile. He's uber talented. He composes songs. He plays the guitar & the piano. He dances really, really good. I can't even describe what I felt when I saw him in that performance. Donghae was there, but why did Lay have my eyes on him all the time?

I really can't pinpoint what it is...probably because his innocence got me...or the air of mystery that surrounds him...or maybe I'm just caught off-guard with his bedimpled smile, the way Jungsoo made me fall for him... or maybe he's just freaking awesome & talented & everything...I don't really know.

One thing I'm sure of is that, this wonderful feeling is unexpected. Maybe because mythical creature like a unicorn have the power to make a mere human feel this way.