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Special gift to Yoona's birthday part 2

Much has been said about Yoona being the center of SNSD. A lot of people have shared their views and opinions that sometimes it makes the entire topic itself redundant. But then again, if we look beyond the surface, the issue of Yoong being the center of SNSD covers much depth that I believe we can talk about it forever but we will never be able to fathom its real impact on Yoona and the people surrounding her.

I will try to do away with enumerating all the pros and cons of her being the face since I believe Yoonadicts basically have a clear idea of what it feels. Instead, I will give a humble attempt to scratch beyond the surface of the usual good and bad things about it.

To be blunt, I’d say, Yoona has the heaviest job among all So Nyu Shi Dae members.

True, Taeyeon is the leader and a leader has to deal with managing the members. I salute Taengoo for being able to do that. Even if she claims that the members do not really need her watching over them since they are responsible enough, I still believe that she plays a pivotal role of being the backbone of the group. The last remaining strand of the whole SNSD tapestry. Taeyeon, as the leader, has to be consistently strong; for as a leader, everything about SNSD will reflect on her.

In as much as our kid leader has this heavy responsibility, I think every SONE or any SNSD-member fan should at least give due respect to Yoona for the responsibility that she is holding. For when Kim Taeyeon carries the blame for something SNSD as a group did, Im Yoona’s one slight mistake affects the entire group in itself.

You see, as the face of SNSD, Yoona stands on the front line. The nine girls are there; the camera follows. But who’s on the center? It’s Yoona. They attend some variety show; three or four members are present. Who ends up having more time when the show airs? It’s Yoong.

Because of this, people have this tendency to blame the girl for what is happening. But what they fail to see is that this is what’s Yoona’s job is for. This is her responsibility. This is HER ROLE. And in as much as we love it, hate it, or what, IT WILL NOT CHANGE.

Nevertheless, I pose these questions. Had it ever occur to such people how this kind of treatment actually affects Yoona? Had they ever wondered how she might feel with the camera constantly shoved on her face? Had it ever cross their mind that this is the heaviest responsibility to be ever given to a person?

Yoona, being the face, the center, the one who the world revolves around to, brings the name SNSD. One wrong move for her and the entire group gets the blame. You see how the mechanics work? For the leader, when the group, holistically, does something negative, she has to live up with being called a bad leader unless she does something right. But for Yoona, she MUST always STRIVE to be flawless or else the entire group will suffer for her mistakes.

It took me quite a long time to understand this but to stress my point, I will use an analogy here. Have you observed why much respect is given to the men who stand in the frontline during the time for battle? Because they are the one who gets the lashes first. They have to be brave AND they have to be strong.

And this is where my respect for Yoona comes in. As part of her job, she has to constantly check herself. She has to be forever flawless. She has to be perfect. But you know what makes Yoona so special? She does not care about being perfect AT ALL.

In television shows, awards shows, or any media conferences, she’s always this quiet lady with that pretty smile on her face no matter how hungry, tired, or pissed off she is. She maintains the innocent and angelic image that she is supposed to have. But when the camera for formal events stop rolling, we get to see the Yoona that is special to all of us. The Im Yoona with her alligator mouth, Ahn Youngmi gags, endless pranks, and insatiable appetite. We see the real Yoona. And boy is that Yoona far from perfect! But have you observed how, in those moments when she’s around her members, when she’s laughing out loud like there’s no tomorrow, when she shoves food into her mouth, those are the moments when she is happiest? Those moments, when she is as flawed as your six-year old next door neighbor with ice cream stains on her shirt and muddy prints on her shoes, those are the times that she shines the most. That’s the time that she becomes perfect.

I believe Yoona deserves every respect for being able to hold that choding in her and be that elegant, sweet girl when the camera turns her way. She deserves every amount of respect for being able to stand strong, in having that responsibility despite being one of the maknaes of the group. She deserves the respect for in every blow that is targeted for the group, she has to receive it first.

Let’s talk about the issue of Yoong being “your every oppa’s ideal girl”. At first, I was a bit puzzled on why idols choose her as their Ideal Girl. Yes, Yoong is pretty and nice and witty but with all the female groups out there, there’s gotta be one person they’d like apart from her, right? It was a mystery, actually. But in that SGB episode when Yuri said that even if Yoona gets picked as ideal girl, no idol has actually tried to pursue her or even show signs of actually liking her, I was shocked. The realization suddenly dawned on me and I feel like giving the poor girl a hug.

It’s as if Yoona is the default Ideal Girl. And you know what that implies? She’s the girl most fitting for an ideal girl role that even if it’s downright ridiculous how almost the entire male population share similar taste, people won’t notice it. She is the girl you should choose because she has this long list of haters from time immemorial and it will not hurt if she gets another hundred on that list. Choose her because it is the safest most common answer and she is the perfect scapegoat so that the media will stop bothering you for an ideal girl. Choose her because it’s her job to be chosen.

Isn’t that sad?

And come to think of it, no other idol has suffered as much for being center as her. Super Junior does not have ‘specific’ center. SHINEE and f(x) does not have one. TVXQ has Jaejoong but it’s unofficial. I do not know about other groups but if you look at it, for every ten people who’ll hear of SNSD for the first time in their lives, there’d be one or two who’d go “WHY IS THAT GIRL ALWAYS IN THE CENTER?” and of course, her anti list grows longer.

I believe this is quite a sensitive topic but since we’ve already touched on that, let’s talk about antifans. Who do you think gets the largest amount of anti-fans in SNSD? This may be debatable in regards to Fany, Taeng, Sica, and Yoong but have you observed how out of all four, Yoong gets hated only for the stupid fact that she sits at the center of SNSD? (To give light to new fans, Fany/Taeng got their antis mostly from their so-called “rude” moments and Sica got hers for being an “Ice Princess”)

It’s like an unspoken rule in this dirty kpop-world; it is sad, yes. But it happens.

People react negatively as if the girl specifically asked to be there on the first place. I know it kinda gets tiring when Yoong gets all the attention while our favorite members remain on the sides, but honestly, that’s not even a logical reason to hate her.

Sure, sure, the reason of “cameras are the ones following her” is deemed cliché but I will repeat that again for this article. However, apart from that, y’know why Yoona still demands your respect? For even if the cameras are following her, you’ll never see her stop just to face the camera alone; she’ll always be on the run following the girls, or if not, surrounded by them.

Do you know about that certain awards show wherein the SuJu boys are constantly pulling her into the middle for the photo-ops but she keeps coming back to where the other members are standing? Then when they pulled her for the nth time and she can’t return on time to the girls as the cameras started flashing, she pulled Seobaby with her? How about the time when she said that she wishes other members will be given the chance to shine on variety shows, particularly Hyo? Remember when she gushed about how funny Kim Choding really is and that PDs should really give her a chance? I’m sure we are all familiar of the story on how actress Yoong got an award and after thanking the people for supporting her; she added “please support SoNyuhShiDae too”. Isn’t it funny how she can easily make it big on her own but she always strings that name So Nyuh Shi Dae to her name? Always introducing herself as SNSD’s Yoona and never Im Yoona?

That’s an example of how she remains rooted to the earth and I guess that says a lot about her and how she deals with her popularity. Yoona knows that even if Sooyoung is the spokesperson of SNSD whose ability to string words will always amaze people, one statement from her is enough to cause a headline. And because of this, she uses it not to her advantage, but for the entire group itself. Never the one who hogs the spotlight. And it really hurts that she is made to look that way.

I salute Yoona for being strong. Her physical strength has always been a hot topic but I rarely see people discuss about the strong moral fiber this girl has.

Though still considered a rumor since Yoong never really talked about this, I think it’s an open secret between Yoonaddicts how Yoong’s mom left her when she was young. There might have been a divorce or some misunderstanding that falls along that line between her parents but at the end of the day, the sparkling truth remains, Im Yoona does not have a mother. This is the safest assumption that we can have.

And in speaking of that, I mean the existence of a motherly figure behind her all through these years. In the sense that I felt heartbroken upon learning that Sooyoung’s mother never really wanted her as a daughter for she wants a son, the pain is deeper when we talk about Yoona who never really had the chance to feel the love of a mother at all. At least Sooyoung’s mom has accepted the fact of having her as a daughter and went on showering her all the love in the world. In Yoong’s case, it’s different. She is not the type to talk about familial relations but we have heard about her father and sister, but as for her mother, there’s none. Reminds me during Sukira back in 2009 when Leeteuk asked them about their song Dear Mom, the girls were all crying and talking about their moms but Yoona kept her silence. I guess the others know about it since they never pushed the topic on her but it makes me wonder what she actually felt when they were singing the song. Was she really indifferent? For all the years growing up without one that she doesn’t feel any pain at all when talked about matters like this. Or was she a little bit envious? Of how the girls all have their loving parents with them and that Fany, although orphaned with her mother, had felt what it is like to have one. Was she sad? That even if her mother is still alive, it’s as good as if she has died because they never even talked with one another?

Things like that. And in a highly traditional country like Korea, family matters are very important. Some parents even go to the point of researching a future in-law’s family tree to make sure that their offspring is being given a worthy spouse. Family is a very important factor which is why being an orphan or coming from a broken family is quite an issue that people can even use it against you.

It might be the reason why Yoona, in as much as possible, tries to live up in debunking the stereotype of “a bad child because she does not have a parent to guide her”. It makes perfect sense how, when asked what she wants to do most after SNSD, she said that she wants to be a good wife and perfect mother. Probably to make up for all the things that she has never experienced. This kind of attitude, the kind which instead of repeating history, chooses the option of change and making it a point to make sure that her child will never experience the suffering that she has gone through, is remarkable.

I believe that she makes up the absence of her mother to the presence of the girls around her. And this is the reason why I believe that even if all girls pitch on the “nothing without nine” slogan, Yoona will always be the one who hopes till end that it will forever remain that way. Even if she has her separate activities, she will always prefer going back to the dorm and see her eight sisters slash mothers waiting for her. Even when So Nyuh Shi Dae disappears, her friendship with Kim Taeyeon, Jung Sooyeon, Lee Sunkyu, Hwang Miyoung, Kim Hyoyeon, Kwon Yuri, Choi Sooyoung, and Seo Joohyun will forever remain that way.

Remember when her skirt-lifting controversy with Tiffany came up? She mentioned being scared of cameras for a while. It’s understandable; with the press trying to follow her every move. Some fans still can’t believe that she actually had that camera-phobia with her being constantly surrounded by them. But can’t you see? That’s where her courage shows. That even if she actually had to worry about it, she still faced the world with that smile. The thing that actually amused me is how Yoona has had countless of controversies before but she notes that as the one she was scarred the most. It distressed her much because the controversy went to the extent of affecting her relationship with Tiffany. Notice how she can take all the negative things said about her but she breaks down when it’s between her and a member?

And in connection with the Tiffany incident, it is such a huge responsibility to keep up with the role indicated for her while maintaining that relationship with her members. To be the center of a nine-member group, there has got to be some ill feelings cultivated from the lesser acknowledged members, right?

Wrong.

For in as much as outsiders try to claim that they do understand the SoShi bond, that said camaraderie that the girls share is something that we can never fully comprehend no matter how we try to. That the closest thing we can make out of why there is no jealousy between the members and Yoona is because the girls are mature individuals and that Yoona, herself, is never the type of person who will harbor negative feelings from other people towards herself.

Yoona does not appear as a person who is thirsty for fame. As I look at it, she is this normal girl who just happened to have the dream of being on a stage. She worked hard for that dream and that is where she is now. The cherry on top being her role as the center.

However, what most people fail to see is that being center, she gets to be the official ‘face’; but with this, it also means, she has to hold back in her singing and dancing. The ‘center’ role in itself is her responsibility, thus she is given lesser opportunities to show why she is standing at that stage. Giving her fewer opportunities to actually prove herself worthy of that ‘center’ role.

But instead of giving up, you see this girl doing her best in improving. She gets one line or two but she claims it as her own. She makes the most out of it, EVERY SINGLE TIME. She is a great dancer but people often forget that; which is why when she’s on stage, she burns it up and gives it her best shot.

She may not be SNSD’s best singer or dancer but when she gets the chance to prove herself, may it be modeling or acting, she grabs it. And for this attitude, PEOPLE LOVE HER.

This may come off as a shock to you but most of Yoona’s antifans are actually non-Koreans (ie international fans). We see headlines about the girl leading a poll and being friends with Goo Hye Sun, Go Ara, and Lee Jongseok among others and some still ask why it’s her all over again.

Simple.

Because Korea loves this girl.

And I believe the love that she receives will always be lacking for all the hate she gets.

Do you know about the MILK Club? It is a pseudo-organization which stands for Made In Lovely Kin. President, SJ’s Leeteuk. Manager, SNSD Taeyeon.

It sounds cool right? Like an exclusive club everyone should be dying to affiliate to. Unfortunately, Milk Club isn’t as nice as how its name sounds. Milk Club is actually a club specifically created for the “gathering of depressed souls” and that the purpose of the club is for idols to interact with each other and provide mutual support to overcome moments of depression or feelings of loneliness and pain. The Milk Club’s three main officers are the main founders itself.

Did I say three? Ah yes, I forgot to mention. Yoona holds the vice-president position in that club.

It is worrisome to know about a person joining such club; but to be one of the makers of the group itself? That’s downright disturbing.

I guess this simply gives us an idea of all the suffering that this girl hides beneath that sweet facade. A sneak peek to the real world that Im Yoona is actually living in. Because Im Yoona is not all innocent smiles and pretty doe eyes. She is just made to appear that way.

Because it’s all just part and parcel of her role as a center.

Before, when people say that Yoona is talentless and useless and that she does not deserve to be the center of SNSD, I have this half-agreeing/half-disagreeing part in me. I guess it’s because I’ve been part of those people who gets blinded by the spotlight pointed at her. The brightness affects my sense of vision that I look at the dimmer part of the stage to get away from it. However, in doing so, I fail to realize that if a mere audience like me finds it blinding to look at such brightness, how much more does it feel for the person to whom that light is pointing to?

Im Yoona is a wonderful person. A fragile being. An innocent child. And this is why the girls are very protective of her. And I leave with the message that if our beloved favorites could get along with the idea of this Im Choding being the center, why can’t we?

They say her being a center is a blessing and a curse.

I say it’s more of a curse that which she is carrying.

But seeing her carry it courageously as if it’s some kind of blessing is something that is worth every respect, love, and admiration there is in this Yooniverse.

credit: Bam The Great @soshified.com

Special gift to Yoona's birthday

 Against Anti Yoona

One: Why is Yoona always in the centre?

• Every group has the ‘centre’ member. In this case, it’s Yoona. Right from the start, Yoona was going to be the ‘poster girl’ of SNSD. Even when SNSD hadn’t been fully formed yet. She had the innocent look that SM wanted the group to have, she had appeal, and she’d already done enough work in the entertainment industry for people to recognize her, having been in CFs, magazines and music videos. The reaction to Yoona from the beginning was positive so SM decided to keep putting her in the centre, and the centre-Yoong thing just stuck. You have to understand that Yoona didn’t ask to be put there though. Whatever SM says, goes. She never actively searched for popularity or attention, she just sort of sat there and accepted the fact that she was popular and ‘the face’, as did the other members. ‘Centre-Yoong’, ‘…you are the face of SNSD!’, words from leader Taeng’s own mouth.

• Besides, SNSD wouldn’t have the popularity it has today without Yoona. All the members helped but she really gave SNSD the leg-up they needed in the beginning. International fans might not see how much Yoona affected SNSD’s exposure as we actually have to use the internet to watch Korean dramas, but imagine flicking on the television and seeing Yoona on it almost every day in dramas and CFs and tell me something like that wouldn’t affect SNSD’s popularity.

Two: Yoona’s overrated.

Is she really? Let’s cut this one into subsections.

• Yoona isn’t that pretty.
  When people say Yoona is beautiful, there are people who go “She’s not THAT pretty”. I think they fail to realise that Yoona’s fans (real fans) aren’t saying that she’s stunningly drop dead gorgeous like a model something, they’re talking about Yoona’s innate and natural brightness and innocent feel that makes her even prettier than that. 
  (Beauty is subjective. That’s my personal opinion pfft.)

• Yoona isn’t that talented.
  Yoona’s forte is acting, and after that it’s dance. As someone who has actually seen You Are My Destiny, Cinderella Man, 9 Ends 2 Outs, etc., I’m going to tell you she is talented. Sure, she’s not the best actress and she can be awkward at times, but the girl has potential. Did you know she pretty much filmed 170+ episodes of YAMD on 2-3 hours of sleep most nights, and she would practice by talking to herself whenever she got a break? Did you know that she learnt how to do different expressions by recording herself making faces in a mirror? Keep this in mind, and go watch the first episode of Cinderella Man or something. Yoona’s first appearance in the show will probably surprise you, I know I was shocked. Like I said, dance comes next. She doesn’t have the power or technique Hyoyeon has, she doesn’t have the fluidity or stage presence that Yuri has, she doesn’t have the charisma that Sooyoung has and she doesn’t have the elegance that Seohyun has. But she’s not a main dancer for nothing. Her moves are clean, sharp, on the beat, she never misses a move and she delivers them well. Plus, she’s picked up popping recently which impressed me really. Of course, acting and dancing aside, many people will argue that Yoona can’t sing. Leading me to another point.

• Yoona can’t sing.
  I’m not going to sit here and tell you Yoona’s a great singer. We both know that’s not true. She gets the easiest lines in many of SNSD’s songs so I can’t really tell you the limits of her ability either. But from what I’ve seen, she can sing. Not fantastically, but she’s certainly not tone deaf or anything like that. Kim Jungeun’s Chocolate, MTV Girls On Top…I guess it was enough for little old me to think “Ah…so she can sing”, even if she’s the weakest singer out of the nine. What Yoona lacks is confidence. When she’s singing pop songs and dancing, she does fine, but have you heard this girl sing a ballad? She sounds downright terrified. Her voice trembles and her expression looks like she’s singing before a blood-thirsty mob or something. I feel bad seeing it really. But my respect level for her went way up when she actually sang at SNSD’s Concert. Many people complained about how her performance was boring and how her singing was ‘blah’. That’s not how I saw it though. I thought to myself, this girl who has so little confidence in her singing voice is actually doing a singing performance? I was impressed. Even if her performance wasn’t anything special, she chose to sing even when she could have chosen to do a more dance-oriented performance like Hyoyeon or Yuri. It was like she was telling us she was willing to sing or something. I was proud of her at least. I know many of us fans are hoping she continues to work hard and improve in the future.

3: Why Yoona when x-member could do it better?

• Why does Yoona get to be in that CF when this member is prettier? Why is Yoona the star of the Cabi MV when that member is sexier? Why does this magazine shoot have Yoona when the other member is better at modeling? Nothing much to say here other than what the company wants, the company gets. The mentality of disliking Yoona because she’s super popular…doesn’t really exist in Korea. It’s an international thing. We have a different way of thinking you see. In Korea, Yoona’s super popular, and being super popular, companies like Samsung or Innisfree will want her as a model, and as long as they’re paying good money and SM agrees to it, Yoona is going to be their model whether she wants to be or not. It’s not like Yoona wants the attention to herself. Wasn’t it Yoona that said that Hyoyeon should be invited onto a variety show? Wasn’t it Yoona who said that Tiffany always works really hard and takes pride in her job? If that’s not promoting the other members I don’t know what is. Please realise that while SNSD members will say that SM is a really nice place because their company wants them to make them look good, SM doesn’t give SNSD any control. The members don’t have control over what positions or jobs they get. Wanting your own favourite member to get exposure is fine. Like, there’s no problem with a comment like “Oh, another Yoona CF. I wish Hyoyeon would get a CF…”. That’s fine. But comments like “That b**ch yonna again wtf she should f**k of let soo do it shes better at it”…I’m seriously going to get angry. =_=

I’m not sure if I covered everything I wanted to say…Sorry about the wall of text by the way. But please, if you have something you want to say about Yoona, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll gladly hear you out.

I’m not asking you to love Yoona. I’m not even asking you to like Yoona. What I’m asking is that you give her a chance. She really is a great girl. ^^

The longer you are in the SNSD-fandom, the more you’ll come to realise that the soshi-bond and appreciating all nine pieces of the jigsaw puzzle is the most important thing.

Yoona hwaiting!

Quotes by SNSD

The purpose of this post is to list down my compilation of memorable SNSD quotes. Actually i wrote them in SSF, but the thread got closed. LOL! Because there's another similar thread in the forum, but it wasn't the one I had in my mind. 

So here I am, I'm gonna make this post as the ultimate list of SNSD quotes. Aja aja hwaitaeng!!

1. "So let's become best friends that don't get ashamed of each other but cherish and have plenty of care for each other." - Kim Taeyeon (SNSD Official Website, 10th Dec 2010)

2. "We wil show you a SNSD that works even harder in the future. We will try hard to deserve even more love in the future as well." - Lee Soonkyu (Melon Music Award, 16th Dec 2009)

3. "Nine people who are very different from each others, have now become one." - Choi Sooyoung (Golden Disk Award, 10th Dec 2010)

4. "I mean we can't be promoting as SNSD until we're ahjummas. However, like Shinhwa sunbaenims, even when everyone is focusing on their individual activities, I would like for us to get together and hold a concert or release albums...I want SNSD to be like that." - Im Yoona (Win Win Ep.11, 2010)

5. "Actually when I'm depressed or feeling down, I seem to play quiet music and enjoy the time. So I listen to a lot of ballads and I try to enjoy the time with music." - Kim Taeyeon (Melon Special Interview, 31st Mar 2010)

6. "To my precious members, who I hope to be with forever, I love you and thank you so much." - Choi Sooyoung (Melon Music Award, 16th Dec 2009)

7. "As we grow older, I don't think people would want to see us shaking lollipops and acting all cute. Instead, they would want us to strive to perfect ourselves as artists. If that's the case, then we're confident that we can be such artists." - Kwon Yuri (Win Win Ep.11, 2010)

8. "If no one wakes me up? I have recently slept for 16 hours. I could've slept longer, but my mom woke me up to eat." - Jessica Jung (Melon Special Interview, 31st Mar 2010)

9. "I wish SNSD's way down can be more beautiful than anyone else's and that we will enjoy what we have right now. I wish we would all do things with a positive mind." - Jessica jung (Win Win Ep.11, 2010)

10. "Thank you so much to the staff who took nine average girls and turned them into SNSD." - Kwon Yuri (Melon Music Award, 16th Dec 2009)

11. "Although she departed from me first, she left me with eight sisters. So I want to thank both my mom and God.." - Stephanie Hwang (KJE's Chocolate, 16th Aug 2009)

12. "There are many incidents where the unnies and I had disagreements...we disagreed on little things. But I learned a lot through those arguments." - Seo Juhyun (Win Win Ep.11, 2010)

13. "We can at least go backstage where it's cool and get rest, but the fans have to stay and watch in the heat. It's not me mom...it's the fans who have it hard." - Kim Taeyeon (during one of SNSD's concerts, as told by her mom to a fan)

14. "We made a comeback within 9 months...and for 9 weeks, the 9 members received 9 trophies." - source unknown

15. "I used to drink from my little sister's bottle when she was a baby." - Jessica Jung (Hello Baby Ep.12, 2009)

16. "Unhealthy diets and junk foods accumulate and eventually you'll die." - Seo Juhyun (We Got Married Season 1, 2009)

17. "You asked us about teamwork, but really there is no secret. We just live like sisters." - Choi Sooyoung (source unknown)

18. "In the name of Dandyu, we punish all you tall people." - Lee Soonkyu and Kim Taeyeon (source unknown)

19. "Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, that's why we call it the present." - Lee Soonkyu (during one of her radio broadcasts)

20. "I couldn't stand in front of any camera, and I couldn't go to places where there were a lot of people. I thought people would criticize me if I smiled, or even if I just stayed still." - Im Yoona (Strong Heart Ep.4, 2009)

21. "I'm crying because I'm touched by my members who always try to look out for me." - Stephanie Hwang (Strong Heart Ep.5, 2009)

22. "I would like Taeyeon unnie to be the leader, but like Hyoyeon unnie said, I think she's carrying a lot of burdens by being in that position. So, I'll just leave it to the unnies." - Seo Juhyun (Strong Heart Ep.11, 2009)

23. "I think it thanks to all the loving fans over anything else. This is not a day for us to be congratulated but a day for us to congratulate the fans. We can only shine brightest as SNSD when SNSD stand on one stage as nine." - Kwon Yuri (GDA, 9th Dec 2010)

24. “These days it’s hard for all of us to get together. It’s been some time since we were able to get together and talk like this. Since we are nine members, a group with many members, we need to talk like this more but the members have so many individual schedules now." - Kim Taeyeon (Taeyeon's Birthday Party, 7th Mar 2010)

25. “Taeyeon sings the best among the girl groups. That is what I hear in my ears” - Lee Soonkyu(Taeyeon's Birthday Party, 7th Mar 2010)

26. “Taeyeon unnie.. when she has stomach ache but she wants ice cream then she eats ice cream. She will eat and say *Oh I think I have stomach trouble but oh this taste good~*” - Seo Juhyun (Taeyeon's Birthday Party, 7th Mar 2010)

27. “From now on I will be loving more and more and I don’t think it will ever turn less.” - Kim Taeyeon (Taeyeon's Birthday Party, 7th Mar 2010)

28. "They say 'Lucky Number 7' but Lucky Number 9 has been ingrained in my head. My lucky number is 9." - Stephanie Hwang (Midnight TV Entertainment, 11th Nov 2010)

29. "I think it's great that a group of friends are pursuing a single dream and creating amazing memories in the process." - Kwon Yuri (Midnight TV Entertainment, 11th Nov 2010)

30. "I really wish that we all stay healthy so we can spend a longer time together as a group." - Choi Sooyoung (Midnight TV Entertainment, 11th Nov 2010)

31. "Eating has always come up whenever and wherever. Maybe it's because we're girls, we have a lot of interest in eating." - Kim Hyoyeon (Y-Star Live Power Music, 2nd May 2010)

32."How long do we rest? Around 4 hours. We fill up the sleep we don't get during travel time. It's fine." - Kwon Yuri (Y-Star Live Power Music, 2nd May 2010)

33. "When I have the opportunity, I want to perform the guitar live for my fans. Please expect that!" - Kim Taeyeon (Y-Star Live Power Music, 2nd May 2010)

34. "I am still a student. My classmates study really hard, so I feel like I should too. But they always say things like "You don't have to." "Aren't you busy?" "Just give up, you have another way." But I don't think that's right. There's no reason for me to give up, I didn't quit high school." - Seo Juhyun (Girls Go To School?)

35. "Seohyun's so pure that if Seohyun wasn't a singer, she'd still be singing nursery rhymes. Seohyun watches TV until 2am in the morning. What she watches is the cartoon channel." - Choi Sooyoung (source unknown)

36. "And then despite the fact that she's the maknae, she really doesn't seem like it. She's so young and pure to the point that she still loves children stories. But without her, we cannot be SNSD. Our Seohyun."- Lee Soonkyu (source unknown)

37. "Entertainers have no brain...I get frustrated when I hear things like that from people. We have different goals. We have our own ways. I try to do the best I can, but still..." - Seo Juhyun (source unknown)

38. "It's not worth comparing; Kara and SNSD are both Korean girl groups. I'm proud that Korean girl groups are being recognized in Japan... Everyone has their preferences. There are people who like SNSD and there are people who like Kara." - Seo Juhyun (Night Star Ep.27, 2010)

39. "When I was there, I took the underground trains...(talking about her days in Route 0). Now when we arrive at the airport, there are cars waiting for us. So when I went this time, I felt humbled. What I couldn't do alone then has become possible because I'm together with these eight. They all became even more precious to me." - Choi Sooyoung (Night Star Ep.27, 2010)

40. "If I end up showering first, I shower really quickly for the sake of the other tired members." - Lee Soonkyu (Night Star Ep.27, 2010)

41. "While we were doing our promotions, there were a lot of times when I was exhausted and tired, but since the other members were beside me.. If it wasn't for those friends, the amount of love that I'm receiving right now as a member of SNSD, I could never have received that if I'm alone." - Kwon Yuri (Invincible Youth Ep.1, 2009)

42. "Also when we are performing this (Himnae!), there's a part in the choreography that says "Fighting!" with everyone coming together. When our eyes meet doing that part, it's the happiest time during the performance.." - Stephanie Hwang (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

43. "During our break time, I was filming a drama. And so as I went out alone to do my schedule by myself, I thought of our members a lot more... But really, those text messages and phone calls while I was filming was really such a great encouragement for me." - Im Yoona (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

44. "Between people who truly care and love each other, there are times where you don't need to say anything at all. Those emotions that are hard to express with words. Things like "I love you" and "Thank you"...you don't really need to say those words." - Kim Taeyeon (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

45. "During those nine months, so many things happened and I went through so many different emotions and realized so many things. It was such an important time where I felt the precious value of the stage and the precious value of each other. And so I'm grateful." - Stephanie Hwang (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

46. "During these nine months, as we had our break time, I think we grew to know each other better... And during this time, so many things happened and we grew more mature and learned to truly love and care for each other." - Jessica Jung (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

47. "For me, each one of our SNSD members is like my body. If one gets hurt or hears bad things from someone else, it hurts me and pains me even more. It's impossible for only good things to happen to someone and so there were difficult times and hurtful times. But during those times, I'm so thankful that we were each other's strength and each other's support." - Lee Soonkyu (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

48. "I guess it's because they've lived apart from their families for so long, but whenever there's a difficult time for them, they hide it.. Taeyeon and Tiffany both, we know that you're both weak so stop trying to act strong and talk to me. We're a family so I want us to share with each other." - Choi Sooyoung (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

49. "Every single member is so precious to me and like family to me.. I may joke around with them a lot but I can't talk seriously with them..because it's awkward for me. But on the inside, I really do think of each one of you so much and I want you all to know that." - Kim Hyoyeon (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

50. "During these nine months, we really held on to each other and guided each other and pushed each other. And I'm so happy that we were able to have those precious times together. We've been through so much together so let's..together..leap even stronger now. And...I love you." - Kwon Yuri (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

51. "I truly have nothing but gratitude for my unnies. I'm just so thankful and I really can't say anything other than just thank you." - Seo Juhyun (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).

52. "When there are hurtful times and sad times, I've come to find that there is no one else but these nine people here. Even really close oppas or manager oppas..if they're not in SNSD, no one really knows and understands. There were so many times like that and I wish that there will be no more times of hurt and sadness that brings us to tears... I love you, our SNSD." - Kim Taeyeon (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).



 

Bonus: What other people said about SNSD..
 

1. "I was so shocked by Taeyeon's singing ability. It's a mature song so I was worried, but she made tears fall down my face. Barely an hour into production had passed, and I remember clapping my hands." -Composer Ahn Young Min, producer of 'Athena OST' (allkpop, 13th December 2010)

2. "I met Taeyeon when she was a second year student in middle school. I gave her a lesson once every week. Her concentration was remarkable and she had the look in her eyes which you normally couldn't find from people her age. When I heard that she debuted as a SNSD member, I was really surprised." -Singer and vocal trainer, The One (Taxi special episode "The Singer Who Teaches Singers")

3. “No doubt about their performance, but what was more impressive was SNSD’s attitudes. Other artists I have worked with them for long time but for SNSD when I first met them they were already top stars. And I worried that they might not hide the vagaries of their moods at the set and make the shooting difficult. But instead they were so courteous and innocently cheerful.” - Jang Jaehyuk, the director of Tell Me Your Wish MV (he wrote a staff account)

4. “I love Seohyun. I’m a female but why do I like Seohyun more than even Yonghwa?” - A writer for MBC WGM wrote on her Cyworld page

5. “The pranksters are playing with fireworks now, wearing sunglasses at night.. Everytime I watch them playing on their own I get frustrated that I cannot film their true selves like this! We are watching a real random comedy show in Phuket.” - A Phuket filming crew (SNSD's photobook filming)
6. "The Soshi girls are mentally strong and prepared. The program writers would compliment on how amazing they are like that. The PDs love the girls, they are always eager to do more than asked. The excellence of the girls' work ethics and attitude is like second to none." - SBS staff account (19th July 2010).

7. "... when the shoot was over and the members were leaving I had to notice Tiffany. Because she was saying "You've worked so hard today thank you" to every staff and looking directly into their eyes each time. Suddenly I felt that this little lady was like an earnest student. I realized that she would look at you in the eyes when she was talking to you, when she was being questioned and when she was answering, like an earnest student..." - A staff from the Arena magazine, who had to interview Tiffany (Feb 2010).

8. "SNSD Taeyeon...Taeyeon's reactions are really an art. I've seen it on many shows. For each program, aside from the scripts, reactions are really important. With the right expression, a situation can become more dramatic. Every each moment, Taeyeon can really express her honest reactions so freely. When she laughs it becomes more fun, when she is surprised it becomes more surprising. Her expressions make you feel so great..." - SBS Miracle Fighter staff account (2008).

9. "My latest editor assistant job was for the SNSD shoot... When I worked with models older than me I had to flatter them and do their chores which I understood as being part of work but with these kids it felt like I became a kindergarten teacher." - Staff account by a magazine editor (2007).

10. "I want to be SNSD’s 10th member". When asked if there is a SNSD member who can be replaced if she were to be a part of them, Kim Ah-Joong replied, “How is it possible to leave out a member? Among all 9 of them, none can be replaced. Instead, I would like to join them as the 10th member.” - Kim Ah Joong, actress (KBS 2TV's Guerilla Date, 19th March 2011).
11. "In the early stages of their career, we made the girls eat at the table and we (staff) were eating on the floor. And one member started to cry because she saw that all the staff unnies and oppas were eating on the floor... It was Taeyeon." - Suhjin, SNSD's hairdresser (Taeyeon's Chin Chin Radio, 13th January 2009).
12. "Since when did our Taeyeon sing so well? You amazing girl~! You got first place, you got first place~" - Park Sunzoo, singer and composer of 'Different' (Her Twitter account, 1st February 2011).

STAND pretending as a Sone?

Sone, come check this out ! This two person.. I've go through with this ! Actually,this 2 twitter account are actually a STAND ! They talk bad about Daesung and talk good about SNSD ! What's more.. when i saw them.. he only follow 1 person ! how ''LOGICAL'' ! They pretend to be a Sone and spoil SNSD's image ! One day, they'll get their ''benefits'' ! 

A Funny Story !

There was once a couple..And its time to show their talent on dancing show

Boy: Hmm.. what dance and what song is the best?

Girl: Hoot from Girls' Generation

Boy: Naa !! Why not Boys' Generation?

Girl: LOL !! Their dance sucks ! Hoot is a very difficult move !

Boy: As seem its so difficult, why don't make simple steps?

Girl: LOL !! You see... difficult steps is more interesting than easy move.. like Wonder Girls, I'm a big fan of them, but their dances are simple..Whats more about SNSD? You can't even dance perfectly like them !

Boy: Ar !! I say Boys' Generation !!

Girl: Ok ! I respect your decision.. you dance your BG's dance and I'll dance GG's song like Hoot,Gee,Run devil run, Oh !

Boy: I'll dance with the songs from BG like Dog barking at roadside, Antis are lames,

No talent antis, Old fashioned antis..

So they practiced until the day..

Judges: I'll like to call upon Ms. Pretty who is going to present her song !!!

Girl: Gee gee gee gee gee Baby baby baby.. antis ! you better run run run run run ! i'm going to shoot shoot shoot you!! then i hoot hoot hoot !!

Everyone : OMG !! Her dance is so difficult ! If I were her, I'm already at hospital for medication !

After the show ends..

Judges: Now its Boys' Generation !! (round of applause) 

Boys: Antis, you sucks !! I want your money not you !! (clap) (clap) I dance like a human and you dance like a hippopotamus ! So what if you hate me, i didn't ask to look at me, yet you complain !

Everyone: Ar !! I'm dissapointed ! His steps are so simple !!

Judges: I will announce the winner, Ms Pretty from Girls' Generation !

After that, thunder and lighting hit the whole world...!