[TRANS] This Time Last Year
~ Monday 29th, November 2010 ~
I'll admit that I'm quite a sentimental person, I get emotional quite easily... and from those emotions come memories.
Let us go back in time to November 21st 2009, what was meant to be an ordinary day for most. What made it different for us, for TVXQ was that it was the day of the Mnet Asian Music Awards - the original date of Shenzhen in Mirotic
MAMA 09 was the first time we saw not 5, but 3 walk on stage to receive their award...
Back in MKMF 08, TVXQ was the focal point of the night. Who would've thought that a year on... a year on, we'd be left with 3...?
3 people who, despite being singers, were unable to perform.
Yoochun 'I've never wanted to sing on stage so badly'
And then there was Jaejoong, talking to 'those two people' who should've been on stage with them, but weren't.
Do you remember the way your heart broke when you heard Jaejoong choke up as he said 'those 2 friends'?
When they looked down from stage & saw the sea of 'I Believe' banners, they smiled in gratitude for our faith.
There is nothing worse than seeing your stoical expressions on stage. Nothing - not even the tears.
In the past year, the name 'TVXQ" has come to mean a lot more than it used to. We now have something to protect, something to fight for.
Perhaps some of us were angered by the concert cancellation or by the fact that JYJ chose to attend MAMA in the absence of HoMin. Others understood & accepted the situation. Not as a form of submission, no - it was an act of faith. We chose keep faith in our boys. We refused to let anything waver our belief. Fans poured in despite the cancellation. Stalls were set up. Our ocean of red remained.
We couldn't see you in person, but we comforted ourselves with memories. People cheered, laughed and cried as though you were truly there.
