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To Kangin Family!
Families take care.
I’ll come back safely.

Source: Kangin Family Translated by Minnie @ SUJUISM.BLOGSPOT.COM
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I was going to wait until a picture of Kangin right before he enters camp to surface before I write this but my heart feels so inexplicably broken that I had to start blogging about it.

ELF-wise, I was a late bloomer. I only started being a Kpop fanatic towards the end of 2007, and it wasn’t even mainstream Kpop to begin with, but just Kdrama OSTs. Now that I think about it, I think I only became exposed to a little of the real Kpop music in early 2008. Super Junior, I only “discovered” them through “Sorry, Sorry”, and I didn’t even like them the first time I saw them. But then came “Neorago” and my ELF officemates started exposing me to a lot of the past variety shows they’ve done, and I started increasing my Super Junior song database… bottomline, I eventually ate my words as they grew on me. (Heck, I even went as far as buying their albums and watching their Supershow here in Manila!) I disliked them initially because of their number, but little by little, the individuality per member was the charisma of the group; they were a melting pot of diverse personalities that sort of complimented each and everyone of them.

He’s not among my Suju biases, but Kangin’s presence in the group for me is strong. Not that there was someone who was unremarkable, but he’s among the ones I immediately notice when I watch them. His voice is catchy too~ he’s one of the few members who’s voices I’ve mastered so if I hear a song and his part plays, I know it’s him and I don’t have to check a vid or fancam just to make sure.

Since I was late in acquiring the Suju bug, the last project of him I’d seen was “Neorago” (I think). He was suspended from participating in SuJu activities due to DUI and some assault cases. I don’t know much about it, I leave that to my friend Zy who loves Kangin so much, but that doesn’t mean I am not sad about it. For a group that I have grown to love and admire because of the eclectic range of personalities it had, it was saddening to know that there are members who are not participating actively.

Super Junior released a “Boys In The City 3″ photo book around April or May of this year, shortly after their Manila Supershow, and we were elated to see Kangin was beginning to have a little exposure around that time. But to our dismay, he wasn’t in the photo book, and he wasn’t going to be participating in the upcoming fourth album. And then the shocking news of his military enlistment came out.

Which leads to today. July 5th, 2010. At around 1PM KST, Kim Youngwoon, also known as Super Junior Kangin, has officially entered the army.

As I write this, pictures have started to come out and I couldn’t stop crying while looking at them. All 10 active members of Super Junior were there to send him off, along with probably thousands of ELFs from Korea and other Asian countries. If I was in Korea, or if I had the money, I would’ve probably gone there too to see him one last time.

credits: as tagged | reup by stalker93 @ sapphirepearls

He also left a little something for his fans. After appearing in SuJu’s fan meeting last month, he also left another present by participating in this song…

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Kangin-ah, noona will patiently wait and continue to support you, together with Super Junior and the rest of the ELFs. We believe you’ll be a tougher, even better man after serving in the military. If we keep ourselves busy, 2 years will be over in no time. Some goodbyes are not forever. Hwaiting and saranghae!