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Stay Girls is a song to Sones, a song to saying goodbye to their So Nyuh years, a song to embrace their womanhood. :') Because my dear nine, no matter how you grow into ladies, you will forever be that funny, dorky So Nyuh Shi Dae in my heart. <3

This marks my third anniversary with the girls and yes, the journey so far has never sounded longer. But still I felt that the years has just flown by, and each time I see the girls on the computer screen is just like the very first time Seohyun took my breath away in Gee.

For those who are unable to understand the significance of the 5th anniversary and are intending to take this anniversary like any other one, please don’t. 5 years of peace, progress, and more importantly, staying together as a 9 while keeping true to their personalities isn’t just something you get even after years of hard work. The number 5 is not all the wrong, but it is not exactly short either. We stand in the middle of a group’s life expectancy: 10 years. We can no longer see the start, but we don’t really know when it ends. It doesn’t feel like 5 years, really. Every single time when I watch GGTS, it feels just like yesterday.

When the girls started out, majority who were in the Kpop world back in 2007 never really took them seriously, all expecting the group of 9 to break within three years. But ironically their third year was the boom of Kpop, and currently as one of the most senior groups of the industry, the 5th anniversary of Girls’ Generation is not just about the girls, but a mark of how far Kpop has come and how far it managed to go. The journey on from here is pretty much unknown terrains since no one has ever made it this far this smoothly and it’s the very first time in history Kpop was this successful, but I am sure it will be beautiful.

Together as a fandom, we have progressed so much. Like everyone else, I wasn’t at the start of the journey, just hoping on in the middle as the train sped along the tracks. It’s like the bullet trains in Japan, it moves really fast, but you don’t feel a thing. I feel so very sorry for not being at the start, not being there for the girls at the 2008 Black Ocean, not being there for the girls at their 2009 Gee winning streak at Music Bank, but I am thankful enough to be there to watch the girls debut in Japan, to grow from teenagers into young ladies, especially Seohyun. The scenery so far has been very pretty, but I have to say this amidst the festivities – Sones should never be complacent about it. We don’t really ever know what is coming up for us. We don’t know whether we will be alive the next day. I don’t think this is a problem to the older Sones, but to the newer Sones who just boarded the train, welcome, and enjoy it while it lasts, hold tight and still to your seat when it rains outside. But even when it rains, it will still be warm inside the train, for we are all in this together.

The people who make up the fandom – Sones. I have been very blessed to meet nice people that I am proud to call my friends in the fandom. It is very heartening for me to see people from all around the world, come together, and talk to each other, even though we may never meet each other, all in the name of Girls’ Generation. The way it connects and bond people together – it’s actually very magical, no?

Lastly, to my girls, Taeyeon Jessica Sunny Tiffany Hyoyeon Yuri Sooyoung Yoona Seohyun, happy 5th anniversary, and may all 9 of you stay together for the rest of your lives as you grow old, find a boyfriend, get married, become a mom etc. Sones will always be there for you, right till the very end. Thank you for always putting us as a ruling factor in all that you do, thank you for even existing as a 9, and thank you for creating this very magical journey for all of us.

Because we are forever 9.

#5thAnnivGirlsGeneration

Sounds pretty stalkerish, going through the hotel floors looking for them. That's probably why Yoona gave you an unhappy look.

We didn't stalk dude. They pressed for the lift with us inside. ._.

Edit: I think I get your meaning after reading what I wrote again. The floor that they were staying in wasn't the 35th, we just walked out without really noticing if its 35th already or not as we wanted to give Simon D the privacy (he hesistated joining our lift initially), but it just somehow was Soshi who presssed for the lift. That's why we said we were lucky.

Soshi without SONE is like Fany without pink!!

Haha Tiffany! Yeapp, Sones can't live without you either! XD

And now, for another week for number 1s! Here's for TTS, the group who shines brightly!

We stood on the Dream Concert stage, not as 9, but a 3-member unit representing Soshi~
Aside from members promoting the album, the other members who are representing Soshi
Are working hard on their dramas and other TV programs, doing their best to show a good image to viewers^^

Liked this particular paragraphy alot.

It's like... proving to the world, the haters, that they don't work as an independent group but they represent Soshi. And that they are all supportive of each other's activities and specializations in the different branches of the industry. They are not jealous of each other in anyway. Now, that's Girls' Generation.

Guess Taeyeon was feeling sentimental tonight since Dream Concert is rather major annual concert and a rather big stage for all the artists. And to see a huge portion of bright pink wave in among all the audience from the stage, it should have been quite a sight. Well done, K-Sones!

Or that, she was thinking of what happened on the very same night, 4 years ago. How much things have changed. How far they have come. How have the Sone community grew over the years. It's amazing. Memories of that night, and comparing it with tonight, where its just three members performing and not all nine, I am proud to be a Sone too, Taeyeon. ^^;