
#ManyHappyMirDay23 Happy 23rd birthday to our hyper, spazzy, dorky, adorable, hilarious and lovely maknae Mireu ♥♥♥
Dear MBLAQ,
It’s safe to say 2012 was a great year. Especially in terms of how much success you earned for all those long practice sessions. With two wins for “This Is War,” your 1st Asia World Tour, and the Best Artist award at the Asia Song Festival, I don’t think anything made your A+ prouder this year than just seeing you all happy. I know we aren’t the most perfect fandom, but we truly try to support all of you as much as we can. And whenever you didn’t achieve what you deserved, we felt that it was somehow our fault. That we didn’t try hard enough to help you even when we had the perfect opportunities to. Yet somehow it was never our fault. You took the blame upon yourselves for whatever reasons with the message, “We’ll try harder next time.” We have heard the message too many times to count in the past. But 2012 was different: more success and less disappointing. When I say disappointing, I mean in an external point of view (because we could never be disappointed with you all). We would be disappointed in our circumstances and possibly with our selves. Yet we endured. We all endured: your fans and you all.
As the quote goes, “It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey.” And our journey through 2012 has been filled with laughter and tears and tears from laughter. “Hello Baby,” “Idol Manager,” and many of your solo activities were ridiculously entertaining, another product of your hard work and determination. Maybe you don’t have to put that much effort into making us laugh because you’re such naturals at it, at least… it seems that way. Thank you for always being optimistic. Thank you for being honest with your fans and everybody around you. Thank you for being yourselves on screen and off.
And along with that long list of thank you’s, there are plenty of individual thanks I have to give:
Yang Seungho, thank you for being a strong leader, for being brave and guiding both the other members and the A+ through the good times and the bad. Thank you for taking on that responsibility, even if it did cause your cute panda eyes.
Jung Byunghee, thank you for showing us it’s alright to be ourselves, no matter what other people think. For caring for us and everyone. With or without facial hair, you’re still the same person inside and out. And we love you either way.
Lee Changsun, our lovely fairy princess, thank you for all the fan service. For literally causing all of us to claw at the computer screen. And more than that, thank you for reaching outside your comfort level just for us, for being honest and inevitably lovable. You’re not a muscle idiot, and never will be.
Park Sanghyun, thank you for representing what it means to never give up despite all the setbacks. From beginning to end, for always striving to be better and for attempting to maintain that manly image that you all lost long ago.
Bang Cheolyong, thank you for being the energy, the sunshine that keeps us all going. For never, ever loosing that enthusiasm, determination, and that perfect smile. For not losing touch of your farm boy roots, and staying true to yourself.Thank you, thank you so much. I hope you all have an incredible New Year, and may 2013 bring the best for you. Until February, hwaiting~!
Sincerly,
The A+