Hello everyone! ^^

I hope all of you are enjoying your holidays!

2009 is just around the corner and it’s time for Yunho-sshi Forums to have a new look! A comfy blue shade matched with the new 2009 calendar pictures … I hope you like it! This layout I made two weeks ago, I was quite satisfied with it, and knowing how little restraint your admin has, I almost changed our layout at that time. lol, but on that same day my laptop was infected by a virus… so… I couldn’t do that. haha… it’s all good now though and it gave me the chance to tweak things up a bit and make some slight changes.

If you don’t like the layout, that’s ok too… I know fairly well that I’m far from being good at this (I’m still learning ^^), but please bear with it. We will have a new layout for Yunho’s birthday next month! Possibly with the new pictures from SINGLES… but we’ll see… maybe even hotter semi-naked nicer pictures will come out by then… So look forward to that! lol

As for forum news and activity;



I ask that you don’t sign up to send a card for our V-day project now, as it most likely won’t reach me by the 5th, unless you live in the United States. You can however still donate to our project (and I hope you will), we are still very far away from our goal! Even if we don’t buy Yunho all the gifts, we do need to get everything shipped, in order to get it delivered. Please contribute any amount you can! Help us!

The order for the clothes have been placed. I have already received the AE Striped Thermal hoodie, but I have not received the Ecko Gangland Woven hoodie just yet. When I do, I will take pictures of both hoodies and the cards. For now, the receipts can be found in the gift thread here; http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1327 You can take a look at them. We may not be able to get the customized drumsticks as we had planned since we are running short on time, but I’ll see… if not, we will definitely send Yunho customized drumsticks next time!

For our birthday project to Yunho, we still need many more messages to reach 365! If you haven’t left a message yet, I don’t know what’s holding you back. It will only take you a few minutes, and that few minutes of your time may cheer Yunho up on a bad day. Why not give and be a reason for our leader-sshi to smile? Leave your message now; http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1517




First off, I have just renewed our cbox and photo bucket (for our translations) subscriptions this week! So we don’t have to worry about our conversations dying or our translations & layout turning into the ugly PB logo. lol. These subscriptions as well as the cost of our domain, I pay every three months. It would help if you donate, but I think the easiest way for you to help and support the forum is to click through our yesasia button whenever you’re going to buy something, it adds no extra cost to you AND it can help fund Yunho-sshi! For more information, you can view this thread; http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=695

And as I’ve said before, we do understand that sometimes you may not know what to say or you’re too shy to join in on our discussions, which is why you don’t post (or rarely post), although we would love to get to know you better, we won’t force you to reply with ‘hide tags’ or ‘restricted sections’ like some forums. We want Yunho-sshi Forums to be a forum where members can feel comfortable and not be obligated to post continuously in order to obtain the latest news and pictures. However, a short message from you is a great source of motivation to our translators, moderators, graphic artists, and members that contribute to the forum! If you visit us frequently, then we must be doing something right; tell us what that is! Leave us a message! It doesn’t have to be long! :) http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1331

Our ‘Do U-Know TVXQ’ challenge II has just ended last week. To view the winners list, please check the thread. We will have a new game up soon, the staff and I are still brainstorming on something fun that all of you can participate in.

Also, for Yunho’s birthday in February, we might hold a one-shot contest, this isn’t confirmed yet, I will have to see if I have the time to organize it. If we do go ahead with the contest, I hope all of you writers here will participate! It's been decided that we will have a contest! Please check the thread; http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1847

If you didn’t know yet, starting this month our graphic artists will be making monthly calendar/wallpapers for everyone to use. A new thread will be created here in the announcements section each month. Please look out for it and thank our GA’s!

Calendar/Wallpaper Archive;
http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1667

January Calendar/Wallpapers;
http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1733

A clearer explanation on our rules regarding our translations, on what is and what is not allowed, has been written up. Please take a look at them and ask any questions you have in that thread. I don’t want anyone to be confused about our rules anymore. http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1668

Secret Santa! It was quite fun, neh? Thank you to those of you that actually sent a gift (like you were supposed to). Unfortunately, a few of you that had signed up, did not send me a gift to deliver. That was very disappointing. To make sure everyone got a gift, I had to take over as Secret Santa for those of you that went MIA. For any future activities we have here on the forum that is similar to this, I don’t want to see this happen again… T__T

Anyway! Now is time to reveal the list of Secret Santa’s!
See who your Secret Santa is here; (click to enlarge image!)



Find your name on the list to the left. The name on the right side is the name of your Secret Santa that had made your Christmas a little more special. You can send them a PM to thank them now! ^^




Recently there has been problems with our chatbox being abused by haters and I just need to address the issue. Let me quote myself from the chatbox thread; http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1767 if you have any questions, please post in that thread.

A suggestion has come up that Yunho-sshi Forums produce our own forum goods, such as t-shirts and towels, which is indeed a very fun idea, but I want to know first, about how many of you will actually purchase a shirt or towel? Would you be willing to buy one?

And to those that are artistically talented, would you be interested in submitting a design for us to use?




If you’re fluent in Korean & English, and is willing to contribute to Yunho-sshi Forums, please apply to be a translator! Send me (genna) a PM! We can talk about it! Don’t be scared, I really don’t bite! lol




I can’t emphasize enough how grateful I am to our staff. Thank you to each and every one of you girls for helping me so much in the past seven months. Without you, there would be no Yunho-sshi Forums! I know that I can be very demanding some times and for that I do apologize and hope that you won’t take it to heart. We’ve had our disagreements before, but nevertheless we are a very successful team, and I love you all very much! Lets make 2009 even better, ok? ^__^

To all our members, thank you for your continuous support to Yunho-sshi Forums! The last seven months has been very fun, I’ve met many amazing people, and I hope to get to know you better in the coming year! This forum wouldn’t be the same without all of you! Although the forum had been made specifically for our dear Yunho-sshi, we love all members of TVXQ. So it’s great to see not only Yunho fans, but fans of the other boys here as well! I hope you have been enjoying yourselves!

Have a happy new year everyone!

Love,
genna

thank for the new layout=)
is really beautiful!!!
it give a cosy & sweet feel to the fourm
oh & of course the icon!! really cute :P
thank lots genna=)

^ Ah you stole my spot 8DD

Anyway, I <3 the new layout genna .. Looks so cheerful, and the stars too .. I think this might be my most favorite layout of all 8DD

Great job, really!

And I'll be waiting for the new events, LOL xD

Thanks a lot genna :D

really love this new layout!! :lol:

cool yeahh~~ B) B)

hope it will be green for the next~~ :P

p/s: thanx a lot for all these hard works! :D

pheww~~

at first, i thought genna was a bit scary and really strict..
but NOW i realize that's not the way she is~~ :P (i do think so)

well then,,
keep up the good work, genna n all staffs of this forum!!
working together will be very joyful !! :lol:

p/s: feel so glad n grateful to be one of the members of this forum~~ :D

I love the new look the wallpapers/graphics. You're really talented and creative.

i would definetly buy a t-shirt and anything else yunho-sshi provides. (publicity baby).

thankx for creating such an hawesome forum. (if you say hawesome out loud, you'll know its better than awesome. that's why i say it)

thankx for all your hard work!!!!!!!

i love this new layout <3 it's so calm and fresh!
and i LOVE the banner~ it's really cute ^^

the calendar/wallpapers are AWESOME. You guys are so talented with graphics, i'm jealous XD! keep up the good work!

secret santa was a lot of fun ^^~
thank you to bewithyou for your present, i loved it ^^

genna&staff: i really want to thank you guys for all the hard work you've been doing to keep this forum up and going. Most of the forums i'm in have been kinda dead recently due to inactivity and lack of posts...so i'm really grateful to have such a great forum to go to when i'm in need of some "forum-ing" lol! so really, thank you so much for the hardwork~ it's really appreciated.

last but not least, have a merry christmas and a happy new year, yunho-sshi forums ^^

yey.. I love the new layout!!! Its so cute!! and I LOVE COLOR BLUE! haha..
:lol: new activity??? omo! i'm gonna join!!! ^_^ one-shotttt..

goodies? maybe? i need to save money..

and I love the calendars wallpapers!!! its so HOT! ahaha..i hope i can put it as my desktop.

thank you so much genna adminnie!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
and also to the members of Yunho-sshi forums <3

I really love the new years Layout!
So very very cute!
I love it!!!

i love the new layout^^
our forum ha sreally come a long way!
HERES TO THE NEXT YEARS WE'LL HAVE WITH YUNHO-SSHI!!!!!!!!!
thanks genna!
-Ji Hye

i LOVE the new layout genna
you're just too awesome for words

thanks for the present aeri!!!
much love ^^

Genna
thanks so much for being one of the most kickbutt admins i know.
thanks so much for working so hard to keep this place going. your work
is definitely not in vain. if everyone here is like me, then you are super loved.

The Staff
thanks to you guys to for working hard as well alongside Genna. if it weren't
for you guys translating, downloading/uploading, staying up to date, finding
pictures, etc. then i'd be a lost fan. haha. you guys are friggin' amazing. <3

i'm loving the new layout btw. i agree with Karin. this is probably my favorite layout...as of now at least. ^__^

The new layout looks amazing.
thanks for the updates Genna<3

I love this layout! It feels so fresh - exactly the best way to celebrate the new year. Thanks so much for always giving us the best, Genna!

thanks sooooooooo much for the new layout
love it u done agreat job Genna!


:P :D :lol:

I LOVE THE LAYOUT! Nice work, genna. ^^ It's very refreshing. Nice job on the wallpapers too. Great job guys! Took a few of them. Haha.

As for the goods, I would probably buy a towel depends on the design. Maybe you can show us the designs first before printing or have a poll or something.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! ^^

Yeah!! I love the new layout..

It 's so beautiful for me

and thank u for this layout... ^^

thanks for the newest layout..
that's really cool XDD ~
really.
love it..

I like new lay out,too!

blue color make us feel warm^^

and I'd to thank you to admin and all staffs for hard working in this year for tvxq and for cassi XD

Thank You ^^

thanks genna!

this new layout is really great.
i love it.. so cool..

i love yunho-sshi forums!
i love you all guys!

wow..

new banner!!
coollllllllll~~

i like it~~~

thanks~~

ho ho ho . I love the new layout!!!! so pretty and nice. thanks for the hard work.

thank you genna for the kind update!
2009 is coming our way and i love the new look of the forums!
we really had a good 2008 in terms of projects, activities, etc. :)
i really love the new layout, the new calendars, and all the things you and the staff has done!
i really appreciate it~ <3

thanks for the new layout, genna :D

i like the banner!

I can't take my eyes off the banner because yunho is super duper cute!

yay!~ thanks so much for the updates genna! the admins/mods/forum staff! hope to see a better new year than this year! stay healthy and crazy over our boys! XD

had fun with secret santa project, hope the next one would be even more fun!! wishing you guys a really happy merry christmas and a new year! not forgetting our boys anniversary! happy dong bang day guys! <33

i know i am not an often checker of yunho-sshi website but i definitely will post once in a while no doubt about that, with the projects it'll try my best to participate as much as i can cause the new year would be a hectic one for me with the major upcoming exams!

but <3 you guys! and genna, no matter how much you say your not good at the forum layout, i always think that it's nice! for one: forums i made always stayed empty or i just have no time to run them, but keep up the good work! <3 yunnie, <3 you guys!

Love this place! This layout must have taken up a lot of your time and effort. Thanks a lot to genna for all that you've done for the past...

AND HAPPY TVXQ's 5TH ANNIVERSARY TO ALL!

The new layout it amazing, thanks Genna!

I'm sorry that I haven't been around much here because this is such a nice forum. I'll be coming on much more often now :). I would be interested in buying goodies (especially a T-shirt).

Happy holidays everyone!

woa~~~this new layout is so beautiful!!! I love blue & white ^-^

woww! the new layout is stunning :]
hope everyone have a great year and stay healthy! :]
may it be a year where our boys make 10 more songs into the oricon charts with no.1!! :]

happy 5th aniversary everyone :]
i wonder what gifts cassies are giving :]
i know its gonna be amazing though :]

wow...it so sparkling layout....really cool, genna!...^_^

to all the staff...
I can't express how much I'm thankful for the existence of this forum. Hahaha... actually, this is the first forum ever where I actually post comments and everything coz you make me feel so welcome and also the discussion topics are very interesting!!^^

I feel a bit guilty for not being able to help in translating and stuff hahaha... coz I'm only fluent in english and Bahasa Indonesia. But i'm learning chinese and japanese now. so hopefully in the future I can help on something^^

ANW... THX LOADS FOR YOUR HARD WORK!!

Aww you guys are so sweet! Thank you! <3

I'm glad most of you like the layout, since well... I love it... haha, so it's really nice to know that you guys don't hate it or feel disgusted by it in any way. XD

The newsletter has been edited slightly, (btw you guys are awesome for reading that long huge chunks of text! lol) I've added in the current issue about our chatbox (Please go back and take a look at it XD It's short! Really!) and there is also a thread for it as well, but all of you are such great members, it doesn't really apply to you. Though if you see anyone breaking our chatbox rules, please send me a PM. We want our chatbox to keep on having a fun and relaxing atmosphere, neh? ^^

Love you guys!

I really loved the new layout genna!!
you're good at this even when you said that
you aren't :lol: thanks to genna, the staff
and all the members here that always bring
us news about the boys ^^ I'm happy about that
I love this forum so much it was my first
time in a forum when I arrived here that's why
I love your aka baby genna n.n

thankf for your hard work!! I apreciate everything!

So, how was writing that essay adminnie?

May I give you a essay in reply too?! Would you read it all??? Lets see... where to start!!

Um, first off...

I totally love the new layout, it's so ... wintery, and I'm sitting in this freaking heat thinking how much I wish I could feel the winter you are feeling, and as I'm concentrating on this little text box area, the forum background of stars and yunho-shii.com's are looking like snowflakes! Gah, how I wish I was as lucky as you USA-ians in enjoying the lovely snow during Christmas! All we get is sun and dry weather, it's horrible!!! I think... hahaha! I guess I should appreciate what I have, ey? Oh right, I'm waffling in my essay!

... what else can I essay about that's related to this!

Oh, abusing people in the cbox is so weird! I mean, 3 days ago all was good... there was no problem what-so-ever. Three days later however, as soon as I come back. I see that we have impersonation going on! LOL! I'd like to make people be naiive and gullible and say 'They are the boys!!' only cause I think it's REALLY funny... may we keep them adminnie? Only so I can play dumb with them, and make myself seem like I'm all fangirled that 'the boys are REALLY here'?!

That would be fun! Like totally! hahahaha Ok, I'll stop that!

Oh genna, I skimmed through what iluna wrote just now cause I was running out of things to say already in this lovely and long winded essay, and caught her saying'you're good at this even when you said that
you aren't' have you been advertising yourself as a bad adminnie?! *evil glare* I think you are doing mighty fine young lady! Not everyone can deal with a staff member like me! I'm so difficult! And you manage that well! I mean running the forum and keeping the members to control themselves and everything else is a piece of cake! But when it comes down to controlling me as your staff to stop me from running to all your threads and links and posting yoochun comments... that's so hard to control! I'm like.. every forums worst nightmare! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA jks... I think *shifty*

Oh and I love you! xD

Yes, that was a sign of me signing off because I hereby declare I'm out of things to talk about! hahahaha!

Love you, and good work


AND

Merry belated Christmas and Happy new Year!

^ LOL. You dork. ILY twinnie.

That essay took me weeks to whip up. haha... I just added more and more to it whenever I thought of anything. XD

Thanks genna!

New layout it's so nice! <3

I'm not really the bigest Yunho fan (In fact, I am a Changmin one xD), but I really enjoy this forum!

i have been out for the last 5 days! =(( and the layout was a big surprise!! i love it genna! hahahahah.. =))
you're really great!!
and that semi naked yunho idea was totally OKAY with me!
hahahahah.. =))

^ LOL. Yes I like that idea a lot as well. XD

Ok, I edited the newsletter again. :P
We will be having a one-shot contest. Please join!
http://yunho-sshi.com/index.php?showtopic=1847

to genna,all staffs n all members,,
happy new year!!

:lol:

wow..thanks genna for all!!
and thanks to all staff!!
the layout it's fantastic!! another wonderful job!! ^_^

the secret santa project it's really fun!!!
thanks to my santa haha naxy!! I love your present <3

I love this forum!!
I love you guys <333