[ETA ANOTHER DEADLINE UPDATE!: More Goodies & Yummies Received! ~ announcement] The Cloud USA: From Our Hearts To Yours birthday project.

[Clouds, here’s another last minute update for you.  All I can say is you ladies are incredible.

Dulcie, we finally got your “Canada Loves Rain Too!” page, as well as the lovely Canadian souvenirs: Canadian flags, key-chains, pins, and bandanas.  How cute and how sweet of you!  Thank you kindly.

Aloha, J.J.!  We also want to thank you for your kind words about Cloud USA and for the 8 boxes of Hawaiian Host Chocolate-covered Macadamia Nuts, sent directly from Hawaii! Yes, that was E-I-G-H-T.  Not a typo.  OMG.  The Cloud USA staff is about to be in total heaven.  And of course, we got your page via e-mail earlier today.  So, you’re all set.

Kpopmum, we received your additional 2 pages of breathtaking graphic art.  Absolutely gorgeous!  We wish we could read Hangul enough to know what it says though.  Maybe someday?  O_o

Katie (Purplezest) you’ve outdone yourself with your fabulous 2 pages.  I got them via e-mail earlier and printed them out on photo paper and all I could say was WAH.

And Vickie, from Cedar Hill, Texas, we got your sweet, sweet card too.

The only sad note is that we still haven’t gotten your card, Diva. :-{  We haven’t a clue why it is taking this long to get to us.  Stupid postal system.  Do you want to send us another one tomorrow?  If you do, please let us know and we will WAIT for it.

After all, we have been told that Rain receives a ton of cards, letters and gifts for his birthday.  Too many, in fact.  We’ve also been told that J.Tune would likely share instructions on how and where to send all of Rain’s birthday gifts.  And we haven’t seen anything from them yet, either.  So, we’re sort of thinking that it may be better to wait a bit and be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a huge ocean–if you get our drift.

So.  There you go.  There’s your quick update.  Well, okay, not so quick, but still.

Till next time, Clouds, here’s wishing you many Rainy days.

Terri :-}]

[ETA Deadline Update:  Well, it’s June 11, and the deadline has passed.  Below is a complete list of the pages/cards/e-mails we’ve received as of today.  I thought you’d enjoy seeing where everyone was located in the world, so I’ve added the locations to everyone’s names below, if I had them. :-}:

Pages:

♥ Kpopmum62, Perth, W. Australia
♥ Marisara, San Juan, Puerto Rico
♥ BiAlamode, Houston, Texas
♥ Kongsao, Stockton, California
♥ Gigi_rou, Bronx, New York
♥ Mustbenuts (Patsii), Horsham, PA
♥ Lotus6000, Galesburg, Illinois
♥ Riverwood, Riverwood, NSW Australia
♥ MDWomack, Charlotte, North Carolina
♥ Gee (Questsurfer), New Orleans, LA
♥ Rain4Flowers, Concord, California
♥ Lluvi@kor3ana, Baltimore, Maryland
♥ StarRain, Las Vegas, Nevada
♥ Teej, Tampa, Florida
♥ Jelyba, Clayton, Delaware
♥ Violarain625 (SecretViola), Glenside, PA

Cards:

♥ E. Flores Moore, North Las Vegas, Nevada
♥ MoonRogue, Tampa, Florida
♥ Mocha319, Sacramento, California
♥ Lotus6000, Galesburg, Illinois
♥ Kongsao, Stockton, California
♥ Rain4Flowers, Concord California
♥ Abbyda, Winfield, West Virginia
♥ Marisara, San Juan, Puerto Rico
♥ Gee (QuestSurfer), New Orleans, Louisiana (2 cards)

E-mails: (Sorry…no locations were provided in your e-mails :-{ )

♥ Babyrain2504 (3 pages, 1 poem, 1 message)
♥ Cecilia (message)
♥ cloud_of_love/RainsPrincess (page)
♥ Takitsubi (message)
♥ krysantea (1 page + joint w/NovemberRain)
♥ NovemberRain (1 page + joint w/krysantea)
♥ Rainonme (page)
♥ Chisun (page)
♥ MoonRogue (message)

If your name is missing from this list and you have already sent your page/card/e-mail to us, please let us know so that we can check our records again and try to help.

To all who sent us monetary donations: Thank you!  The money you sent will be used to help pay for the shipping of the scrapbook. You know who you are.  If you’d like to share your names with people here in the comments, we will leave that to you, but we want you to know that your generosity has been noted and is deeply appreciated.  :-} ^@@^

The project deadline has now past.  If you’d still like to send us a message or a page via e-mail to print out and add to the book, that would be fine, but we wouldn’t recommend sending any more items via postal carrier, because it may not make it to us in time for our shipment to Rain.  We plan on having our assembly party sometime tomorrow, so if you hurry and get something to us soon, we should be able to squeeze it in.

The scrapbook itself is an album covered with satin damask, with black flock designs on it.  It actually is a LOT prettier in real life than the image on the right, but I wanted to give you an idea of the “look” anyway.  Hope you like it.

We plan to take pictures of all of the pages before we send them out, like we did with the Christmas Box project, so that everyone will get to enjoy the pages together. We’re getting excited over here.  How about you?  :-}  ^@@^

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[*ETA 5/26:  Okay.  We have 150 blog subscribers, 132 forum members, 562 Twitter followers, 2,201 facebook readers, and our blog gets 75,000 page views a month.  And so far we have received only 10 pages for Rain’s scrapbook?  (Yes, I said TEN.)  Since MARCH.  Hmph.  Rain will be SO thrilled.  *Terri & Stephe roll their eyes* 

Seriously.  What is going on, Clouds?  What are you all waiting for?   The deadline is June 10.  That’s 22 days from now.  Lack of creativity is not an excuse, because you can always send a card if you can’t come up with an idea for a page.  And if you don’t want to do that, you can even send an e-mail for us to include in the package.

Do you want to do this project or not?  We’re beginning to wonder and a little disappointed. :-{  P.S.:  A huge HUG to the Clouds who have already participated.  We DO appreciate it.  :-}  ^@@^ ]

[*ETA 4/20: We are starting to receive scrapbook pages. How exciting! No birthday cards yet, though… ^@@^]

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Someone we all know will be having a birthday three months from right now, on June 25.  Can you guess who it is? (Psssst… Jung JiHoon.)

Last year around this time, Cloud USA was barely two months old, not to mention busy running around covering Rain’s Lotte concert, Nikon exhibit, 2010 Green Planet Award wins, street wrestling and Shanghai Expo performances, and freaking out over his CosmoMen cover and Back To The Basic teasers. By the time we remembered his birthday (sometime during his hypnotic B2TB comeback stages), there wasn’t enough time to get a birthday project together. So we decided to just wait until the next one… and that time is HERE.

Are you ready?

Announcing Cloud USA‘s From Our Hearts To Yours Rain birthday project! We are putting together a birthday scrap book for our favorite mega-entertainer.

Lots of gifts are great and all, but sometimes it’s even nicer to have something portable from your fans that you can take along to the office sometimes, or that might take away the boredom of traveling, or that might make a nice conversation piece on your coffee table at home. That’s why we like this idea, that and it gives you all a chance to bring a smile to JiHoon’s face with your creative personalities. It’s more about things straight from the heart rather than anything expensive.

If you would like to send JiHoon birthday greetings via our scrapbook project, please send your scrap book pages to:

Cloud USA
From Our Hearts To Yours Rain Birthday Project
3961 Floyd Road
Suite 300130
Austell, Georgia 30106

PLEASE READ this ENTIRE post very CAREFULLY!

Eligibility:

This project is open to any Rain fan, anywhere. If you love Rain, you’re in.

What to send:

• ONE 12 inch X 12 inch scrap book page  of your own making on regular paper, card stock, vellum, patterned paper, transparencies, etc. No poster board, as it’s too heavy. No newspaper or other such papers where the ink may naturally run or smear.

• Whatever you’d like to paste onto your page… go for it! Birthday cards, pictures, post cards, letters, poems, stickers, stamps, all types of scrap booking embellishments… show JiHoon your decorative spirit in wishing him a Happy Birthday. If you’re an artist, you can draw something. If you’re a writer, you can write something. If you’re a photographer, you can shoot something. If you’re a quilter, you can quilt something (like your favorite square). Get the drift?

• There is no color scheme. Please use whatever colors you prefer. (FYI: Though JiHoon seems to really like blacks, silvers, and reds, and The Cloud‘s official color is silver (as Rain and J.Tune requested), and Cloud USA‘s official color is the hue of a silver lining, there’s nothing wrong at all with us sending him a rainbow.)

• Be cute. Be creative. Be clean. (Even if it kills you. Haha.) If you’ve never scrap-booked before, don’t worry. It can be anything from very simple to highly embellished. It doesn’t have to be perfect or look a certain way. It just has to be YOU.

• Please leave a 1-INCH MARGIN all around the edges of your page, as 1) we will be punching holes on the left side in order to put your pages in the scrap book and 2) the closer your items are pasted/glued to the page’s edge, the more likely they might snag on something. DO NOT PUNCH HOLES in your page, as we haven’t chosen a specific scrap book yet and cannot tell you how many holes will be required.

• Put either your name or your username somewhere on your page. AND please include a separate note for us with your name and username and location, for our records.

• Please make sure that you protect your page well when when you ship it to us. We would hate to see anyone’s hard work damaged in transit!

NOTE: Anyone who wishes to simply submit a regular birthday card by mail can do so; don’t forget to include a separate note for us with your name and username and location, for our records. We will paste these cards onto additional pages in the scrap book.

DO NOT use:

• unusually bulky or messy items
• materials that cannot be securely pasted or glued down
• perishable foodstuffs (NO candy, chocolate, cookies, etc.)
• fragile items

Deadline: Friday, June 10, 2011.

Please send your scrap book page as early as you can to allow us adequate time to bind them all and ship them off to South Korea. The book will be mailed that following week.  Any pages received after the deadline will NOT be included and the sender will be contacted to coordinate return shipping, in case you wish to send it yourself.

We will compile all the pages and put them in an order that is aesthetically pleasing presentation-wise, to the eye.  We will also include a page in the book with all of the contributors’ names.

This is your mission if you choose to accept it, fans. Get on it, dog-gone-it, and have fun!

— Stephe ^@@^ and Terri :-}

P.S.: For those of you who wanted to participate in the Re[mark]able Forum’s special Project for Rain (they are compiling a scrap book album for members of their team to take with them to Rain’s show at the Dresden Music Festival coming up in May), this is just a reminder that their April 11 deadline is coming up fast.

P.S.#2: FYI—JiHoon turned 30 in Korean age when the 2011 New Year rang in (he has actually “seen” and lived during thirty separate years since 1982), yet in International age he will turn 29 on his actual birthday coming up June 25.  » For more information, please see our previous post “What is Korean Age? How old is Jung JiHoon?”.

~ by Cloud USA on March 22, 2011.

240 Responses to “[ETA ANOTHER DEADLINE UPDATE!: More Goodies & Yummies Received! ~ announcement] The Cloud USA: From Our Hearts To Yours birthday project.”

  1. The scrapbook is beautiful. Has it been sent to Rain yet? If not, when do u plan on sending out? Can’t wait to see pics of all the pages. 😀

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  2. I love the scrapbook, it’s great. How did you make the nameplate? Well, this was a project i really enjoyed taking part in as I missed last years due to wrk schedules and being just way too tired. But this year Rain gave me energy i needed. I do hope he will send a thank you note or video to say thanks. But even so…just a look at that smiling dimpled face will be enough for me.

    Well done to everyone for their efforts and donations. We can all go and have a celebratory drink on his birthday…great excuse for a Rainy night birthday special!

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  3. @ BiAlamode girl I love Houston been there several times, the brothers are such gentlemen I never had to pay for anything while being there, and unlike Minneapolis they do it just cause your a lady and don’t hang on you like they own you for the night. Its a huge beautiful city. But yaw got some serious ROACHES! damn hahaha their huge! My brother lived there for a year and one of my best friends is from there.

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    • @Lotus,

      Just what I always wanted my hometown to be remembered for. (BIG SMILES). Yeah, that’s the joy of living in the HOT SOUTH. We’ve been in a drought right now and for the past month very little to no rain and all this week temps at 99 to over 100 degrees, so the creepy crawlers just might knock on your front door like that Orkin commercial….No Joke! We (actually Hubbie) have to get on “insectiding” inside and outside early on in the year so no real “invasions” occur. Also, it doesn’t matter what part of town you live in either. They are big enough to slap you and your Mama! (SMILES)

      But thank you for the compliments to my hometown, I think it’s a pretty cool place to live but of course I’m a “little” biased. (SMILES) Also, our other Cloud sister Ceci is here too! I haven’t been to your neck of the woods yet, but hopefully when I begin to “get my travel on” like I really want to, I can stop by and say hello. (SMILES)

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  4. Well dammit! I’m so pissed… That’s what I get for sending money in there like you’re not supposed to… lol. I’m gonna send one again… I’ll check at work too coz I sent it from work so I’m wondering now if they never sent it out. Grrr…

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    • I am dumbfounded at how the thing just up and disappeared… *SMH* I mean, frak! :/

      Stephe ^@@^

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      • Well it’s highly possible that my work didn’t send it out that same day that I took it up… They sometimes do that. I went up there today and looked all over the mail room but did not see it so hopefully it’s just on the slow boat to Georgia. It was such a cute card too! Grrrr….

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        • Fyi, I’m off tomorrow so I’m just gonna give up and send another one priority mail so it can get there quickly. Maybe you’ll end up receiving both of them, which would be find too.
          This is the sort of thing that would, of course, have to happen to me coz I’m a late a-s B.. uhh… person.

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  5. Terri, NovemberRain is from Jakarta, Indonesia and Krysantea is from Malaysia. How we both met? Ofcourse over internet and then become friends ^^

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  6. Hello Steph and Terri so glad you got it and the gifts. If it’s not too late please use the birthday greeting as the front and the Canada page as the back. If you have already bound it the other way around no worries. I hope he likes them and everybodies pages, too bad we can’t be there when he receives it. But, in the end I’m just happy to participate. Thank you again guys.

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    • Got it, Dot. We’ll use the Birthday greeting as the front and the Canada page as the back.

      I’d like to think I would have done that anyway, but I can be a doofus, sometimes. So, thanks for clarifying. :-}

      Terri :-}

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  7. Woop mines finally done XD *flails*

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  8. Canada and NJ is missing. I hope u get dulcie’s and diva’s page before is shipped to Rain.

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    • Me too, Lluvi@! Very frustrating that they haven’t gotten here yet. Maybe they are there now. I picked up the mail at about noon. So, they could have come in after I left and the mail center is closed today.

      I’ll stop by on my way home from work tomorrow night and see if they have gotten here.

      Terri :-}

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  9. Hello All, for those of you that have twitter accounts @RainInTheCloud has made this Awesome avatar to celebrate Rains birthday and she will make it personalized for you with your name on it . So anyone that would like to have this just let her know.

    And I think it would be so cool for the Rains birthday trend. All he’ll see is his face on twitter.

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    • Hello All, for those of you that have twitter accounts @RainInTheCloud has made this Awesome avatar to celebrate Rains birthday and she will make it personalized for you with your name on it . So anyone that would like to have this just let her know.

      And I think it would be so cool for the Rains birthday trend. All he’ll see is his face on twitter.

      But with our names!!! How COOL is that…

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    • Ohh I want one… Where do I go to get it?

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      • Diva just go on twitter and tweet her, shes waiting to hear from anyone and happy to do it. @RainInTheCloud . I’m not sure when she comes online but if you tweet her I’ll come up in her mentions, if you have a problem just tweet me ok and I’ll help you sister. 🙂

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  10. Wow I’m so annoyed my card hasn’t gotten there yet. I sent it out early this week and included some postage money. Wth??

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  11. Mustbenuts………….my father used to live in Horsham, PA in the mid 90s. I know exactly where you are, not far from Valley Forge and New Hope (love New Hope) of course outside of Philly…….SMILES. Glad you included locations Terri…..the world really is small, huh.

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    • It is a small world indeed.

      Terri :-}

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    • BiAlamode,

      Get out! Really? I’ve lived hear since ’89 . It truly is a small world. I love New Hope too. Since you know exactly where I live, we’ll have to go get a cheese steak together
      if you’re ever back here…..maybe when Rain has a concert in Philly???????????

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      • Patsiii,

        I didn’t realize you were THAT close to me! I’ve been to Horsham so many times! I didnt know you lived there! Lol.
        When Rain has a concert in Philly, it will most definitely be the day ^^b

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        • Viola,

          That’s too much!! I grew up in Ardsley which as you know is right
          next to Glenside(Our Post Office was Glenside). What a killer. I went to Glenside
          a lot when I was young….. a million years ago. Is Rizzo’s still there?

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          • Oh I couldn’t tell you haha I just moved over here a year ago!
            I lived mostly on the other side of the township but my mom & I wanted to move closer to school (plz dnt say it on here I don’t want people to find me THAT easily lol) but yea. So I actually lived in what most of us called “the Village” when I was in elementary school lol

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      • Well Patsiii,

        I haven’t been back since my father (who is now deceased) moved back to Houston in the early 2000’s. Yes, I “fell in love” with cheese steak sandwiches there as well…….(SMILES). Hey, even though I don’t have blood family there anymore, I wouldn’t have a problem taking a trip to meet/see my new Cloud family. (SMILES) What I do remember is since I’m from Texas, I was “shell shocked” coming to PA in the winter. The winter cold cut through my rear like a Ginsu knife. (SMILES).

        Diva, what I loved about Philly was the usual “touristy” areas…….Betsy Ross’ house, Independence Hall, the U.S. Mint (if I remember correctly) and Ben Franklin’s grave site. Yes, I’m geeky like that . (SMILES) As far as New York goes, I’ve been to Times Square only once. I wanted to get to Broadway, but never did. You ladies were really lucky to have Rain in your midst recently. (SMILES) So Cool!………………………….

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    • New Hope is so cool… I also love downtown Philly. It’s so eclectic and cool. I wouldn’t mind living there. It’s kind of got that New York feel to it without the NYC craziness. Don’t get me wrong… I love NYC but I wouldn’t want to live there.

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      • True between Philly and NYC I feel in love with Philly. Beautiful city and it has a lot of history.

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  12. New member here. I so wish I could have sent a page but I just found out abt this project . Sent a short email to Stephe and Terri anyway. Guys let me know if you got it. Thanks.

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  13. Ladies,

    I’ll have to pick the rest of the packages up on Saturday morning, when I’m off work. Working way too late this week.

    I’ll update the blog with the items we’ve received Saturday evening. If you don’t have time to send a card or a page, please send us an e-mail to include in the book anyway. I’m sure Rain would love for you to share your thoughts with him.

    Terri :-}

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  14. Yay! Did it arrive in one piece? I was to fly out on that arvo and just got back today meaning I would have missed the deadline. Sent it on the day I flew out. Hope it arrived in one piece and is worthy of a place in the book

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  15. Stephe & Terri
    I sent My page Monday. Did you received it?

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    • Lluvi@,

      I’ll check our shipping center tonight on my way home, if I can make it before they close. I haven’t been able to make it to them this week due to my late work hours. I think we have a couple of packages waiting on us to pick them up now.

      Terri :-}

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      • i sent mine through fedex so it will get there on time. mine is not exactly and scrapbook page but i hope it can be used.

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  16. Thanks Ladies I’ll keep my fingers crossed (and everything else I can cross). It’s rolled up in a long thin box. And had Canadian Flag Tape all over it so you can’t miss it if you are looking.

    Now I have to go put ice on my head from smacking it against the wall so much for being STUPID!!!! : (

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  17. Okay, so I just sent my page today. Sorry it took so long. I really hope it gets there in time. Please let me know when you get it. Thanks.

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  18. I’m Done!!! Heading to the PO to find something to mail it in will send priority post tomorrow. This was fun, Can’t wait to see the finished product.

    Thanks Terri and Steph

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    • Yay!

      We will look for it.

      Terri :-}

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      • Hey Terri it’s sent express mail, cost a fortune but I’m hoping it’ll get there in a couple days. Added a little something for you and Steph, Thanks.

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        • OMFG – I just realized that I didn’t put the suite number on it. God Damn it!!!

          {sigh} Well it if gets there great if it doesn’t oh well at least I tried. 😦

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          • I think we’ll still get it, Dot… we’ll be on the lookout for it and we’ll get it in the scrapbook come hell or high water!

            Thanks for trying so hard! *hugs*

            Stephe ^@@^

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  19. Girls I just mailed off two BD cards for Rain. I saw them and just couldn”t help myself. The PO said it witll be there no later then Friday. Hope their right. Love the front cover of the book and can’t wait to see it all done. As always you guys have done a great job.

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  20. Girls I mailed 2 cards for RAIN today. Hopefully it Will be here buy friday. Can’t wait to see the final project. Great job u guys.

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  21. I sent the birthday card today, I hope it arrives on time for your scrapbooking party!

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  22. Alrighty, it’s finished and ready to go out first thing in the morning. I made sure to take a picture because I was so proud of my finished product that I almost wanted to keep it… 😦 And someone (either Stephe or Terri) is going to get a good laugh out of the card board I used to protect my page in transit…

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    • P.s. My entire family is now convinced I’m a stalkerish psycho… much to my dismay… 😀

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      • ROFL,

        Aw, don’t let ’em get to ya. Everyone should be able to live, laugh, and love how they want. Life is too damned short, IMHO.

        Look at it this way, just think how crazy they would think you were if you had started an entire fan site for him? LOL. :-}

        Of course, my family got over it once they realized that what they thought was temporary insanity was merely a past-time and that it simply wasn’t going to go away. Well that and I was still working and buying groceries and paying the rent–that helped a lot too. :-}

        Thank you for participating.

        Terri :-}

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        • Lol, my mom is much better now though, since I’ve forced her to watch Full House and Domangja with me, haha!! 😀 And my sister will admit she likes Rain over her dead body, but I know she secretly does. He’s on her iPod, lol!

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  23. Okay, ladies.

    I’m going to simply start adding people’s names to the list at the top of the post as soon as we receive your pages and cards. That way, you won’t have to hunt for a comment about whether or not your page/card/e-mail came, okay?

    For example, Violarain’s page arrived today. So, I added her name to the bottom of the Pages section.

    See how easy that is?

    A big HUG to everyone who is participating in this project. I’m so excited!

    Terri :-}

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  24. Sent mine out today!

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  25. I found the poetry I made for Rain sometime ago… will you please include that one too? this is valherie by the way! thanks for all your efforts! you’re the best, cloud US 🙂

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  26. I might mail you guys a card too. I have a question though. Will you guys be removing the envelope it comes with when you paste it in the scrapbook or should I send the card to you guys in an mailing envelope with the card+its envelope inside sealed? I just dont want to junk up the envelop with addresses and stamping if its going in as a unit in the scrapbook.

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    • Our plan is to remove the cards and mount them separately on pages in the scrapbook, so that he can just page through and touch and read everything… we hadn’t planned on including the envelopes.

      Stephe ^@@^

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  27. Well, I hope to have mine in the mail on Tuesday. I think I’ll overnight it so that it gets there in plenty of time. Right now I’m just trying to take a picture of myself holding my entire Rain collection, but I don’t have enough arm space!! *flails*

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  28. Hi,
    I mailed my card for Rain yesterday. Am very happy to have been able to participate in the project. Looking forward to future projects.
    Thanks! We love our Bi!

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  29. Ok I’m sending my card out Monday.

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  30. Oh my you really chose a beautiful cover for our pages!! Love it!! Argh!!!! I am sure Rain is gonna be very happy with it!!

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    • I hope so, Mari.

      It’s very difficult to figure out what a person with plenty of money might like to keep around and enjoy for himself. I mean, seriously, what do you buy a billionaire who has more than he really needs?

      Well, there’s one thing that money can’t buy, and that’s love. So, I’m hoping that the heartfelt thoughts expressed in this book will mean enough to him that he will keep the book on his coffee table and thumb through every now and then, after he’s had a hard day’s work.

      Maybe it will remind him that all of his hard work really IS appreciated and that he is truly loved.

      That’s the plan, anyway.

      Terri :-}

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  31. I really like the book cover.

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    • I’m glad, Patsii,

      It took me forever, there were so many to choose from. I think I stood there in that store for about an hour and a half, trying to decide and then I had to choose other embellishments I thought we might use.

      I don’t think I have the patience for scrapbooking as a hobby. Wow. Back in my day, scrapbooking was simple. You chose either a green, black or brown cover and stuck some adhesive corners on the page and threw on the pictures.

      Now it’s a career. LOL.

      Terri :-}

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      • HA!…..Exactly. That’s just how I felt standing in the art supply store, then I said “pick some stuff already.”
        (SMILES) A true artist would pass out in there.

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      • I know exactly what you mean. When I was picking out my supplies, my friend, who came with me, just stood there at the entrance to one of the scrap booking isles and stared with this horrified look on her face. I asked her if she wanted to help me pick stuff out and she was like, “uh uh, I think I’ll just stay right here, thanks!” It was a very daunting prospect!

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  32. I am very happy to see that my page got there, I was worried it wouldn’t get there,lol. I hope that my page is what you ladies were looking for. I worked really hard on it. I also think that the scrapbook that you ladies chose is just crazy cool. I love it. Well, anyway hope to chat with you ladies later on the forum.

    MD:)

    P.S. Stephe did you get the card I sent you with my scrapbook page?

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    • Hey girl — your page is exactly what we were looking for. So cute!

      Yes, I got your card but haven’t opened it yet. It’s at Terri’s for safekeeping — I like opening stuff on my actual birthday. I’m silly that way. Hehe. Thanks for being so sweet.

      Stephe ^@@^

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  33. Ladies love the book you choose. 🙂

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  34. The cover looks really COOL….Love It!!

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  35. Ok so I mailed mine yesterday at around 4:45.

    You may need scissors to open it… (used the wrong sized envelope. -_-‘ they were expensive…) it didn’t exactly fit right & gave me a little bit of a hard time lol but it should be fine.

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    • Your efforts are really appreciated, violarain. Thanks! 😀

      Stephe ^@@^

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    • Not a problem, Violarain.

      Some of these boxes have been interestingly wrapped and very difficult to open–some of them were like safes, I swear. LOL.

      But I’ve managed so far and they are all now in a nice little stack in my room, ready and waiting for our scrapbooking party. Stephe and I plan to do our page that day together.

      Should be fun, but I sure do hope she brings all of her creativity with her, ’cause I’m not what you’d call “crafty,” you know–well, not in the “arts” sense, at least. LOL.

      Terri :-}

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  36. Ladies, did you receive my page? Just making sure.

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  37. He may not be too comfortable speaking English publically, but I am SURE he is quite comfortable reading it, quite comfortable indeed!…….*still quaking*…..

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  38. I was just thinking (I know, something I should try to do more often….Smile) and I’ve decided that Bi probably always looks at the mail he gets from the West especially. Since we are the market he is trying to break further into. So any mail JTune gets from the U.S. and other western countries, he probably opens/peruses first. I’m not saying he doesn’t see/read/appreciate his mail/gifts from his Asian fans, but he already knows they love him. He is probably still trying to gauge how deep the admiration goes in the West. Then a “bone-chilling” thought crept into my head. He probably visits this site quite a bit, cause the U.S. market is the door he’s trying to knock wide open, what better way to gauge that than to read what his U.S. Clouds are saying about him (*Hehehehehe*). He will probably continue to monitor this blog throughout his military service too (Just to keep “abreast” of things in the U.S.). Yeah Ladies, this means he’s read the Banana thread, the Nips thread, the Jeans thread, the “V” thread, Oh Lord…..the GIF’s thread (*fanning self*) and any other thread/post with the word(s) HOT/SEXY/THIGHS/BOOTY/THRUST in it………Mercy!!! (SMILES)

    I quake at the “oh so careless” comment I made many months ago…….Honey is the word that comes to mind….I was banned from all jars by one of my Cloud sisters. So Bi has definitely read some Eye-popping stuff! (SMILES)

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    • Oh no no no, sista BiA — you should be quaking about that “sausage” and “smoked hickory” business. THAT was flippin’ EPIC. ROFLMAO!!

      I am still laughing about that. I’m sure he is too.

      Stephe ^@@^

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      • Had to bring that up didn’t you? Hey, if HE can point to and pump up the “hickory”……talking about it should be fair game. (SMILES)

        Wow, I say so much stuff, I can’t keep up with half the stuff I say. (SMILES)

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        • True that. It’s obvious he’s not applying for priesthood or for residence at the Vatican any time soon; rather, he loves being a sex symbol (who is also respected as a humble and honest human being) and enjoys giving us what we like. We might as well enjoy it right back.

          There’s a lot to be said for smoked hickory, anyway. 😛

          Stephe ^@@^

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          • LOL.

            All I gotta say on this subject is after watching that “Only You” fan cam (and you KNOW the one I’m talking about), I’m PRETTY SURE he knows what he’s sellin’, folks.

            *chuckle*

            Terri :-}

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          • Lolll at all of that. And I do mean ALLL of that… 😉
            I just had to laugh again about smoked hickory..
            U KNOW that he has to have seen the site at some point. Maybe he peruses sites every so often to see what’s up. I
            die of embarrassment a little whenever I think that but hey,
            at least he knows we love him in a non stalker-ish kinda way.

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    • @BiAlamode, Sister girl quaking? NOT much! Licky, Licky! HAHAHAHAHA you have me blushing at times hahahaha but I love it! And I’m so sure he does too. Aherm That is if he reads us? hahahaha

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    • Bia, Hun, dont worry. Life is too short I’ve come to realize. If you need to perve over a hot sexy man like Ji-hoon and his hickory smoked 😛 , dont be ashamed. That’s my new philosophy. Besides be glad you dont have a twitter account that can be traced to you. I’ve been bad there too…haha.

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      • Gigi,

        I hold no illusions about the World Wide Web. My email account and my million and one keystrokes to Cloud USA is enough for anybody to find me, if their looking. (SMILES) Honestly, I don’t “Really” care if Bi reads anything, it’s all about him and it’s ALL GOOD. I just had a brief moment of embarrassment “wash over” me. But it’s gone…for now. Oh….and yeah I will continue to Perve over his “Hickory Smoked Jimmy Dean!” (SMILES) Yes m’am, no shame at all….it’s cool “Gi” (SMILES)

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  39. Hello Ladies,

    You must get lots of mail but I was wondering if you recieved my card for RAIN.

    XOXO
    Moon

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  40. I sent a birthday card. I hope you recieved it. It had Hoops and Yo Yo on it and on the bottom it said ****Be Careful***Moon Rogue**.

    I hope you recieved it. I will send another if not.

    Thanks
    Moon Rogue

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  41. Just got back from the Post Office….it’s on it’s way.

    Thanks for doing this !

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  42. I want to get started on mine this holiday weekend. I wanted to do it earlier, but I’ve been so busy with my last semester of college. Since I’ve graduated though, I have loads of free time! You will most definitely get a scrapbook page from me, and probably a card too! Promise! Even if I have to pay loads to overnight it, lol!

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  43. Ladies,

    Our intention is not to scold anyone or make anyone feel bad. It’s just that it is extremely disappointing for us to know that our site is showing such large numbers and yet, when we give Rain’s fans a chance to prove they are here, they do nothing. Nothing at all.

    It happened with the Christmas Box too. Even though we ended up with a nice, large box of gifts to send Rain, the number who participated in that project was still an extremely small percentage of Cloud USA’s membership. It was a lovely percentage, but nonetheless, small.

    I just don’t get it. Do we want him to do a concert tour over here or not? Do we want him to make movies for us? If we do, then we’ve GOT to show him the numbers. He’s not going to come over here to the States and attempt to engage his fans if he doesn’t think there are any fans to engage.

    So, Clouds, please. As Rain would say, let’s make some noise!

    Terri :-}

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    • Ditto.

      We all know he reads about himself voraciously, and always has his face in a cell phone or a lap top during spare moments. And so IF he has picked up on this (didn’t someone on the Remarkable team say he knew about their scrapbook when they spoke to him in Germany, or am I dreaming that up?), especially after the really impressive gesture from CloudUSAers that was his Christmas Box… well, need I say more?? Eh?

      Stephe ^@@^

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  44. I’m so sorry. I bought a Bday card the other day. I actually thought it was too late. But I will mail it out tomorrow…I PROMISE!! =)

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  45. Ok my page WILL be shipped this weekend.
    I’m nearly done and it took me so long to get around to it with everything else in the waaaaay (winter guard, essay, SATs, color guard again, MORE essays, and more projects.) it was just incredibly hard to find time but it WILL get finished and it WILL be sent…

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  46. I was planning on sending mine out tomorrow. It should be there in a few days.

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  47. Terri, great! The lady at the store told me I needed them so I’m happy it worked out and no thanks needed. 😀

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  48. Hello Ladies,

    I sending a birthday card for Rain today…I hope you get it on time.

    xoxo

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  49. Hello Ladies,

    I sending a birthday card for Rain today…I hope you get it on time.

    thanks for the website. I am such a huge fan….xoxo

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  50. @terri
    u recived my BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
    really really really_really!!!!!
    u did u did u did i am very happy *HAPY HAPPY DANCE* 🙂
    how was mind u like u think rain happy for that please let me know pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

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  51. Ladies,

    Thanks to those of you who sent a little cash along with your pages to help with some of the shipping costs for this project. That truly was NOT necessary, but it is greatly appreciated.

    You know who you are.

    Terri :-}

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  52. Riverwood and Kongsao!

    We received both of your pages today.

    And River, thanks for the something extra. Very kind of you. :-}

    This project is shaping up, ladies. I’m very excited. Rain surely will enjoy seeing all of your creativity and learning a little about each of you. :-}

    Terri :-}

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  53. Stephe,Terri I sent mine on the 13th, did you receive it yet? Also I sent extra stuff with please let me know if you would like me to send more I would be happy to do so. And please let me know what you think honestly cause I you know I’ve never done this. Thanks!

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    • Lotus,

      I just picked it up today. It’s great! And thanks for the scrapbook materials, girl. Those doc protectors are perfect! We’re going to use those for everyone’s pages! So, everybody thank Lotus, please.

      Terri :-}

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      • Thank you Miss Lotus “Blossom”…..(SMILES). I tried to glue everything down for the gods and hopefully it worked. I know ’cause I glued my damned fingers together. (SMILES)

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  54. @Stephe & Terri
    i already send my BIG Envolpe mail to u it should no later get their by thursday so please tooking forward to my mail and project ok ladies please let me know u recived btwe… i put everything in that BIG mal of envolpe so please look inside very careful the adress, post card and his scrap book at in that inside that mail thank u ladies i laready sent to u !!

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  55. Okay, ladies.

    Time is getting short. Please get your birthday cards and your pages in as soon as you can, so we will have time to organize and ship this thing.

    Thanks,

    Terri :-}

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  56. Guys today I received confirmation that my page arrived on time to be included on the Dresden’s Forum project!! I am soo excited!! Also, I will be sending a birthday card for Baby Boo so you can add it to our scrapbook. I think the more stuff we send the better he’s gonna feel. 😀

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  57. SSSHHHHH**T! was in my back seat JUST MAILED! Sorry! please let me know when you get it…sometimes I get to caught up! (SORRY)!!!!

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  58. Okie dokie.. I am done.. to the best of my creative ability(or lack thereof). Should be there late next week or early the week after. Hope it gets there in one piece 🙂

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  59. terri or & stephe
    ladies
    i am sending my scrapbook soon of this mont of MAY
    i will let u know when i m,ail it out still a little touch up ekek
    i want rain to be happy so u ladies too i well put all the infor in one ENVLOPE ok! and please look forward to mine I’m Coming ekekek ya… rain don’t worry my hear i never forget u baby!! 🙂

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  60. HOOORAYYYYY!!! Mine arrived!!

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  61. Terri/Stephe,

    Just wondering if my page had arrived?

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  62. Oh boy…you know since Rain came to NY I will need to redo my page again. This will be Take #3…lol. I promise no more after that and I will send it next week.

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  63. Put my page in the mail this morning. It’s not grand, but the sentiments I wanted to express are there,so……….

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  64. @ Terri & Stephe

    Could you please tell who’s pages did you receive? Also, are you or the girls that are going to NY planning to give something to Rain when he arrives to the gala? Cuz if you are, I want to send a congrats card to him.

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    • Mari,

      We have received both your page and Kpopmum’s (Melanie’s). I received Mel’s today. Yay!

      Both of them are absolutely lovely. And Mel, your page is SO much lovelier in person. OMG. And thank you for your sweet note. :-}

      Those are the only two we have received so far. But we still have lots of time. They are sitting here on my Rain shelf, waiting for the grand day Stephe and I have a Scrapbooking Party.

      Terri :-}

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  65. STEPHE & TERRI? Did you get my page?

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  66. RIVERWOOD? Are you in Australia? Where? I am in Perth!!!

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  67. Ok.. I just bought my page and some glue today. It’s a 30cmx30cm which, after conversion, tells me that it’s short of the prescribed 12in x 12in *sobs*

    I am thinking of putting something with Australian theme in it so he knows that he is very much loved over here, too. That should be ok, right?

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  68. @stephe or terri
    ladies i need to know i leave u a messaqge sent yesterday i know u ladies are bussy voting and post here to but can u answer me

    ok ladies i have some more question i have another page of his message i wondering if i can pase on the other side of my art pic too or do u ladies want as seperate
    instead please let me know also i forget to ask can we sing our name on thoes project pict to somwhere small in their can we do that also ???

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    • @kongsao

      Sure you can paste on the other side of your art picture. That would be nice. Oh, and yes, please put your name on your project so that Rain can see who it’s from! You can even sign where you’re from — he likes to know where his fans are located…

      Stephe ^@@^

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  69. i forget to ask can we sing our name on thoes project pict to somwhere small in their can we do that also thank i forget to ask ahahhaha

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  70. ok ladies i have some more question i have another page of his message i wondering if i can pase on the other side of my art pic too or do u ladies want as seperate instead please let me know thank u i having fun and enjoy my project here still working on i hope it come nice ahaha 🙂

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  71. I’m gonna “let her rip” this week as well. I hope mine doesn’t look too silly. It’s funny, my grandmother used to scrapbook all the time, but I never did. However, these days it has been turned into a whole new art form. Back in the day, it was just your most memorable cards, quotes and pics glued to the page. I’ve seen some pages in the forum and I’m like Damn do I even want to send mine. (SMILES)

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  72. Terri & Stephe, My page is on its way to you today!!!

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  73. Stephe, I have a question, is it ok if I use a fan made picture of JiHoon with my project? if so I’m mailing mine tomorrow but I’ll wait for your response.

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  74. I must say, I chuckled at myself. I had all these big ideas for my scrapbook page, then I got to the art supply store yesterday and saw how big (12 x 12) Really was! (HA!) Boy did I have to downsize. Anyway, working on it! (SMILES)

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    • Being there!! I printed lots of Ji Woo goodness and when I put them on the page they took all the space. But I play with them until it made some sense. And now I notice that I am making rhymes. ROFL!! Gawd!!! Anyway, I sent another page to the Remarkable Rain project in Germany. I was really happy coz they were very nice to me and answer my email fast. 😀

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      • I find I’m one of those people who probably needs a Giant scrapbook page. (SMILES) You know I don’t know how I ended up at my “dead end” job, I SO should have been doing SOMETHING creative. I will soon be re-focusing my energies, literally because life is a “Finger Snap”…..Truly!

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  75. @stephe
    i think i wrote it wrong i mean to say i bough a SCRAP book of 20 page and just use one only and also sent rain brithday card to him what i meam about the 20 page scrapbook that i bough that how much total of the page and come with CD i just let u know that i SORRY i miss unbderstand u ahhahah MY BAD if i do all 20 i am going to death and run out my ink of my printer NOT FAIR that right!!
    i will started my first page soom and sent to guy along with brithday card.. soory about that misunderstand here !! 😯

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    • @kongsao,

      Oh, that’s okay! Don’t worry about that at all. LOL! I was in a real hurry, and so I might have read your message wrong. Heheheh. No misunderstanding… it’s all good! I’m excited that you’re doing a scrapbook page. I can’t wait to see it because I know just how creative you are… 🙂

      Laters.
      Stephe ^@@^

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  76. 12 x 12 !!!! My favourite size to work on. I am getting onto it right away! I love this idea and Rain will have soemthing to treasure.

    Thanks Guys!!!! My hubby is going to be so ticked off!! Who cares? Not me!

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  77. Im almost done with mine so you ladies should get it soon. I actually did it twice. I hated my first page so I took it apart and did something different. I should send it before l change my mind again…lol.

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  78. STEPHE
    question
    i got a sxrapbook and it like 10 page 20 page i wondering if i can put one side his whatever pict i decided and on other side is like a note comment about him ect… of all each 20 page
    is that ok?? also this scraobook come along CD case in it awawaw 🙂
    i just wondering is it ok for me to do fanamde for all rain edid Brithday and put in this dis along the scrapbook here
    PLEASE REPLY!! thank u dear

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    • Hi, kongsao.

      That sounds like a very cute idea, but it won’t work for this project. We’ve predetermined the size of the package and only set aside a certain amount of postage, and we expect a lot of stuff just with everybody doing 1 page, and your idea doesn’t sound huge but no doubt 10 to 20 pages from one person is going to be pushing it. Also, if we let you do that, and then someone else wants to do it to and we say no, then they’ll say we’re not being fair or we’re playing favorites or something. That wouldn’t be cool. *sigh*

      Please just send 1 scrapbooked page or a birthday card for Rain for this project if that’s what you’d like to do… and remember, if you want to do your 10-20 page mini scrapbook for him too, you can do that and send it straight on to Rain @J.Tune yourself. That’s not a problem! You’re in the Cloud USA community, but you or anyone can send Rain stuff on your own any time you wish. 🙂 You know how much the man loves gifts and surprises! haha

      Stephe ^@@^

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  79. Sended my page today!! It should be there by the end of the week. Forgot to send the note with my username, etc. But it is in the from part so you got everything there. Besides, I think everybody here knows I am from Puerto Rico, right? Lol!!! Just said it a couple of times. *Snikers*

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  80. ok ladie !!
    i am head off to shopping mysterie for belove Rain 😎
    Jung Ji Hoon Brithday stuff and ect… i am digging threw what i can make for him goota make my man moking in this page ekekek ahahah sigh… 🙂

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  81. Oh gosh.

    I’m having a brain cramp. I need a page idea. What to do, what to do???

    Terri :-}

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    • Well, I did mine basically on Ji Woo. Why? First, coz I loved what he did with his characterization of Ji Woo and I feel that he thinks that people didn’t like it for the ratings the series got. I wanted to lifts his spirit with that page besides the happy birthday thing. I thought that it’s going to be awesome for him to know that a fan from Puerto Rico (where’s that place again?, lol!!) love Ji Woo. It’s my way of thinking; I could be wrong. I think that if you concentrate on what you love more about Rain it’s easier to do your page. Hope this helps!! 😀

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  82. Hi girls!!!

    I am almost done with my page but I have a little problem and it’s that the back of the page got wrinkles wherever I used glue. I was thinking of pasting another page in the back. It’s not gonna be bulky and is a beautiful page with a beach from Puerto Rico. I am going to glue only the edge of both pages so it don’t get wrinkles. You can write my info there if you want. What do you think?

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  83. oppsi i mean to say HUG@@
    oh gosh please don’t get wrong !!
    i am typing to fast plus i neve check my speeling bad me rrggg !!
    sorry dear I MEAN SO HUG!!

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  84. @stephe
    hey dear, how r u ??
    thank u for responding BUG!!
    and i will do my beauitful creative job on this i promise Rain u wait and screaming awawaw and then go to coner and screaming again ekekek oh rain we lov u so much !! 😎

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  85. ahahah look what we got here jung ji hoon B_D coming soon ekekek this is the kind thing i love to do and art scraf ect.. oh my i love this idea
    @stephe or terr
    i can do anything with with like art drawing his concert perfroamce print out and also add some creative
    it does matter what desing u like as long it not smart ect right and also u can add mesaage nest to u creative pict their too it that ok!! and what about the csrapbook it does matter how page in their
    please respond thank u!

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    • Hi, Kongsao.

      Yes, you can do basically whatever you would like on your one page, and we will put it in the Cloud USA scrapbook for Rain. Your ideas sound very nice! I know you will have fun making your page.

      Stephe ^@@^

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  86. Okay, now that I know about this I’m going to get on it soon! I have until mid May to get my page done, I think I can do it! My mind is working overtime on this one. And I promise to keep it PG, okay, PG-13, no NC-17 over here! LOL!

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  87. Fun fun! Sounds adorable… Must get to work, as I’m determined not to proctrastinate (too much) on this.

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  88. I have to say I have never crap booked and know absolutely nothing about it. Yes I’m scarrr! HELP!!

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    • LOL @ Lotus.

      Don’t worry. We’ll help…

      Terri :-}

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      • Is this about him or us? both sides or one side? do you use fabric or paper? Are these like photo albums that you put flat stuff in? and/or should it be a mixture of him and us, and do we put pictures in it? really I’m lost? however we do have a craft store. Oh and is their a specific size?

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        • Some people use both sides, but the more common way is one side for less bulk. Use paper for your actual page, and you can either put more paper or fabric or whatever you’d like on it. It should be you wishing him a happy birthday, however you think it would bring a smile to his face, or give him a warm-and-toasty. It could be you, your peeps, your family, where you live, it could be him, his peeps, something about Seoul, it could be something as simple as your favorite birthday poem on a page. There don’t have to be pictures at all. It could be your favorite recipes. It could be a painted message. Whatever. There is no right or wrong, which is why we chose this. So everyone would have fun and each page he turned would be like a new treasure to JiHoon.

          The page size we’d like is 12 x 12 (12 by 12).

          Stephe ^@@^

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          • Thanks so much this did help! LOTS! I’m not missing out on this event so I’m starting this weekend…MUAH!

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  89. I never scrapbooked before but it sounds like a cool idea. Would it be a good to include postcards from your home state or something to do with your culture? What does everybody think? Any experienced scrapbookers have tips?

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  90. “Be Clean”……..Aah, don’t you trust me?…..(SMILES)

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    • LOL @ BiA.

      No. No we do not. Ha ha.

      Terri :-}

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      • WHAT?!……I’m Appalled! I would Ne-e-e-ver send Bi LEWD and LACIVIOUS messages. I would Ne-e-e-ver tell him how Sexy and HOT his Apple Bottom is. I would Ne-e-e-ver tell him I’d like to Smack THAT. I would Ne-e-e-ver tell him I’d like a piece of that “smoked hickory.” I would definitely NOT tell him I’d like him to give me a private showing of his Stripper pole dance and to finish it off with his chair Thrusting rendition of (Shawty you’re the) ONE. He ESPECIALLY would Ne-e-e-ver NOT EVER get a “boudoir” photo of me.

        Hmmph!……..What kind of woman do you think I am?!

        (BIG SMILES)

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  91. You had me until “make it clean”…just kidding! What a great idea! I will put my “creative hat” on and get busy!

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  92. I don’t know much about making scrapbooking but I will try my best. I am sooo excited!!! Will love to do something pretty for my baby Boo’s birthday 😀

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  93. Yay! Now I have something to work on over Spring Break, so I can successfully ignore my school projects, hahaha! Making a scrapbook page for JiHoon is way more exciting than homework…!

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  94. Okay. Gotta try to squeeze whatever lack of creative juice out of me for this. *starts collecting scraps for the book*

    Thanks in advance for organising this Terri & Stephe. Never done a scrapbook before. This will be interesting.

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  95. wow so sweet 🙂 i wish i could make one. im not too crafty kekeke

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