[24/91 weeks done][Song of the week][calendar] 비 Yourself Open Thread for 3/27 – 4/2.
(In his 2002 debut year, Baby 비 strolls the runway as a winter wonderland groom for the late renowned designer Andre Kim.)
» Your Cloud USA Yellow Ribbon for Rain Calendar is here! JiHoon’s copy has been shipped to him in South Korea. DOWNLOAD it (for free) and count down the days to his military discharge with your fellow CloudUSAers and your favorite soldier.
» You can visit the previous Open Thread HERE. And of course, don’t forget that our Cloud USA Forum is a most excellent place for Rain love, fan communication, and self-expression.
By the way — have you left a message for JiHoon on The Cloud today?
» Our Project page for newbies on how to register for and USE the Official Cloud Rain Fan Club site in S.Korea is HERE.)
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PFC JiHoon/Rain made a spectacular appearance at the 2012 Seoul Peace Concert at the Korea War Memorial this week. If you missed it, just scroll down our media blog for pics, fan cams, and clips.
The Yellow Ribbon for Rain Brigade is still growing. Our dream of a stronger foundation of support for JiHoon is coming true. His dream of true world stardom is at hand. Let’s keep on keeping on!
You can see JiHoon’s first letter to his Clouds and fans HERE, in our previous post. ♥ There are two options for sending snail-mail to JiHoon presently. For information on where to send handwritten cards and letters to him, please see our previous post HERE (military). For cards, letters, and gifts, do see our post HERE (office admin).
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SONG OF THE WEEK: “Still Believe”, from Still Believe: BMW meets Truth (2006), Rain’s 6-track Korean commercial digital release by SOUL Records. You know BMW got a LOT of cars sold with that campaign, for sure. Many of you have already heard the original version, so let’s go with Track #3, the Lounge version, and Track #4, the Rock version, to spice things up.
Courtesy of: noubry91i and lany68@YT. (You can also find the Rock version to your right, at the very top of our media blog sidebar.)
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Rain is Eternal. Where clouds stay gathered, rain will always come. It is inevitable.
— Stephe ^@@^
Cloud USA 
I attended a birthday party at Family Karaoke (familydfw.com) last Saturday and it was my first time doing Korean style karaoke……….how is it that when I entered my good friends’ reserved private room she yells out (in front of everyone) “your boy has been on the screen ALL NIGHT”……..I looked at the two big screen monitors in the room and who else but THE MAN HIMSELF…………the song they were singing was “Back that Thing
Up/Juvenile”, but the video for Bad Guy (나쁜 남자/Nappeun Namja) was playing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDtXQoQKLrg
I was soooooooo surprised and soooooo busy watching the videos (Big Bang, Super Junior, Shinee, Full House, Flower Boy Ramen Shop, Secret Garden…..etc) I didn’t even sing!
My friend had seen Cloud USA’s activity on my FB page and my Rain wallpaper on my laptop, so she knew EXACTLY who he was…….BTW, she always says “that’s nice right there” whenever she sees a photo of Bi……#justlovelyonemustsay
In the area where Family Karaoke is located, there is an abundance of Korean shops and restaurants…………gotta do some exploring over that way. I already knew about H-Mart in Carrollton, but this section of town has really become a Korean cultural district………..wow
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What a small world this is. My daughters live in Dallas also and when I called her to tell her about the Karaoke place she told me, ” Mother please I told you I have been there and saw Rain’s videos playing on the big screen”. Now mind you I can hardly remember my name on bad days so I don’t remember her telling me this. LOL I will be in Dallas this weekend for Easter. Sure wish I could meet you (if you’ld like) if not this time I will be back in June for my niece’s high school graduation. Take care, Gee.
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Gee, you are correct—-it’s a small world after all! (I think I heard that at Disneyland….LOL) I would be glad to meet with you this weekend………I’ll inbox ya!
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Sounds like a casual Cloudburst to me! Hope y’all get together and have fun! *very pleased* 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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It would be nice. Hope we still can make it with the bad weather in Dallas and from what I hear on the news, it’s coming here. We’ll see.
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Please be careful if you go, Gee!
You too, Vicki. I hope you’re safe right now.
Stephe ^@@^
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Thanks Stephee. I got another trip planned. Guess where to? The ATL. Coming there for my cousin’s wedding May 3rd. Will tell u more later. I am hoping to see u and terri.
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Yay! Sounds like a good time for an Atlanta Cloudburst meeting!
Terri :-}
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You know I really want to see The Hunger Games….I hear it’s really good. However, I’m disturbed by the recent controversy regarding this movie. People amaze me with how far their hatred goes. Is it really necessary to spew that kind of venom because a Fictional character you loved turned out to be of a race unlike yourself. The world just may spontaneously combust before too long. God will be like “People you just don’t get it, do you? I am tired of repeating myself. I’m SO done”…………………..
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BiA, my sister….WOW! I’ve read some of the comments on youtube. My GOD! People are so hateful, we have come so far but NOT…Theirs so much in my head right now but I’m speechless….T_T.
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yeah all the racism from the fandom is turning me off of the movie. And the characters the bigots are made over were described as dark skin in the books. they need to learn to read.
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There is no just accounting for stupid, you know? Wow. >_<
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Rain looked amazing in those clothes!! Love the white suit cuz he looked manly and the bronze see-thru shirt cuz is soo sexy!! Did I mentioned that his hair like this makes me go INSANE? Arghh love THE HAIR!!! 😀 The song is one of my favorites, the drama blew me away and loved the dance too!! What a way to advertise a car!! Love it!!
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He looks very nice and handsome in that white suit
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I love that second verison of BMW. That is a good work out song. Thanks
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I really hate how WordPress makes my alias all small letters….but anyway.
The winter white look is gorgeous!! I’m glad you put I Still Believe up. THIS is the song (original version) that started it all for me, right After I watched NA for the first time….literally! That was THE first video I clicked on and got my hair blown back by this Oh-So-Soulful Asian man. I’ve been on the “Bi train” ever since. (SMILES)
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uauuuu…Rainnn!! …He is the star of the parade and as always stole the show and the hearts of all. His face is so beautiful, every time I look, my soul travels far from here!!
I like the rock version of the song Still believe, is very powerful !!Yeahh!!
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He looked so cute.
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OMO! oppa looks so handsome. I don’t know what to do.
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