[62/91 weeks done][song of the wk][calendar] 비 Yourself Open Thread for 12/18 – 12/24.
(Rain opens and closes out the KBS Songs Festival on December 30, 2008.)
» Cloud USA Yellow Ribbon for Rain Calendar: DOWNLOAD it (for free).
» 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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R2B: Return to Base / Return To Base / Soar Into The Sun / Black Eagle has touched down on tarmacs in South Korea, the U.S.A. and Canada, and is on its way around the world. It has premiered in Vietnam, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, at the London Korean Film Festival in England and Scotland, and in Indonesia, Taiwan, and Japan. There is no telling where else this bird is going to land, so everyone be on the lookout.
We’ve heard directly from CJ Entertainment about the upcoming R2B DVD for North America. As soon as they finish relaying the particulars, we’ll be able to bring all of the information to you, so everyone sit tight.
As of this moment, 6353 yellow ribbons for Rain have been added to Twitter and Facebook icons since the Brigade was started. Amazing! Thanks for supporting our favorite corporal during his military service and for letting him know you’ll be waiting when he gets home! » For a brief read about the meaning of the Yellow Ribbon, go to our previous post HERE.
For information on where to send handwritten cards and letters to
상병 (sangbyeong) Corporal Jung JiHoon/Rain, please see our previous post HERE (military). For cards, letters, and gifts, do see our post HERE (office admin).
» Rain’s official website. » RAINY Entertainment’s official Twitter.
» R2B: Return To Base official social media sites. » Rain’s official YouTube channel AND » Facebook page.
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SONG OF THE WEEK: “Sad Tango”, Rain’s first Japanese single release in Japan in January 2006. In the fall of 2006, this Japanese version and the English version were released on his Eternal Rain album. Boy, I remember the first time I saw the music video, I was blown away by the way he delivered his choreography. I still am.
This live version in Japan and the show Rain premiered it on simply makes you smile.
(Music video and making of courtesy of rainyent and aberu0625 @YT.)
Rain is Eternal. Where clouds stay gathered, rain will always come. It is inevitable.
— Stephe ^@@^
Cloud USA 
Hi ,Clouds How is everyone doing and feeling right now.I know that I am feeling a little sad.I Know that Rain is a man first but this seem so sudden.It has been going on for a while with this Kim Tae Hee. I know that I should feel happy for our Rain,but all I feel is tears.I am speaking the truth.Bright Blessing’s.
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Tracy maybe think about it the way I do. As far as the situation with Kim Tae Hee, the statement on the dating has come from her camp. But we are Rain’s fans. And to be honest until Rain makes a statement then we don’t have Rain’s thoughts on his dates …..or even if he does or does not see himself in a relationship. So until Rain makes a public statement don’t get too worked up about his dates with Tae Hee. Dates are just that… simply dates. (He is a 31 year old man so don’t be shocked that he goes out on a date.)
Later, if Rain publicly acknowledges he is in a relationship then at that time we should congratulate him on finding someone special. Personally I think all this congratulatory sentiments all over the internet on Rain finding Ms. Right, his true love, his Ms. Everything, his other half, his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow…… his love reincarnated from a previous life from 2,000 years ago lost when he was a pharaoh in Egypt and she was Queen Sheba LOL….yada yada yada is very premature…but that’s me.
In all seriousness not overreacting to Tae Hee’s words I feel is respectful to Rain.
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Premature is an understatement. They had 3 dates. THREE.
Good Golly, Molly.
Terri :-}
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Happy New Year to everyone I’m wishing you all a great and fruitiful new year.And to leave the past in the past.I want to say something about Cpl.Jung Ji Hoon and his rendezvous with Kim ,but I have to find out more.Bright Blessing’s.
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Happy Belated Birthday Bia and Lotus!!…Merry Christmas to everyone at Cloud USA, may you all be blessed, happy and healthy as this year ends and a new begin!!..I love you all 🙂
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Cherrie, thank you so much my sistah God Bless….. 🙂
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You”re welcome dear
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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BiA! My beautiful sister, Happy belated Birthday. I hope you had a wonderful day an I pray your holidays are the best.Love you sweetie.
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Merry Christmas to all Clouds across the globe. I hope you all have a beautiful holiday and may you and your families be blessed!
http://youtu.be/svo17Dgs3PM
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Lotus,
Happy belated birthday……my birthday twin! Hope you had a great day. *SMILES*
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Happy Birthday Bia! 😀 May God bless you with many birthdays more! Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful time!
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Thanks Mari so much!! Another year down and counting. *SMILES*
May you and your family be Blessed this holiday season as well. Have a great day!
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Merry Christmas Cloud USA!! Stephe, Terri, Jim and all staff have a wonderful Christmas day! May God bless you all always! 😀
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Merry Christmas to you too, Mari!
Terri :-}
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Hello Terri, I’ve posted Part II (fan fic) in the forum. Please check your spam folder thanks. I will assume this will happen until I’m done posting so I will just do a “FYI” post here.
Thanks!
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Hey, Bialamode.
Yes, it did go into spam. I think it’s because your posts are so long. And yeah. Good idea to tell me, because I don’t check the forum every single day. Thank you.
Can’t wait to read it. :-}
Terri :-}
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Hi Terri,
It’s not really my intention to have long posts, but I don’t really know how else to post this story. Either I do 2 or 3 chapters per post or I have a gazillion posts with 1 chapter each. Other Clouds would be super irritated with me for doing that I think.
I will only have to do it only 1, possibly 2 more times the most.
Thanks for your patience. *SMILES*……………………………….
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BiAlamode,
Long posts aren’t a problem at all. Like I said, just let me know when you’ve posted them if they don’t show up. So, I can move them. I don’t want them sitting in spam any longer. I’ve tried to tell the forum spam admin to stop it, but it hasn’t worked.
Terri :-}
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Stephe or Terri, I just ran across something that was tweeted last week from 8th cloud board Kang Sang Yeon. Are you ladies aware of this and just exactly what is she trying to say about Korea and aboard being in different interests? Unless I’m just so tired it sounds not so cool. Please let me/all of us know what’s up.
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Whatever she said, I doubt she was meaning to offend. She has always been extremely polite to me.
Terri :-}
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Terri I sent you an email, did you get it?
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Nope, not yet. I’ve been writing a post. I’ll go look now.
Terri :-}
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Lotus,
This message was a greeting from The Cloud’s newly elected leader. First of all, it should never have been made public. Second of all, it has been posted completely out of context.
She’s coming in as a new leader of The Cloud fan club and simply hopes to provide some better direction for all of Rain’s fans, including his global fans like us.
If you will notice, some of the Rain fan clubs and blogs and fan sites that were active during his earlier years, especially the global ones, have become less active–partly due to a lack of “global” leadership in The Cloud. Kang Sang Yeon is hoping to improve The Cloud’s activities in that area.
Does that help?
Terri :-}
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Terri, thanks sweetie. I’m not aware of other blogs, fan site etc. Because I only follow this one because of reason you may remember. I only saw this because it was tweeted, last week. And thanks for making it clear.
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Lotus,
My pleasure. And yes, I remember. :-}
Thank you for being here.
Terri :-}
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Hi Terri,Thank you for the info.By the way I do not hold on to a grudge.I apologized and it is behind me.Did I do something to you?.Personally.If so,I am sorry.Bright Blessing’s.
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No need to apologize. No, you didn’t. And I’m not mad.
Why is everybody thinking people are mad around here suddenly all the time. LOL.
Terri :-}
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I don’t know. Seems like every time I type a comment, I’m supposedly pissed off or on the warpath or something or other. LOL
Stephe ^@@^
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Seriously somethings up? I have no idea what? Yet! But my instincts have always been correct. I hate people trying to play head games its so childish and extremely annoying!
Stephe, Terri, please don’t let anyone’s opinion or comments change the way you’ve ladies have been doing YOUR BLOG!
I along with others value your comments! And I’m sure JiHoon is confident enough with himself to be able to take constructive criticism from people who love and admire him than love sick fangirls that will change with the wind.
The reason I’m saying this is you ladies are truly awesome and I respect yo
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Hi Stephe,when are you going to have the translation from the speeding instinct show from sunday.Talking about D’angelo’s music.I am very interested in reading about Rains response to it.Thank you so much.
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Tracy,
It is unlikely that we will have it up any time soon, as we are dealing with other things during the Holiday season. I am on vacation tomorrow, and I will try to post it though if I have time.
In the meantime, check The Cloud, Rain’s Official Fan club. It is probably already posted over there, on the Media Page. Look for the “English” translation.
Of course, it just won’t have Stephe’s interesting asides on it.
Terri :-}
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Stephe’s “add lib” always cracks me up.
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Hi Tracy.. The translation has already been posted dear i think Stephe or Terri put it up
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Thanks for trying to help out (with your comment), cherrie.
Stephe ^@@^
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No problem dear..just doing my semi job lol hahahaha
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Yep, so far only me and Cherrie have posted and I knowwwwww more ladies out there in Cloud USA universe have some great comments about Rain and his lovely reactions to D’Angelo’s music. (If only there had been a video cam recording his show that day. I wanted to see all that swaying he was doing in the studio. Because that man can rock the heck out of a body wave 😀 )
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“High five Alisa”!!..great minds think alike chica lol
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Hi, Tracy. I managed to put the translation up last night. I only had time to read it, but I did enjoy it. Hope you do too.
I can tell you that Terri is not mad at you. Like she said, we simply have a lot going on right now (where did you get “mad” out of that?). If she was angry, she’d tell you straight out.
Happy Holidays,
Stephe ^@@^
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Damned right I would. And you’d know it too, right, Stephe?
Terri :-}
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Congrats Stephe all the best
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Congratulations Stephe on the birth of your grandson. May he walk with the Lord as His friend and be satisfied with a long and healthy life. Your father and your family as a whole are lifted up in prayer.
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OMG, can’t wait until late tonight gets here, when I can do some blogging…! I see some stuff that I’ve missed, like the Speeding Instinct show translation for Sunday, and that they talked about D’Angelo (Lord have mercy, *screammmmmmm*!), and I will be digging into that. *so excited*
And I’m feeling a hankering for some GIFs or a spamming or two… LOL
Thanks for your patience, everybody. *mwah!* 🙂
Stephe ^@@^
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Ohhh yea…that show was fun to listen to and read the translation. Rain was feeling D’Angelo’s music that day. All I could think of was right about that time Rain needed a stage and an audience of screaming fans…..plus a camera to record it all so I could watch it here in the ATL 😀 I absolutely love it when Rain starts to feel the vibe of music because he just starts to MOVE. That man is soooooo beautiful.
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oh yes Stephe I been waiting on that translation cause they were talking about ” how does it feel” himself..I bet that was one of Jihoon’s favorite songs too kekeke mmmhmmm 😀
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CONGRATULATIONS Grandma Stephe!!..May your grandson grow to be strong and healthy. I pray your father gets better soon dear..love you 🙂
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He’s my first, so this grandma thing is kinda new to me… but so far, I’m liking it big time. 😀
Stephe ^@@^
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Awwww it will come naturally to you Stephe so don’t worry you’ll be a great first time grandma. Oh don’t spoil him to much..well you will find out why soon or later lol
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These picts are yumm I luv Rain with that outfit! Sad Tango was the first video I ever watched from Rain so I treasure it. Love the mix of kpop with tango and his dancing is impressive. 😀
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i am EXCITED to hear they going to release R2B in North America i want get one hopefully soon ajjajaja 🙂 Congrats grandma Stephe i read that u became a grandma that good new to hear it took care !!
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In my bed is a sad but sexy video.The scene when he comes to see her with roses and she is hugging another man is heartbreaking.But when Rain is in the shower I wish that I was there to hold him and kiss away his tears.Nobody hurts Rain.I also love the Sad Tango video.I love the clothes.I had a pair of black pants with a dragon on the left leg.I don’t know how much more of this that I can take,it’s like Rain is becoming a religion to me.But I don’t care because this is how I feel.I really care about him.He’s my angel warrior.
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Reblogged this on walking through the rain and commented:
He’s baaaaad.And he knows it.My Angel Warrior.
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Congrats to you Stephe for being a grandma.And I am so sorry that your father is ill.I hope that he gets better soon.My prayers are with you and your family.Bright Blessing’s.
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Wow Stephe, I missed the grandbabay announcement somehow. Congrats to you and your family! 😀 Sorry that your dad is ill though. Take care of yourself and take care of your family that is always the first priority. Thanks for all that you do for Cloud USA!
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Thanks so much, everybody, for your well wishes on my very first grandbaby! You make us feel so loved. ❤
I'll be back up to speed soon. There's so much going on right now with the baby, and my father is ill, and I'm really tired, but I'll be using the next few days to get back into the swing around here.
Hugs, my peeps —
Stephe
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*Hugs* back Grandma! Take it easy if you can. Sending well wishes to daddy as well.
*SMILES*……………………………….
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Congrats grandma Stephe. Awesome News by the way!!!!
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Sorry to hear about your father Stephe, I hope he gets better soon.
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Aww hope your dad gets well soon! Take your time hermanita, rest and enjoy these first days with your grandson cuz they grow up too soon! 😀
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Thanks, Mari. 🙂 I will. And thanks so much for Leiland’s Christmas gift. It’s the first one he’s gotten! *HUGS*
Stephe ^@@^
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Aww my pleasure! 😀
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Your snuggly hoody bunting is going to keep him soooooo warm. ❤
Stephe ^@@^
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That’s the idea! Keep him snuggly and warm, like when he was in his mama’s womb. That way he will feel safe so he should fuss less. 😀
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