[past fan accounts] Rain and Star Craft: He was just an ordinary person, like any of us. :)
— Cloud cover by: Stephe, Managing Editor ^@@^
Ah, I have some media images from that 2007 fan meeting. Here you go.
Absolutely, when he is on stage to PERFORM, it’s a whole other Rain. Game Face On. 🙂
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Episodes about Rain playing Star Craft
Translated and posted by: huhuhuhu @The Cloud Rain News Board, 6/14/2013
Source credits: Naver Blogs, Benamoo
English translation by huhuhuhu
1.http://blog.naver.com/gaheetak/150169190029 The person wrote about his encounter with Rain and Rain fans when he was working as a part time staff around 2005-2006 at a PC game room close by JYP office. The part on Rain:
He said he only saw Rain twice. Rain looked really tall, which matched what’s said in his profile that he’s 184cm tall^^. He did not came in alone, but was surrounded by about 10 strong men (probably his back dancers). As soon as they came in, they played the game Star Craft…
2. At the 2007 fan meeting, there was a part when MC Kim Jae Dong asking Rain’s staff the following question: “When did Rain look most professional and when did he look like a kid?”
The replies of the staff: Rain looked most professional when he stood on stage, even the looks of his eyes changed. Rain looked like a kid when he was playing Star Craft, eating his snacks at the same time. Here are the photos about that part, see how our prince laughed.^^
3. http://cafe.daum.net/benamoo/BZ9/5031 Benamoo has a long fan account about this Star Craft episode. Two Korean fans were waiting for Rain at the JYP office back then. They saw Rain’s manager come out and then disappeared. Just as they wanted to go home they spotted an internet cafe and decided to go in. Once they were inside the saw Rain sitting at the no smoking section. His dancer Seong Tak was sitting at his right side. Korean fans went over and sat close to them.
Rain probably had just finished a long session of dance practice. His hair was very wet, making his hair style look like the “kimbab” style in cartoons^^. He was wearing jeans and the same red training outfit which he wore before when he had a signing event in Myung Dong.
The place was very quiet. Initially Rain was kind of alert seeing the two fans, but they pretended very well that they were drenched in their own PC. Rain became relaxed and enjoyed his game.
Quite unknowingly, he talked quite a bit^^. He was playing Star Craft but he didn’t seem very good at it. He was in a team with Seong Tak. The game was over not long after the two fans entered. Suddenly Rain stood up and clapped his hands loudly. He looked really cute. Korean fans guessed that his team must have won the game.
They had another game. We all know Rain has beautiful hands. Korean fan said seeing Rain’s hands on the keyboard was like seeing Rain playing the piano. His white, beautiful hands put the Korean fan in shame of her own hands^^. When the Korean fan tried to look at his skin, she suddenly heard his low soft voice. He was talking to Seong Tak, “Hyung, move towards the 1 o’clock position”. Rain ate some snacks and drank some green tea drinks as he played. The way he ate was just beautiful.^^
After about 30 minutes the game was over. Rain suddenly stood up again and clapped his hands loudly, and he said “Oh, I have to rehearse my dancing, and my singing everyday, and I don’t have time for games. Oh, but I played so well even in games” and broke into joyous laughter. He then added, “Oh, I said I will pay for the game”, and he took out his wallet from his back pocket, opened it and closed it again. He was so very cute.
And then he said merrily, “Hyung, I will give you all time. You need to practice your games^^”. Korean fan said at that very moment, she suddenly realized that Rain was just an ordinary person like any of us. He’s just a cute and lovely kid.^^
As they started to leave, Rain returned to his seat and cleared the empty snack bags to the waste basket, saying at the same time “We should clear up before we go”. As they walked out, he bragged to his dancers again about winning the game.
Cloud USA 
Long, long ago (we’re talking 1000s and 1000s of years), someone started and people continued to perpetuate the hot mess that has resulted in the idea, among multiple cultures today, that white signifies good and black signifies bad. It has even come through in our languages — being blackballed, being whitewashed, doves meaning purity, crows meaning death, etc., etc., etc.
This has been used so negatively and hurtfully throughout history, and even today, that I feel sometimes we forget that someone praising something for its whiteness or paleness doesn’t automatically mean that they are downing blackness or darkness at the same time. It is possible to simply admire something for what it is at the time. Some people ARE nasty that way. Some people are not.
Rain has a pair of the most beautiful hands I have ever seen on a man (any man) in my entire life. They are unique, very recognizable, tapering, and just gorgeous. And I love their color. Their porcelain hue is stunning and I hope they never lose that. I also love his butter cream skin. Oooh, that face! Does that mean I’m saying at the same time that I don’t like dark hands, or that darker-skinned men are ugly? Eh, no.
Tyrese has the most beautiful cocoa skin I have ev-vah seen in my life. OMG. It is simply butter sauteed in a pan over high heat for a LONG time and I love it. It’s like Southern pan-fried gravy. Does that mean that I’m suggesting in the same breath that I hate white skin, or that white men are ugly? No.
When Rain got his tan doing The Fugitive in Manila, I about had a heart attack. Holy smokes, but seeing that man caramel does some crazy things to your toes, let me tell you. I love to see Rain tanned. Is there hidden somewhere in there a negative comment about Asians who aren’t tanned? No.
In my experience, there are many Caucasians and Asians who think that darker skin is gorgeous. There are so many people the world over who acknowledge today how lovely all shades of skin are. So I try not to be too quick to jump when I see stuff typed out of context on the Internet and I don’t know that person from Adam. I don’t know where their head is. Someone praising any color skin for being beautiful doesn’t bother me because sometimes that’s just all they’re saying. Why shouldn’t every color on the human rainbow be praised, from one end to the other? ESPECIALLY Rain’s, by golly.
“His white, beautiful hands put the Korean fan in shame of her own hands.” What of it? They probably did. LOL! Frankly, they’re insulting the Korean fan, bless her heart, LOL. (Example) “His white, beautiful hands would be so ugly if they had nasty dark skin.” Big difference. Now them’s fightin’ words.
This isn’t a criticism of anyone or response to anything in particular that has been said, just my heartfelt thoughts on a touchy subject.
Stephe ^@@^
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Touchy subject indeed. I concur with your statement as well. Although (personally) a butter cream, caramel Bi makes me want SEVERAL scoops of some Blue Bell Butter Pecan ice cream. During his Fugitive Plan B days my “sweet tooth” went into overdrive. Crazy things happened to more than just toes………..I gotta say. LOL!!
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ROFL!
LOL @ Blue Bell Butter Pecan, that’s the ticket. Mercy!
Stephe ^@@^
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Hey, sometimes a bowl of ice cream is all you can get your hands on…………”nota” mean? *Kekekekekeke*……………………………
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So funny post, thank you.
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You know………here I go again with a controversial comment, but y’all know me by now. So here it is………………………………..
I gotta say I cringe a little every time I read a comment/account about the “porcelain” color of his skin….be it his hands, arms, legs, face, etc. I KNOW it’s a culture thing and I KNOW the reasons why, but honestly it hits a small nerve (me being “chocolate” and all) that still says being “snow tinged” is first and foremost the ideal beauty type. I KNOW it’s not what everyone believes and I KNOW the fan account was not meant to offend. It’s merely and observation on my part and one that (like I said) makes me cringe a little. I’ve also noticed the reference to “white” skin said by some Korean celebs on the various variety shows posted on YT and when I hear it, I’m like……”Really?” There really is a certain feeling of “back in the 50s” kind of vibe with regard to the thought in itself. Heck, I just saw one of those crazy spending-overnight-with-various-celebs type variety shows and Lee Seung Gi was one of them. One episode had him and his celeb pal putting some type of face cream on and they were like…..”Oooo, makes your skin soft and keeps it white.” I was like you too Seung Gi? (SMILES) I have never commented on it in the past, but I couldn’t hold back any longer.
To me shades in the realm of “honey, caramel, olive, golden brown and sun-kissed” all do the trick too. (SMILES)
Oh and BTW, I am willing to admit that Because Of my own color my sensitivity may be a little biased and on alert as well. This falls into the “it is what it is” category. Anyway……………Just my thoughts for now.
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Hahahaha oh my sister I’m right there with you but because of past incidents aherm! I keep a lot to myself. But this as always bothered me even in my own life. I wish people of color would stop trying to be WHITE! Because of my skin color (in our community) I’d be called yellow or when I was younger lite bright and damn near white! Lol and my hair texture Omg! That’s a whole other beast in itself. My point is we should all be proud of who we are and what we look like. BiA you’d think in this day and time we of color would be proud of what we have because now days white people are killing themselves to look like us color, butt, etc. I better stop here cause I really don’t need anyone debating something in my culture what I know to be true regardless to what a white wrote in a dictionary. BiA I’m sure you can understand me on this. And just one more thing anyone that’s new to the form I’m biracial so don’t come at me saying I’m prejudice! Cause I’m the farthest from it. It’s just I’ve been through and seen a lot.
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I hear you Lotus and I understand. No, I’m not trying to spark a long debate either nor will I. I’ve come to the conclusion that all cultures have hang-ups on skin tone in one form or another and as always it’s unfortunate. Maybe someday people will come to realize that the “darkest berries” make the sweetest juice……..*just saying*…..SMILES.
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Hey hey now! Hahahaha they just don’t know what their missing. Hahahaha 😉
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Okay, hey, now. What’s wrong with porcelain skin? Huh, huh? LOL. I’m just kidding.
I do understand the mentality, though. People all over the world equate being “whiter” with having more privilege. That’s terribly sad to say, but being white, I do get it. The funny thing is this skin color preference exists for white people too.
If you are a white person, being “too white” is viewed as bad and having darker skin (or a tan) is good. If you have a nice, even tan all year round, that means you are not a “hard-working” (blue-collar) white person, which means you are actually more privileged, because you “obviously” have more leisure time.
Having sun-kissed skin means that you have time to be outside playing sports, as opposed to spending all of your daylight hours working in a cubicle in a windowless room. Or it means that you have time to go to a tanning salon and tan regularly, or time to sit by the pool and tan naturally while you are talking to your other rich friends–who all probably have very nice tans too. LOL. So, yeah. White people think totally differently about their own white skin. And yeah, that’s really ridiculous too, right?
I agree with you BiA. There are so many lovely skin colors, and most are far more lovely than white skin. At least, IMHO, there are. I mean, I’m sitting here looking down at my very pale arm (which is actually sort of a freckly light beige and not white, btw). I’m looking at the blue veins on the underside of it. I can see bumps and scars (from my childhood) and the freckles that are really blatantly obvious, and I’m thinking…EW, I need a tan. But why do I feel that way, really? What IS that? I guess that’s what you’re talking about, huh, BiA?
Of course, if I did try to tan, I would simply come out with a sunburn and more freckles. So, I guess I’m stuck with this freckly-beige stuff forever. LOL.
Terri :-}
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LOL!…..okay, okay “porcelain” skin is “aiiight” too. *SMILES*…………….
I just feel like I think people should stop equating the best of the best with white skin only. Beauty and privilege and lots of other great “ish” comes to people of all shades. I just think the time for even thinking that way is truly old-fashioned……just old and out of place in 2013.
Hey, don’t “pick on” yourself Terri. No matter what color we are it’s just too easy to do that. My point is really that beauty comes in All shades not just one particular one and I wish people would acknowledge it in general.
*SMILES*……………………………………………..
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I do too, BiA. I do too.
Terri :-}
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Thank you for sharing this fan account, I truly love to read them and I particularly liked how these fans although wanting to be close to him they respected his space and left him alone to enjoy his time with his friends.
I recently saw a video of an interview due to a commercial he did in 2011 where he was asked to share a secret. He said he wasn’t sure if it was a secret to all but some may think he is very reserved but instead he has a “fun personality”. I am sure all of us devoted fans have seen that he must be a lot of fun to be around.
It is amazing to watch the transformation of Rain the performer and Jung Ji Hoon. When searching for videos I do love to find the behind the scenes videos as you get to see a bit of all that and there is so much out there on the web. He is living the dream and has really worked hard for it.
I have only been a fan while he has been in the service and I am looking forward to being able to follow his career as he returns to Act 3 of his life (I read this from a Rain interview that he considers after military service Act 3 of his life or at least this is how it was translated) I am happy to know of Rain and to see where Act 3 takes him.
I will make a point of having another opportunity to see him in concert again whenever and wherever it will be.
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