[14 images][GIF] Rain check: Emoticons, Flower Crew, calendars, MENtholatum, and Mark. (12/14 — 12/28)
— Cloud cover by Stephe, Managing Editor ^@@^
12/28. Haha! Check this out! Rain is the first domestic solo star to have China’s largest cross-platform instant messaging service, WeChat, decide to install emoticons of him for its 864 million active users. Clouds and fans on WeChat are gonna have a field day, yup! Adorable, LOL~ ^@@^ (Images credited as tagged)
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12/27. Rain filming travel-reality show Flower Crew in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, in anticipation of his January music comeback. His episodes are slated to air on 1/8 and 1/15. ^@@^
(Image credit: s_sr1992 @ IG)
(Image credit: madeleine_april @ IG)
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12/27. Apparently, there is an official Rain calendar that went on sale on 12/28 for around $15. USD (17,500 KRW) in the KakaoTalk chat room (a South Korean instant-messaging service that has 170 million users). The bad news is when the notice about this hit, only domestic (Korean) fans would be able to order it. The sort of good news is, as we understand it, an email address has been released for any overseas fans to inquire about purchase (yjkim [at] danalenter.co.kr). I emailed an inquiry yesterday and am waiting for a reply. If you do decide to inquire, remember that costly customs taxes, delivery charges, and additional fees may apply… ^@@^
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12/20. Cloud @sunnypeony found herself some MENtholatum Rain at a supermarket in Taipei during her travels. S-w-e-e-t. Enjoy The Squall and Rain’s New Year’s Eve party, dear! ^@@^
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12/14. I don’t know about anyone else, but I really miss Mark (The Prince, 2014). He was a savage, meticulous killing machine, but he had style, doggonit! ㅜㅜ 😉 ^@@^ (Image source: @raineffct)
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Rain emoticons – cutest……..thing…EVER!
I don’t recall Mark wearing that knit polo shirt in the movie. is that a BTS or an outake? He did like purple though, as I recall a perfectly fitted skintight dress shirt. *sigh*
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Hi, Beez. Several similar-looking purple shirts could have been used in different cuts, perhaps. The one he was wearing sleeves down towards the end had a polo style collar and pocket, but you can’t really tell unless you pause the movie at the right moment. I feel that the way the light is shining in this pic makes this shirt fabric look more polo-y than it really is.
Stephe ^@@^
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I had to go watch clips and, of course, you’re right, Stephe. Wow. Amazing what the human brain can imagine. My memory had replaced this shirt with a crisp, fitted, show every muscle in his back and chest shirt. (Kinda got a thing for men in custom dress shirts. ) 🙂
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I really was shocked! I did a double take. I could’ve sworn there wasn’t at pocket at the end up until the other day.
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I agree 🤗💦😄
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I love the emojis. I can see my friends freaking out. Thank you for updating us on the calendars. I will try the email and see what happens. Keep us posted on the album package. I am so ready. 🙂 🙂
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I really enjoy this emojis.. My support always
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