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Come on in… the water’s fine.
(from DVD: Road For Rain)
(from Drama: Full House)
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Just who are these two handsome hunks anyway, on the set of “Red Muffler” (working title)? 😉 😛 (image: DC / source site: rain-cloud)
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Someone’s got a “Golden Ticket”…! (image: Twitter / source site: rain-cloud)
…that THIS is HERS.
Love,
Terri :-} & Stephe ^@@^
P.S. Do NOT be lulled into complacency EVER. Just because we are sitting quietly over here watching the 2005 Rainy Day Concert, doesn’t mean we aren’t watching y’all. And getting tickled by what you’re doing. Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha. :-} ^@@^ 😉
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Oh, hai! 🙂
Here is a higher quality clip of Rain’s Thailand interview for you. This event happened very early today, this morning our time, and right at lunch ICT (Thai time). If a translation comes down the pike, we’ll post that here.
Thanks for the tip on this newer clip, Gigi_rou.
HQ [Rain (Bi) TV]110507 Rain interview @Thailand TV3_Ruang Lao Chao Nee. (credit: DC / courtesy of ratoka @YT)
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Guess whoooo? Guess wherrrrre, a couple of weeks ago? 🙂 (caps: yuko @rainstorm, Japan)
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Rain seen today at a mall in Bangkok. I wonder was it the Siam Paragon, one of the largest and ritziest in all Asia… ? That’s where I would be, yo. (image: as tagged @weibo)
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Rain inside Taiwan magazine 粉絲誌 2011 (“Business Notes” 2011) #77. I’m thinking that the big blue headline in the center has something to do with Rain and icy charcoal face wash because straight out of the translator it converts to “Rain and naked ice dancing.” (Now he does pose in press con pics with a HUGE block of naked ice, so to speak, see it down there? You know the one… Rain and the naked ice are dancing.) Err, intriguing! but no. 🙂 (images: sherrysss @Cloud Taiwan / raincloudHK)
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Remember when Rain was in Taiwan magazine COLOR #192 back in November 2010 and the COLOR Best Asia 100 this past February 2011? Well, he’s at it again. Here he is inside a recently released COLOR #198. (image credit: sherrysss @Cloud Taiwan / raincloudHK)
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Here is just a taste of past Rain magazine covers we have amassed from his 2002-2011 career span. Honestly, it’s pretty much a mad house over on our Facebook’s Magazine Covers, Spreads, & Newspapers page. Rain has blown it THE HECK UP. Go see… ! 😀
RAIN (Bi) Fanmade MV ~ Congrats! RAIN (TIME100)~ (credit and edit: lunaluna / courtesy of eye0rain @YT) — ^@@^
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And now we get a glimpse of what went on inside the room, thanks to this entertainment news coverage on ETN Ent. Station. Very cool.
[Rain (Bi) TV] 110506 Rain interview_Gangnam-gu honorary ambassador presentation. (source: ETN / courtesy of ratoka @YT)
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(Edited to Add: A HQ video of this interview has been added HERE. Thanks.)
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Rain did indeed do a live interview on Thai TV Channel 3 about an hour ago, on the Ruang Lao Chao Nee show, just after midnight here in Atlanta, but around 11 am tomorrow morning Thailand time. It lasted roughly 15-20 minutes, and he seemed comfortable and at ease. And of course, he looked like a gazillion bucks. I’ve no idea what was said, and still it was the best 20 minutes I’ve had so far tonight.
The hosts were completely into him, but then who isn’t once he hits the set?
Nice showing, JiHoon! Do enjoy your time in Bangkok, and have a great BEST concert. 🙂
*Edited to Add: The Thailand TV 3 Ruang Lao Chao Nee video clip. PLEASE note that this video plays exactly the way the Internet feed came through. YouTube isn’t buffering—the feed itself was, constantly. I for one didn’t mind at all because it meant I got to check Rain out that much longer. Heheh. — ^@@^
[Rain (Bi) TV]110507 Thailand TV3_Ruang Lao Chao Nee_Rain interview. (Credit: you유 @ DC / scorpiolabibi @YT)
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(screen captures: Stephe @Cloud USA)
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[*ETA 5/7 12:22 am EST… I think it’s over now because they seem to have gone on to news and he’s off the set. Barely 20 minutes… but BOY did he look GOOD. Woah! ^@@^]
[*ETA 5/7 12:00 am… HE’S ON. HE’S ON! 😀 ]
I can’t confirm this, folks, because everything is in Thai. But the word is that Rain is supposed to have a LIVE interview on Thai TV 3 at around 11:00 to 12:15 Thailand time. (I am assuming this is 11:00 am to 12:15 pm, because most of Asia goes by a 24 hour clock rather than AM/PM.)
According to timeanddate.com, it is now 10:20 am ICT Saturday morning in Bangkok, and so perhaps in an hour or two this interview may happen.
I’m remembering the time that (lying) show in Manila brought on a fake Rain, back in the fall. Please don’t let this be a repeat of that. Hopefully I have the time converted correctly… Should be interesting. Do stay tuned.
Thanks to Ratoka on The Cloud Rain News board for the tip.
Stephe ^@@^
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Mary: “He—Rain—rides the wave. He’s the crest. He’s at the top. He’s the guy that everybody loves….”
[Cloud USA 5/6/11] You read that headline correctly, fans! Mary A. Reed of Los Angeles, host of online talk radio’s The Mary & Tracy Show, and her guest host Noreen Brown started off their very first Important People series installment yesterday, on May 5, with two men that they find influential and absolutely fascinating—Rain and Chef Rick Bayless.
According to their blurb on blogtalkradio.com, Mary and Noreen will be speaking about important and influential people we should all know, but may have missed because of the overload of media information that inundates us on a daily basis. When they saw the TIME 100 Most Influential People list this year, and realized that they couldn’t identify many of the names, they decided that folks needed to be introduced to these people who are helping to shape our world.
Mary (during the Intro): “And we are also going to try to get into the discussion on this show the person that I chose, someone completely unrelated, and unrelated to Cinco de Mayo as a matter of fact. The person that I chose to speak about today is a Pop star from Korea by the name of Rain. And so the second half of the show today, we’ll be talking about this incredible person who actually got more votes than any other person in TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People’s poll…
…And so when I looked it up, I just found it completely fascinating. He represents a whole cultural wave coming out of the East…”
Even with my utter excitement at Rain being chosen as a topic by an online talk radio host here in the States, I have to say I did find Noreen’s talk on Chef Bayless fascinating. I would try his cooking any day, and can certainly see why she brought him to the table. And then…
Noreen (at minute marker 19:32): “Now, tell us about RAIN!”
SangDoo Let’s Go To School is mentioned, as well as Full House, Speed Racer, Rain embracing his single eyelids, the power of the Hallyu Wave, et cetera. I have to say that this was 30 minutes out of my day well spent.
Rain hasn’t begun his military service yet, Mary—he would have by now, but for a postponement granted by his country so that he could continue studies for his Masters degree and finish up career obligations that were in the works. He should be enlisting before the end of this year. Thanks so much for talking Rain up on your show. Have you been introduced to Rain’s movie Ninja Assassin, by Warner Bros., yet? He is the first Korean to have a supporting role in a Hollywood blockbuster (Speed Racer), but he had the lead role in Ninja Assassin—again, the first Korean to ever do so in Hollywood.
» Show Mary lots of love on her Facebook and her Twitter HERE.
BY: Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com
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Haha! I’ve been dying to know what Lee SunGyun (one of my favorite actors ever, and the owner of one of the deepest, sexiest voices on the PLANET, I watched the entire drama Coffee Prince just to hear it) was saying about Rain to host Kang HoDong on the Golden Fishery’s Knee Slap Shaman show. And as it turns out… he was fangirling because Rain spoke to him back at DongGun and SoYoung’s wedding last year. ROFL!
We feel you, SunGyun. Go ‘head! 😀
[Eng Trans]110504. (courtesy of ratoka @YT) / (tip: Rain’s official Music Thread on Soompi)
(brief English summary by rain bird @rain-eu.)
On MBC TV show program ‘Golden fishery’ aired on last 4th, actor ‘Lee Sun Gyun’ gave regular panel members a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what happened in the marriage between actor ‘Jang Dong Gun’ and actress ‘Goh So Young’ last time.
‘Lee’ felt so small when he was in the presence of other famous guests at their wedding ceremony, and it was Rain who caught his attention. He was inwardly excited to see Rain even while a group of guests was being photographed. Lee’s entourage of actors whose entrees were served so late that they decided to go to eat pork hocks near the wedding hall.
On the program, Lee said that driving to a restaurant, he had shouted at his colleagues, “Oh, Bi Bi Bi! (Rain).. Did you happen to see Bi greeting me?”. At that time, every panelist burst out laughing, including himself.
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No way was his new desert going to hit the floor. No sir! Rain does not play when it comes to food, folks. Haha!
LOVED him waving to the fans. ♥ Thanks for sharing, Rain Thailand!
[Rain (Bi) Fancam]110506 Rain @ Suvarnabhumi Airport (By RainThailand). (Credit: rkain_0725 @twitpic, Rain Thailand / courtesy of ratoka @YT)
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Aww…! 🙂 We can understand where you’re coming from though—the Man has that effect. Rain Paralytic-Catatonia, closely followed by Rain Hysteria. Your mind will simply shut down on you. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this, Blackangie!
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Rain at Suvarnabhumi Airport, 5/6/2011
Images: Blackangie @Wordpress / Suvarnabhumi at night image: Business In Asia.com
21:00 hr Suvarnabhumi Airport.
I arrived at the airport and look at the time schedule. Oh .. I arrived on time flight KE651 is landing. I tried to look for Cloud. … But I can’t see anyone. The airport is not busy as I thought. So I head over to the outside gate 10, the arrival passenger zone at the 2nd floor (every Korean artists to Thailand will exit at this gate because it’s the last gate, the bodyguards can block Fans from Artist. Thailand’s bodyguard very cruel hahaha).
What !!! … Pavement outside the airport blocked start at the entrance gate 4. This means that we can’t welcome Rain at 2nd floor, so I back up to the 3rd floor above the gate 10, while I’m gone go looking clouds. And finally I can see … Really very little Cloud to welcome Rain. All Cloud head to the 3rd floor.
I arrive to the 3rd floor. Cloud no more than 30 people and I saw 2 clouds at the 2nd floor.
OMG!!! How did they entered, very enviable.
They have welcome gift for Rain. I hope Red will get a gift from them. One is the Thai dessert is called “Look Chub”
It’s very delicious made from soybean paste stew with sugar made shape like fruit and coated with gelatin. I’m sure Rain will like it taste. The other one gift I didn’t know what because it’s inside rainbow bag.
I was practice shooting video from my mobile. This time I doesn’t make mistakes like at Pattaya.
About 21:45 hr
Scream sound of people came from below floor. Some Cloud shouted “Rain’s Coming” then I turned towards the mobile at the way that Rain walking out.
OMG Rain wear black scott shirt (little white), long black pants, black hat and black sunglasses.
God bless me… Rain in Black…Oh his super white skin contrast with his dress .. Rain super handsome … the most handsome in the world, he look thinner than when he went to Pattaya (that time I think Rain fat little hehe)
Everyone called out 비, then rain lifted his head to look, slightly smiling and waving his hand to the Clouds …Oh, my heart beats very strong. Rain prettiest.
Rain received Look Chub Basket from fan and will get another bag from the other clouds, but bodyguard blocked fan from Rain.
Rain go away to the exit door he made basket drop and hurry picked it up haha. I think he worried that their dessert will spill and he can’t eat. (Clouds, screaming when Rain made Look Chub basket falls. Maybe Clouds would be afraid that Rain can’t eat Look Chub too)
Rain get on a black van and the car out quickly. I didn’t see Rain’s dancers. I think they exit other gate.
I am very glad I shot this video. And every cloud quickly check their video.
But I’m extremely shocked shocked and shocked…No Rain’s VDO in my mobile…O_o”
I would exciting and overheat too much when Rain walked out and I tried to look for Rain and accidentally hit the button to close the record without my knowing it. I am very saddddddd.
But I heard some Cloud shouting …Oh I can’t record… hahaha …some Clouds are excited and can’t record like me. Only 2-3 Clouds can record VDO.
Rain you are wrong …because you handsome too much. It made clouds exciting too much so we can’t record VDO.
I plan that I am going to see Rain practice at Arena but don’t know how to near him.
And I will bring a birthday gift to Rain the hotel. But I’m sure I can’t find or see Rain, Thailand’s bodyguard most cruel in the world haha.
I just hope that Rain will receive gifts from me.
Cloud love Rain forever.
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Just imagine, if you will, moseying down you own expressway one fine, sunny day… and suddenly having Rain, larger than life, staring at you from a gynormous billboard.“Come, my lady. Let me give you my BEST. Come to my show and let’s do this! Sorijiluh…!”
Would you: A) suddenly make a sharp left turn, B) suddenly make a sharp right turn, C) suddenly slam on brakes, D) slowly pull over to the highway emergency lane and let your heart attack pass, E) drive straight to the arena and relieve some poor soul of their hard-earned BEST concert ticket, or F) scream and wake up out of your wishful dream.
I’ll take E, thanks. (If I can safely avoid A, B, and C, that is). 😛
(image credit: YJRaingie @ twitter / source: rain-cloud)
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You’re walking through your mall and BAM! Rain larger than life hits you right in the face again at the Siam Paragon, just like he did a few weeks back.
(image credit: YJRaingie @ twitter / source: rain-cloud)
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Holy Toledo, he’s everywhere over there. Thailand is ready.
(image credit: YJRaingie @ twitter)
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GOING:
Sources say that, in about 20 minutes from this post (May 6, 5:40 pm KST), Rain will be on his way to Bangkok, Thailand for his The BEST Rain concert tour stop there (Flight # KE651)… and that he should arrive at his destination at around 9:10 pm Bangkok time.
Have a safe and comfortable flight, Rain! Thailand is more than ready to greet you with open arms.
And have a bit of fun while you’re there—your show isn’t until the 8th.
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COMING (or maybe still GOING?):
Is MBLAQ on their way home from Japan, or off to another Japanese tour stop?
Just wondering… because G.O tweeted this sweet message about an hour ago, in Japanese: “Thank you! See you again!” At least that’s what it converts to in Google Translate.
It’s so good to see Mir back with the Pack. Enjoy and treasure this time, Boys!
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It’s unfortunate that I have no real info or details, but that can’t be helped—everything is in Chinese. I could contact our friends over there and ask about it, but by the time I did that, the event would more than likely be over.
Suffice it to say that there appears to be a little Rain endorsement charity auction going on over on Baidu, where MENtholatum items and personal items donated by Rain, with his signature (perhaps preprinted), are being sold for what I hope is a good cause. Members of China Baidu RainBar, Raincloud Hong Kong, Cloud China, and Chinese members of The Cloud appear to be involved (or perhaps these were the places they decided to put the information).
I have no idea who the sponsors are or if MENtholatum truly is involved… I thought y’all might simply like to see the items up for bid, that’s all. Really cute stuff!
— Stephe ^@@^
(source site: Baidu China / *auction coordinator asks that the thread ONLY be used for bids! / tip: 8th Cloud Stephenine @The Cloud Room, rain-cloud.co.kr)
…because we still miss JiWoo soooo badly. T_T 🙂 “the Fugitive Plan B”. (Credit and edit: soorain @YT) — ^@@^
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Pollstar 4/27/2011 — by Philip Brasor
Rain to make it rain
The 29-year-old South Korean pop star Rain will start his mandatory two-year military service sometime later this year, and plans to go out in a big way.
The singer is about to launch a large-scale Asian tour and, in addition to the usual laser effects, he’ll be making good on his name by actually providing precipitation during his concerts.
A statement from Singapore concert promoter Faith and D revealed that Rain’s concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium May 22 will feature an actual rain storm with real water.
The storm apparently lasts for two-and-a-half minutes and uses 1,000 liters of water, which is collected and recycled.
Such production values means the number of seats available will be less than they normally would be at the stadium, but Faith and D say that ticket prices will not be affected. In fact, the top ticket price will be about one-third that of the top ticket price for the last Rain performance in Singapore.
At a press conference in Pattaya to promote the Thailand leg of the tour, Rain said that he would promote “green themes” at all the cities he plays.
“This upcoming concert revolves around two concepts,” he said, according to AsiaOne News, “Love Nature, which is about how to save the world, and Latest Show, a spectacle that no fans have seen before.”
He added that some of the proceeds from the tour would go to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
–Philip Brasor
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This has got to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen… what Rain might look like roughed out of modeling clay or concrete, and left to dry overnight. Woah…! Yep, a little sanding off and some polish, and he’d be perfect! *eyeballing an empty corner of my living room* 😀
(Fan art image created by: RainInTheCloud)
MENtholatum and J.VJQ aren’t the only refurbishers in town, folks. Cloud USA has been refreshed.
Not that we were unhappy at all, mind you. We weren’t. But…
Rain has done quite a bit career-wise since mid-2010, not to mention grown tremendously in mind and soul since turning 30 (in Korean age) with the ringing in of the New Year. Just like he felt the need to bring his official website up to speed with a look more reflective of his activities last spring (the Back To The Basic revamp), we felt that it was time to do that here, now—freshen up a bit, and be reflective in spots of his career changes and the gorgeous transition the Man is going through.
And so you will find that fully half of our fan site homepages have been given lovely face lifts and our Media Blog header has made the leap into 2011. Please enjoy looking everything over and seeing the sights—we’re very pleased with it.
*Please note: Our fan site revamp isn’t finished, and probably won’t be for another week because of the extensive work to be done on our News and Events Image Gallery and our Favorite Pics Page. As of this posting, the News and Events Image Gallery is under massive construction and the Favorite Pics soon will be, so please excuse our mess over there!
Thanks for your patience, everyone. And thanks for being a part of our Cloud USA community.
Having you all here makes us really happy.
Stephe ^@@^ and Terri :-}
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*ETA 5/6: News source 10asia has posted this article where they say they’ve spoken to the producers of the movie 비상 [飛上]: 태양가까이 (CJ E&M) and that the translated title is “Take Off: Closer to the Sun.” They may mean that the producers told them this, OR this may merely be 10asia’s take on it. Not sure, but I thought it of interest. An English-friendly CJ E&M site is HERE. — ^@@^]
[Cloud USA 5/5/11] This is the new movie title in Hangeul that is circling the Internet from Asian sources like Naver and TV Daily all the way to Movie Daum and HanCinema. And what exactly does that translate to, anyway?
Well, depends on who you ask.
Some English news sources say Flight: Close to the Sun. Some say Soar: Close to the Sun. Others say Emergency: Fly Close to the Sun. And others say Fly Up: Close to the Sun. (Google and Bing Translate say Emergency [On The Fly]: Close to the Sun. Babylon says Emergency [The High] : Near the Sun.)
All the same general idea… Korean is one of those amazing languages where every word that has an English counterpart has many English counterparts.
We started last year with rumored title “Red Scarf”, after the legendary 1964 movie of the same name. Then working title “Red Muffler.” And then “Living In The Sky.” And now we have “*your preference here*: Close to the Sun.” Interesting.
What we’d really like to do is ask the production Powers That Be who are making the movie and/or Rain how they would translate it into English. Their intent is where the buck stops and would be the truest translation anyone could ever get of 비상 [飛上]: 태양가까이 (Bi-sang: Tae-yang-ga-kka-i). (That “emergency” business really needs to be played up! Emergencies can be flights, but not all flights are an emergency, and English-speaking movie-goers need to get the idea that something important is at risk here!) But we have yet to even see that anyone has gotten a direct quote, although the word “confirmed” has been used. Hm.
Ah, well it’s not like any of this is a problem, after all. In the days to come, regardless of whether someone uses Red Scarf, Muffler, or something close to the sun, we’ll all instantly understand what they’re talking about anyway, right?
Rain’s movie! 🙂
Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com / www.cloudusa.org
P.S.: Forgive me if I don’t change my media blog Muffler checks to Flight Close to the Sun checks. “Muffler check” is short and sweet with a cute ring to it, we don’t know whether or not we’re going to get yet another title down the pike, and you know what I’m talking about anyway. Cool.
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Yeah, that is definitely 300+ students in Rain’s SNU lecture! (image source: cyworld / rain-cloud)
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Fan art: Sheer “Jung TaeHoon” loveliness, compliments of rainstorm, Japan.
Very nicely shot! Terrific footage. [Rain (Bi) Fancam]11-05-04 Rain arrive to Gangnam-gu Office. (source: cyworld / courtesy of ratoka @YT) — ^@@^
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It only goes to show you—all it takes is for Rain to meet someone or spend quality time in their presence, and BOOM. Even a person who didn’t care for him at all and thought he was stuck up for three years came away with a new perspective concerning Rain’s intelligence (yes, his mind IS awfully brilliant, by the way, we’ve been saying the Man is a smart cookie like forever), personality, and style.
Wow. 🙂
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Rain visited my university as a day lecturer, 5/3/2011
By: 흏º @DC Inside
Images: 흏º @DC Inside
English translation: rain bird @rain.eu.
Source/site: scorpiola @rain-cloud
Frankly speaking, I don’t like him that much.
I even felt like that he had looked full of conceit on MBC ‘Golden Fishery’ a couple of years ago, but just because I like to see celebrities, just by the news that a celebrity would come, I was so excited.
He looked much greater in the flesh than on television.
I thought he would be slim and just have a good body, but he was a big, burly, and handsome man.
Seeing that guy who looked so sexy even to me (man) took my breath away.
More than all, he was such a smooth talker, but I was impressed by his profound insight concerning his topic and he struck me as being a very smart man.
As there were his wise answers to our silly questions during the lecture, there was something attractive about him in the way he was coruscatingly brilliant.
Since all seats are reserved, I always install myself in the front row.
So, sitting in the seat assigned to me, I had been so embarrassed when I had been caught while dozing off in class many times, but this seat seemed so good today of all days due to him.
We were able to see his striking figure in a tight-fitting shirt by what I did.
(I was seated with a sign reading “Please take off your jacket~!) -자켓 벗어주세요~!
Seeing my sign, he said as, “That student has been asking me to take off my jacket..Do you mind if I take it off?”
Keke..I know what I asked him to take it off in the lecture hall is not something to crow about.
He deserved to take off his jacket because he must show us the nice body even if he looked great with the suit.
He took off his jacket, saying, “OK”
Indeed, his figure was in good shape.. kekekeke
Just the thought of it makes my heart flutter even if I’m a man.
(http://minihp.cyworld.com/37488700/1554515973)
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Has anyone noticed? Kim HeeSun’s CFs and Rain’s introductory CFs have been loaded onto the mini-players on the J.VJQ Cosmetics site’s main page. HeeSun’s two are on the left; Rain’s two are on the right. His video players look dark, but they’re not really. Just click.
Remember the introductory films that the company released at the Beijing press conference where Rain signed on with their brand, this past March? These are the ones that we saw, chronicling his career, announcing his BEST concert, bringing him into the J.VJQ fold.
» You can go straight to that main page and see the CFs HERE.
As of this posting, nothing more has really been done to the site. They are seriously taking their time with the update/revamp, and I can’t say that I blame them. They’ve got stiff competition in China when it comes to how well they’re going to use Rain’s face and image—coughMENtholatumcough—and they’ve got to be horrified at the thought of screwing that up.
Do stay tuned.
Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com
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Images and captures from exactly one year ago, when Rain, PSY hyung, and Lee Joon were on the popular talk show Intimate Note (or Love Note, or Intimate Dining Table, depending on the source of the translation), broadcast in May 2010. Rain was in the middle of his B2TB comeback, and this very funny episode did a lot to breathe new life into that show. (image and caps source: Memo Rain)
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(Not to be confused with the University of Seoul, which is an entirely different school. Rain appeared at Dong Seoul National University, also known as SNU.)
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Koreaboo 5/4/2011 — by dingdongbelle
Rain gives surprise lecture to students at Seoul University.
World star Rain took to a different kind of stage today, giving a closed lecture to three hundred students at Seoul University.
At 4 PM on May 3rd, Rain paid a surprise visit to Seoul University, whereupon he gave a lecture in an auditorium.
A spokesperson from his agency told Newsen, “He has been preparing a speech since last year, but due to constraints with his schedule, he was unable to go through with it. However, with some good fortune, he was able to find time to visit the students at the university today.” The spokesperson went on to state, “The title of his speech is ‘Culture Contents.’ A Q&A session is also planned in order to satisfy the students’ curiosity.”
Even though the lecture was intended to be a closed one, news of Rain’s arrival at the university spread like wildfire, with over three hundred students gathering at the auditorium. The lecture lasted approximately an hour and a half.
Meanwhile, Rain was recently voted TIME magazine’s “World’s Most Influential Person 2011.”
Source: Newsen
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The Boys have debuted in Japan and gone straight to the top (see Terri’s earlier post on “Your Luv” going #1 on Oricon)! Their special release event looked to be full of excitement! 110504 MBLAQ (엠블랙) – めざましTV (Alarm TV). (Credit @ interestkr / courtesy of BLAQer1015 @YT)
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Wow. Just look who was a Recommended Buzz Clip on MTV Japan today (May 4)… Right next to Dr. Dre. Nice going, Boys! 🙂
» The MTV Japan Recommended Buzz Clips page is HERE.
» MBLAQ’s official Japanese website is HERE. And it is spectacular.
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10asia 5/4/2011 — Reporter: Lucia Hong, Editor: Jessica Kim
MBLAQ holds special album release event in Japan
Korean boy band MBLAQ has held a special event for the release of their single in Japan, according to their agency J.Tune Entertainment.
“The boys held the event for the release of their debut single ‘Your Luv’ at the open stage located in the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza in Kawasaki of Japan yesterday,” a PR official from J.Tune told 10Asia over the phone on Wednesday.
MBLAQ then sold about 10,000 copies of “Your Luv” during the event and took the No. 2 spot on Oricon’s daily chart yesterday.
The official went onto explain that MBLAQ will head off to five other cities in Japan to promote their latest release which will go on sale in the country today.
“We will work hard on our activities in Japan and will try to come in first on the Oricon chart,” the members of MBLAQ were quoted as saying. “We hope that our song will give hope and strength to those who were affected by the earthquake.”
On March 11, Japan was hit by an earthquake and tsunami that hit several cities and towns which caused the delay of a number of Korean artists debut in the country including 2NE1, INFINITE and Jang Keun-suk.
Composed of members Seung-ho, G.O., Lee Joon, Chun-dung and Mir, MBLAQ (Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality) made their debut in 2009 with their single album “JUST BLAQ” and followed it up with their second single “Y” in May 2009.
They have enjoyed a successful return to the local music scene in January this year with their first full-length album “BLAQ Style” and released the 3D edition the following month.
The boys expanded their career into Japan after singing with Sony Music Records and have topped Japan’s Recochoku mobile chart “Your Luv” in mid-April.
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Very quiet. Very orderly. And still you could feel the excitement. 🙂
[Rain (Bi) Fancam]11-05-04 Rain @ Gangnam-gu Office. (source: Nate / courtesy of ratoka @YT)
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Not exactly a fan account, huh? Wellllll… you seem pretty giggly and excited to me, and you wrote quite a bit. Heheh. Just sayin’. 🙂
I saw Rain visit a Gangnam-gu office to receive his ambassadorship, 5/4/2011
By: 멋지구려 @DC Inside
Image: 멋지구려 @DC Inside
English translation: rain bird @Rain Europe
It’s not exactly a fan account, but I write just a quick note..kekekeke
Rain was seen getting out of his van soon after I arrived in Gangnam-gu office around at 10:00am.
He strode to the elevator and went to the third floor after he was greeted by all the people waiting for him as he got out of the van…kekeke..I had to run while he was walking.
Many of the ward officials were already on standby when I went after him as his fans followed behind him all the way…kekekeke..He received the appointment letter when he came in the next room after having a cup of tea with a higher authority there.
After Rain was all done, he left the room at around 10:30am..Then, 2 public service workers asked him to autograph, poking out some papers to him, but saying to them, “Ouch! sorry”, he stridingly went down the stairs..kekeke..
Rain greeted those who worked at the center on the first floor, and he intended to pose for a picture in front of the department, but he just went to his van because somebody supposed to be responsible for taking his pictures was away from his desk at the very moment..keke..
While Rain was shaking hands and exchanging a few words with the higher authorities before leaving, a certain person suddenly extended his hand for Rain to shake, calling Rain loudly, “Ji Hoon ssi! Please shake hands with me!” Just then, Rain held out his hand to the person without hesitation and got into the van.
kekekeke..Some middle aged women asked Rain to get out of his van once again by saying as “We want to see your face once more!” ..kekekekekekeke…Some other public service workers exclamations of delight at his tall stature, good looks, and his bearing where there was something dignified…kekekekeke..
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A few hours ago, a tweet from Rain came through that absolutely tickled us pink!
English translation (credit: mir-fied & lucifer @AbsoluteMBLAQ):
“Everyone MBLAQ’s Japanese album ~~ became first place on the Oricon chart^^ It’s all thanks to the fans !!! You eagle brothers worked hard too vulture five brothers.”
Yes, MBLAQ’s Japanese album, Your Luv, has flown to the #1 spot on the coveted Oricron chart! What an achievement for this talented group of young men. Cloud USA is delighted.
Congratulations, fellows. We hope there are many more #1 albums in your career to come.
Terri :-}
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Sorijiluh!! Somebody scream!! Red Muffler goody on the scene!
(image credit Nate News, My Daily / source site: rain-cloud / Benamoo / DC Rain Gallery)
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Incredible stage presence. Incredible charisma. Incredible rapport with the audience.
How did he DO this?
Please enjoy a look back at one of Rain’s most amazing feats to date… his 2007 Rain’s Coming World Tour, and his performance of the song “Handshake” during the Daegu concert stop of that tour. By a show of hands… who all out there would absolutely kill to have been that doggone mic stand? Heavens! @__@ *flatlined*
Rain’s world in Dague-Handshake. (credit: KW / kchws @YT)
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Why stop there, with “Handshake”?
Rain’s world tour stop in Daegu, South Korea, from October of 2007. You can check out not only “Handshake” but the entire concert by fan cam over on its own sub-page under the IN CONCERT section of our media blog sidebar, to your right. →
You might want to set aside a nice chunk of time and pack a lunch, though, because it’s a doozy. A doozy well worth every second! Please have at it. And have loads of fun!
The guys in the lobby freaked out when he appeared! LMAO! Cool. — ^@@^ / 서울대에 온 비 (Rain came to SNU). (courtesy of jysayf*ck @YT) (Eh, seriously?? ROFL)
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