Live Report! The Cloud International Fan Meeting

If you guys have noticed b/c of Rains die-hard fans rude attacks, I actually stopped writing about him here, but for the past couple of days new crew showed up here which are one of the nicest and respectful Rain’s fans I have ever met! So this post is for all those of you really wanna know what happened to in that big fan event!

Live Report! The Cloud International Fan Meeting
4 March 07
Credit: amanda@cloudchina.com | Jinlees@soompi & rosekissme @youtube
Ch to Eng: rayndrop

Dear Clouds,
The first fan meeting since the establishment of The Cloud will kick off at 4pm (Korean Time) this afternoon. This is the first international activity of Jihoon’s Fan Club. Clouds from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, US, UK and Canada etc have gathered today in celebration. This is a day for the Clouds, a day which Rain and Cloud have looked forward to!
Our Clouds from China will be furnishing us with Live reports throughout this event. Please look forward to hearing about the event!

(Report below in accordance to Beijing timing, which is one hour behind Korea’s time)

10:40am
Clouds have arrived at the stadium, and are queuing up to purchase limited editions of merchandises. (Details of merchandises to be furnished later)
At the same time, Clouds outside the stadium have called back to share the voice of Jihoon from within the stadium as he did his sound test. Jihoon’s voice sounded so friendly. It a regret we cannot be there ourselves….

According to Clouds at the site, seating commence at 2.30pm, and the fan meeting begins a 3:00pm officially.

15:00pm
Report from site, the fan meeting has began! Jihoon wears a white t-shirt, beige coat and persimmon-red pants today. He looks really good.

Fan meeting starts off with “I’m Coming”. From the performance, Jihoon’s arm has recovered fully, and it does not bother him during the performance anymore. Everybody can relax now.
The opening performance was really good. After that, Jihoon greeted fans from all over the world.

Jihoon saw the China Clouds; he saw the lightboards and fans. Our Clouds cheered as loudly as we can. As he greeted fans from all over the world, he imitated the way fans from different countries addressed him. Japan Clouds called him “Jihoon-ni”, Korean Clouds called him “Jihoon Oppa”, Hong Kong clouds called him “Ah Rain”. He also mentioned the way Clouds of different ages greeted him. For example, those who are younger than him, those who are in their 20s, 30s, 40s,….those who are 50 and above greeted him with a smack on their butt.
Jihoon looks a little plumper, and his hair is slightly shorter. Overall, he looked great, and you could tell he was in a great mood.

15:50pm
A five-tier cake was sent to the stadium. The host asked why was it a five-tier cake. Jihoon answered “Maybe it’s because it’s been five years since I made my debut” (It could also symbolise Cloud 5). The host continued saying, since it has been 5 years since his debut, you could also say Jihoon’s like a 5 year old child.
With this, he requested Jihoon to make a 5-yr-old expression. Jihoon said, “Ne”, and did a kid’s expression. It must be very adorable. I could hear the cheers and screams from the audiences.

Later, Jihoon emerged in a red woman’s apron, saying he wants to make sandwiches for his fans (haha….fans there are lucky). The Clouds there revealed that Jihoon kept pinching the jam while making sandwiches, just like a kid.
After the sandwiches were done, he kept licking his fingers because there was jam all over his hands…guess this kid hardly does any cooking…not very experienced..
As he was making the sandwiches, the host asked Jihoon his opinion of when a girl looked the sexiest. Jihoon answered, there are two sides. One is when a girl appeared to be very virtuous when outdoors, and the other is when the girl becomes very stern at home, enough to run the family. That kind of a girl is the best.
In addition, the host ask Jihoon, what are the five reasons for you living on, Jihoon replied:

1. Beautiful girls (was he referring to gf or wife?)
2. Family and members of his family
3. JYP as well as staff members and friends who helped him in the past
4. Fans, that’s the Cloud
5. Food. He said his greatest wish is to try all the delicacies in the world. He also said although he’s always eating and eating, he’ll still feel hungry.
The host requested for Jihoon to make a cute expression, and he opened his eyes wide.

When the sandwiches were ready, Jihoon distributed the sandwiches to 10 Clouds. The first to get selected was a Japan Cloud. This Cloud brought her two daughters on stage. Jihoon talked to them and carried the two girls. He said he liked daughters, and wanted to have a daughter in future too.

16:10pm
Fan’s performance commenced. There were 9 altogther, all of which were by Korean Clouds. (Previously, the initial plan was to have fans from all over the world perform for Jihoon onstage, but due to constrains in time, as well as other factors, the responsibility of this segment was passed on to the Korean clouds). The first performing group imitated Jihoon in his “I’m Coming” performance.

16:35pm
A Korean Cloud did a standup comedy act. We couldn’t quite understand it since it was in Korean, but Jihoon and the Korean Clouds seemed to be very entertained, laughing very frequently. After her performance, Jihoon walked up to the Cloud and gave her his thanks and encouragement.
Taiwan fans went up and did their performance. It was a performance with several songs and dances linked up. One wore a mask with Jihoon’s face and danced Jihoon’s dance steps. The performance was really good and won the best performance prize.
While watching the performace, Jihoon was hugely amused. He even ran to the stage stairs to hide and laugh. This kid had some major fun today.

Jihoon’s MV came on next, and our star went backstage to change.

16:40pm
Jihoon emerged, and the audience went crazy.

16:55pm
Interview time. The interview was conducted by JYP dancers. It’s really revealing of some tidbits. The questions were all pre-recorded, and the dancers sat behind a screen. and the voices were adjusted so Jihoon couldn’t recognise them. This is to prevent future revenge by Jihoon.
Someone said that Jihoon looked very bored during his interview and said very little in response to questions. Jihoon replied that he is already doing better than before and that he has more topics to talk about nowadays. He will try to talk more in response to journalists.
Another revealed that Jihoon’s very adorable; he frequently tell jokes to cheer them up and make them laugh.
Another exposed that Jihoon loved arguing with friends in the dancer team. Jihoon replied that his friends in the dancer team were great at arguing. He’s always losing when he argues with them.
A dancer also revealed that Jihoon’s like a kid. Whenever he wins something, he’ll become proud and goes around teasing his friends who lost.
In the process, Jihoon said, although you are all sitting behind the screen and have changed your voice, I can tell exactly who you are…

17:20pm
Fan meeting proceeds on. It’s time for Jihoon to receive presents from the fans.

Korean Clouds gave a electronic organ to Jihoon. Jihoon is very grateful. He said he’s always wanted an organ, and he’s very thankful to fans.
Korean Clouds also gave him a PSP game. Jihoon liked it very much. Looks like the kid is really playful.
Another gift from Korean Clouds: A huge figurine with Jihoon’s face. The figurine is dressed in I’m Coming’s costumes, camouflauge pants and all.
A Cloud gave him a super huge teddybear. Jihoon looked very happy holding it.
Hong Kong Clouds gave him a mini motorbike. It’s a little bit like the scooter which Jihoon has. Jihoon rode mini bike immediately upon receiving it.
Taiwan Clouds (I think) gave him a *** (not sure what this is. Could it be the dispensing machine?
After Jihoon received it, he said he can make money with this in future.
Another Cloud gave him a paper model of a house. Probably made to his new lodge. Jihoon went close to see if there’s anything in the house, if there’s any food inside. He’s always very attentive when it comes to food
China Clouds gave him a branded wallet. Jihoon took it happily and looked as if he was about to keep it when the host passed him a dollar note. Jihoon took the note and put it in the wallet. He wanted to put the wallet in his back pocket, but the pants seemed to be too tight? The host had to give him a hand to put it in. Jihoon liked the wallet very much indeed (This kid is not only greedy when it comes to food, but when it comes to money too…)
Fan meeting is ending in another 10 minutes.

17:45pm
It’s singing in the stadium. Fan meeting ended at 18:00pm.

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