RAINY DAY Season 2, episode 49.

Asia broadcast 1/15.  Caking alert!  CAKING ALERT!  (And Baby Boy’s cold is in full effect, poor thing.)

OH MY HEAVENS. We start with “Love Song”… in Japanese. *gasp* ♥ Do you all realize just how difficult it has to be to NOT get so caught up in the moment and the choreography that you lapse back into your native language in front of thousands of fans? Not to mention remembering the Japanese lyrics to begin with? JiHoon, we don’t call you The Man for nothing, honey.

And then came what is undoubtedly the most adorable performance of the entire ZEPP show… “To You.”  ♥  But it is the victim of post-production editing and lies on the cutting room floor as we speak. We don’t get to see any of it.  Stephe is a Sad Bunny. 😦

Next up to the plate: the part of the show dedicated to Rain’s journey from debut year to Biggest Badass Star—and how he did it “My Way”—on the JumboTron. And…  Put your hands up, c’mon! Let’s bust “Instead of Saying Goodbye” out on the party train!  Here come the balloons and the Crew… and tight friend, former Koyote rapper, and 2005 Korean Grammy Artist of the Year  BbaekGa, who just takes over the dang song, to JiHoon’s delight.  ROFL!

Nega Naui Gyeochil Tteona Dareun Saramegero Gandamyeon… (Gamyeon Gamyeon Niga Tteonandamyeon!)

This is just made of awesome. This has turned Stephe’s frown completely upside down. 😀

Yo. Let’s dance. BbaekGa throws down, which pretty much brings Rain and me to our knees. You know, there was a time when Rain thought that he would never see his friend move again, much less dance.  There was a time when he fought to come to terms with possibly going to BbaekGa’s funeral and having to bury him.  I truly didn’t know if BbaekGa would make it.  And here, a mere five months almost to the day that BbaekGa went under the knife with that HUGE tumor in his head, the man is turning flips and rapping with Rain on a ZEPP stage.  My God.  I had to stop here for a moment, have a little cry, and swallow the lump in my throat.

This “Instead of Saying Goodbye” staging has got to be one of the best things I’ve seen all year, y’all. I just… don’t know what else to say. T_T ♥

Time to cheer up, because here comes the cake.  Haha.  Hahahaha!

Oh, it’s a full-out party, complete with official Rain Fan Club birthday cake, a traditional birthday song, and everyone in ZEPP Fukuoka Hall bouncing.  Of course, JiHoon is styling and profiling all over the place.  LMAO! What a clown. ♥ *wiggle, cough, wiggle, cough*  *okay cut the music* ROFL

A quick thanks, quick pictures, let’s pose, okay got it— Hey! Who threw the first punch?  Doesn’t seem to matter because all of sudden it’s On Like Donkey Kong and Rain ends up holding the worst end of the stick, gang-caked.  The unrecognizable remains of said cake get a nice send-off, passed along front-row fans. BbaekGa: Yeah, let me get some nice shots of this fool with a pastry on his head with my brand new Nikon D7000… *pause for product placement*

Did I think the caking would be so bad that it would turn the stage floor slick as an ice skating rink?  Nope!

Was Rain’s birthday caking well worth the wait?  Yes!

This was a 4-heart episode. fans.  Unheard of.

— Stephe @cloudusa.wordpress.com ^@@^

(courtesy of ratoka @YT)

~ by Cloud USA on January 15, 2011.