Name: Bi aka Rain
Real name: Jung Ji-hoon
Nickname: Puppy
Date of birth: June 25, 1982.
Physical stats: 184 cm in height, 74 kg in weight
Blood Type: O
Favorite Color: White, Black
Education: Post modern music department, Kyung Hee University
Favorite Actor: Charlie Chaplin, Hahn Suk-kyu
Favorite Genre: R&B, hip-hop, funk
Favorite Sport: Basketball, swimming
Favorite Artist: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Usher
Hobby: Movies, music, collecting shoes and clothes
Special skills: Sing, dancing, acting

Jung Ji Hoon, born on the 25th of June 1982 is a well known actor and singer in South Korea.. He uses his stage name, Bi (pronounced: “Bee” which means Rain in Korean), when he performs as a singer and dancer. His real name is Jung Ji Hoon, which he uses when he performs as an actor. His surname is Jung and his given name is Ji Hoon (also spelled as Ji Hun)

He discovered his passion for dancing ever since he was in the 6th grade. As a teenager, he was part of the boyband group called “fanclub” and years after the group ended, Park Jin Young (Korean producer/singer who worked with American singers Will Smith, Mase, Lil’ Kim, 3LW, Tyrese) took Bi under his wings after he auditioned for JYP entertainment and trained him for years in dancing and singing. Bi was a back-dancer for a famous Korean singer named Park Ji Yoon and Park Jin Young himself. During those training years, Bi was not at home much and would lie to his parents telling them he was gonna study in the library while in fact he went to the dance studio. He struggled financially and at times had to go without meals. Nevertheless, he continued to focus on his dance and singing even though he was anxiously waiting for his debut.

Finally in 2002 he debuted with the song “nappun namja (bad guy)” charming fans with his singing and powerful choreography. After the 1st album, he starred in the drama “Sangdoo Hakyo Gaja (sangdoo let’s go to school)”; many people were impressed by his acting skills regardless that it was his first time acting in a drama. Following the success of his debut, he came back with a new set of style in his 2nd album and hit song “how to avoid the sun”.

In 2004, he starred in another successful drama called “Full House” which has aired in other Asian countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and was one of the highest rating Korean drama which has won the hearts of many fans across Asia. His performance in Full House has won him the Best Actor Award at the KBS Acting Awards

His 3rd album “it’s raining” has been released in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and has top the foreign music charts in those countries; the album has sold more than 1 million in Asia and it is still in the process of being released in other Asian countries as well (soon to be in the Philippines). His concert called “Rainy day” which was held in Korea and Japan had concert tickets sold out on the first day. Jung Ji Hoon (Bi / Rain)

The American hip hop singer Lil’ Kim has offered Bi to work with her on her new album, the group 3LW also collaborated with Bi on their album. The Korean Pop sensation, Bi received the 2004 “KBS Daesang Award” in Korea (Daesang is the highest Korean music award) and he has won the MTV Asia Grand Slam; a series of awards in the Asian countries that broadcast MTV Asia. He won the “Favorite Artist of Korea” from the 2005 MTV Asia Aid held in Bangkok and the “Popular Asian Artist Award” from Channel [V] Thailand, he also won the “Best Buzz Asia Award” during the MTV Japan Video Music Award 2005 and in Beijing he won the “Best Korean Singer” award in the MTV-CCTV Mandarin Music Honors. He is invited to perform in the American MTV Video Music Awards 2005 held in Miami and also at the MTV Latin Video Music Awards 2005 in Mexico. Since his debut in 2002, the 23 year old has been one of the most popular Korean artists in Asia. The success he achieved through his hard work is a promise that he made to his late mother.

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In 2005, Bi clinched the Best Buzz Asia from Korea at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2005. He also won the best Korean singer award 2005 at the Mandarin Music Honors in Taiwan. Having been voted as the best Asian singer by the Taiwanese media, Bi is positioning himself as one of the most admired Asian stars this year. Wherever he goes, he generates huge public interest and becomes a hot topic of conversation. His every move is monitored by the media and draws keen attention from music fans. Bi is currently on an Asian music tour which started in Seoul and will travel to Tokyo and Hong Kong. He is creating and showcasing fresh new spectacles at every single concert, and tickets are selling out quickly as a result. His first solo concert in Japan last summer, entitled “Rainy Day Japan” and held at the Tokyo International Forum, was so popular that all the tickets were sold out 30 seconds after going on sale. And the tickets for another of his concerts in Taiwan were sold out the moment they became available. Bi continues to set records in Asia. Now planning to go beyond Japan and Hong Kong, Bi will make a foray into China by giving a concert in Beijing.

Rain Bi’s personality and charm sweeping Asia
The Japanese pronounce Bi as “Pi,” and they also describe the singer with another term as well. During one of his concerts in Japan, Bi enthralled his fans with a powerful and masculine performance onstage. But when he chatted with fans after the concert, he surprised his fans by displaying a boyish and playful demeanor, earning him the label “Kawai,” which means “cute” in Japanese. He is known as a powerful man onstage and a “cute” persona offstage. It is this characteristic that makes his fans crazy about him. Bi is famous for trying his best in whatever he does. He is arguably the best dancer in the nation, because he learned to dance onstage as a backup dancer for an already-established singer before his own debut. It is hard to define his dancing with simple words because it is a mixture of so many diverse elements. He has created a whole new style of his own by integrating diverse genres of dance over the course of his long dancing career.

Singer Park Jin-young, who heads the entertainer management company to which Bi belongs, once told a radio show that “I was always wondering whether [Bi] understood what I told him because he never replied even when I scolded him. One day I entered Bi’s room, and ended up breaking into tears.” Bi, who was then an aspiring singer, was poor at expressing his emotions verbally to his older colleague. But what Park discovered in Bi’s room was a wall covered with “post-it” stickers. Every single sticker was filled with notes of what Park had told and advised him. Bi had written down every single piece of advice his older friend had given him, and had been doing his utmost to correct his mistakes and improve his skills.

It can be said that this latent passion for excellence is what made Bi what he is today. And Bi has great potential for further development because he always tries his best to sharpen his current skills through ceaseless practice. He is truly a believer in the saying, “Opportunity visits those who make great efforts.” There is no doubt that Bi will reach beyond Asia to become a global star someday because of his enormous talent and tireless work ethic. The success he achieved through his hard work is a promise that he made to his late mother.

http://www.asiafinest.com/korean/rain-bi.htm

final examination is coming and all the students are busy in working their clearance..we have so much to do, projects in major subjects, requirements in signing the clearance and in preparing for the final exam.. today, we had our last class in physics..a part of me felt happy and half of it was sad..happy because at last i have no more physics (don’t know if i will pass) and sad because i will miss the memories, memories of not understanding the lessons.. i hate physics,during examination we have to memorize all the formulas.. maybe i will love this subject if the teacher will allow us open notes during the exam..i hate deriving formulas and physics makes my life worst..worst in the sense of thinking that physics is one of our major subject and if i will pass this subject.

Last meeting, our teacher gave us a quiz.. its so very hard and guess what, that quiz gave me a headache..when we go to main for our next subject i want to absent because my head is aching because of that quiz..

ROCKS MY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Out of love, you gave me rose

Out of rose, I gave you my rose

I gave you my rose, out of my love

For us to share, his bounty above.

But time is cruel and your rose it stole,

For seizure is his passion and his dreadful role.

The rose that I gave you is perpetually yours

Even if time decides to seize its flavors.

Still I am certain that in the end

You and I can surely depend,

that out of love and out of rose

Life will reign when love’s seed grows.

when i went to school i see an old woman that reminds me of someone.. yes, a very special someone it my grandmother.. when i look at the old woman she is so neat just like my grandmother, her hair that is color white and her skin..i couldn’t help but to stare at her..i miss my grandmother so much and the moment i look at her my eyes got misty.. its hard to miss someone when you know you cant see her forever, the only thing that remains is the good memories that he/she shared with you, its so hard to see the pictures because it will remind of the her good traits and theres nothing we could do but to pray for them that in their journey to another life they will see the light..

I really miss you, and it hasn’t been the same
I drop a tear whenever I hear your name.

Why people still do looking for love? After they lost it and suffer for a long time… Why are they still hoping that it will be going back. After the heartaches and shattered dreams… Though they say “Don’t look for love… just wait and for it to come along”… I’ve been on that part after I had found it, I wait for the time he will come along with me! Quietly building our future without him knowing.

After a long time of waiting…

I decided to make a step and tell him my plans… And building his own future… Not with me but with somebody… I had learned that when you love knocks

And you had found it…don’t just wait

Grab the oppurtunity…

Make a move to make it yours…

Before its too late…

I keep on wondering why

Presence of yours makes me smile

Is it love I imagine?

When I dream as a princess

And you are the prince

My knight in shining armor

Is it love I longed for?

When you’re always in my mind

Wanting to be part of you

Living my life with you

Is it love I believe?

Knowing you’re not with me

Being with someone you love

Keeps on hurting me inside

Is it love or is it a simple crush?

Help me out ‘coz I need to know

What is the feeling

That I have for you.

FRIENDSHIP. What is a friend? there are acquaintances, casual friendships, close friendships, and intimate friendships. We all have acquaintances, faces we recognize and people we greet by name. Casual friendships happen through continued contact. Close friendships are developed through sharing of interests and spending time together in certain activities.

But intimate friendships are what everyone desires and needs. These are friends that stay with us no matter what. They listen to us and are genuinely interested in what is best for us. They always tell us the truth, even if it hurts sometimes. But that’s okay because they are interested in our well-being.

When you’re in trouble or facing a difficult situation, who do you depend on to help you sort it all out? Who do you wish you could turn to? Everyone wants the kind of friend that will be there for them no matter what.

Sometimes even our friends may let us down, but there is one thing that is sure - Jesus wants to be your friend. when you accept His friendship you will never be disappointed.

10. Does not say, “Me first!”

9. Believes the best about others.

8. Does not “keep score” of the bad things that others do.

7. Does not tear down others.

6. Is not conceited.

5. Is patient with others, even when they are annoying.

4. Is not happy when someone gets hurt.

3. Helps out others, even if it’s inconvenient.

2. Celebrates the successes of others.

1. NEVER QUITS.

There are 7 essential ingredients in making any relationship work, there are communication, honesty, trust, empathy, compromise, compassion and love. We all know that any relationship - intimate, friendship, family are the best thing that ever happened to us because we experience how to love and be love in return.With this 7 ingredients, it can help us to be success on how to make any relationship works, because if one of the ingredients is lacking, then we cannot say that our relationship with others are success. And this apply to us all - both men and women.

7 ingredients in making Relationship Work

Communication - communication is listed first for a very important reason : in order to even make contact with another, we must communicate our intentions. Eye contact and body language help, but because most people ignore their intuition and hence, are unable to understand and translate what they’re seeing, they often miss important clues that might tell them various things about another individual. So while communication does include eye contact and body language, the communication referred to in this instance is verbal communication. Without talking and communicating our thoughts, feelings and ideas to another, few relationships succeed.

Still, although it is necessary to communicate our thoughts ad intentions in order to open a dialogue, doing so also requires truthfulness.

HONESTY - For various reasons, honesty is one of the most difficult aspects of human inter-relatedness to achieve. One reason for this is because most of us want to be accepted by others. Consequently, we’re often hesitant to say what we think for fear of losing the other person’s support or acceptance, or because we wish to protect ourselves from some ( often mis-) perceived discomfort, fear or danger. But what does it mean to be honest? MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY - states that honest is ‘fairness and straight-forwardness of conduct,’ ‘adherence to the facts. When we are straightforward and sincere in our speech and actions towards another, the chances are that person will respond to this in a positive rather than a negative way - even if what we have to say is not necessarily what the other person wishes to hear. Conversely, when we are not honest, we are not only doing a disservice to others, but we also run the risk of creating more long-term - and in many cases, severe - issues for ourselves. Therefore, being honest is an absolutely essential ingredient in a successful relationship.

TRUST - ‘TRUST has many meanings. In this context it means to ‘believe; hope; depend; to have confidence in; to do something without fear or misgiving; to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of’, etc. This, as many of us are well aware, is not always easy to do. Further, if there are issues in our past, trust can be a difficult thing to attain; especially where another person with those character we are not familiar is concerned. Yet, if we wish to achieve a successful relationship we must learn to extend others the proverbial ‘benefit-of-the-doubt,’ and trust them to do what they say they’re going to do, or to entrust them with our feelings, and sometimes, even our lives. Learning to do so allow us to attain a level of connectedness in our relationships that would not be a present without the ability to trust.

EMPATHY - is ‘the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts .. of another .. without having the feelings, thoughts and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner ..’ Think about that for a moment : what does it truly mean to understand another?It means that we must perceive as others’ perceive, or to see an event, situation or person as another perceives that same event, situation or person. Once we perceive as another perceives and act on that perception, we are far more likely to be successful in our relationship with that individual because they will see that we are making the effort to make the relationship work.

have you ever experienced when you heard a song you suddenly can relate to that song because you know it happens to you?..well i have a song that i want to share, well.. for me i can relate to this song and i love this song also..

Stay The Same

Don’t you ever wish you were someone else,
You were meant to be the way you are exactly.
Don’t you ever say you don’t like the way you are.
When you learn to love yourself, you’re better off by far.
And i hope you always stay the same,
Cuz there’s nothin’ ’bout you i would change.

I think that you could be whatever you wanted to be
If you could realize, all the dreams you have inside.
Don’t be afraid if you’ve got something to say,
Just open up your heart and let it show you the way.

Believe in yourself.
Reach down inside.
The love you find will set you free.
Believe in yourself, you will come alive.
Have faith in what you do.
You’ll make it through.

whew.. i like this song so much.. sometimes i want to be someone else because sometimes i don’t like who i am..but now, I’m so much thankful because at least God gave me a chance to live here in this world. .