Not even a month ago, the three of us watched a Korean drama called Full House and fell in love with "Bi" a.k.a. Rain, the actor who plays the lead role in the show. When we finished the last episodes we couldn't help but find out more information on him...so we started doing research on the net...we found out that Rain debuted as a singer and then as an actor...he's like the Ricky Martin of Asia. (^_^)v
Looking for his songs on the net, Elaine found an article that reported on Bi's invitation to the MTV VMA's 2005 in Miami to be happening this past weekend. We suddenly realized that if there was the smallest possibility that this article was true...we would need to go to Miami to meet him! Even when the odds were against us...and even when we tried to move mountains to try to find out if his coming was for real without any solid ground, we had a dream...and in faith we went for it.
I remember Elaine quoting "Faith without works is dead" from the Bible...and I said amen to that as we quickly packed on Friday afternoon. Soli, Elaine and I jumped in the car and drove to Miami to attend an exclusive Ricky Martin first listen party for his new album at Hotel MTV...while we waited for Ricky to show up...I couldn't help but keep praying to God that He would help us find Bi one way or another...
Soli had already called a bunch of hotels trying to find out where he was staying, but nothing came of it...but God is a god of MIRACLES... while we were growing a bit weary, we noticed three Asian guys getting some shots of the party...in a flash they were gone...but something inside of me told me to go after them as soon as I would see them again...and I did... (^_^)
God had sent us an angel in the human for of Bernie Cho...who was making a documentary of Bi and his coming to the States for the MTV awards. Lucky! (^_-)v He was kind enough to let us know that Bi was flying in the next day and told us we could meet him at the airport!
Here are our pictures of the night at the MTV party after the incredible news...and of the day our dream of meeting Bi came true...
The crazy dreamers...smiling happily after receiving the good news...
Ricky finally showed up, but the crowd got out of control...these grown up women were all over him...so this is the best shot we could take...it sucked...but we were too happy that we were going to meet Bi, that it didn't matter that much to us!
After Ricky had left the building, I called home to let mom know the news...
Las Vegas were here! Of course we had to leave our footprints on the logo! (^_^) hehehe!
Soli and I posing with a VMS pillow at the lounge area of Hotel MTV.
We' may be WHAT?! (^_-) wow...I can't believe we made it to an MTV party...
Elaine and I posing at the Surfer Comber Hotel's main lobby futuristically transformed by MTV in Miami Beach.
The next day...
Soli sporting a Bi t-shirt and I sporting new burgundy color on my hair, smile on our way to the American Airlines terminal where Bi would get in from Los Angeles...
We waited for hours at the Miami International Airport for Bi's flight to arrive and for Bi to come out!
The founders of RAIN'S OFFICIAL PUERTO RICAN FAN CLUB IN THE US (^_^)
After all the waiting... we couldn't believe when Bi actually walked out of the terminal...followed by his entourage...I showed Bi a sign we had made that said: "We Love Rain" and he smiled very politely.
Bernie told Bi: "These are your fans in the US and they want to take a picture with you" to which he replied: "Sure"... Soli and I jumped in for the first picture...and Elaine for the second one.
We followed Bi and his entourage to baggage claim, where Bernie interviewed me and Elaine (Soli got too shy) on camera as footage for the documentary he was shooting. He wanted to know how did we learn about Bi and how much we liked him, etc., etc...
After the interview, and before they left for the hotel, Bi was kind enough to pose with the three of us for one last picture and he also gave us his autograph...now safely displayed in our living room. (^_^)v
The moment was like a dream...an amazing reality...we thank God for giving us this once in a lifetime opportunity that we'll cherish forever. \(^_^)/\(^_^)/\(^_^)/
Watch Bi at the Airport here!
