DECRYPTION KEY IF NEEDED: !QqqR6bHY0giT06S8XAzDFOhk8Z9oNI9xNpHNcK2DoMQ If you love them then please support them and buy the album - amazon has a great deal
About a month ago no words could describe just how excited I was when I heard the release announcement. A little while later we got the teaser images and the cover image flooding our twitter timelines and it has such a beautiful summer look with a bright yellow cover. So perfect for me since Australia is heading into summer now which is my all time favourite season. So really it’s the perfect concept. I feel like I ordered it pretty instantly (I always do a few days of price comparisons across all the websites). I came to the conclusion that a seller of GMarket was the cheapest with EMS shipping it seemed to be a fair price. It’s a dollar cheaper on HMV Japan but I would have had to wait longer to get it delivered to me which I’m impatient so I just ordered it from GMarket. Unfortunately a day after it released I got an email notification that I needed to pay more shipping (A lot more shipping) couldn’t very well decline so I just had to pay it but had I known this would occur I would have just ordered it from HMV Japan.
I waited a week and It finally arrived. It felt like a lifetime because I was way too excited and had been anticipating this photobook for a long time. I had to do some errands before going to the post office that day, when I arrived home I head into my room to open it right away (Also to make sure it’s not damaged). I pulled it out of the box and it’s love at first sight (lol) a beautifully elegant yellow box with the heading down the side. Really is stylish to display on my shelf and I feel like I will have it here all summer at least. I opened the plastic carefully and opened the box which shows the photobook first. TVXQ in cool summer outfits looking stunning as ever. As to be expected there are many shirtless photos of Changmin and his well sculpted abs and an abundance of Yunho in shorts complimenting his muscled thighs.
I did notice some white blank pages which I saw some other fans complaining about and I don’t think there is a lot of variety of photos but I think the printing quality is up to my standards. Of course their Japanese photobook “Stay” range is of better and higher quality but that’s to be expected of Japanese printing.I have a large collection of Korean printed photobooks and they always seems to not be as good quality but I’m not going to complain because they delivered nice photos and so much fan service which is more than I can ever ask for (Thanks TVXQ).
As an added bonus along with the photobook inside the box is also a poster (I won't use this) 2 handwritten printed letters from the two with cute photo cards inside (only opened Changmin’s I don’t want to damage the stickers on them lol) and a behind the scenes DVD which is everything a TVXQ fangirl could ask for. It has a little over 30 minutes of footage from their cute vacation together enjoying the surroundings and interesting activities like eating hamburgers (Yunho’s English, I almost needed CPR) Swimming in the ocean, many cafe and bar dates (lol), fishing, shopping and being dorks in a jeep. I keep the dvd in a little plastic CD case because I know I’m going to be watching this a hell of a lot until I get sick of it. It’s difficult to get it in and out of the box all the time.
Overall I think this is a much needed item in a TVXQ collection and I’m happy with my purchase even though it cost so much to get to me. (No regrets) I can’t wait to see them again in 2017 and 2018. I’m literally counting down the days to their return and they can bless our ears again with their singing, eyes with their dancing and fill our hearts with joy once again. Yay!
If you want to see more TVXQ fangirling from me follow me on my twitter account @YunRhino
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To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of TVXQ's Album release of Rise As God I thought I would rank my favorite track from the Album to the least favorite based on my opinion. All together I think it's a fantastic album, Very mature feeling. Lots of shades of different styles of music from Rock (Lucky Star) to Clubbing music? LOL (Komplikated).
At the end of the post I've also added the best place to buy the album (And cheapest) as well as the DL link for those who want to try before they buy. But please if you can support the boys and buy the album. Everyone makes a difference. (Plus they're presented perfectly and look perfect on the shelf)
Okay so this is my ranking :D enjoy
10. Komplikated (Sung By U-Know)
My least favorite track of the album for a number of reasons. 1. It's spelt wrong okay lol, is it mean't to look cool that way? I don't understand it and why lol. 2nd reason is i'm not a fan of clubbing music in this style to be very honest. I don't hate the song but Yunho is my bias and I also feel like they have a large amount of unpublished solo songs that would be better than this song. My sister always listens to this style of music and it bothers me hahahaa. I do listen to it of course though, occasionally. But Yunho come on! More solo songs like Bang!, Champagne and Burning Down please! LOL (Yunho I still love you and you're the king)
9. Smile (웨딩드레스)
I actually have nothing against this song, It's actually a lovely song. I just happen to like the rest better? LOL. I'm not much of a ballad person to be honest. I don't like sad music because I don't listen to music to be sadder? I listen to it to cheer up when I'm feeling depressed. This song is an upbeat kind of ballad though, It's not morbid at all it's a nice melody and the message of the song is nice but it doesn't get my blood and heart pumping like Keep Your Head Down or Rising Sun if you know what I mean. That stuff pumps adrenaline and I feel like it's good for health lol. But do listen to the song because it's nice and TVXQ are the best.
8. 비를 타고... (Everyday It Rains)
As I type this it's raining outside so it's perfect weather for this song LOL. This has a relaxing vibe to it. This song is really nice to listen to if you feel tired. Drinking a warm beverage. I'm looking forward to when they finally can sing this song live I think It'll soothe my soul lol. TVXQ with their magical healing powers LOL. Again this is a slow song and slow songs never top my lists of favorites.
7. Dominus
The vocal in this song is executed very well. I think this song would be good in an action film, Somewhere in a dramatic scene or a scene where the main character is chilling in their oversized mansion, or preparing for a mission LOL. I always listen to this album when I'm cleaning my room or travelling somewhere. This song is a good accompaniment to life. Not their best work but still a good song to listen to.
6. Lucky Star
This song has a bit of a rock feeling to it, I feel like this song is a good ending to the album. Because TVXQare our Lucky Stars am I right? YES! Also we are waiting for them patiently to return from their duties and I feel like this is a good farewell song at the time. But it will serve a double purpose of a welcome back song when they return and do their comeback tours. I'll be there in red! I enjoy this song more for the message rather than the sound but I do like that its more rock than ballad so. IT'S A GOOD SONG GUYS PLEASE LISTEN
5. Apology (Sung by Max)
This is one of my favorite solo songs of Changmin's (Even though they're all good) he always sings/writes breakup songs LOL. I want to hear him sing something more upbeat and cheerful like Admit that You Love It from his Japanese album. Whoever is stupid enough to break-up with him made him write nice songs. This song is one of my top favorites to listen to when I'm relaxing. It's so so so good. It's vocally amazing too because there is low notes then his iconic high notes too! AMAZING!
4. 너는 내꺼 (Top of The World)
This song is such a jam! Whatever mood you're in this song will be good to listen to. It's upbeat! The vocal in it is on point! I'M IMAGINING THE DANCE TO IT IF THERE WILL BE ONE WILL BE EPIC! It's SUCH A GOOD SONG. TVXQ PLEASE HURRY UP AND COME BACK AND PERFORM THIS SONG PLEASE.
3. 현기증 (Vertigo)
This is the opening song of the album. Track number 1. Therefore it's the first that plays. The song is super funky but the message in the chorus. The song is so modern and JUST OMG LISTEN TO IT OKAY. Also something about it gives me HOMIN FEELS GUYS. HOMIN FTW, HOMIN FOR LIFE, HOMIN IS LIFE.
2. 샴페인 (Champagne) (Sung By U-Know)
JUNG YUNHO!
THAT IS ALL!
What is not to like about this song?! It's so funky, and makes you want to dance! I loved this song from the first time I heard it when I attended the T1ST0RY encore last year. THE DANCE WAS SO SEDUCTIVE LIKE STOP IT MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT (BUT IT CAN SO PLEASE CONTINUE) This is exactly the songs Yunho should be singing! He is built for this style!!
1. Rise As One (Sung By Max)
FEELS GUYS ALL THE FEELS I GET FROM THIS SONG. Okay so!
1. Changmin was supposed to enlist after Yunho. Changmin was supposed to do solo work and albums and make his companies money while Yunho was absent then Yunho was supposed to do the same thing when he got back.
2. Changmin decided that he likes working as TVXQ not as a solo artist so he enlisted at the same time as Yunho. LOYALTY RIGHT THERE GOD BLESS HIM
3. Changmin (Don't even get me started with the Japanese MV) But both of them are for HIM AND YUNHO OKAY. CAUSE HIM AND YUNHO ARE ONE FOR LIFE OKAY.
He gets a solo MV STILL WANTS YUNHO IN IT PLS. SYMBOLISED HIM AND YUNHO'S JOURNEY.
4.HOMIN FEELS THERE.
And also a unity song between us (THE CASSIOPEIA AND BIGEAST COMMUNITY/FANS and TVXQ)
5. BEST SONG EVER
6. You may cry from the beauty
7. THE VOCAL
8. If you know the singer Sia it sounds like one of her songs. (Which are proven to be extremely difficult to sing). and Changmin is a man singing a song like hers. HELP
Overall this album is epic and 100% worth the money!
How to buy the album (ITS SO PRETTY PLEASE BUY IT IF YOU CAN)
1. Download it from ITunes (If you want a digital copy but physically is better becausePRETTY)
2. So my 2 favorite sites to buy Kpop merchandise online from are KTown4U and GMarket. (I live in Australia so this advice is for international fans). DO NOT BUY FROM YESASIA (Over Priced, they offer free shipping but the price of the item is increased to make up for it, but it's still more expensive most of the time even with free shipping), OR KPOPTOWN (Horrible horrible service HORRIBLE).
Here is the cheapest I could find on GMarket I advise you get both versions since Yunho's Version has Changmin on the front and so on. Sometimes the shipping is expensive unless you're smart like me and search for coupons. They're hiding around the site you just have to google GMarket coupons. Plus GMarket sells lots of other products like snacks and make-up so you could buy a heap of stuff at once.
Here is the link for Ktown4u < THIS SITE IS MY FAVE. Free photocards and you can choose the shipping type so you don't have to pick expensive EMS if you can't afford to.
There is a Sims 4 Challenge that caught my attention the other day called the History Challenge the information can be found here so it's basically a Legacy Challenge. If you've never played The Sims before you may not know what that is so i'll link you the info to that too here. I love doing Legacy Challenges with the game cause I get bored of it fast. I've also done the 100 Baby challenge back in The Sims 3 days.
So with this Challenge the first generation needs to start in the prehistoric times. So I downloaded a few bits a pieces (Custom Content). I don't feel like I downloaded mods too though (I'm a little hesitant with mods since I don't want to corrupt my game which can happen if you're not carefull).
This is the Prehistoric Times lot I created. So I downloaded the leaf huts, The buyable ponds, The Rocks, The playing tree for children all in various sites. I think it turned out pretty good.
So firstly here with have the male Sim for the challenge - David
And the female - Elenora. I did use quite a bit of Custom Content on them to make them.
So far I've already started the 1st generation. At this time I feel like the 1st generation is complete but I change my mind often lol.
The first born son - Flint.
The twins Hana and Gael
Another picture of the lot. The growing garden etc
So far I'm really enjoying the challenge. It almost feels like a different game. I recommend others try it if they have The Sims 4 and the expansion packs, Really fun and different from the game usually.