ALIVE

Alive? What is alive? Who is alive? what? when? who? where?

Bukaaannn alive itu bukan sesuatu yang lain selain album baru my favorite boyband on Earth! BIGBANG!! (yay, yes I'm one proud VIP). Alive is the latest mini album released by YGE at Feb 29, 2012, as a comeback after a year of hiatus, after the accidents that happened last year.

Dan untuk pertama kalinya (sejak punya gaji) gw men-support mereka dengan beli album originalnya. Straight from Korea. With a helping hand from GG (thank you GG I love you!), the album arrived safely at my home TODAY. THIS NOON. OMG.

Nyokap gue pinter banget lagi, gue dah bilang kalau ada paket CD dan pralon dateng, sms gue. SAMPE JAM LIMA SORE (saatnya pulang kantor) ga ada sms sama sekali sementara temen gue udah dapet. Gue kan jadi kebat-kebit bisi teu nepi gitu.. Lumayan soale, gaji eikeu gituh... (ciye duit sendiriii).

Gue pulang ke rumah dengan harap-harap cemas, nyokap ga ada dirumah soalnya, lagi pegih sama temennya. Males mau telepon. Lagian biar makin seru, dugeun dugeun! Hahaha. Baru pertama kalinya gue masukin kunci rumah sampe gemeteran dan deg-degan parah.

And guess what I saw when I put the lights on:

TWO-FUCKING-PACKAGES!!!

 Excited? Yes. I'm almost running out of breath and oxygen in my blood. Belom tentu isinya pesenan lo! HA! you don't know a VIP's sense could surpass a dog when it comes to Bigbang! Hati berdebar, jantung berpacu, dan akhirnya gue buka lah paket tersebut. OH. MAI. GAWD.

Two CDs - TOP & GD's version

HA! Told ya! Yes yes gue beli 2, yang sebelah kiri buat kakak gue, yang kanan punya gue! UYEAH! Sudah dataaaaaaaaaaaaaaangg setelah beberapa hari deg-degan (sejak tanggal 28 tepatnya), akhirnya keajaiban LEAP YEAR tahun ini datang jugaaaaaaaaaa~ (iya iya gue lebay!). Ini sebetulnya tampak belakangnya. Tampak depannya ada lagi. Sekalian pamer, sekalian ngasih promosi juga siapa tau ada yang berniat beli. Hehe.

Front part

Looks shiny. What was it made of? A cardboard? NO. A fucking metal. Serius. Kalo dipukul ke kepala orang bunyinya PLAAAAAANGGGGG. Metal. Besi. Beneran. Makanya 2 biji ini ongkos kirimnya diitung 2kg. Satu pak CD beratnya 700gram.

Without wrapping

Shiny enough. Yes that's the metal part. Tapi sebetulnya si metal part ini cuma sleeve nya doang. Buat bungkus isi CDnya tetep pake dus (you wouldn't happy to see your 14300W CD scratched here and there because of the metal case) yang dilapis lagi pake plastik keras. Jaminan mutu gak akan kenapa-napa deh.

Sleeve & inside

Tuh, yang abu-abunya metalnya. Yang biru-biru itu sleeve bukunya. Buku? Buku apa? MINI PHOTOBOOK. Karena gue beli yang versi G-Dragon, jadi isinya GD oppa. SEMUA. Nosebleed? Sudah pasti. Parah banget. Hahahaha!

Contents

Isinya:
1 pc ALIVE Mini Album ORIGINAL CD
1 pc Mini Photobook (G-Dragon Version) -- blue-plastic sleeved
1 pc YG Family Card >> couldn't read the hangeul yet (=________=)
1 pc song-details leaflet
2 pcs random YG Family member card >> (not yet been photographed, by me!)

The CD

 Nice vibrant color, with details embedded around the CD such as YGE production, 29.02.2012, BIGBANG, etc. Wouldn't bother reading it, I prefer staring at the MV. LOL.

YG Family Card

Well, I don't know what this card does, abis ga ngerti hangeul... HESE. Baca pun aku sulit. LOL. Itu di kanan atas ada semacam nomer kartu jiga kartu kredit gitu, 16 digit, sengaja gue blur untuk alasan keamanan *alah*. Bagian depannya GD, belakangnya tulisan hangeul bulet-bulet lonjong-lonjong.

Mini Photobook

Mini photobook ini kertasnya kualitas top dah. Bagus banget, tebel banget, warnanya oke, dan detilnya OH EM GEE. Simple, yet elegant. Keren banget. (ya ya ini biased banget komennya hahaha). Isinya? Tentu sajah my one and only Jiyong oppa! Ngahaha. Jadi pengen ngebuka yang TOP, pengen liat isinya kaya apa. LOL.

Song-details leaflet

Kertasnya bagus, kaya leaflet rumah makan mahal gitu *alah xD* tebel dan licin, tapi bukan glossy paper. Gue gak tau ini kertasnya kertas apa, harus tanya anak DKV ini sih. Huahaha.

LAST ONE. Di first pic ada gambar tabung gede kan? Nah ini isinya:

A fucking-super-sized ALIVE poster!!

AAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ukurannya kira-kira A1. Gue tau banget, udah bertahun-tahun gelut sama kertas, ga mungkin gue ga hapal ukurannya. Bahannya semacam glossy photo paper, tapi lebih tebel, sedikit lebih matte juga. Nah bingung kan? Sama gue juga bingung. PLAAAAANGGG. *dikemplang pake sleeve metal*

The last photo on this rambling entry.

The back part of the song-details leaflet.

Got me teary-eyed. They never forget to thanked everyone, include VIPs, people they never know what's the names, where VIPs live, etc but they always thanked VIPs for supporting them, through the good and bad times. Specially last year, it's like the most hard time BB ever had. But the loyal VIPs stay, encourage them to come back, living their dreams (and also VIPs' dreams), and at the peak is the winning of MTV EMA at Belfast. If they didn't win the award, maybe this album will never exist. On the EMA winning speech, they didn't forget to mention "Thank you for VIPs", made all the VIPs teary-eyed, knowing what VIPs did mean so much for BB.

Okay enough rambling, gak perlu komen kok.. Cuma mencoba promosi "cara mendukung favorite artists". Gue donlot sih album nya dari internet, yes, gratis. Ketimbang beli album original ini seharga 14,300 Won. Mahal memang, tapi dengan begitu gue support mereka. Support supaya mereka terus ada. A loyal fan should do that, instead of pirating CDs and DVDs. Emang original itu mahal, gue juga tadinya berniat beli DVD Big Show nya, tapi berhubung belum punya duit lagi (hehe) jadi nanti dulu deh. Sementara nonton fancam-nya lewat YouTube. Hehehe.

Support your favorite artists/idols, buy their CDs, stop piracy! >_<

xoxo
a proud VIP