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2010/03/03 06:44 | ayu

When did it become March?!

Once again, I’ve taken forever to come here and update.

It seems everyone’s gotten anxious without any updates,,

I’m doing fine—!!!!!!!!!!!

Still working on PV shoots, recording, not to mention promotion in magazines and music shows and stuff, and live rehearsal on top of it all… whoa.

My life is awfully packed.

So lemme drop this update on you… and by that I mean dropping a bunch of photos on you, and the report to go with them.

A bunch of still photos from my 2 PV shoots and album recording in London were already published in DejiDeji, so…

I’ll guess I’ll show you the PV shoots I did when I came back to my home country real quick!!

First off, this one… is from Chupa Chups day, this is a good one to segue into this entry with.

(Refer to my Feb. 20th entry ^_^)

How many midoring things could I eat—–.

Alrighty, next.

On the dance floor at a certain city club.

Like a shiny, celebratory “walking mirrorball”. lol

Sparkly sparkly, right? lol

Dancing…

and… whoa! Amazing!!!!!! LOL

What’s this here…

I don’t knooooowww. lol

Chatter chatter. lol

The boy dancers are chitter-chattering away. XD!!

Because the director is Shimoko. lol

Look forward to it by Shimoko

So next up, I’ve got some brand new shoot photos for you~.

This is serious business. Fumufumu.

Scene change…

Very cold feeling…

…

This story comes to a shocking end, but you HAVE TO HAVE TO see it on the DVD!!

You have to look forward to that too~.

Okay, next… photos from a magazine shoot.

Look forward to the full spread when it comes out, but this should show you the overall feel of it.

The cameraman is Andy, who came from London with us♪

The good feeling he creates continues

So yeah, the continuation of this will be in the next issue of Vivi, so wait patiently for that☆

He took alot of really nice photos♪

Up next iiiss~…

More still photos with Andy!!

Well then, what’s being photographed here??

Hm??? Whooahohoho Teehee How about that, huh? lol

Well, I gotta go back to work now!!!!!!

I’ll be back again soon

Love…………………

Quelle: ayusstory

Today…

2010/02/26 03:10 | ayu

What did you all draw on your own canvas today?

If what you drew today is the best for you,
I hope you keep walking with the canvas in your arms tomorrow, too.

And, to the canvas, keep on adding new things
which you sensed on the new day called tomorrow.

If what you drew today didn’t make you satisfied,
or if you couldn’t draw anything today,
let’s try again tomorrow. With me.

So that we can show our canvases to each other
when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom!!!!!!!

Barbee Boys, which is delivered today, from Enrique-san.
Full of my favorite songs. It’s the greatest.

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20th February, 2010 12:13am

Whoo—!!!

I wanted to watch so deep*1~!!!!!

(☝ for those who don’t understand, go consult Suba-log~ ☆)

Many from “TA*2″ are going, its splendid ♪ Please have lots of fun~ ♪

My frequency of updating is really bad recently, I’m really sorry~!!

But my diary is still more updated thatn Zin-san’s, right? (laugh)

Now, because I’m working really hard for the album and tour, please forgive me———–

Oh, yeah. PV filming has ended the other day without any trouble!!

You’ll probably laugh———– Though I didn’t create it for it to be laughed at. (laugh)

Anyway, it’s the best ☆

There will be filming tomorrow for another PV. Must sleep early-~~

And that was Chon-san ♪

Whose tongue was stained green by Chupa Chups*3

This is somehow Midoring, isn’t it~♡

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16th February, 2010 11:11pm

Nooo-

I’ve caught a cold…

But there’s PV filming early tomorrow morning!!!!!!!

That’s why I should sleep early.

But, even so, seems like I’m still composing the music for tomorrow——— *sniff*

My fever seems a little strange, though. (laugh)

Everyone, take care not to catch a cold~!!!

I’m off~

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15th February, 2010 6:17pm

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, eh? ♡

Because it fell on a weekend this year, did everyone have the the best day???

When I think about Valentines, lots of different ideas come to mind. But in Japan, Valentine’s Day seems more of girls giving chocolates to guys, eh?

Then, on White Day, the boys give gifts to the girls in return… That’s right, isn’t it? (If I’m wrong, please comment!!)

But, Valentines for Chon-san doesn’t involve boy-girl relationships, or just love in the romance kind of way. It’s about giving gifts and cards to all those people whom I love, in a wider sense of the word. ♡

That’s why, starting with Bancho, and of course everyone from ayu STAFF, and the working team, and the friends team, had received this in the past few days ☟

I gave out the super delicious hanaBi chocolates~ ♪

There were also other small gifts and message cards to go with it, catered to each and every person. ♡

And for the babies at home, I gave them a cute pink cake, made especially for dogs ♡ Everyone was so pleased-

All you girls out there, have you all watched this movie, SEX AND THE CITY???

In this one scene, Charlotte’s little adopted daughter gave a Valentine’s day card to Carrie, who was at an emotional crossroads. ♡

That was my favourite scene-

That kind of feeling, is not only present in America. Surely, if Valentine’s Day is not distinguished by age or gender, but, that we exchange feelings of love and gratitude from everyday life, this day will surely be wonderful!!!

That’s what I think. Hohoho ♪

And so~, we had band rehearsals today.

From tomorrow on, dance rehearsals will start as well~

And then, there’s still more PV filming left for the new song~~~

The weather’s going to be bad, so I must look after my body well~!!!!!!!!!!

Lately, Chon-san has been eating “Avocado and Seaweed Tsukudani*1″ everyday, after seeing Suu-san praise it on [Suba-blog]*2~.

Someone, please teach me the correct way to remove the avocado’s seed~ (laugh)

That’s all~♡

*1 A preserved dish boiled in soy sauce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukudani
*2 Dancer Subaru’s blog

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13th February, 2010 9:41am

I’ve troubled everyone…

All those who got so so worried about me, I’m sorry.

And then, for sending in so many messages, thank you!!!

I’m fine!!!

Because I’m not alone.

Yes, I received a mail from Peco-san in the middle of the night, even.

“Because we’re always here for you”, she said.

Even all my friends contacted me.

And so with this, I feel that I’m really very lucky, to be protected and surrounded by a stong iron wall made of so much~ love. It’s changed my opinions, and today, I want to be able to raise my head high, to withstand whatever is thrown at me, and continue walking on.

Everyone, please have a wonderful weekend ☆

Ah!

Because everyone has been saying that they wanted to see the change in size of Papino-sans more clearly… I said I would take a photo if I had the opportunity. Some time ago, they were amazingly lined up perfectly, asleep.

It’s easy to see now~!!! Papiko is huge~!!!!!

After a while, they got totally tangled up…

Papiko-san… your face is huge~ ♡

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10th February, 2010 4:18pm

Last night… We had a big gathering~♪ What was it about? Hmm…

Steady.

Steady.

Slow and steady.

Zoom zoom.

Zoom.

Here.

Hmm?

So many… people————————-!!

Whoa———————–

What meeting was it?

As~ to~ that~…

There was Shingo-san and Peco-san with a pink fluffy hat,

and JK-san who writes a super blog, and Wiki Nobita,

and gold-and-black Shu-chan,

and Suu-san with his boyish smile,

and Maro-nii*1 who was grinding his teeth,

and Kayano-chi, who was my sister in glasses,

and Zin-san, who was so dark because of the sun that he could not be seen unless he stood in the light,

and Chon-san, who was really serious,

and Chon-san, who talked lots,

and Chon-san, who was checking the materials,

and Chon-san, who suddenly stood up and made a ranting speech,

and Kome, who was grinning as he nodded off to sleep,

and Jacky-ojiichan*2, who worked hard in his old man’s glasses.

It was a big meeting, when everyone from the Tour family came together~!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We probably carried on all the way into the night. It was a really good time.

And with this, we pur ourselves in order, all aligned to a common goal, and started off together.

Please really look forward to this year’s tour ☆

It’s really~ good. Almost too good to be true.

Yes, we’ve got a stage now, and have powered-up from the last time, and will once again tour the entire country this year in one sitting…

And so, first with the creation of the stage, let’s go~~~~~~ ☆

I’ll upload some more photos of rehearsals and stuff later on.

So look forward to that ♡

Papiko-san and Pino-san seem to look forward to it too ♡

Quelle: ayusstory

8th February, 2010 5:09pm

Yesterday, we did recording all the way through the night into the morning.

Papino-san*1 were with me too. ♡

Pino-san has become a giant, like this.

Papiko-san has already achieved such a weight that a substantial effort is necessary to even lift it up. (laugh)

The two of them done nothing more than grow bigger~

And recently, this has been tempting me ☟

Mamiko-san*2 came in between recordings to give it to me.

Oh no.

This is so tempting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also always aim for this kid ☆

A half-asleep Princess Cocoa.

And~~~ so~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, I’ll work hard today too, with my Arale-chan*3 glasses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*1 Her 2 new puppies are named Pakiko and Pino, so she probably uses Papino to refer to both lol! ^^
*2 Judging by the photo, Mamiko-san may be ayu’s mum, since she opens a store called hanabi.
*3 An anime character. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arale

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5th February, 2010 5:58am

This is bad~ I just can’t get over the jet lag~ I get anxious whenever I look at the clock everyday, but recently, since I have been leading a life which does not follow normal hours anyway, there’s no~ need to worry about me. And now suddenly, I have an urge to continue with my London report. Yes, at this time.

And that was my introduction.

Moving on, let me begin out of nowhere. About my many days in London! Hmm, on this day, I was wearing a checker-ed outfit, and my eyes felt unusually prickly when I made my appearance.

But, I smiled. For some reason, this was the scene when I just stepped out of the hotel.

And my coat had no sleeves. Because I chose those clothes when I was in a warm room, I made a mistake.

From time to time, my nose became red from the cold.

However, I was still feeling good enough to take photos for memory.

Yep, at that time, someone said this.

“Today has been the coldest day we’ve had recently!!”

Aa… I knew it??? (laugh)

Because I always sweat alot after recording, I tend to wear light clothing. Hmm, even though~ I think this way, I didn’t sweat at all then. (laugh)

I sang, with a bulky knitted sweater wrapped tightly around me.

And then, as expected… “It’s soooooooooo cold..”

Jiiiiiii—————————*1

Someone’s demanding for oil heaters*2 with her eyes. (After they got what I meant, they installed 5 heaters for me. So many!)

That day, when we were done with recording, I went to the hair salon. The place was owned by a stylist called Nicky Clark-san. I’ve heard that this place is really really really super famous in London.

However, because I wanted my usual Zacc colouring*3, I only borrowed the private room in the salon.

In other words, it only looks like I went to Nicky Clark.

Inside. ZACC!! (laugh)

I’ve brought along the chemicals necessary for colouring and treatment from Japan, just in case. To the ZACC team, good job!!!

Even though this private room was in the basement, the stairway and walls leading down to here were covered with many autographs. I didn’t know they had so many famous clients, I was quite shocked.

However, I was even more surprised at the bathroom, which was totally covered with mirrors. When I tried to leave, I couldn’t find the exit.

I really panicked~ (laugh)

There were mirrors everywhere, I felt really nervous and my heart was beating so hard as I walked along. (laugh)

Hmm, looking back now, it was all fun.

My hair became a pecan-brown colour~ ☆

When I returned to the hotel… Everyone was still cheerful as always~!

And of course, I couldn’t help smiling too, as I saw everyone’s smiling faces~

Goodnight~♡

The next day.

Remembering the lesson I learnt the previous day, I’ve prepared myself totally. I wore 2 layers of knitted clothes this time.

It was so warm ♡

I’m proud that I’ve managed to match the pen colour with my nails.

Heh heh heh~

After this, I realized that I’d left my sunglasses back in my room. After talking with the staff, we decided to stroll along the road and maybe buy a new pair.

So we stopped along the way.

Did I really have to choose this. (laugh) ☟

Or this ☟

Stands out too much!! Doesn’t it? (laugh)

Yeah, I played around with lots of them. But this has got to be the champion. ☟

Gori…. You’re really on a different level, aren’t you.

By the way, here’s Gori’s assistant Kanie-kun, wearing a pair of sunglasses that Bancho selected. ☟

He really knows how to angle his neck, so that you get different feelings and expressions, such a talented boy.

He looks like Yuki Matsumura-san.*4

Uwahahahah—————-!!!!!!

And we were fooling around here and there, then for some reason the shopkeeper suddenly asked “May I have your autograph!!”

Eh.. Wait…!!! Now???!!! (laugh)

He must have been embarrassed, that’s why he didn’t say so earlier. (laugh)

At that point, I bought all the sunglasses which I’ve tried on at once.

Then, I walked on wearing the sunglasses featuring the flags of different countries.

Yes, work.

I underwent a big change, and became super serious.

Everyone~ was really serious too.

I sat behind Nobita-kun, and we were having a discussion.

Aren’t the roses beautiful?

At that moment, I totally lost concentration-

We made many good things- ☆

That day, when I returned to the hotel, I received a super surprise present from everyone waiting for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

They sang Curtain call for me.

They had such wonderful Japanese.

I wonder how long they practised it. That was really really such a beautiful moment.

Music is just wonderful, isn’t it- ♡

Quelle: ayusstory

2nd February, 2010 12:08am

I’ve come home~, bringing the snow with me. Sorry for that~ (laugh)

Everyone who came to welcome me back at Narita airport, I hope they won’t catch a cold.

For waiting for me in the cold, thank you!!!

When the snow got really heavy just now, I thought “I’ll bring the babies at home out to see the snow ♪”, and so brought them all outside. Pino-san had a such a wonderful reaction to the snow, we had the best time.

After I’ve gotten over the jet lag, I’ll come again to upload more photos ☆

Until then, this is my report for now!!!!!!!!

Quelle: ayusstory