^Ask her over Twitter? lol. If she wants us to know she will tell us. Perhaps she thinks she doesn't have many fans wherever she is?

I will ..
yeah i think so, she is not well known here =\
When i said Ayu everyone look at me like what are u saying? -_-
I hope she is reasting now no matter where she is

Her staff mentioned a shoot in Tokyo after Hawaii, so that shoot is probably another PV since like was already mentioned the albums pics were already shot in London.

^
It was maybe magazine promo. Let's wait and see. ^^

She left from Hawaii. I think that was the plan to begin with once she was done with whatever she did over there.

When I lived in the UAE I tried to get anyone who was willing into Ayu lol but Kpop is bigger than Jpop over there. Anyhow if you do find anything out please let us know.

Middle East? I say gotdamn, Ayu, that's fabulous :D

I'm very confused with so much information -.-
I don't know what to believe...

It would be great if she was filming a pv in the middle east somewhere. It would look amazing!

Middle east - most probably Dubai!

Notes : suddenly i really miss ayu's dessert/beach PV...like inspire or fairyland!

Dubai??? my best friend's there right now!! OMG if she could meet ayu by accident!! I'd die in jealousy XDDD

^ OMG! Could you imagine! I think I would die too! That would make me so mad if someone I knew met one of my idols and had no idea who they were! XD

It would be funny if your friend came back and was like "I met the meanest Japanese lady today. She bumped into me and didn't say sorry. Honestly, how rude. Who the hell does she think she is with her blonde hair and singing weirdness about being Bold & Delicious and Free & Easy? She must have been a street walker.".

LOL... Thank U!

This woman has just been about EVERYWHERE! lol

^^ haha LOL

oh yeah it could end like this! my friend can see her and never knew who she was. but ayu's famous here, so I hope she'll recognize her :thud

^Oh? Where do you live?

^ I mean she's famous because Japanese pop-culture was really popular here among youngsters 5+ years ago, so all my friends know how she looks :D I'm from Russia

and my friend has to know how she looks because of me :P

Oh, cool. I didn't know that!

Middle East huh

That's new for Ayu. Exciting~

Middle-East? Hope for a Camel/Elephant ride PV so ;)

^ i hope she won't go for the obvious in her PV like Camel, desert, oil (lol...) themed but I don't mind if the back drop is the Middle East market. Marrakesh may be!

kinda think that she's in Dubai for the PV shooting~

I like the idea of the Middle East market in the background :D

You are right..:yes
sure i will ^^
if she is in Dubai i will do anything to meet her :luv2
and i will leave my final exams examing itself :D

some boob took her wiki pic off altogether but i didn't spend 30min learning how to change it without putting up a fight :P Looked into it and Wikipedia is fine with the pic

For those keeping up on twitter, it took awhile, but Mannie isn't following Ayu anymore.

^^That's to be expected.

When it comes to a heartbreak, you don't want to see, hear, or think of anything that would even slightly remind you of the person. Out of sight, out of mind...

Exactly!

I find it kinda odd that someone stalked their following list to see when they stopped following each other.

didn't have to, it lists if you're following the same person & it doesn't take much looking to see a 14 changed to a 13

I don't even notice these things :/ Kinda trivial.

I just click on links to pages on my netbook while I'm trying to level up on DC Universe.

Lol love shine darling, just dont ask questions ;)

Anyways, it actually saddens me he isnt following her...I mean, I understand the heartbreak thing, I even have one if my exes blocked...but idk I guess I'd hoped that theyd stay friends and that, that would have meant it was a mutual understanding type thing, you know?

Well, DC Universe doesn't wanna download for me, so... taking emiko's advice now. Actually, you bring up a good question. I wonder how exactly they are parting ways. Ayu said with her last relationship that they remained friends, but I get the feeling this divorce might be bitter.

She choose her country over him. Maybe he didn't feel the distance the way she did. Who knows... I don't know if it would be bitter. It just feels really sad to me... I was so happy for her and him when they got together... Doesn't matter if I didn't like him, it really did seem like he made her happy for a while.

What about Mannie on Facebook...does he not 'like' Ayu anymore? I find that a little weird...it's still your ex-wife and sounds like the divorce wasn't a fighting one...it was just a 'we don't really work' kinda one.

^ It's hard to tell really. Even though they tweeted each other a tiny bit, they didn't display much of what was going on. And with good reasons, I think that's great for them.

But that doesn't mean that they didn't have any arguments. Maybe Mannie disagreed with her on the whole divorce thing, you know? Maybe he didn't want that! We don't know if it was a mutual thing... did she say it was in her TA message? Cause I remember it said "I filed for divorce" or something along that line. From the message it sounded a lot like it was a decision SHE took, not THEY together...


When people break up, it's hard, no matter the circumstances. I don't know many people that were able to stay in touch right away afterwards. Maybe they will talk again in a few months, but right away after a break up it's hard. So I would understand if he removed her from his social network. Even if they didn't see each others a lot, that doesn't mean it doens't hurt him to see her "online".

:thud

Agreed :yes

And I'm not even following Mannie anymore (on my @Ayaka_441 - put on "nofollow" list now). I just feel it doesn't suit my Japanese pop tastes there anymore.

She's still following him...then again she's still following the Burlesque movie page...

From reading her letter to overseas fans I figured it was her decision. And also because of Mannie's comment around their anniversary where he tweeted "Thanks for all the anniversary messages. 1 great year. 2012 here we come"

Can't have been that great a year if he knew the divorce was coming.

mi|kshake~

I don't think either of them were trying to hint anything until the press release was made. The only hints she gave were without trying through interviews throughout the year. But then they would go back to their tweets for a day and make it difficult to tell anything was wrong.

ayu still puts Mannie on her friend list, and i just read one article said that she has unfollowed him lols

That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt like hell

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Never regret anything coz at one time it was exactly what u wanted.......; ))

^ agree!!

^^I love that <3

Love that! :)

I totally agree with her on that~ :yes

Cute picture and absolute best quote from her in a while. :)

true true Ayu

baww, so pretty ;; to overanalyse the hell out of it, it's like she's ~walking away~ from the past. and obvs whoever took the photo, which was probably manny.

^I think this photo was taken recently, I doubt it was Mannie who took the picture.

Love it! :heart

yeah i wasn't being serious in my post lol but i still thought it was him. thanks for the correction~

That's such a nice quote :)

I like that quote. Think I'm gonna write it on my wall just to remember... lol

I like her latest tweet :heart made me smile ^____^

respect

So true.

That made a little tear to my eye :(
Lovely picture, and lovely quote :)

At least this time she doesn't feel GUILTY

I'm glad she's not feeling guilty too, or it seems to be like that anyway.

Heart breaks make some of the best songs! I loved GUILTY, not to say that I want Ayu to feel guilty about this break up... just saying she came up with a great album inspired from what she was going through at the time. Yes?

I wonder if her next album will resonate off what happened with Mannie, surely she must have been thinking about the divorce for quite some time before she made a decision... I mean... even some of the songs on FIVE could be related to what she is/was going through.

^^Definitely! BRILLANTE, Why... etc.

@濱崎歩: Just met Timmy at yoga studio after the KAATSU training http://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...9/heia_org.gif I like sweating http://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...79/ktv_org.giffeel so goooooooood http://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...79/ktv_org.gifhttp://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...79/ktv_org.gifhttp://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...79/ktv_org.gif
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@Kiyotomi_Shu_: Have a child with Timmy?
@濱崎歩: Hahaha, unfortunately Timmy is a GIRL!! She's my gfhttp://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...l/6a/laugh.gifhttp://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...l/6a/laugh.gifhttp://img.t.sinajs.cn/t35/style/ima...l/6a/laugh.gif

^ LOL I love her! :laugh Thanks!

Bare-faced Ayu is... shocking. Why is someone asking Ayu to have a kid with Timmy, ew.

^^ what? im confused... lol

Uhh...for me...NO. :no

at least he got rid of that god awful dye job... :no

Lol @ Timmy as Ayu's gf.

Anyway I loved that twitter's quote :heart this is the Ayu we know :yes

yes! haha Timmy's her gf... I love ayu...

Ayu has a girlfriend? LOL

Anyway,she actually looks nice with no makeup!! Clean faces rock too :)

lol Timmy, he's so pink :laugh

LOL at ayu's answer to that fan haha XDD

ayu's nose is a bit weird HAHAHHA
LOL!! i love her wit and humour XD

timmy was her sancha.

Love seeing natural Ayu, shows she doesn't care what people think, she'll always be herself. :heart

Well there was that one time she wouldn't let fans take pictures in New York because she had no make-up on. Lol.

I wonder why she is like, ayu's bff all of a sudden. lol

she has make-up here, foundation and contacts and everything

^ glad I wasn't the first one to say that...

But Its not all BLAM like she usually wears it.

yeah, whenever we see her without false eyelashes and heavy eyeliner we are like -yaaay- lol, cause its rare opportunity and really it makes her look a lot younger

I am amazed by your ability to tell whether she has contacts on or not on a low resolution picture! :cool

maybe ayu is much more confident to show the natural ayu in pictures, but when meeting fans, she feels she needs to put some make up on haha XDD~ coz she's meeting people (fans), she needs to look OK.

^ it looks like they are in some kind of dance studio or something along those lines??
rehearsals for the up coming tour??
If I was her, I wouldn't put makeup on either.. lol

A natural look doesn't always mean no makeup. Someone can wear foundation, eye shadow and lip gloss and still look natural. They just had a work out so Ayu looks like she just had a work out. It looks natural. :yes

Ugh I've said natural too many times and now the word had lost its meaning.

^^ yep. she met Timmy at yoga studio XD~
and i don't think ayu was wearing any make up on that pic, it's obvious.
whatever make up or non make up, she always looks great. haha~

she looks awkwardly scary in that picture LOL

How on Earth did they meet in a yoga studio??

^ yeah, I wanna meet ayu like this too :laugh

^ they should be coming to the same yoga studio that's why they could meet up.

I'm confused

They signed up for yoga classes together, just like they did dance classes in London.

I think you are thinking for the first time??

Nope, that is in Japan!

i think her answer about timmy being her gf is adorable lol i've wondered if timmy's transgendered (totes random thought, i know) but this just seems to be a lovely joke~