ayumi's engagement reported in Life section of S'pore's Strait Times (16.12)

[KarenPang]

Saw this today & decided to scan/upload it before I leave for work

For Singaporeans , this article is found at the last page of the Life section of today's Strait Times

[SheFliesHigher]

LOL at that choice of photo. She's like, "I don't know wtf I'm doing, either!"

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Originally Posted by SheFliesHigher

LOL at that choice of photo. She's like, "I don't know wtf I'm doing, either!"

Lol I'm dying

[kendelle]

Originally Posted by SheFliesHigher

LOL at that choice of photo. She's like, "I don't know wtf I'm doing, either!"

omfg LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[untitled-for-her]

Originally Posted by SheFliesHigher

LOL at that choice of photo. She's like, "I don't know wtf I'm doing, either!"

I almost spit out my Sunny D.

[truehappiness]

News outlets always choose the weirdest photos.

[ayu-michan]

I'm just going to ignore these news, obviously they don't know what's happening either. And that photo...

[se7entheaven]

she looks so old there

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

she looks so old there

Yeah she looks tragic in that photo. Lol.

[truehappiness]

The other photo they used to choose all the time was her D-snap 1 LOVE hair.

[koumori]

They're making out that she's marrying him for a permanent visa...hm. Well, I shouldn't be surprised I guess.

Thanks for sharing, KarenPang - it's always interesting to see how the media interprets the latest Ayu news.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Koumori

They're making out that she's marrying him for a permanent visa...hm. Well, I shouldn't be surprised I guess.

Actually, I think they just translated a bunch of the original articles and came to this one.

関係者によれば、今年の正月休みに友人の紹介で出会い、春ごろから交際を開始したという。今月１２日、現地 での婚約手続きにより、フィアンセＶＩＳＡを与えられた。時期は未定だが、近々にも正式な婚姻届を提出する ようだ。

The originals also mention a visa of sorts.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Actually, I think they just translated a bunch of the original articles and came to this one.

I figured as such, but the way it's written is quite deliberate.

[Kanariyatachi]

"she announced their split in July 2007, around the time she was releasing a single"
As if there was a single day when she was NOT around the time of a release, tour or any other thing that requires promotion.
Well, if they want to say bad things about you, they will, regardless of how perfect you may be. And Ayumi is certainly not. I just stopped caring, let's hope this will be a happy and lasting relationship. : P

[channy]

Failed to defame as I'm finding the picture super cute.

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

I vote that pic for a Trollyumi icon.

[kaito_moonlove]

OMG, The picture is terrible !
The Vietnamese news also reported her engagement with some beautiful pictures !

http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc...i-2923525.html

The title is "Japanese Diva Ayumi Hamasaki will have the second marriage."

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by kaito_moonlove

OMG, The picture is terrible !
The Vietnamese news also reported her engagement with some beautiful pictures !

http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc...i-2923525.html

The title is "Japanese Diva Ayumi Hamasaki will have the second marriage."

For the first time the Vietnamese reporters are writing something nice... The last article of her and Mannie's divorce, they titled it "Japanese Diva left her husband" in a very disrespectful and pitiful manner.

Well, I did read it and this part was confusing a bit.

A source said because of worrying Manuel talking about their personal love life and their marriage, the female singer and her husband had made promises (well more like engage) not to reveal secrets of each other's personal lives. Ayumi had paid her ex-husband a huge amount of money to "shut him up".

Did this really happen, like was there any news saying this in the Japanese press?

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by ayu-michan

Well, I did read it and this part was confusing a bit.

Did this really happen, like was there any news saying this in the Japanese press?

I think people have discussed about that here, the tabloid talked about it,its like Ayu's lawyer made manie sign an agreement and they stated Ayu paid him a huge amount to not reveal anything. I dont know how far the truth is about this, but it is not impossible that Ayu did it,who knows Mannie going to talk about their sex live or else on the media


edit: oh yea they seemed like still friends now, Ayu even commented on Mannie's Fb status recently, lol,thats funny

[ayu-suits]

Originally Posted by AyuWorld

I think people have discussed about that here, the tabloid talked about it,its like Ayu's lawyer made manie sign an agreement and they stated Ayu paid him a huge amount to not reveal anything. I dont know how far the truth is about this, but it is not impossible that Ayu did it,who knows Mannie going to talk about their sex live or else on the media


edit: oh yea they seemed like still friends now, Ayu even commented on Mannie's Fb status recently, lol,thats funny

I dont know about their FB. May I get a link? Or is it private?