[BLOG] Ayu featured in Mika Noguchi's blog on weekend vacation

[alternarist]

who is max? hmm..

[Axel_Grease]

Thanks for the info. Have we seen that Hello Kitty pillow in a magazine before? Or was it in the AT 2006 pamphlet? Or was it somewhere else?

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What a strange looking wine/champagne(?) bottle. xD

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What a nice plane...if that is the plane. xD

Originally Posted by alternarist

who is max? hmm..

?_? You really don't know? 'Max' as in Max Matsuura doesn't ring a bell?

[immel]

Max Matsuura is one of the top avex executives, the one who discovered and picked up Ayumi from the start. He is her producer.

[simonlau]

"英語の勉強を続けているあゆ"
which means Ayu's learning english during the cacation
hard working girl~

[kiseki89]

O i love her camera...

thanks for the pictures

[AyUmIXx]

anyway..whose house is that?
so nice...

[immel]

If you mean in the 2nd picture, I would guess it's either her hotel room or a studio for where they shot the Secret cover.

[truehappiness]

Well, I don't think they stayed at a hotel, but rather rented out a giant Las Vegas mansion of sorts with a giant pool in the back.. x.x

I think they've definitely got enough money for that sort of thing.. :B But I don't believe that they did anything about the Ayu-album here. Ayu sort of just tagged along perhaps? Actually, she's gone to so many places overseas this year it'd be weird if she didn't do something related to her career..

[immel]

Who knows, she wen't there for ... what... 3 weeks? And the last two weeks she spent together with Tomoya.

If the avex big guys whent there it's pretty possible she just tagged along, but from that picture, sitting there in that reddish dress, it does look like she's doing some kind of job to me. She usually don't wear that kind of fancy dress/makeup/hairdo if she isn't.

[AyUmIXx]

yeah immel's probably rite..
but i believe that mansion which they rent is for her new mini album's work..
like immel said..for the album's cover..
*doesn't it look like MY STORY? having a bed room as the album's cover?*

the red dress ayu one..the blog said that she was learning some english..

well..let's wait for what ayu will surprise us..

[alternarist]

Originally Posted by Axel_Grease

?_? You really don't know? 'Max' as in Max Matsuura doesn't ring a bell?

OH!!!! of cos i noe Max Matsuura. its jus that they way u guys addressed him was so informal that i didnt think of him. and why does he look so young??? my impression of him is an old man.

[extepan]

who is Mika Noguchi?

and i am also surprised at how young max matsuura is. he looks as if he is in his late 20's.

[immel]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

*doesn't it look like MY STORY? having a bed room as the album's cover?*

That's what struck me too, so many similarities. The theme is almost the same, but the style is more SURREAL-ish, with that hair and make up.

[paperbag]

Originally Posted by simonlau

"英語の勉強を続けているあゆ"
which means Ayu's learning english during the vacation
hard working girl~

Oh! That's really great! I wonder if she's thinking of doing a few shows here in the US!

Originally Posted by immel

That's what struck me too, so many similarities. The theme is almost the same, but the style is more SURREAL-ish, with that hair and make up.

Wasn't Memorial Address also shot in a room as well? I guess it depends on the photographer

Anyways, these pictures are so cute! Ayu looks so good in them.
No comment on the Max picture though.

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by extepan

who is Mika Noguchi?

and i am also surprised at how young max matsuura is. he looks as if he is in his late 20's.

She's the one who did the photography for m(u) cover. Pretty minimalist, if you ask me..

[paperbag]

I just noticed...

Maybe the second pic with Ayu is her with her english teacher?

[AyUmIXx]

i love ayu's bed room..so nice...
anyway..if that's really for the working set.. which was for the album's cover..
well..mika said one of the room was hers...
ehmmmm~

were they sleeping in the working set?!?!

at first, i couldn't recognize if that guy was max matsuura..
he looked so young on those pics gosh..
looked like he's on his early 30s

[simonlau]

Originally Posted by paperbag

I just noticed...

Maybe the second pic with Ayu is her with her english teacher?

yea, i think so
study english for............ asian concert

Originally Posted by Misa-chan

She's the one who did the photography for m(u) cover. Pretty minimalist, if you ask me..

booklet only
and she is one of the boss in avex

[immel]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

i love ayu's bed room..so nice...
anyway..if that's really for the working set.. which was for the album's cover..
well..mika said one of the room was hers...
ehmmmm~

This is in LA, so it can't be her actual room.

were they sleeping in the working set?!?!

I don't see why they would.

at first, i couldn't recognize if that guy was max matsuura..
he looked so young on those pics gosh..
looked like he's on his early 30s

I think he looks like in his later 30s or early 40s, does anyone know his actual age?

[paperbag]

Originally Posted by immel

This is in LA, so it can't be her actual room.

I don't see why they would.

I think he looks like in his later 30s or early 40s, does anyone know his actual age?

early 40s. I remember reading somewhere that he was born in the 1960s. But I could be wrong