[Official Message] Official TeamAyu 'A & STAFF DIARY' entries

[pimenta]

As it has been discussed in the twitter thread, I'm creating this thread for the new official TA entries that are being posted with official English translations
It's better to have a separated thread for this than posting those in the twitter thread, right? I hope everything is ok and the tag is right...

Post the original messages and translations, but it's better to not post the pictures, because they specifically ask fans to not post those outside TA...


Here are all the entries that have been posted in English so far:


[2013.10.10 - by miccie] New staff☆:

Spoiler:

How's going TA!
Hi! It's miccie!!

Autumn is here and it's bit chilly these days.

Personally, autumn is my favorite season!(^^)v

The season is changing so let's be careful and please don't catch any cold.

By the way, I like to introduce you to a new TA staff that will be writing this blog!

Her nick name is "Kuri-chan"!!

She will be uploading cute, funny and beautiful pics of AYU.

Check it out!!!

Have a wonderful day and all the best!!

miccie

[2013.10.10 - by Kuri-chan] ☆HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY in LA☆:

Spoiler:

Hi everyone!

I'm Kuri-chan. I'm new as a staff at TA!
It's my first time writing on the blog so I'm really excited.

I will be uploading many cute pics of AYU from now on.

Hope you will like it and definitely check it out♪


Oh! By the way,

I am uploading pictures of the AYU's birthday party that we had in Los Angeles in between her recordings.

The pictures are provided only to you all at Team AYU.

Now here it is! Please enjoy!


[here she posted a bunch of pictures from Ayu's birthday]


Please keep all these pics a secret and only for Team AYU♡

See you soon!!

Kuri-chan

[2013.10.12 - by Ayu] Speechless:

Spoiler:

まぁ人それぞれ、自らで常に何かを選択しながら生きているわけだから、私はそれに対してジャッジをするつも りもなければ、そんな権利もない。

ただ、自分の瞳に飛び込んできたものに対して、脳だか心だか、その両方だかが即座に反応し、現実逃避するよ うに一瞬で携帯を閉じたのは紛れもない事実だ。

またしてもサプライズとかいう便利で都合の良い言葉で片付けられるんだろう。

いつかの昔に言ったように、騙すぐらいなら騙されるほうがよっぽどいい。裏切るぐらいなら、裏切られたほう がよっぽどいい。

皆に勘違いして欲しくないのは、私が腹を立てているのは「自分自身に」対してであって、その他の誰でもない から、どうか誰かを言葉で攻撃したりはしないで欲しい。
言葉は本当にこわいから。そして難しいものだから。


Of course, every person is different.

And because every person lives by and makes his or her own choices I do not think I have the ability or the right to judge the choices they make.

However, those things that jump up in front of me and get sucked into my eyes, and weather it be my brain, my feelings or even both of them, They always react immediately to the situation.

It's an indisputable fact that it is like shutting off, closing my cell phone in an instant to get away from this ugly, unpleasant reality.

And probably, one might think that it is easily wiped clean by an easily used and a very useful word called, “ Surprise ”.

As I probably said in the past, it’s better to be fooled --- than to fool someone.

It's much better to be betrayed --- than to betray someone.

I don’t want anyone to misunderstand; I am not angry with anyone but only angry with myself.

The anger is not meant towards anyone at all. I do not want anyone to attack with angry words to anyone.

Words are very hurtful and very complex, AND THEY LAST FOR A LONG TIME WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN SAID AND WORDS CAN NEVER BE TAKEN BACK ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN SAID.

ACTIONS ALWAYS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

[2013.10.13 - by Ayu] その後。/ The day after:

Spoiler:

まず、今回のうちのダンサーズの写真の件で、事前に何のインフォメーションもなく、皆にショックを与えてし まったこと、悲しませてしまったこと、呆れさせてしまったこと、残念な気持ちにさせてしまったこと、混乱さ せてしまったこと、本当に本当にごめんなさい。

代表して謝るべきは、座長である私なのでこの場を借りて、謝罪をさせて下さい。

そして、昨日丸一日さんざん話してわかった、彼ら側からの話も伝えさせて下さい。

ダンサーズは、私への誕生日＆15周年のサプライズプレゼントとして写真集を作ってプレゼントしたいから協 力してくれないか？とのオファーをそれぞれ受けたようです。

そこでメンバー達は、各々スケジュールを調整し、撮影日に合わせてくれ、絶対にこのサプライズを成功させよ う、だから絶対にあゆにバレないように進めていこう！ってかなり気合いを入れてくれていたんだ そう。

プラス、その写真達は完全にプライベートなもので、あゆしか見ないと言われていたようで、それが本人達への 確認もなく、エイベックスへの連絡もなく、突然一般公開されてしまい、本人達も一体何が起こっているのか、 頭が真っ白になってしまって、昨日は可哀想なほど全員とても動揺し、かなり落ち込んでいました 。
と言うか、今もまだ皆動揺しています。

やはり、一般に出すつもりがなかったものが、ある日突然出てしまったショックは、男女関係なく大きいと思う んだ。プライベートなら笑えたものも、全く笑えなくなっちゃったよね。。

メンバーから私へのせっかくの想いが、こんな形となってしまったこと、本当に残念だけど、でもね、最後に私 とメンバーとで話したのは、色々あったけど笑顔で会いたいね！って事。泣きながら笑いながらの会話だったけ どさ。そんな私達でした。

カウントダウンLIVEへ向けて、私達はこの逆境のなか、また強い絆を結び直すことができたと 思うんだ。

最後まで読んでくれてありがとう。
これからも私達一座をよろしくお願いします！！！

次回はもっと楽しい話をしにくるよ！！！！！
あ、映像もいいねー、昨日コメがなんかiPhoneで撮ってたなぁー。。



First and foremost, I truly with all my heart apologize for making all of you feel shocked, sad, appalled, uncomfortable, and confused in regards to my dancers photos being released without any information in advance.

As the Chief of the group, please let me use this opportunity to truly apologize in this matter.

Let me convey their story after we quickly got their stories and the reasons they ended up in such A situation.

The dancers individually got an offer to have their picture taken to surprise me with a photo book on my birthday and my 15th anniversary celebration.

The dancers all adjusted each of his or her schedules for the shoot date and in order to make this surprise a successful one, they made a strong effort not to be found out by me.
Everyone was psyched to make the surprise a successful one.

Because they were all told that the photo is a private photo, the photo book was for Ayu’s eye only and without the dancer's permission, without Avex’s permission, the photo’s were released to the public.

The danders, everyone was speechless and went blank for a whole day. everyone was all depressed and without any words yesterday.

Theyare still feeling like that right now.

I feel that they felt, that a photo that was not supposed to be out in public,that does go out in public, no matter if you are man or women, it is a huge shock for anyone.

YES, if it was a privately shared photo, we could all have shared a private laugh together and had fun, but now, we can’t even put up a smile.

But in conclusion, even though it was a precious thought from the everyone, and it ended up in such A regrettable situation, we decided by talking with everyone that when we see each other again, we promised to meet with a smile. At the end, we all laughed and we all cried as we talked about it.

Now in proceeding to the Countdown show, this adversity, has only made our bond to become even much stronger.

Thanks for reading this til the end.

Thank you for always supporting us members.

Next time, it will definitely be a brighter and happier story.

The video is also very nice,

Kome was filming yesterday.

[2013.10.25 - by Ayu] 姉へ。（To my big sister,）:

Spoiler:

あなたがひとり、永く永い旅へ出る決意をしたあの日から、今日でちょうど6年経ちました。

伝えたい事はたくさんあるのに、、、いざあなたへ伝えようとすると、たくさんの想い出に負けてしまい、いつ もは蓋をしている感情が溢れ出して、ただただ涙が止まりません。

今日だけは泣き虫な妹でいていいですか？

明日からはまた必ず、笑顔の妹に戻ります。

あなたが、あなたの居るその場所で穏やかな日々を過ごしてくれている事を祈っています。



★To my big sister,

It is six years to the day since you decided to go on your long, long journey alone.

There are so many things I want to say... But when I try to tell you, I am overwhelmed with memories and emotions, and my tears just won't stop.

Do you mind if I be your cry-baby little sister today?

I promise I will be all smiles again tomorrow.

I pray that you are at peace, wherever you are.

[2013.10.29 - by Kuri-chan] 11/15発売写真集「ayu」より写真をチラ見せ♡ / Sneakpeek from new photobook "ayu" (on sale 11/15/13)♡:

Spoiler:

みなさ〜ん！！

デビュー15周年特別企画第一弾、

11月15日発売の姫の写真集「ayu」、

もちろんすでに予約してくれてるよねっ、ねっ、ねっ？！（≧∇≦）

LAの自宅で撮影された写真たちは、どれもこれも

普段見られないような姫のプライベート感たっぷりな写真ばかり♡

そしてなんと、全ての写真、オール姫の私服っス！！

みなさんをとろ〜りさせちゃうこと間違いなしですっ♪

さて、この度は、、、

その写真集「ayu」の中から、TAのみなさまだけに、

姫の写真をチラ見せしちゃおーと思いますっ！！太っ腹！！！

なんとなんと、発売日まで、

ちょこっとずつアップデートしちゃいますよっ！

絶対見逃すなーっ♪

ってことで、第１回目、早速ドンっ！！！



Hi everyone!!

Her 15th Anniversary first special project,

photobook "ayu" on sale 11/15/2013,

you've already reserved your copy, right?!?!（≧∇≦）

All pictures were shot at her house in L.A.

A comfortable and relaxed ayu you can't see anywhere else.

And see all the clothes she wears in real life!!

I'm sure you'll be impressed.



By the way, this time...

only for TA, I will show you a few pics from her new photobook "ayu".

I know, I'm too sweet!!!

And I will keep posting more pics, little by little until it's published!

Don't miss it♪

Here we go!!!


[here it was posted a picture from 'ayu' photobook where Ayu is sitting in front of a piano in a white dress]


きゃわいーーーーっ！！！

次回はどんな写真かなっ、ドキドキ♡

※この写真は、くれぐれもTAのみのシェアでお願いします！

クリちゃんでした!　Thank you!!


It's too cute!!!

I wonder what the next pic will be like... so excited♡

※This picture is for TA only, please don't repost.

Thank you!! -Kuri-chan

[2013.11.01 - by Kuri-chan] 天使の降臨♪ / An angel appears♪:

Spoiler:

はいっ！

本日も、11/15発売写真集「ayu」より、

TAのみなさまだけに姫の写真をちょこっとお披露目♡



Hey!

Also today, I'm gonna show some of her pics from her new photobook

"ayu"(11/15/13 on sale). Only for TA♡


[here she posted a picture from 'ayu' photobook, very nice and simple pic with Ayu facing the camera]


ヤバいっ...　ヤバ過ぎるっ...　萌え過ぎるっ...

天使が舞い降りたよーーーっ！！

はっ、取り乱しましたっ！失礼しましたっ！！

※この写真は、くれぐれもTAのみのシェアでお願いします！

クリちゃんでした！　See you!!


It's ridiculous...　too cute...　too attractive...

An angel is here!!!

Oops! I almost got carried away! I'm sorry!!

※This picture is for TA only, please don't repost.

See you! -Kuri-chan

[ayu-michan]

Thanks! True, it is much more convenience to have a TA thread I'm glad they have eng translations up there now

[marty]

Thank you for this!

[Livey~]

Thank you, pimenta~! ♥

[marcoba]

Thank you!!

[truehappiness]

Great! I hope this is okay with the fanclub though... we've gotten the FC diary text before so I guess it shouldn't be too bad?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

yes! thank you!

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Great! I hope this is okay with the fanclub though... we've gotten the FC diary text before so I guess it shouldn't be too bad?

I hope it's ok, specially considering that now they're posting in English as well... I think that as long as we don't post those stuff they ask to not be posted, like the pics or videos, it should be ok

[Ayumi Romania]

Thank you @pimenta ! Those messages from TA makes me more curious about TA and now I really want to be a member ! )

[kendelle]

The English translations in TA are so awesome - I'm glad they are doing them now!

Definitely join TA if you can because the extra effort is great treatment for Ayu fans ^^

[Earth_maiden]

^You should join up!! There's a tutorial on how to do it using tenso. Plus you get freebies!!

[jiarongisme]

Yay! Thanks for these!

[Minttulatte]

That "To my big sister" entry really made me feel emotional. ;_;

And this thread is good idea too! I just hope people won't forget to update it every now and then because I'm always curious about these even if I don't want to join TA myself.

[Yoake]

Thanks for creating this thread pimenta.

[stepYOU1234]

Ooo this thread is great- thank you! Especially for when TA messages get mentioned and those who don't have it aren't able to understand or join in the conversation

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Great! I hope this is okay with the fanclub though... we've gotten the FC diary text before so I guess it shouldn't be too bad?

Before, the fan translations were necessary even for members to understand what was going on.

Now they're not. As a member I am not okay with this thread. Just putting my input in.

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

You should join up!! There's a tutorial on how to do it using tenso. Plus you get freebies!!

Thank you, Earth_maiden. And thank you Ayumi_Romania for expressing an interest in joining TA, I hope you do.

Originally Posted by drdolce

That "To my big sister" entry really made me feel emotional. ;_;

And this thread is good idea too! I just hope people won't forget to update it every now and then because I'm always curious about these even if I don't want to join TA myself.

^This attitude is one I'd REALLY like to see less of. "I want the benefits of joining but don't want to join" is IMO really selfish and unfair.

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

^This attitude is one I'd REALLY like to see less of. "I want the benefits of joining but don't want to join" is IMO really selfish and unfair.

Exactly. If you don't want to/can't pay the $70 annual fee, people shouldn't complain that they don't see the TA entries. People say its a lot of money when it's only about 20 cents a day. That's the price of one Japanese press DVD or two Japnese press CDs in one year. It's not impossible any more, I live in Australia and used tenso to sign up.

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Before, the fan translations were necessary even for members to understand what was going on.

Now they're not. As a member I am not okay with this thread. Just putting my input in.

I see your point about the difference of posting the translations before and now, but either way the TA messages were already being made public...

Well, the new English TA posts were already being shared in the twitter thread, and since they were already being made public, creating a separated thread for the TA entries made more sense... But maybe we should first discuss if they really should be shared or not ? (no matter in what thread)

I personally don't mind sharing the messages, but I respect your opinion. Maybe the other AHS members who are also TA members could also express their opinions about sharing the messages so we can decide? If more people don't feel ok with sharing we can just stop doing that..

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I'd pay to be a TA member in a second...what I don't want to pay for is services like Tenso when TA has something to ship me. I'd LOVE to order my stuff from TA and get the extra goods and stuff...I just don't think it's worth it. BY NOW AVEX KNOWS that she has fans all over the world and if they weren't so damn stubborn, they would let people worldwide join if they wanted to. Even if they charged a shipping fee for overseas members. Idk...it just annoys me.

[BlackSilence]

lol whomever thought it's gonna be ok posting the entries here bust have been a bit too naive. I got surprised when the thread popped up. It is not gonna be ok lol it's such a big deal after all to all those that are in the fanclub.