AHS meetings in London
 

Ok, sorry if it's the wrong place to do it.

I know that a lot of people is going to London next weekend, and also people in UK is going these days...

so it would be nice to meet with everyone, don't you think so?

I think this thread is a right place to talk about the palces and hours to meet and see ayu, how to see everyone and so ^^

in my case, me and 2 more friends are going to London the 28th, so we will be able to see ayu 29, 30 and 31 morning ^^

people that these days can meet there, talk about it here ^^


(hope it's right to have this thread ^^)

I'll be arriving there next Friday 29th around 5pm, still not sure what I'll do first, I've not plans yet but maybe going to recording studios or if we already know by then to her Hotel ^^'

I will be going this weekend (and most likely next weekend as well).
This weekend I'll be going from Saturday morning till Sunday evening. Arriving 9h30 10h30 at St. Pancras with the Eurostar.

I've looked up some helpful practical information:
The address of the studio is 70 Chiswick High Road, Hammersmith, London.
The closest tube station is Stamford Brook on the District Line (which is still in Zone 2, helpful when buying a Day Travelcard which has different rates for Zone 1-2, and Zone 1-3.) You can get a map of the metro here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx

I've found some cheap tickets from Norway to London next weekend, but are a little unsure of whether she actually be in england for so long. Someone who knows how long she will stay in London?

^
Cronopl is very popular because of this xD haha

All being well, I'll be there too, with Hatix this Saturday sometime. See you there!

I'll be there this Saturday, arriving in London around 10PM and getting to that studio ASAP, and sitting and waiting. Look for a short girl with books and hot chocolate. XD I'm bringing two school friends too who are also Ayu fans.

I arrive tomorow at 12.30 pm (London Time). I stay here until Saturday Evening.
I come with my best friend from Paris ^^

Does anyone know how long she will stay in London? :conhuh

^ 10 days, it's in that quote.

She's stay 10 days ^^

Correction, arriving 10h30 at St. Pancras, not 9h30 (that was my departure time in Brussels...).
I've booked a dorm room bed at Barkston Youth Hostel near Earl's Court. Which is also on the District line, so easy access to the studio (and the rest of London).

So me & Matt will probably arrive at the studio by 11h30.

Does anyone going this Saturday want to sing something for her? :D

ahh, thank you very much :D Then I will devinitivt travel to london this week ^^

Does anyone know of any cheap and decent youth hostels not too far from the studio and central London? I can't go to London if I don't have anywhere to sleep..

ahh..so lucky u guys Europeans , im so jealous..

and make sure to get many many photos and videos to share here...:innocent

wow...i'm so jealous of cronopl!!!! LOL i've been very close to her in person, but never got to speak with her or get an autograph. :( what if she writes about it in her next entry because she was so shocked?! hahahaha

See my last post. I'm staying at Barkston Youth Hostel near Earl's Court, which is on the District Line that also comes by the closest station to the studio. And it's very central.
Dorm room bed is 18eur through www.hostelworld.com. I haven't been there yet, but since it's for 1 night only and just for sleeping, I guess it will be okay.

I would love to see a video when they'll give her the A World is One Book :luv2

I wanna go ... but I can't :headache

My father the slavephotographer will make sure of that LOL.

I'd love to meet up with some of you people. :3 (If I can ditch my father, lol. Otherwise it would be super awkward~.)

You're all crazy people haha!
Good luck to you all! Be sure to take pics/vids ;)
I could join you guys as I'm not into studies at the moment, yet, well I'm a bit lazy and it will be a bit frustrating for me to see her just some seconds! Another time!

When exactly are you going to give the A World Fan Book ?

(still need to finish my page...)

someone going tomorrow saturday??

I' going tomorrow and I'll be in london at 3pm, and stay saturday until sunday noon ^^


EDIT:

meeeee!!!

^ Maybe you all will be enough lucky to hear her new album first from outside the building :p

We should kidnap Kazuyochi. O_O!

we would be reeaaally lucky XDD I don't think the soudn arrive from the inside XD

Omg, yes! Sing something to her! Like...idk, just something! XD

Please make sure you video the moment you give her the fan book. I definitely want to see the look on her face. Do any of you speak Japanese well enough to tell her exactly what it is?

sing evolution!

no, sing Who... that should make her cry ^^

i doubt the book will be ready in time, and well it won't really bea book if it has like 5-10 pages now would it? xD
maybe the whole book thing should be done diferentlly, given to her another time when we really have a WORLD book, from lots of diferent countires :yes ;)

Sing "Who..." or "Poker Face"! Or even "Boys&Girls" and make her the sing the part she usually makes the audience sing! XD lol.

I hope somebody videorecords her fans singing for her. I would love to see her reaction!

I'll be there most of this coming Saturday (23rd), would be great to meet some fellow AHS-ers

EDIT: You know what would really shock her?? Singing "Nothing from Nothing"...

Yeah, this... And a very brief (10-second) explanation of what AHS is, too

i wonder if she will have a heart attack :laugh geez, just kidding XD

good luck for those who are visiting her!

ayumi27: never mention about AHS or avex trax will stop this forum

lmao I can imagine the rap part

Yeah, mentioning AHS would be a huge no-no.

lol I wonder what her reaction would be if you sang "NOTHING FROM NOTHING"... I wonder if she would even recognize it? XD

ehhh, do not kill me...:o I mentioned in fact AHS and ayu.no last summer, when I talked with Max Matsuura and Stan after the concert in Tokyo. And nothing has been done to close the forum, right? The only action was that Ayu.no received a letter from Avex a few weeks later, where we were asked to remove the Sunrise music video from the front page of our website, and over to the closed download section. In fact, as long as it is not possible to purchase a product legally from stores in the country, there is nothing to indicate that the music can not be downloaded "illegally".

That's at least how the law works in Norway.

wo, I don't know the lyrics for nOTHING FROM NOTHING... but I only want to sing if there's a lot of people around!

omg... well I'll try to calm down..

I also think, like ren said, to wait and make a tru WORLD BOOK, because I know how many people we have here, I know how there're a lot of forums from around the world... i would be really huge...

but maybe we can do it for the next time???

Yeeess!!

Please record when you give her the fanbook!!

Besides, I'm sure she understands english very well to understand n___n

Yeeess!!

Please record when you give her the fanbook!!

Besides, I'm sure she understands english very well to understand n___n

^ Exactly, she's always in the States so I'm sure she understands English.

So Ayu is already in London?

Can you even see the download section if you're not a member?

I might be going to London for a day - so if I knew where I could see Ayu that would be great - at the studio near a hotel?

good luck for all fans in london! poor me....when ayu in bali..i can't meet her...T.T

Sucks D: I wish I'm in Europe And I'm new :O

To quote myself...

Go go go!

^omg thanks!!!!!

Thanks for the great info zoomzoom. I've already looked up the location, nearest tube station is Oxford Circus.
From the studio to the hotel: take the District Line up until Victoria station, change to the Victoria Line up to Oxford Circus.

So if any of you guys manage to meet her, could you also ask about her schedule? Like, is she going to be at the studio every day, or is she gonna do other things as well, that kind of stuff. This is kind of important for everyone else who's planning to go!

OMG lucky guys...
*fancams everyone, we need fancams!!!!*
:laugh I sounded like a stalker :laugh

omg thankyou soo much i'm already planning my journey i'm gonna go on monday - hopefully i can meet ayu-chan :P

Not sure where to go, I'm thinking studio as I'm gonna be going at about 11 or 12 and I hope by then she'd be working!!

I forgot - where's the studio - I'll be leaving Leicester around 10am so I might go to the studio

It's in the middle of Hammersmith area in London. Easiest tube station is Stamford Brook on the District Line

I'm really wanting to go... so, so bad.
I just really don't think I can ;___;
Owww.

Do you guys think she'll be working in the studio everyday she's here? I want to go tomorrow morning but I'd hate to turn up and then find out she's got a day off lol. I might get there as early as possible to see her when she arrives.

Thankyou :P

Hi guys !

I'm coming next monday and I'll leave on wednesday.

My hotel is the Adria hotel near the studio.

Any chance to meet you ?

We are right now (and some other ahs members) in front of her hotel, we know she is inside, but still nothing. It's so cold, i'm gonna loose my fingers!

is she going to film the pv there, or just recording? or training?

Keep hanging in there! Well... it is pretty late in London, so she may not come out until the moring.

O_O OMG OMG update us!!! But does she goes in from teh front? or do they have another path for her to take? O_O

yes, its around 10 pm there...she probably won't come out for anything

She could be working late at the studio, who knows. I do think she uses the main entrance, since she posted pictures of herself walking out from there in the TA blog.

Otherwise stay put tomorrow morning early :D I'd kill to be in your shoes...

wow you guys are amazing!! :heart

hey about bringing a CD-player and do some Para-Para with a whole bunch of fans when she comes out of the studio/hotel? ;)
that would be fun.. even if she doesn't come by :D

Hang in there guys
I would KILL to be in your shoes now

Hopefully she goes down and hugs all of you.. hang in there!

and we'll be here rooting for you!
and awaiting all the amazing stories you'll bring us ^^

Can't wait to get there tomorrow! If only, we would know more about her schedule.
I think we should try to keep updates on the forum here by people who are waiting at the hotel and who are waiting at the studio. Because when she leaves the hotel, she will most likely arrive at the studio some time after that and vice versa. It's a good idea, but maybe a little difficult but we will try :)

But I'm off to bed, early up tomorrow to take train to London ^^

Gonna be there next Wednesday (27th Jan).

Will probably wait at the hotel, just in case she doesn't go to the studio.
(It's a long way to go to wait in the wrong place!)

Will anybody else be there that day?

I'm going next week Saturday, together with Hatix if he goes back next week :D

so.. yeah.. a DREAM COME TRUE... my story:

(I posted it in "ayu soon in london" but again here ^^)


As I know you will want to hear the full story with detail, here you have it:

Me and my friend (Gi) Went at 8 to her Hotel, Langham. There we met cronopl and Ceresu with a french friend. We waited there a lot. We were in front of the hotel thinking Ayu was inside... Everytime we saw some japanese guy we shouted: say hello to Ayu! XDD

At 10pm Ceresu and the french friend left because we were like becoming ice cubes XDDD But Gi, cronopl and me waited there... and it was worth it...

At 10:50 a car arived and cronopl saw that the driver was the same he saw the first day on the studio, so he said: Ayu, Ayu is here!! I was like, no, no it can't be posible... XDD But yes...

First from the car, the camera men came out, then Stan and then Ayu. I can't find the words to describe that moment... how to say, Ayu was there! OMG!! she was stunning! without make up and still stunning!!! any make up seriously!! She was wearing a red hat, so cute!! Really the short hair suits her a lot and makes her look younger and so cute!!

Her face was like... like she didn't expected anyone there!! She came to us, and started signing our stuff (pics later). In my case, I gave her my You were/BALLAD single, and my TA member card. JAajaja she made this face: O.O "oh" XDD signed it, signed, Yw/b booklet and then opened the case of the single and expected me to say were she had to sign more XDD I only gave her the case so that she saw it, but finnaly she signed the CD too ^^

My friend tried to say that we came from spain only to see her, but she was too nervous XD I ended the sentence, and Ayu did another O.O "oh" And said something in Japanese to Stan that I couldn't hear...

Then cronopl asked for a pic together, and immediately stan/chan said: oh, no, today no pics, Ayu is too tired!

I was still amazed for what was happening that I hadn't time to get sad because I wanted a pic... but Ayu turned back to Stan and touch him, saying: it's ok. So she came, OMG, next to me!! I had Ayu next to me!!!! and Stan made two pics!!

after that, she turned to us and started touching our hands, holding them tight saying: "oh, so cold, you are so cold!"

Then we thank her to be there with us, and she entered the hotel...

Then, well, Gi and I started to cry... XD That moment was so... so surreal... it was amazing!!!

Ayu is so kind, I can't describe it with words... She was there for us, signed, make pics.. omg... so kind, so generous... it's so human... really you don't feel like.. Ayu=Diva, no,s he was like... anyone else! just that we were amazed by her presence!

it was incredible.. simply.. no way to say...

Then 2-3 more bans came with ALL her staff, ALL!! and we saw Banchou XDD and asked also a pic XDD she was too surprised that... really I think she didn't knew what to do XDD

And seeing it, we 3 came out with the idea that she sure was recording a PV... al her staff with her, she was so tired and arrived late...

so thats it!!

I'll post pic now!!

and pics:


mmm well the pics.. XD just the mroe exciting ones are almost imposible to show, cause we can't pass the pics from my friends cam to this computer.. so you will have to see a pic of a pic XDD but still you can see ayu!! ^^

I'm the girl with brown hair, Gi the blond one, Cronopl the guy behind ^^

WITH AYU!!!
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2348/dsc03484.th.jpg

THE SECOND ONE!!!
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Me and Gi with Bancho
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walking.proud signed stuff ^^ (me ^^)

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Me with my stuff:
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Gi's stuff
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Gi with her booklets ^^
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^^

OMGF!!!!!!!I really don't know what to say!
You were...so close to Ayu!
I got goosebumps from reading your post!
I'll probably faint if Ayu is near me!
AYu TOUCHED YOU!AYU TOUCHED YOU!
ENVY ENVY ENVY ENVY

why am I in singapore :(:(:(

wow..she's so cute :D
so envy T_T

GOD!! you're so luccckyy!!! The luckiest fans!!!
Reading your post.. I feel like crying too :scry

wow ayu is right next to you - so lucky!!
I was thinking of leaving really early around 8pm but you guys met Ayu really late so I might have to stay another day which I wasn't planning too plus I haven't even booked a hotel or anything

Is anyone else gonna be travelling alone to London and on what day? I was thinking if anyone wanted to meet up in a group if they are in the same situation as me and alone ^^

10 days? ayu in London? don't you think it's such a short time to make an album?

WOW lucky! lucky fans!!! congrats! walking.proud thanks for the telling that story with such details! seems like it was a wonderful experience!!! thanks for sharin'!

OMG!!!!!!! HEAVENLY LUCKY!!!!!!!! reading your note make wanna cry...
amazing ayu!

OMG..
you guys are so luckkkkkkyyyyyy
i know how it feel when we got to see Ayu in person..
i felt it before, but i never got to be that close to Ayuu!! OMGGG!!!!
and even took pics with Ayu? woahh!!
so envious of u guysss!!

lucky gal, u got to hold her hand, (or she got to hold yours..even better!!) <3

okay we are at the Metropolis, and its really quiet. No Ayu or any AHS people around... :(

^I think as it's Saturday she's shopping (?) Maybe afternoon she's going to make that possible PV or tomorrow.
Well, it seems to be sure that at night she will come back to the hotel.
I hope you will see her many times ^^

I really wish I could go too, but I don´t have the money <.<
My You were / BALLAD Box was my last bigger purchase for a while since I am jobless now.
And if I go and then don´t see her for some reasons, I whould be even more depressed....
But oh well, she was in Paris 2 years ago, now she is in London, I am sure she will come to Europe again, maybe I have enough money and time then^^ (When she was in Paris I had the money but not the time, how ironic ><)

we've moved to the hotel now. after we've done eating, we'll be back there.
See you there ;p

I want come on the next weekend.
Are other AHS people at this time there?
Hope ayu will wait for me. XD

Ahhhh...... I wished, I also could be in London and have a pic with Ayu. (°_°)
I envy everyone, who was able to meet her.

we just saw her! She was dressed in some crazy outfit off to go to a photoshoot. She seemed in a hurry so we'll try again later

crazy??? could you explain more?

Yeah, crazy as in awesomely freaky or horribly embarrassing? o-o

This is so exiting. Crazy outfit. haha....

Maybe the crazy outfit is the new cover outfit?

crazy cool. Black skirt and tights, a jacket with loads of buttons and a cool hat. She came back and signed stuff for us! She was really friendly :) but we were asked not to take pictures. Her staff were taking loads of us though! Yeah i think it might be the album art clothes

^
woah.. hope u guys can take pics with her!
so envious of u guys!!

^You'll be in the booklet of new album! (well... I'm just imagining it xD) If she's making a PV it's sure that you'll appear in it's making off just like french people in MW making off (I love that making)

I like what you're talking about her clothes =D