Ayumi featured in Mika Noguchi's blog

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Aggar

so who is this one? just someone she knows from work? Ayu is so amazing and she can even change people

She's the woman that Ayu told that she was deaf in one ear before everyone else.

I dunno how they met, but now they're like Best Friends Forever.

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0051018jk.html

Peach John has been providing women with sexy and cute lingerie via its catalog and retail business since 1994. Leading this company, which had sales of 16 billion yen last year, is President Mika Noguchi, a woman who is not afraid to bare her true feelings.

[Aggar]

thank you guys

[AyUmIXx]

wah..so AYu has become Mika's inspiration... so coool!!!
She was changed because of Ayu.. that's so great...
and that determines that Ayu's really a strong person..

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by babamon

Rough translation:

If i want to write about this matter, i guess it should be today.
Actually it's very long ago, there was this period when i feel like quitting as a president. During the management meeting, i announced that i will be quitting very soon as well, giving those around me quite a lot of trouble.

Although i used to like fufiling my dreams in life, but whenever i thought of the staffs that had been with me, can i really quit like this myself? This had been troubling me everyday.

In the first place i never wanted to be a president.
But after working so hard, i just somehow gotten this position.
It kept giving me the feeling that it's something against my wish.

What i wanted to do isn't this!
Rebel or whatever. I always think the fault lies in others, or perhaps i'm just finding someone like myself.

Speaking of talents, I think that's what everyone has.
However, it's not something that u can decide yourself, but rather, acknowledged by others.
Getting praised,
helping others out, in reality it is all for my own benefits.
It is then that i realised the true meaning of my talent.

I believe my talents is that i have originality.
I believe so ever since i was young, and had been moving on towards that direction.
However, that direction was a mistake.
Right now, as an operator,
i had been given a fine reputation by others (Of course there are bad ones as well)
earning money, (There are times i couldn't earn any)
expectations by others (I could only think of it this way)
Overall, i can only say, i guess this is wat makes up my talent.
So as long as there's anyone that expect something out of me, i will be determined and move forward on that road.

Recently, I had been chatting with my staffs regarding some other colleagues of mine.
"Isn't it very impressive, the earnings he had made from all those he had done, even if he stops working he will not have to worry about his life in the future"
"Isn't president like this too?"
"......"
Yeah, i hasn't noticed in the past, that even if i stop working now i will not have any problems with my living in the future.
But i had never think of how life would be like if i stop working for years.

However, after i met Ayumi Hamasaki, the thoughts of quitting had never cross my mind again.

When i first get to know her, it was during those times when i was about to announce quitting.
It was during her TOP STAR moment, climbing to the top.
Guess it was due to some bad encounters that she escaped to where i was at that time.
Ever since then, we had been living together, sharing our feelings and thoughts.
Not long later, she brought some of the staffs over to my house that has to confirm her costumes, sound and visual problems.

Looking at her,
giving them different instructions,
even those backstage work which artistes wouldn't get to see, she has to inspect them.
Quite often, she even needs to amend those wordings that are written in an unclear manner
I was so amazed with her precise observation and imagination
Day and night, a huge amount of workload is always waiting for her.
And what i saw, is the utmost professionalism and diligence an artiste could give.

Her determination, sensitivity and of course her lovely features,
has seriously touched my heart and soul.
As compared to any other things, the attitude of this genius got me deeply attracted to it.

In order to live together with this person, i must achieve this as well.

No. Instead, i should be the role model of this person since i'm much older.

I must do more work than this person, because in order to discuss matter with her, it got to be people like Madonna, Matsutoya Yumi, Seiko Matsuda etc.

After much consideration,
I can't lose in work, thanks to her.
Therefore in the end i became pretty hardworking

Of course, this isn't just because of her.
There had been others who encouraged me, and supported me to move forward as well..

However, she's still the most special one to me.
I'm so thankful that i had met her.
Thank god.
If we didn't, i guess we will be so different from each other now.
I always feel that whenever you are working out there,
There will be times when you are glad, but at the same time painful, that you surpassed others.

Always trying your best to fufil the expectations of others, I respect you.
Ganbatte! The songstress of Asia!

After performing at Kouhaku still have to rush before CDL starts.
No matter when it is always this anxious, actually it's quite pitiful.

The reason i wrote this long is because of the news today.
The message that was intended for her fans only, had became the news for the media. It's pretty frightening.
Even if you remain depress it's not going to help.
She will quickly go for training, and is determined to show everyone when she had overcome it.
I'm not trying to explain anything here, just being a busybody.

OMG THIS IS THE HARDEST TRANSLATION I HAVE DONE EVER -_- Sorry if i made some mistakes here and there. I tried my best..

omg!! thanks so much for the translation!!

makes me teary reading how great ayu is to Mika

[Surreal]

Mika is really rich o_O. I wonder how hard she worked to become President. All along I
thought she's the founder of PJ..oh so she's not..she actually worked her way to the top!

[bluegie]

Thanks for the translation babamon!

I dunno that ayu's living with mika rite now.. or they just lived together during a period?

[ownsarai]

Thanks for the translation~

[balladesque]

The belt looks pretty cool. =-)

[rikku411]

wow this is really touching... i'm glad to see Ayu is so hardworking... it's really inspiration for everyone

[Rebirthia]

Originally Posted by OoxchocolatexmarblexoO

Quick Summary:

-Mika talks about the time when she became the boss of her company
-She says that she never wanted to be the boss to begin with, and felt
that she had no talent.
-She says that there were many times she wanted to quit, and that caused
her to stir some trouble with her staff members
-She always felt negative towards her work and herself.
-Her ways of thinking changed for the first time when she met Ayu.
-Mika met her when Ayu was enormously popular.
-although they have just met, Ayu had a really hard time in work, so she came running to Mika.
-Soon, many of Ayu's staff team who has chased after Ayu appeared, and told her that she has a special duty to fulfill. Ayu pulls it together, and returns(i'm not sure about this part, but i think it's somewhat accurate)
- mika is amazed by her strength and her talent.
- she says "if I want to up as much as this person, I have to work harder too".
thus, ayu motivated mika to work harder.
-she comments that there would be no legend that could be compared to her unless it's madonna or matsutoya yumi (aka yuming) lol.
-she says that she's glad that she met Ayu, and that she's a really special person to her.
-mika then talks about suffering and joy..
-then she goes back to talking about how Ayu always tries her best, and that she felt sorry for her on New Years because she was extremely busy with her CDL and Kouhaku perf.
-mika then says that the reason why she was motivated to write this was because of the news and the media. she was scared for ayu, and was pretty bummed out by the sad news.. but then she told herself that being upset over the news isn't going to do anything.

(Theyare not 100% accurate, but they should be pretty close! Sorry for the crappy sentences..)

thank you!

[BoBo]

guys if you are going to post something pls post it with it's translation...god damn it i am still learning the language
babamon 10x for translation

[ayu DIOR]

Originally Posted by Aggar

thank you , who is that Mika Noguchi btw ? Is he/she her partner ?

She's the president and founder (?) of Peach John, which is the Japanese equivalent to Victoria's Secret. She was featured in Time Magazine a few years ago, so you can imagine how much power/influence she has

[Bazaa]

I'm glad they are such good friends, and that Mika was, in a way, "saved" by Ayu. Sometimes you're stuck in life and someone appears to help you find your way, I think this was something like that. And how successful you can be if you work really hard too.

[Ayumiko]

thank you for the translation!

-although they have just met, Ayu had a really hard time in work, so she came running to Mika.
-Soon, many of Ayu's staff team who has chased after Ayu appeared, and told her that she has a special duty to fulfill. Ayu pulls it together, and returns(i'm not sure about this part, but i think it's somewhat accurate)

could the song dearest have anything to do with her? after reading that part, it reminds me of the dearest pv.

Actually if you think about it, both her and ayu sounds very similar with each other...both wanted to give up at some point in their life, both at the top of what they do...so I guess that's one of the reason they are such close friends...they understand each other and have so much in common.

[Queen Bee]

Thanks for the translation! It's interesting to see how much influence Ayu has on people.

[zoomzoom]

Thanks for the translation babamon! Very nice to read, shows how close they are and gives a small insight on ayu as a person.

[juunigatsu]

Im so glad to know that Ayu inspired him!=)

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Ayumiko

thank you for the translation!



could the song dearest have anything to do with her? after reading that part, it reminds me of the dearest pv.

Actually if you think about it, both her and ayu sounds very similar with each other...both wanted to give up at some point in their life, both at the top of what they do...so I guess that's one of the reason they are such close friends...they understand each other and have so much in common.

Sounds kinda like that. :|

Like, Mika was represented by those caucasians who "saved" her near the end? :O

[baka-ranger]

whoa, it could be from the dearest pv and as mika said, she met Ayu at her peak era and wasn't dearest made around that time?O__O( If you consider I am her peak era, which i think many do=D) So I guess it fits, she was running and she was "saved" hehe in the end..

I'm surprised I actually cried while reading this, it made me think about how much Ayu means to many people in the World and how she's in someway saved people through her words. Ayu's one of the VERY few females I respect with all my heart, the news about her lately is very saddening

hmm is mika really living with Ayu? hmm I wonder what kinda place Ayu lives in=\, we only know her room is ful of white things XD