[Translation] TEAMAyu blog: 19th January

[kirei_ayumi]

ah man, he got fired lol
I hate the guessing game....I hope she's going to london..
if so, I hope the fanbook will be done just in time

[greenteadrinker]

You people are taking her "-6 degrees" comment too literally. She was just trying to say that it's going to be freezing wherever she's going, doesn't mean that the exact temp on her day of arrival would be around -6. But last week it was indeed freezing cold in the UK.

Most likely she's in London... for recording, Rimmel, all possible.

[hidekirby]

What's that story with the limo driver?? From what country? I don't get it.

[Suteisi]

Lol, I was just making fun of it.

The story with the limo driver is that he told some source (I believe it was ayu-angel) that Ayu was supposed to go to London in January but that it was cancelled (I'm assuming it was early January). He was her limo driver when she was in Paris for Mirrorcle World, he was the one giving the info to the fans so they could go and see Ayu while she was in France.

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by Neffiline

Lol, I was just making fun of it.

The story with the limo driver is that he told some source (I believe it was ayu-angel) that Ayu was supposed to go to London in January but that it was cancelled (I'm assuming it was early January). He was her limo driver when she was in Paris for Mirrorcle World, he was the one giving the info to the fans so they could go and see Ayu while she was in France.

Oh ok... it's the same guy. But I still don't get how he had news from ayu as she's not going to Paris but London? How can he be related to that?
I'm not calling anything into question, it's just that I don't see the link ^^"

[Stuff]

I tracked down the limo driver and asked him about it, after I read the post on Ayu Angel. He told me that he was contracted to be her driver for all of Europe, but that Avex had messed him around so much cancelling and rescheduling that he cancelled the contract completely. He said that Ayu booked with a London limo company now. So she must be heading to London.

[truehappiness]

Ah, so he was sick of being rescheduled and such... makes sense now.

And so, we've lost the source that gave us leads on where she was in Paris in 2008... I wonder if the other driver will come out and say something? Haha.

[zoomzoom]

^That seems so unlikely unfortunately... it puzzles me why that driver went out with the info in the first place, since he said he wasn't a fan of hers.. just cause he was nice?

[Suteisi]

QUICK! Someone track down her new limo driving dude!!

Lol XD

[truehappiness]

I imagine what happened was that he was curious about who he was going to be driving, and found the Ayu-Angel forum via Google or something, and started posting about what'd happen from there.

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I imagine what happened was that he was curious about who he was going to be driving, and found the Ayu-Angel forum via Google or something, and started posting about what'd happen from there.

If I remember well, that's what exactly happened. It was the first French website he found about Ayu. He just wanted to let the fans know, to not miss this opportunity...

Originally Posted by Stuff

I tracked down the limo driver and asked him about it, after I read the post on Ayu Angel. He told me that he was contracted to be her driver for all of Europe, but that Avex had messed him around so much cancelling and rescheduling that he cancelled the contract completely. He said that Ayu booked with a London limo company now. So she must be heading to London.

How did you manage to track him down? Did you asked Ayuangel's webmistress or something like that? I'm just being curious

[Stuff]

Originally Posted by hidekirby

How did you manage to track him down? Did you asked Ayuangel's webmistress or something like that? I'm just being curious

I've been searching everywhere, contacting every company, like a mad woman lol. I contacted the Japanese embassy in London to ask if they were expecting Ayu to come (they said they hadn't heard, but that she wouldn't necessarily tell them if she was coming). I contacted JAL asking them for info about Ayu's flight, but they had a confidentiality rule. I searched for the alias of the French limo driver that ayu-angel mentioned, as well as the word "limo driver", and found a member of a French forum related to cars in which there was a member with the same username as the guy's alias, and on his profile it said that his occupation was limo driver and his country was France. I joined the forum, but didn't speak any French, so I used a weird Google translator thing to compose a message for him. It turned out that he was the guy I was looking for. He replied in English and was very nice and kind. When I said sorry for taking up his time with this matter, he said: "Don't worry! I only wish I could be of more help to Ayu's fans!"

I'm currently in the process of contacting Limo companies in London asking if they know anything lol. It's a long shot, but I'm a crazed fan.

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by Stuff

I've been searching everywhere, contacting every company, like a mad woman lol. I contacted the Japanese embassy in London to ask if they were expecting Ayu to come (they said they hadn't heard, but that she wouldn't necessarily tell them if she was coming). I contacted JAL asking them for info about Ayu's flight, but they had a confidentiality rule. I searched for the alias of the French limo driver that ayu-angel mentioned, as well as the word "limo driver", and found a member of a French forum related to cars in which there was a member with the same username as the guy's alias, and on his profile it said that his occupation was limo driver and his country was France. I joined the forum, but didn't speak any French, so I used a weird Google translator thing to compose a message for him. It turned out that he was the guy I was looking for. He replied in English and was very nice and kind. When I said sorry for taking up his time with this matter, he said: "Don't worry! I only wish I could be of more help to Ayu's fans!"

I'm currently in the process of contacting Limo companies in London asking if they know anything lol. It's a long shot, but I'm a crazed fan.

LOL WOAW!

You've got a lot of drive and motivation! Go go to find Ayu!! *cheers on*

I highly doubt any limo company will give out informations.

Like someone else said in the other thread (truehappiness I think?): it sounds more like that limo driver from France was fired for giving out Ayu's where-abouts and information. I'm sure it's all in their contracts to be confidential when they drive celebrities around...

[hidekirby]

@Stuff

Haha that's a crazy story
This guy is really kind to let people informed about Ayu's trip to Europe because he is not a fan (or was not?) haha.

[ownsarai]

I think it's kind of suspicious that this limo driver leaks this info about Ayu being in London or whatever, then all of a sudden he..."cancels his contract". I'm sure they get paid good money just to drive celebrities around. I think he may have been forced to quit or resign (whatever) if avex found out about him leaking the info to fans. Isn't that against policy or something? I'm sure it's in his contract to be confidential.
Well anyway. I am excited to find out where she will end up.
*sings*Where in the world is...Ayu-mi-Hama-sa-ki~!

[truehappiness]

Stuff probably found his posts/username on the French Ayu forum. Didn't he post in the forum at first?

[hidekirby]

Well, I checked the forum and there is no messages from the driver, just the news from the webmistress coming from a (I quote) "source". So there's any direct message.
I believe he directly contacted the admin.
That's why I was suprised to learn (some hours ago) that her French driver was involved in that story. I also thought this driver belonged to the French hotel that Ayu liked. But it seems in not the case if he was to drive her in Europe.

[kirei_ayumi]

ah~ so we're finally getting somewhere, step by step

[AyUta]

So Ayu MIGHT be in London? I wonder how she plans on spending this trip? Is it a small vacation or work?

[Misa-chan]

ayu's probably jet-lagged, or extremely busy. no TEAMAyu updates yet lol!! XD