Hey, how's everyone? I've recently felt a surge of inspiration because not one but two old friends have contacted me out of nowhere. I feel warm and loved, thank you. It's nice to know I actually made friends out of this blog, that there was enough of 'me' in my posts luring people back for more despite expecting to find nothing about 8. It's an honour, really. I love you guys!

Mushiness aside, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It'll be Hina's birthday in no time. I completely missed Maru's because I was travelling. Wrote birthday wishes for Ryo in Spanish because as impossible as it sounds, I actually think in Spanish now. Even I find it hard to believe that just a year and three months ago, the only things I could say were "hola" and... actually that was the only word I knew. A lot has happened since I left home and I'm proud of everything I did. Except abandoning the blog. But I know I did the right thing. I would have ended up crawling back to Japan if I paid any attention to 8 in the past year. I love them, but I need to be good at something besides a full-time Eighter.

I hope everyone's doing great. I wish I had replied to everyone's sweet comments but it's way too late. If anyone actually sees this post, tell me how life's been since we last spoke. I can't guarantee I'll be back with information about 8 but I'll try to stay alive. On Twitter, at least. But I'll never delete this blog. Jugem, please don't die.

It's been good 'talking' to you guys.

Love,
Cindi xoxo

No tengo palabras. Nunca voy a poder poner mis sentimientos por él en palabras. Además este año ha ido un poco diferente. No lo he visto, y ha dejado una parte de su trabajo. Si, la parte que me gustaba menos. Pero de verdad, a mi me da igual si tiene dos trabajos o uno. Él es él, y eso es suficiente.

Feliz cumpleaños. Que tengas un buen año con 8.

(Por cierto, ya me doy cuenta que vi en directo su ultimo concierto de su otro trabajo. Qué casualidad..)

Please let everyone be safe.
皆さんの無事を祈っています。

Omg talk about cutting it close. Happy Birthday Hina!!!! I didn't forget about you! On the contrary, I think I talked about him most while I was living with an old fan friend in London. It's actually kind of ironic how I went to spend a week with a fan friend I knew before I ever went to see 8, to drown my sorrows about missing my first tour lol. But it worked! She's the sweetest thing too, putting up a picture of 8 in the guest room before I arrived hahaha! Had the best vacation possible! :)

Been hearing great things about Yoko's drama and Yasu's CM. Really proud of them both. And of course the birthday boy gets all my love just for playing himself. I miss him so much. :(

And really, I'll be back to reply to comments when I'm not studying or doing overtime, or sick. Why am I so busy?! :(

I'm in the middle of an awesome vacation and randomly found out Yoko will be on Telephone Shocking on Monday. OMG I just had to blog. (Pardon the time lag; remember my time difference lol.) Too excited! Why can't I vacation in Tokyo?! :((((((((

Sorry I don't have time to reply to comments right now but I will! I have so much to say! Please wait for my reply. XD Will post again when I'm back from London. Take care! Happy New Year!

Aaaaaaaa Yoko on Telephone Shocking! Sorry I just wanted to scream somewhere! XD

We went to the Pyrenees today. I started laughing to myself when I spotted this during lunch. (Sorry it's a bad cellphone picture.) With my reputation at stake, I explained it to the rest as "Oh I really like this symbol.." LOL. Can I cash snow in for yen so I can go to the countdown?! I've not given up 100% but I know it's just wrong for me to go to Osaka for concerts when it costs exactly the same to fly home for Christmas. I can't do that to my grandmother. I love 8 but family definitely comes first.

I think my return is near. It's been 8 weeks. XD

I cannot believe I'm an hour late for Maru's birthday in my timezone. Well I had to work overtime. :( The good news is, we're throwing a birthday celebration for two tomorrow so I'm definitely going to celebrate the dear man's birthday in style (secretly?). The bad news is, I've not kept my promise about posting before Maru's birthday. Next time though, I'll definitely post before the next birthday. Hina's is two months away! And I'd be lying through my teeth if I said I had completely gave up on the tour. Even though I'd probably have to sell a kidney to afford it.

Happy Birthday Maru! Of course I love you so much to you. That alone means more than anything else I can say. I can't even begin to describe how annoyed I am about missing Freeter and all the news that comes along with it. Seriously. I have no idea what's going on with 8 anymore. And it scares me. I've never not known. :(

On the personal end, I'm still insanely busy. I'm barely surviving at work cause I don't love my job, and as much as I love my language class I really think I'll start falling behind if I don't work harder. But it's so difficult to find the energy! It took a lot of studying for me to catch up with what I missed cause I joined the class late. Well at least it was the first time I was missing class for a reason unrelated to 8 lol. I just wasn't here yet. Gotta quit being so last minute. XD

Take care everyone!

If you thought I'd at least climb back on Earth for a member's birthday, you got it right. But if you thought I'd be able to post in time.. lol. Well it's still evening where I am so let's not take Japanese time into account for now.

Happy birthday Ryo! I wish I had time to dig up today's Janiben reports! At least I hope he was there! Lucky fans, Janiben recording always seem to coincide with their birthdays.

Argh I really miss being in 8-mode, and just writing about them. I've only been here for about 25 days but it feels like 25 weeks away from 8. I can't stand not knowing anything! But it's so hard to just go back to regular programming now that I've missed so much. I'll never be done with 'settling down'. There's always so much to do! I promise to be back before Maru's birthday though.

Right now I'm just feeling bummed cause it really feels like 8 hates me. The one and only time I'm missing their tour since their debut and they finally give me what I want?! Can someone teleport me to Japan? Why didn't this tour start a month ago?! :(

Oh and it's not that I'm being secretive but I really think it'd be more interesting if someone managed to guess where I am. A good hint.. hmm, I don't speak the local language. The other day in language class we read a story about this girl with a Japanese friend named Yoko. Now that's a sign. XD