ALAN THE WORLD #10

Singer and AneCan model alan: her present, past & future.

Girls definitely love to go shopping together, meet up at a shop and drink tea together... They love to eat yakiniku together. Hn? That’s just me? (laughs) I think it’s fun to meet up with friends. Among the people working at Anecan, Rei-chan is a good friend of mine! We’ve eaten a lot of yakiniku together and I even sang at her wedding! I waited near the back entrance and surprised her.

I have a lot of foreign friends, for example English or American friends. I became friends with them in Japan. Japanese people are quite shy. But foreigners are really open; they easily say “hello!!” and I can quickly befriend them. I got to perform with Isis during a Hokkaido TV show and we immediately became friends. I asked her, “Please tell me your twitter account! What’s your mail address?” ...I’m also really open and active (laughs).

When I first came to Japan 3 and a half years ago, I didn’t have any friends in Japan and felt lonely. I talked with my mother and father on the phone everyday. But it was my first time coming to Japan so I didn’t know how to call cheaply. I’d buy cards for international calls but my 5000 yen and 10.000 yen cards would quickly run out. So I had to call less. The nights felt really lonely. I wanted to talk with someone. But I couldn’t speak any Japanese. What was I supposed to do?

At those times I would go to the convenience store near my house! A lot of Chinese worked there late at night. I would buy something and talk a little when paying. “You’re Chinese?” “Yes.” “So am I.” Then I would quickly say “ni hao” and switch to Chinese. “What are you currently doing?”, “I’m a student. And you?” ...That was a bit difficult to answer, so I said: “I’m a student too. I’m going to a Japanese school.” Sorry for lying!! But when I first came to Japan, my loneliness disappeared thanks to that convenience store.

Now I have lots of friends in Japan and I have my Japanese fans. When I feel lonely or when I’m scared at night and can’t sleep, I talk with my fans on twitter. Nights become really scary when there’s no one to talk to, right? But my fear fades when I talk with my fans on twitter.

I felt really lonely at first but now I’m glad that I came to Japan and met a lot of people. I’d like to say one more thing: if you see me in the city, don’t hesitate to talk to me!

this was really honest, love her so much

wow I would do anything to have a conversation with alan!
but my Japanese is still not good and I don't understand Chinese

thanks for the translation!

Did you translate that by yourself tenshi? If so, great work!! Thanks for sharing :)

Ah I'd love to talk to alan! Just that I'm unable to talk Japanese and or Mandarin. I can talk some Cantonese but that's probably of not much use ^^;;

alan stayed strong during her tough times in Japan! <3 But eventually when you look back you're happy to find yourself having grown stronger than ever.
Without risk there's no freedom. Success comes with sacrifice. No pain, no gain.

tenshi no hane wrote:

I felt really lonely at first but now I’m glad that I came to Japan and met a lot of people. I’d like to say one more thing: if you see me in the city, don’t hesitate to talk to me!

I would probably stalk her

But I wonder if the convenience store clerk ever found out who she really is? hehe

I will not only talk, I gonna jump into you! and *HUG* (<---- that will make she more scary, lol)

I think alan encouraged a lot of stalkers with that last comment XD

DaXingXing57 wrote:

Did you translate that by yourself tenshi? If so, great work!! Thanks for sharing :)

Yeah I did :D Thank you and you're welcome~