Erien #1223: ON HIATUS

Morning Musume DVD Magazine Vol.19 - Kamei Eri's interview.
Q. Have you reached any of your goals in 2008?
Eri : For me...Not that I don't like to set goals..but sometimes I will feel disappointed in myself if I worked real hard towards my goal and yet unable to achieve what I wanted. So for me usually I'll just set a few targets for a day that I want to meet and carry them out on that day. So my daily targets adds up as my goal for the year. I've been planning my goals like this all the time. Frankly, compared to other people I'm those who worries a lot, and I turn nervous easily. Reina is a very composed person and she'll often hold onto my hands and tells me calm down. I'll reply with a "got it!" and it'll help me relax a little. Yup..thats how nervous i can get. So I hope I can proceed with my work without worrying about every single thing and I shall set this as a goal for myself.

Eri : Good morning ~
Gakisan : GAKIKAME desu!
Eri : GAKIKAME desu!
Gakisan : We're shooting for the March to April calender.
Eri : Theres no Art Theater here!
Gakisan : (laughs)
Eri : We're not gonna throw anything today!

Q. What hairstyles do you like?
Eri : Kappa's hairstyles. Not really kappa...something like a doll's hairstyle...like straight at the sides and the fringe. I'd wanna try that hairstyle (That explains the legend of the PK hairstyle x: ) Every single strand of my hair will be of the same length this way and my fringe will be thick and long. It'll definitely look cute. Actually i like those long and thick fringe but since we have to appear on television programs or to take photos, it'll make it look real thick and black. If I don't have to worry about these factors, I'll definitely want to try this hairstyle.

Q. If you have 10 days off, what would you like to do in the 10 days?
Eri : Ten days? Thats a lot...Where should i go? Seriously...I don't go out much...I'm always at home. Where should I go...? Nothing happens much at home actually...But when I feel that I wanna go out to play I'll go out to play.

Q. Is there anything that you think you improved on in 2008?
Eri : A lot of things happened this year...Like for Bow 30 Degrees...I got to know of more people...It wasn't really a musical...Instead it was a play. I found plays really fun and even though we had to hold the play 3 times per day and to concentrate till the end but everyday just flew past quickly. Talking about improvement my level of concentration probably improved the most. Also, my stamina too. Our concert tour had 36 songs and it had a really long duration. But even till the end of the concert I was still able to hold on and this surprised me a little. Even though it was really tiring but the concerts didn't end with me feeling tired. Instead I'll have a sense of accomplishment b'cos I was able to concentrate till the end of the concert. In conclusion I became stronger...I think? I'm not sure if i can consider this as an improvement though...I'd like to be confident in saying this but I don't think I've really improved that much...but still, i think i improved.

Eri's message : I'll turn 20 in 2008...now I'm still nineteen but when i turn 20 it'll be twenty. Theres no "n" in 20. Not that I find myself old but thats quite an obvious change...It makes me think that "Ah...I'm no longer a teen". And since I'm going to be at such an age soon, I hope that I will be able to work towards my goals without being worrying too much. I'll like to continue to work hard and to have fun everyday. Please continue supporting me!

Morning Musume DVD Magazine Vol.19 - Linlin's interview.
Q. Have you reached any of your 2008 goals?
Linlin : Theres quite a few...like my height. I grew taller by 0.3cm. I'm really happy about that, even though its just 0.3cm.

Q. What do you think about this costume? (January - Feburary)
LinLin : Something that we'll wear during New Year

Q. Do you receive New Year's gift back in China?
LinLin : Yup. But unfortunately this year I didn't go back to China during New Year cos' we had some work to complete in Japan.

Q. What type of hairstyles do you like?
LinLin : Currently my hair is brown but I'll want it to be more yellowish...or maybe reddish-brown. I think it might look cute with such a hairstyle...It'll look like those dolls.

Q. In 2009 where would you like to travel to?
LinLin : I'll like to go to Hokkaidou. I heard that Hokkaidou's crabs are very delicious and I like seafoods a lot.

Q. Whats your favourite Japan dish?
LinLin : Ah...This is a really difficult question...

Q. Then, why not name 3 of them?
LinLin : I like crepes, Yakiniku, Shabu-shabu...Sukiyakiand Kani-Don. Man..I can't make up my mind. I said more then 3 dishes right?
(Kani-don - A bowl of rice with crabs on it :B )

Q. If you have 10 days off what will you want to do?
LinLin : I'd want to go back to China to reunite with my family. We'll have dinner and after that we can play together. And after with the remaining time I'll like to go to ??? (I downloaded my copy on veoh.com. And my video got cut off a little at this part, I'm not too sure what she said in the second part of her answer)

Q. What is your 2009 goal?
LinLin : I'll like to improve my Japanese level..and also, to grow taller. I'd like to learn dialects too. Like Tanaka-san's dialect..its really cute when she says "OOO ken". I'd want to learn Osaka dialects and Takahashi-san's Fukui dialects too, Fukui dialects sound really interesting.

Q. Is there any parts of the Japanese language that you think is difficult?
LinLin : Yup..there are. Sometimes when i try to explain something in Japanese everyone won't get me. At those times I have to resort to hand signs in order for them to understand.

Q. Are there anything that you weren't able to convey in Japanese recently?
LinLin : ...Cold jokes. After i threw in a joke no one got what it means and it became really "cold". Back in China when i told my friends they laughed really hard at it...I wonder why didn't the rest get it...probably b'cos of my weak japanese level...Thats why they wasn't able to get what I'm trying to say. (Linlin gets into the manga mode and says that everyone was like "?")

Q. Please throw in a cold joke now in front of the camera!
LinLin : Ah?! Man..this is difficult. Alright. What type of drink does Jackie Chan like?
Staff : Tea?
LinLin : Nope, thats not the answer. Its water. When he fights he always scream "wa~ta! (water!)". Yay! Today everyone laughed! Thank you!

Q. Is this the joke that you weren't able to convey to the rest of the members?
LinLin : Nope, not this. I didn't tell them about this joke. I told this to someone else. But the one that I failed to convey I think I'll never want to use it again. I'll tell the rest of the members this joke next time!

Linlin's message : I hope that everyone will have a good year in 2009 and will be able to enjoy everyday of it happily. Byebye!