Hi Everyone, I'm sitting in my hotel room in Fukuoka overlooking the water and feeling kinda happy.. the reason for this happiness??? Darren has just waltzed into my room and INSISTED that I take the night off tonight to go and see MAGNOLIA. I know the rest of the world has already seen this film but, Darren saw it last night and has now dubbed it his favourite film of the year, and bestowed his own personal Oscar on Tom Cruise for his outstanding acting. So, with a recommendation like this, how could I NOT go and see it!
So, I will be missing out on the show in Fukuoka tonight.. but I've seen the other three they already performed in Tokyo and Yokohama and they were a blast! It has been great to see the band perform live for the first time songs such as The Best Thing, Hold Me and I Don't Know You Anymore.

I have to tell you.. the Japanese people are SO POLITE! I know that I've said this time and again, but they really are. There is no such thing as pushing and shoving and whenever Darren and Daniel meet any of their fans, or the media, or even people that work in the hotels, they are bowled over by their kindness and their willing to please. It's such a treat. The hardest part of Japan is the language barrier. It's not just that very few people speak English, it's also that they have a written language that is completely indecipherable to we Westerners. We have come to the realisation that most restaurants have a large selection of laminated food to choose from, which is hardly appetising to look at, but very necessary when it comes time to order dinner.

Prior to arriving in Japan we were in San Francisco, as you know, and the Disney show went off without a hitch. The two girls, Kelly and Kamille, who won the audition for the support slot to Savage Garden, were absolutely adorable. Darren chose them out of a possible 9 acts due to the fact that they had personality plus, and they wrote and performed all their own music. They were so cute, we all fell in love with them. We are all going to keep our fingers crossed for them and their musical future.

IT IS NOW....a couple of days later and I am sitting in a dressing room at The Nagoya show and I can hear Darren and Daniel out on the stage playing the acoustic piano set. It is so beautiful and has quickly become my favourite part of the show.

I'm trying desperately hard to write this, but Nina, our friend who also happens to be the wardrobe stylist on the tour, has been following me around talking to me constantly. Yap yap yap, yappity yap.... I mean, I love her dearly, but when I asked her 'if anything interesting was happening lately'.. I didn't realise just HOW MANY interesting things had happened to her!! Wow, what a life she's got. Can't wait to finish writing to you guys so I can give her my full attention. At the moment though I'd kinda like it if she just shut up.

We have got a lot more people on the road with us now. All the core crew have started work and it is fantastic as there are so many new people to talk to. I don't know why I told you that, I guess I just wanted to let you know that the Savage Garden family is getting larger by the day, and I know this is due to the tour (of course), but it's still enjoyable to be seeing and meeting so many new faces.

Oh no.. everyone in the room has started talking about finances. I'm breaking out into a cold sweat. Any mention of money and how to manage it, causes the oxygen to go running screaming from my brain and generally I end up in a dead faint, through boredom.

I have a great boss, I love him, he never ever gets mad at me for my many inefficiencies, sometimes I give him the wrong information and that can often lead to him getting a little stressed before showtime when he warms his voice up half an hour too early, but this never stops him from giving me gifts. Today we went shopping because I smashed my watch on the tiles at the swimming pool. Actually, you didn't really need to know that the watch was actually smashed at the swimming pool, I only told you that because I was hoping you'd pick up on the fa