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私はあきらめた。 下定决心,默默离开.
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就像夏天少了阵雨会很奇怪，如果周日少了Sunday Duo，就会觉得完全没有精神再做些别的什么事情。
我给妈妈撒了个弥天大谎，说我获赠周日日语课程12节，这样她应该也就不会怀疑我周日提早出门的原因。
事实上我也希望这个white lie可以勾引我抓紧点时间背背日文单词（半个月不看了吧这玩意儿）。
小草莓吃什么都很快，其中有冰激淋，每次都是两大杯，第二杯通常是为了防止听课听着听着就睡着。
然后第一次有机会从小草莓杯子里挖个核桃仁吃吃，还第一次有机会一起看了会报纸拉。
终于在满怀期待中经历了大肠面，还有小菜饭骨头汤海带腐乳肉的大场面，咔咔。
小小的店面，小小的入口，陡峭的楼梯，油腻腻的桌面，
不太高级的餐巾纸，呼啦啦吹着的风扇，和蔼可亲的服务阿姨，超级入味的可口小菜，是这两个小吃店的共同点。
夏天，要的就是这样的大汗淋漓吃东西的感觉。
然后在走出店门的刹那，天已经变黑，一阵夏日傍晚凉爽的风吹来，惬意。
然后我们分道扬镳在小路边。
记得一次，天装模作样地下起了阵雨，我装模作样的急吼吼拿出蓄谋已久的伞，给小草莓打上。
那时小草莓拎着我沉甸甸的本本，才穿过一个红绿灯的模样，阵雨就不痛不痒地过去了。
我悻悻地收起了伞。
第一盒和最后一盒巧克力在Moca，收下是因为小草莓说不然就送给别人了！
巴卡拉竟然那么自然得和小草莓同镜头，其实这也是蓄谋的，现在手机一滑，呲溜一下，就会窜出小草莓一颗及绿叶一枝！
话说还喜欢穿马路，最好车越多越好，那是唯一几秒小草莓拽着我胳膊的时候。
积攒着积攒着，甜得很，可是一旦离开了周日和小草莓，一切又都很忧伤的样子。
因为事实是这样的：
小丑画花了自己的脸蛋
为了吸引全世界的注意
她说她爱上了全世界的微笑
在全世界需要她的时候
她觉得她成了全世界的唯一
有一天她会明白
对全世界而言
她只是个小丑
全世界的微笑都留给了他的全世界
对小草莓来说，全世界不是我。
这，就是事实。
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THROUGH his 20-year collection of stamps and badges, Sun Maoxing, 56, has recorded Shanghai's development in a special and simple way. Fei Lai checks out the content.
People collect different things and they collect these things for lots of reasons. Most do it for fun. However, for Sun Maoxing, a 56-year-old worker from Yangpu District, collecting is a little more than fun. It is something that reveals history, culture and development.
Through his 20 years' collection of stamps and badges, Sun has recorded Shanghai's development in a special and simple way.
"I might not be the one who has the most objects and the rarest," Sun says. "But I'm proud of it because my collection spans from 1949 till now and it is local. By following the collection through, even people from other cities and provinces can easily learn about the city's development.''
For the past 21 years, Sun has never stopped collecting badges. Every weekend, he goes to the market on Baotou Road in the district to see if there is anything worth picking up.
He has accumulated more than 5,000 badges in many different categories. His collections have been exhibited on more than 20 occasions.
City memories
The last time was in late May when Sun selected 500 badges and displayed them at Yangpu Library as part of activities celebrating the 60th anniversary of Shanghai's liberation.
He has collected badges since 1988. "The badges are concentrates of Shanghai's history over the recent 60 years, revealing how the city got to where it is now," Sun says. "The badges can talk indeed."
The theme of his latest exhibition was "City Memories of Shanghai" and it attracted and fascinated the elderly and the young.
"The old people favor the badges with a historical background such as those from the days during the 'cultural revolution' (1966-1976), while the young have more interest in how their school badges looked," Sun says.
"People enjoy the badges because these small articles awake long-sleeping memories from the past."
Although Sun has exhibited his badges at district and city levels, he clearly remembers five years ago when he lost a golden opportunity of having an exhibition organized by the Shanghai Archives.
The exhibition aimed to show the city's development with archives from local residents. In spite of his huge collection, Sun had not classified his badges so, without a clear theme, he was told he could not exhibit.
Learning from this, he spent the next three months classifying the badges. Categories such as city memories, sports, the "cultural revolution," school badges and tourism were included. He also divided sections like sports into more specialized areas like sports management, Olympics, national games, table tennis and student sport.
"At first, the collections were hung on old clothes in my wardrobe. But later they were stored in glass frames or fine boxes," Sun says. "Finally, they get to reach people."
Several communities have invited him to show his collections. Although there is no profit, Sun is willing to loan the badges.
"I hope more people can see these things," Sun says. "It's also my dream to hold a solo exhibition during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai."
Patience needed
Sun's theme collection "Shanghai Walks towards the Expo" was displayed at the third Shanghai Archive Day in April. The badges he selected featured landmarks of Shanghai, including Yuyuan Garden, Broadway Mansions Hotel, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jin Mao Tower and Pudong International Airport.
Sun says there are three ways to collect -- buy the items at markets, barter with others or accept them as presents from friends and relatives.
The collector is very dedicated to his hobby. In 1993 he met a collector from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, at the collectors' market on Zhaojiabang and Taiyuan roads. He spotted that the Nanjing collector wore a badge from the Chinese Olympic Committee. That was something he really wanted. He talked, negotiated and bargained.
Finally, he paid 40 yuan (US.85), one-sixth of his monthly salary at that time, and got the badge.
"Collecting badges is not an easy task. No one can have a complete collection with every badge," Sun says. "Don't be in a hurry. Patience is a virtue and we also need to keep an eye on our own lives."
The same philosophy is applied by Sun when he collects other items.
For the past 20 years, he has collected his own salary sheet, not missing a single one. From 50 yuan in the 1980s to the current 3,000 yuan or so, Sun considers it reflects the fruit of China's reform and opening up.
Since 1979, he has been a big stamp collector as well. What is unique about his stamp collection is that he keeps his family's activities on a stamp file.
"I've been filing for 12 years, which has given me a lot of knowledge about how to maintain archives," Sun says.
He keeps one file for his daughter. When great and meaningful moments and turning points such as birthdays, graduations and winning awards come round, he sends a letter to his daughter. The letters are usually highlighted with a postmark of the exact day and fine stamps. Sun hopes to record his child's growth with these special stamps.
The stamps have also helped class reunions for his middle school classmates.
"It's amazing that 44 out of 56 classmates have been found through a single list from that year," the collector says.
"We've had three parties. Each time we meet, I ask them to sign their names on the envelope and I send it to the post office that very day."
Now the classmates have decided to have another get-together after the World Expo 2010. Sun says there must be a lot more to share after participating in the event.
"The understanding of collecting is that however rich you are, it is impossible to collect everything. It doesn't matter how poor you are, you can start collecting something," Sun says.
"Be interested in it. Have fun. Do what you are capable of. That's all I expect from newcomers."
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INNOVATION works like an engine driving social progress. In the face of challenges such as the global economic downturn, energy-saving and environmental protection, innovation is a must for the growth of a man, an enterprise, a city, a nation and the world.
With innovation as a highlight, an award ceremony for the China Innovation List was held in Yangpu District recently. Business leaders from the top 20 enterprises on the list shared ideas on innovation with each other.
The list was drawn up by the Founder, a business magazine, and Booz & Company, a global consulting firm, after conducting research and assessments on more than 2,700 listed Chinese companies, each with market capitalization of more than US0 million.
Rather than putting the emphasis on a certain product, technology or business mode, the list focuses on the changes that innovation brings to an enterprise's sales, profit and impact, as well as on the significance to the whole industry and business organization.
Niu Wenwen, head of the Founder, said each crisis can become an opportunity for great innovation and the top 20 innovative enterprises achieved their significant innovative aims in product development, technology or business mode.
"It is the winter for the economy. However the ice is melting," Niu said. "Value brought by innovation not only belongs to an enterprise, an industry, but also belongs to society. Innovation is something that can guide us out of the mists of economic downturn."
The BYD Co Ltd ranked top of the list, followed by the Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co Ltd and Alibaba.com Ltd.
The ceremony was actually a part of "Innovative Future China Tour," a campaign co-organized by the Founder, enterprises, academics, investment circle and city and provincial governments.
Featuring forums, lectures and business negotiations, the campaign runs for a whole year in different places.
It aims at sharing experiences of innovation at key cities in China, providing funds, experience, methods and resources for innovative enterprises growing rapidly, inspiring entrepreneurs and giving them support. Before the Yangpu stop, the tour visited Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
The forum in Yangpu District is themed "New Blueprint after Economic Crisis." Politicians, entrepreneurs and scholars gathered in the district, talking about issues involving technology transformation, rebuilding business modes, the construction of innovative environments, innovative cities and innovative countries.
As one of the places that has witnessed China's century-old industrial history and modern civilization, Yangpu will be a new site for the future development of Shanghai.
With the strategy of "Knowledge-based Yangpu," the district government has worked out an innovative development concept highlighted by the construction of three prime areas: university campuses, high-tech parks and public communities.
Knowledge-based
According to the concept, the university campuses will provide intellectual support to the high-tech parks. The high-tech parks will lead the campuses and the communities in development. The communities will provide public services for the park and the campus.
After a six-year effort, the concept has gradually taken shape in the district. A batch of enterprises in high-tech and creative industries has settled down here, driving Yangpu's future development.
Chen Anjie, Party secretary of Yangpu District, told the forum that the district is a place where innovative talents and leaders with courage and strength can release their passion and energy.
"The district boasts a long history, a strong academic atmosphere and resourceful talents," Chen said. "Shifting from traditional industry to a knowledge-based district, it is becoming one of the most important innovative bases in Shanghai."
Xu Liangheng, board chairman of TechSun Co Ltd which is based in Fudan Science Park, has a deep association with Yangpu District.
The Wenzhou City native graduated from Fudan University in 1990 with a master's degree. Having worked at science and research departments, and as a public servant and an entrepreneur, his experience proves that innovation could bring a great change.
"Yangpu is a place for dreamers and a cradle for entrepreneurs," Xu said. "Entrepreneurs should always walk ahead of the mass, bringing courage and faith to face any challenge."
Xu gave some advice to today's entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs should think about macro issues, rather than studying how much they have earned today.
Issues such as whether countries such as China and United States will form a new economic structure after the economic crisis, how this could be structured and how enterprises can get out of the difficulty should be considered. As well, both the enterprises and their owners should adopt a new mode to adapt to changes.
"Former experiences can be the most unreliable thing in an age of great changes," Xu said. "We'd better not apply the success of 10 years ago to today's case. We need to be creative."
Taking crisis management capability as the ultimate level of the spirit of entrepreneur, Xu said to succeed, enterprises must be prepared to go through difficulties like the economic crisis.
With the conclusion of the Yangpu stop of the "Innovative Future China Tour," the event will visit cities like Changsha (Hunan Province), Wuxi (Jiangsu Province) and Yulin (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region).
The power of innovation will bring enterprises and the business world hope and confidence for sales growth and long-term benefit.
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THE audience at the IFA Paris Shanghai Graduation Show in the middle of the month was swept away by the creative strength of the younger generation and its inspired vision of Expo. Fei Lai reports.
Shanghai's fashion industry is constantly distracted by world trends. But more importantly, it does find time to also acknowledge the talent of its own young designers.
Even if we are still in a period of economic downturn, the gifted new faces in the local fashion industry are filled with inspiration and motivation. The years ahead look prosperous and full of hope.
At the IFA Paris Shanghai Graduation Show in the middle of this month, the audience was swept away by the creative strength of the younger generation.
As the show had a World Expo 2010 theme, the student designers were inspired by the indissoluble link between fashion and the urban environment and development. Every element seemed to lead to a better future centering on "Human, City and the World."
The collection from Tang Wenbo, the gold prize winner at the graduation show, boasts touches of ancient architecture.
"When we look into the future, we should never forget the past. The application of brick and concrete elements stands for the city's thriving progress," Tang says. "Adding the color of red brings a Chinese touch. The dress is for the future, but we should never forget the traditional."
From afar, the model wearing her design looks like a female warrior coming from outer space at some time in the future. The audience could let their imagination run riot.
For the graduates of IFA Paris Shanghai, the annual fashion show is the ultimate test of the skills acquired during their time at school.
It also acts as evidence that they are on the way to becoming future stars in the fashion industry.
"I prepared for my show for almost five months, during which I went to bed at 3am and got up at 7am every day. All my work was made by hand," says Yang Mi, from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, the silver prize winner. "We have many great and bold ideas. All we want to do is to make life interesting for people."
To match the World Expo theme, Yang incorporates the high-tech concept of solar energy in her designs.
"My collection features the theme of light," she says. "I want to design something that can shine even without light."
Audrey Sorignet, a fashion design teacher at IFA Paris Shanghai, has been in Shanghai for two and a half years. She thinks the city is a good place to cultivate young fashion designers as the information flow is so rapid.
"The place is full of possibilities. The city and its people are resourceful," Sorignet says. "The young designers not only focus on what is happening, but also future elements. I really see their potential."
Different studentshave different ways of finding inspiration.
Tang, the gold prize winner, says photography often gives her an aesthetic feeling, while Yang, the runner-up, says she prefers observing films, entertainment stars and American television series.
However, they all end up with one dream - to become a top fashion designer in the future.
"The biggest change is that the students' designs are becoming more and more localized. Rather than following stereotypes and making slight changes in the works of masters, they are fascinating the audience with creativity," says Lin Bin, marketing director of Siemens China, and one of the judges at the show.
"By thinking deeply about developmental challenges and creative solutions, IFA students not only employ skill and creativity but also reveal an understanding of life as they move forward together into the future," Lin says.
All the winners got a free six-month design course in Paris. The gold prize included a return air ticket to the city as well.
"Fashion designing brings me satisfaction," says Liu Chen, another runner-up at the graduation show. "The graduation show is my debut. My fashion career has just been launched. I will probably go abroad to further my study and fashion will become my life."
  
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HANGZHOU has always been a favorite of Shanghai residents who call it their "backyard garden" and tourists to China where it's the legendary "heaven on Earth."
So, as World Expo 2010 in Shanghai draws near, Hangzhou is preparing to receive droves of visitors and demonstrate that it actually lives up to the Expo theme, "Better City, Better Life."
The six-month extravaganza opens on May 1, 2010, and is expected to attract 70 million visitors from China and abroad. Eight million of them are expected to visit Hangzhou.
"Shanghai is the locomotive for the Yangtze River Delta and the country at large, while Hangzhou is a key city and transport hub in the region," said Wang Guoqing, Party secretary of Hangzhou. He addressed the Symposium on Hangzhou-Shanghai Economic Cooperation on Wednesday.
"Hangzhou's prosperity cannot be separated from its cooperation with Shanghai," he said.
"After the central government made the integration and development of the Yangtze River Delta a national strategy, Hangzhou's mission is to continue to cooperate with Shanghai and integrate itself into the region," Wang said.
Wang sees the World Expo 2010 as a historic opportunity for Hangzhou to achieve the mission.
The city will co-host the Expo theme forum "Harmonious Cities and Livable Life," put on an urban life demonstration project and prepare the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou High-tech Industrialization Cooperation Exchange.
The city is promoting Expo ticket sales and encouraging enterprises to be active in organizing for the event.
The Hangzhou Pavilion will be part of the Expo's Sustainable Urbanization section in the Urban Best Practices Area that will showcase the best solutions to urban problems around the world.
The 400-square-meter pavilion will be known as "City of Quality of Life" and feature five kinds of water sources - river, stream, creek, lake, and sea - as part of its urban experience.
Hangzhou will be linked with Shanghai by high-speed passenger rail, cutting travel time to 38 minutes from around an hour and 20 minutes today. The top speed will be 350kph and the shortest departure interval is only three minutes.
"The concept of working in Shanghai and living in Hangzhou will come true," Party Secretary Wang told the two-city cooperation symposium. "We see a picture of the West Lake for Shanghai and the Huangpu River for Hangzhou."
The neighboring city is famous for both the West Lake and magnificent landscape as well as comfortable urban living and maintaining Chinese culture.
Several Hangzhou routes are on the official World Expo 2010 experience tour, including landscape in an urban ecosystem, high-quality city life, cultural exploration of traditional Chinese medicine, rural recreation and tea culture.
World Leisure Expo
Hangzhou will host the Second World Leisure Expo from September to November 2011. The first was held in 2006 and organizers aim for an event every five years.
Sponsored by the Hangzhou Municipal Government and World Leisure Organization, it features the theme of "Leisure: Enhancing Quality of Life."
The core concept of the event is "harmonious life, harmonious ecology, harmonious society and a harmonious world." The event aims to expand the brand impact of World Leisure Expo, strengthen cooperation between cities at home and abroad, provide a platform for a leisure industry exhibition and promote the leisure industry in China.
The expo is expected to help Hangzhou become an international tourism and leisure center and be an "Oriental Leisure Metropolis."
Preparation is underway for four main aspects: tourism and trade, culture and sports, exhibitions, conventions and forums.
The First World Leisure Expo was held in Hangzhou from April to October in 2006. It attracted 34.2 million visitors to its 233 conventions, exhibitions and cultural and commercial activities.
Eighty-eight cities and organizations from 26 countries and regions, plus 27 enterprises, set up exhibition halls at World Leisure Garden. The venue is a complex of leisure, resorts, conference sites and exhibition and residential areas.
The city promotes strategy of "revitalizing the city by creating a sound environment."
Cooperation strengthened
Shanghai and Hangzhou signed 41 projects for economic cooperation at the Symposium on Hangzhou-Shanghai Economic Cooperation on Wednesday.
The 28 projects invested by domestic enterprises in Shanghai reached about 11.6 billion yuan (US.7 billion). Those invested by foreign enterprises in Shanghai are valued at US5 million.
Among the domestic-invested projects, 23 exceeded 100 million yuan.
The projects cover a wide range of industries, including infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, modern services, real estate development, auto parts, garment manufacturing and e-business.
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THE 11th West Lake International Expo opening in October offers 100 projects and 40 festivals covering all aspects of Hangzhou's expanding economy and unique culture. It's a place to make business deals.
The expo is expected to generate 10 billion yuan (US.46 billion) in business and another US billion in foreign funding.
The event, to be held at numerous venues around the city, is themed "Hangzhou Confidence, Expo Quality" and will run about three weeks.
This year's Expo, including 30 conferences and 40 festivals, addresses challenges of the global economic downturn.
Fresher, richer and more colorful than last year's expo, this event expresses the city's international orientation, specialization and brand building.
The first West Lake Expo was held in 1929, but was suspended for many years.
It aims to expand domestic demand for Hangzhou goods and services,
The expo will showcase eight fields, including real estate, auto industry, tourism, telecommunications, trade, culture, fitness and the Internet.
There will be a shopping festival, electronics exhibition, real estate expo, auto show, tourism festival, art exhibition, dance contest and Internet business summit.
It will also promote industries with high potential, including traditional Chinese medicine, tea, silk, sports and recreation.
Hangzhou is raising the international profile of the West Lake Expo, which showcases the city's efforts to build itself into a destination for international conferences and the capital of festivals and celebrations in China.
The market for conferences in Hangzhou has been expanding.
Expo organizers will cooperate with professional exhibition and event-organizing institutions worldwide to stage a memorable, world-class event.
Foreign consultants in Shanghai will take part, promoting cultural exchanges and showcasing their nations. They include South Korea, the Philippines, Spain and France.
International events will include a tourism trade fair and an art festival featuring works of young Chinese artists.
Also on the program will be the China International Leisure Industry Expo, China (Hangzhou) International Industry Expo and the West Lake Modern Music Festival.
To build Hangzhou into a magnet for festivals, the West Lake Expo is cooperating with the International Festivals & Events Association and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to introduce more events.
Visitors can enjoy their favorites, such as the West Lake International Fireworks Festival and an international carnival.
The International Tourism Festival turns the spotlight on China's traditional festivals, including Chinese New Year, the Qingming Festival (tomb-sweeping day), Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
Also expected to attract visitors are a traditional Chinese brand show, the West Lake Beer Festival, Wushan Temple Fair and Wulin Fashion Show.
Expo promoters call the series of events "a platform for developing the convention and exhibition industry, a carrier of cultural and ideological progress, and a festival for ordinary people and tourists from home and abroad."
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