The Adventures of Daniel Kwan

第233天：周末点子
(Post kindly translated into Chinese by Lucid Dreamer. Thank you!)

Weekend Ideas is a group I created in Shanghai’s English-language social networking website Shanghai Stuff back in August. Since its formation, it has consistently been among the most active groups in the website and is the only one to regularly hold get-togethers for its members. The group was created for several reasons:

Weekend Ideas (周末点子)是我8月份在上海的英语社交网站 Shanghai Stuff (上海的东西)上面创建的小团伙. 创立至今, 它就一直是这个网站上最活跃, 也是唯一一个定期为成员举行聚会的团伙. 这个团伙的成立有几个原因:

First, there were several groups that promote nightlife events, but none that actively organizes meets for people to party together. In Weekend Ideas, members post the parties they’re going to and invite others to join. And because Weekend Ideas is free of commercial announcements, members are only notified of casual gatherings organized solely for the purpose of meeting others and having fun.

首先, 那里已经有了一个推广夜生活的小组, 但是没有一个积极组织排队聚会的, (都是吃干饭的). 在 Weekend Ideas, 团伙成员把他们要参加的派对贴在那里, 并邀请其他人参加. 因为 Weekend Ideas 没有商业性的宣传, 成员只是互相告知一些吃喝玩乐的活动, 就是为了找乐子.

Second, nightlife can’t possibly be the only fun part of Shanghai, but probably a lot of people don’t know what to do during the day on weekends. However, if even just a few members can each contribute a different activity idea every once in a while, collectively that’s a lot more than what most of us can think of individually. We explore all that this city has to offer together.

再者, 上海不是只有夜生活好玩, 但是应该有很多人不知道周末白天干什么. 然而, 只要有几个人时不时的贡献一些活动的建议, 积少成多, 那就比我们一个人能想到的点子多得多了. 我们在一起把上海玩了个底朝天.

The final reason was personal, and my main motivation for making Weekend Ideas. The precursors to this group were the gathering at Club MAO to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony, and Jady’s party at C’s Pub. Both were informal events announced on Shanghai Stuff and where I met many people for the first time. Creating Weekend Ideas gave us all a convenient way to stay in touch as well as meet new people.

最后一个原因, 也是我成立 Weekend Ideas 的主要动力, 就比较私人了. 这个团伙最早的成员曾经一起在 Club MAO 一起看奥运会开幕式, 也参加了 Jady 在 C’s Pub 搞的聚会. 这两个活动都以非正式的形式在 Shanghai Stuff 上宣传, 也是我第一次和这些人见面. 创立 Weekend Ideas 给我们提供了一个更方便的途径保持联络和见面.

In the three months that Weekend Ideas has been around, we’ve gone out to take photos, had mildly entertaining house parties, had a bicycling trip, dinner, and massage together, gone back to C’s for the lamb skewers, and partied at various other bars and clubs. I feel like I’m dead during the week and brought back to life every weekend. Good times.

Weekend Ideas 成立至今的三个月以来, 我们出去拍过照, 举行过还蛮有趣的室内聚会, 组织过骑车, 晚餐和按摩, 回到 C’s 吃羊肉串, 并到各个酒吧和俱乐部流窜. 嗯, 美好的时光.

As of this writing, Weekend Ideas has reached more than 200 members.

是時, Weekend Ideas 有成員200餘人.