▲Harvey (first on the left) has various Olympic badges on his hat.
small badge, big culture. Badges can not only be collected, but also exchanged. Yuan Li’s fate with the Olympics also originated from this small badge.
Yuan Li is an English teacher. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics period, Yuan Li and Mr. Yuan came to the Olympic franchise store of Wangfujing Engineering and Mei Building in Beijing and found that there were special badge exchange counters. Badge enthusiasts like to come here to exchange various exquisite badges. Later, Yuan Li learned that these badge enthusiasts have a common name called "octopus". A foreign badge enthusiast Bill saw that Yuan Li was curious about the various badges he showed, so he gave her a badge and introduced his friend Harvey. Through conversation, Yuan Li learned that the two old men were from Canada. At that time, Yuan Li did not have any badges for exchange, so she gave back two baseball tickets to the old man and made an appointment to go to Wukesong to watch the game.
Since then, Yuan Li has also fallen in love with the badges, and has learned a lot of Olympic knowledge through badges and appreciated the colorful cultures of various countries.
After the Beijing Olympics, they gathered together many times and forged deep friendships. For 14 years, due to badges and the fate of the Olympics, the two sides have crossed the obstacles of nationality, age, language, and cultural differences and distance, and have been in contact and communication. The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was successfully held. Yuan Li is very proud to be able to enjoy this grand event at her doorstep. Due to the epidemic, two Canadian friends cannot visit Beijing in person to watch the game or exchange badges. Recently, Yuan Li came to the Engineering and Arts Building again and bought a variety of exquisite Beijing Winter Olympics badges, preparing to give them as gifts to two old friends.
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