高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年1月7日星期六

Pictures Around the World 03


Beijing, China: A man and woman kiss outside the Forbidden City

Bethlehem, West Bank: An Orthodox priest hears the confession of a nun inside the Church of the Nativity during Orthodox Christmas celebrations

Graz, Austria: Russian state ballet dancers perfom in Swan Lake

Bihar, India: Beggars stretch out their bowls and ask for alms from Buddhist devotees visiting the Mahabodhi temple

California, USA: A surfer rides his last wave in to shore as the sun sets into an incoming layer of fog

Kolkata, India: A sadhu or Hindu ascetic smokes a bidi, a local cigarette hand-rolled with leaf tobacco

Bihar, India: A young Buddhist monk sits in a niche made in a wall in the compound of the Mahabodhi temple

New York, USA: Children are dressed as kings in the Three Kings Day Parade in East Harlem

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Dancers twist their fire balls deftly to make patterns in the air against the backdrop of the main dagoba at the historic Kelaniya temple during a Buddhist religious ritual

Allahabad, India: Devotees cross a newly constructed temporary bridge made for the Magh Mela festival on the Ganges

Manila, Philippines: Young Filipino devotees carry a replica of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ, known as the Black Nazarene

Vatican City, Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI attends the Epiphany Mass at St Peter's