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22日星期日

Pictures Around the World 2010 Jan22

Beijing, China: Actors perform the dragon dance ahead of the Lunar New Year and the year of the Dragon at a park
Bagram, Afghanistan: Two US gunners aboard a US Chinook helicopter
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia: Emi Hasegawa of Japan crashes during the World Cup women's slalom

Berlin, Germany: A model holds hair rollers for the stylist amid preparations for Stephan Pelger's fashion show
Nyack, New York, US: A Red-bellied woodpecker perches on a suet feeder during a winter storm

Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghans gather around a fire to keep warm. Afghanistan is enduring a harsh winter daytime temperatures falling minus 15 degrees Celsius
Bata, Equatorial Guinea: A young woman wears a wig in the colours of Equatorial Guinea's football team outside the Estadio de Bata stadium ahead of the African Cup of Nations opening match

Sofia, Bulgaria: Bulgarian Orthodox bishops attend a service celebrating Patriarch Maxim's day in St Nedelia cathedral
Tiwanaku, Bolivia: Bolivian indigenous women joke during commemorations for the second year of President Evo Morales's government

Giglio Porto, Italy: Statues of the Madonna and Jesus in storage after they were recovered from a chapel on board the sunken Cruise ship Costa Concordia
Muharraq, Bahrain: Bahraini youths react to teargas fired during the politically charged funeral of Yousif Mowali

Kolkata, India: Indian police officials adjust their uniforms in front of the Victoria Memorial before a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade
Park City, Utah, US: A man stands in a snowstorm holding a sign asking for tickets outside the Eccles Theatre during the Sundance Film Festival
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A girl carries a religious image as she leads a procession of missionaries from the Apostolic church to attend Mass