Perfect shot from Beijing

Anyone who has visited Beijing (specially the old town) knows Beijing is like a fort. It feels like a military spirit has covered the whole city. You could think yeah right, this is typical communist countries, however in other grand Chinese cities you do not see such thing and actually see the police in charge. However in Beijing it looks like the red army rules ...
This said, it doesn't mean one would not enjoy the ancient cultural spirit which could be found overall in Beijing. It for sure is one of the best cities I've visited and for last but not least where I tasted one of the best foods, the Beijing duck :-)

This photo which I saw on the news, really stunned me for a minute and had to post it on my blog here and write about it. I don't know the photographer, but I should admire her / him to the highest regards. Perfect shot, showing the military spirit of Beijing and even shadows are reflecting typical Chinese faces ...

Source: TIME

Source : TIME magazine website

Family Table ...

One of the best collection of touching photos called Family Table from Steve McCurry weblog :-) These pictures first of all made me miss my own family table even more ... Anyway enjoy the perfect collection :-)

The family is the nucleus of civilization.- Will Durant

Perugia, Italy

Researchers have confirmed what parents have known for a long time;
sharing a family meal is good for the spirit,
the brain and the health of all family members.
- Anne Fishel, Ph.D.

India

In family life, love is the oil that eases friction,
the cement that binds closer together, and
the music that brings harmony.
– Eva Burrows

Viet Tri City, Vietnam

Honduras

There is no better classroom
than the family table.
- Kaye Earle

Tibet

Burma

Other things may change us,
but we start and end with the family.
- Anthony Brandt

 
Sri Lanka

India

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
- Jane Howard

Lebanon

Indonesia during monsoon season

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you,
but at the same time you carry them with you
in your heart, your mind, your stomach,
because you do not just live in a world.
A world lives in you.
- Frederick Buechner

Macedonia

Pakistan

Burma

Our family dinner table was like Speakers’ Corner in London.
We discussed, debated, argued, declaimed -
all of us at the same time.
- E. Thomson Earl

Hungary

Afghanistan