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Dear reader, may the days and nights go gently for you [and those you love].

Happy New Year.

Blue Moon on New Year's Eve

Blue Moon over a little island in the South China Sea on New Year's Eve: NASA

Also, partial lunar eclipse at New Year: Hong Kong Obervatory

Local weather forecast -- windy, mainly cloudy and misty, with one or two rain patches on New Year's Eve: Hong Kong Observatory

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Street cheung fan

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Awning

Weather report

A cold weather front has swept down from the northeast . . . since when the temperature has fallen precipitously: at lunchtime it was a balmy 19C, it is now 9.5C.

Hong Kong Observatory predicts the temperature will drop several more degrees overnight.

Now that darkness has descended, it is time for a cup of hot chocolate . . .

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Cafe

Robert Earl Keene: Merry Christmas from the Family

For Christmas, a guilty pleasure.



Feliz Navidad!

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Christmas Eve angels with day-glo sticks

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Back street

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Little Egret

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Lunchtime

Reading mattters

Tiger Woods is the reason Americans cannot get universal health care, by Lee Siegel: daily beast

Ray Davies + Chrissie Hynde + Crouch End Festival Chorus: Postcard from London

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

On this the Saturday before Christmas:

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Village square

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Wanchai

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The Other Side

Pier 5 boarding gate

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Sunday afternoon

Shigeru Umebayashi: Yumeji's Theme

For the weekend, a guilty please.

Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung pass each other by in Wong Kar-wai's gorgeous In The Mood For Love:

Reading mattters

i thank you God for most this amazing, by e.e. cummings: american poems

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First back street

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Prelude to a cuppa tea

Seasonal consumer guide

New Device Desirable, Old Device Undesirable: the ONION

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Sunday afternoon

Bill Bailey: Foreign Ambulance Sirens

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

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Village square

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Grace

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Late afternoon