2012農曆新年的第一份紅包

今年陽曆一月十四日承擔了「台灣佛教慈濟基金會（馬來西亞）」古晉分會的會員「歲末祝福」攝影，也因此有機會領取了遠渡重洋而來的《福慧紅包》。這是證嚴法師每一年都會為與「慈濟」有緣的大眾捎來的一份祝福。今年也是我第一次領取《福慧紅包》，所以特別有意義。

我希望以這一份祝福與大家分享，祝大家身體健康，萬事如意，心想事成，大吉大利！在這除夕夜，也預祝大家新年快樂！

Banking with Madonna in Black

Republic Square in Prague is an interesting place with buildings from different ages of architecture. A shopping complex can be leaning on a church.

An arch-like building can just be towering the adjacent buildings at another corner of the street.

At the main junction, two functionalist architecture buildings; the Czech National Bank and the Commercial Bank, can be facing an art nouveau building; the Municipal House with the eminent Powder Tower.

Even the hotel around here has very interesting main entrance.

Walking from Republic square to the Old Town Square led me to this interesting building with cubist architecture. This building belongs to the House of Black Madonna. If you are searching for the Black Madonna, look at the corner of 1^st floor.

Near to the House of Black Madonna is Celetná Theatre where there is a quite courtyard to get away from the bustle and hustle on the busy streets.

Týn Courtyard is also around the corner, bridging the streets to the Church of Our Lady before Týn.

Getting out of Týn Courtyard is the Old Town Square where tourists congregate. The Church of St. Nicholas occupies a section of this prominent square. This church is different from the St. Nicholas Church at Lesser Town Square.

There are some other interesting buildings with sculptures along the way from Old Town Square to Charles Bridge. The sculptures can either be traditional or modern.