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Christmas Day mass at Rosary Church, #Kowloon. #merrychristmas #christmas2016 #RosaryChurch #RosaryChurchHK #ilovelife #iPhone6 (at Rosary Church)

When air quality that is almost beyond index meets freezing fog, you gotta wrap up and mask up. 😷😷😷🌫🌫🌫 Day numero cuatro of airpocalypse 2016. Shijingshan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing #lowAQI #smog #Beijing #Beijingsmog #20December2016 #Peking #airpocalypse #wintersmog

Beijing's last beautiful sunrise before the five days of doom. 😷😷😷😷😷 Taken a few minutes after sunrise at 7:32 AM, 16 December 2016, from my Chem lab window. 🌞 ======================== Beijing issued the first red alert for air pollution of the year which will take effect tonight (16 Dec) until Wednesday night (21 Dec). During a red air pollution alert, PreK-12 classes are suspended, tougher restrictions are introduced for private car owners, industrial production are suspended, construction sites must reduce working hour lengths to minimise dust produced, and the public advised to stay indoors. Other places have snow days, Beijing and neighboring provinces in the north have pollution days. 😷😷😷 🚨 🚨 🚨 #highAQI #redalert #Beijing #Peking #maskup #sunrise #coloursoftheworld #colorsoftheworld

Beijing's last beautiful sunrise before the five days of doom. 😷😷😷😷😷 Taken a few minutes after sunrise at 7:32 AM, 16 December 2016, from my Chem lab window. 🌞 ======================== Beijing issued the first red alert for air pollution of the year which will take effect tonight (16 Dec) until Wednesday night (21 Dec). During a red air pollution alert, PreK-12 classes are suspended, tougher restrictions are introduced for private car owners, industrial production are suspended, construction sites must reduce working hour lengths to minimise dust produced, and the public advised to stay indoors. Other places have snow days, Beijing and neighboring provinces in the north have pollution days. 😷😷😷 🚨 🚨 🚨 #highAQI #redalert #Beijing #Peking #maskup

"At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe." ~Chris Van Alsburg, The Polar Express #ThePolarExpress #Christmas #ilovelife #SantaClaus #ChrisVanAlsburg

She was a drop in the vast ocean of the universe and in that she knew her brilliance, she found her freedom. ~ S.C. Lourie #SCLourie #ButterfliesandPebbles #Mutianyu #MutianyuGreatWall #GreatWall #Huairou #Peking #Beijing #BeijingChina #Chinatravels #travelChina (at Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall)

She was a drop in the bast ocean of the universe and in that she knew her brilliance, she found her freedom. ~ S.C. Lourie #SCLourie #ButterfliesandPebbles #Mutianyu #MutianyuGreatWall #GreatWall #Huairou #Peking #Beijing

Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. ☀️ Mutianyu, Huairou District Beijing, China 10 December 2016 #Mutianyu #GreatWall #GreatWallofChina #ilovelife #upandabout #lowAQI #iloveweekends #BeijingChina #Beijing #Peking #China #travelChina#Chinatravels

Happy (almost) Friday! 👏🏼💥😀 #Christmas #wineglasses #moose #ilovelife #gettingcreative

Chocolate and moose 😆 #Christmas #wineglasses #ilovelife #ilovelife

I know I only had two wine glasses when I moved in to my apartment two years ago. Imagine my surprise when I counted 15 wine glasses of assorted sizes in my possession over the weekend! FIFTEEN! No, I didn't buy new ones and yes, the other 13 are what colleagues brought with them when asked to "bring your own drinks" (and glasses, sometimes plates, too!) on occasional get-togethers. No one wants their wine glasses back, I asked, so I made them into candle holders. I guess we'll be drinking straight from the bottle in the future. 😂😆😂😆 Yes, I probably went berserk with the bow. 😉🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀 #Christmas #wineglasses #anticipation #advent #ilovelife

“Christmas is fast approaching. And now that Christ has aroused our seasonal expectations, he’ll soon fulfill them all!” ~St. Augustine, Sermon 51 ============ A little bit late but I finally made some sort of an advent wreath. I wasn't able to find pink and purple candles but it's the thought that counts. 😀 #Advent #anticipation #adventwreath #wineglasses #ilovelife #Christmas

Boom! Boom! 💥 #Boom #Boomboom #blueskies #helloweekend #StoneGorgeValley #Beijing #Peking #chinatravels #travelChina #ilovelife #ilovemylife #Pinggu (at Pingguo County)

Wat Arun #WatArun #TempleOfDawn #Bangkok #Thailand #Siam #asiatravels #travelasia #tbt #2009 #Nikon #ilovelife #ChaoPhraya #ChaoPhrayaRiver (at Wat Arun (Temple Of Dawn))

It's a time to stop, honor, and reflect on the abundance, prosperity, people and lives we are blessed with. ~Sandra Magsamen Have a blessed Sunday everyone! 🙏🏼 #gratitude #thankful #grateful #ilovelife #weekends #Beijing #Peking #weekendtrek #Pinggu #nature #gooutthere #autumn #fall #iPhone6