一水隔天涯

 

「一水隔天涯」是不少港人的集體回憶， 當年年輕的苗金鳳更是不少人心目中的女神。 這「一水」所指的就是和香港一衣帶水的澳門。

 

曾幾何時每逢週末， 不少港人蜂擁前往澳門， 澳門的飛翼船服務最為活躍， 有時一票難求， 回程船票票價通常炒上二三百元一張。

 

時移世易，皇恩浩蕩，自港珠澳大橋通車之後，穿梭巴士金巴服務變成正統，而且價格較當年專利的飛翼船服務更為便宜，那橫越70載的專利黃金航線時代結束。 以現今長者單程票來說，單程車票只需港幣33元， 來回也不過是66元。 比由深圳往東莞的火車票價還便宜很多。

The Coronation of King Charles III.

 The Coronation of King Charles III.

No doubt, 6th May 2023 is a big day for British Nation as it is the coronation of King Charles III.

I watched the entire process from the evening to late night. It was a precious religious moment. I am glad I could watch this precious Anglican Church and royal crowning ritual process of a great nation.

The Choir

You can see the choir consists of many faces, not just purely British. Chinese, Indian, glasses, tall, short, bald, bearded, pretty and the average are all among them. It shows the great tolerance of the nation.

The Royal Members

It was a rare occasion of royal member gathering. I am not an expert on etiquette or British history. I put down the names as long as I can recognise. Black gown was worn by the direct royal blood, whereas blue gown was by the spouses of the princes. However, Prince Michael seems to be the only exception. His gown was blue with garter star on the right, red on the left shoulder. For all other royal direct blood, they were all dressing the black gown with garter cross on the right, purple red on the left shoulder. Seems Prince Michael dress was similar to the spouse of the direct blood - It is my intuitive observation and I could be wrong.