Having spent the weekend listening to my kids grumbling about having to return to school today after the Christmas break, I couldn’t help but be struck by the coincidence that these images, part of a series from South Korea by Lee Jae-Won, should be the first thing I saw as I read-in this morning.
They show primary and middle school children on a six-day winter camp at the Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp outside Seoul.
Run by ex-marines the camp is designed to strengthen body and spirit.
While nobody appears to be finding this process much fun, this little guy at least has the benefit of some evidence that, from this angle anyway, he was more than a match for the bigger kids.
This might be someone using their head creatively or perhaps just trying to hide from the world but if the expressions of discomfort on the faces we can see are anything to go by, while possibly not resulting in a flood of marine recruits in future, the physical and spiritual gain must be considerable.
May your Monday be equally rewarding.
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- Posted by fotowarung.bazuki.com » Blog Archive » Monday, MondayTheir expressions are just too agonizing for this ordeal to be of any psychological benefit
- Posted by * Miss UniverseAnd it was
No widespread violence was reported except one little pocket in Central Kenya.
The Opposition finally came to their senses and called off the planed Tuesday rallies across the country and agreed to negotiate with the President.
And lastly, I got a hard cover copy of The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley after giving away my paper back copy to a friend sometime last year. It’s an excellent read guys.
Cheers!
- Posted by Diana Ngila