One from the archives

[st_martin_a]

I've been lost in this book 'In Order To Live' by Yeonmi Park. She goes from one kind of hell to another in her journey from N. Korea, to China, to Mongolia, to South Korea and it's made me appreciate what refugees have to go through a little bit more.
I read on Twitter that her story is "lies", but when I looked into this, apparently she'd just made a few minor inconsistencies (such as what films she'd seen illegally in N. Korea) which resulted in someone claiming her whole story was therefore unreliable. ?! Seems like an unfair claim. To me she is a true hero and I have nothing but admiration for her.

Today I managed to get outside with two of my sons on the bikes. It was an enjoyable ride. We had a game of tennis in the park and then cycled back. Beautiful day. Warm. Calm. : )

Found this old photo from the archives today. This is the band I played in in the '90's, but which one is me?
10 points for correct answers.

Comments

[october_rain]

Yeonmi sounds like a strong and beautiful soul of a woman.

I think you are the one on the far right. Kind of set apart from the others. :)

[paw_prints]

I've recently had my eyes opened a little about the plight of refugees too. I went to a session where several people working in the area talked about the process, and we also heard from a man who settled here with his family. He talked about what life was like before arriving, and what life is like now. It's far from easy for them. Made me feel very grateful for being born where I was born and for my lot.

Ooh, which is you? Are you going to enlighten us?

[notliketonight]

Haven’t heard about the book you’re reading but, since I’m trying to read more, I’m creating a virtual list of books people I know are enjoying and I just added Yeonmi Park’s one 😊
¡Me gustó muchísimo ésta fotografía! Quizá ya lo has comentado en algún post anterior, pero ¿cómo era el nombre del grupo? ¿Hicieron alguna grabación que se pueda escuchar en la web? ¿Sigues en contacto con el resto de los integrantes de la banda?

[st_martin_a]

My band was called Dead On It. We didn't get very far. We made some recordings just before digital recordings took off. I tried transferring our songs into digital form but a fair bit of the sound quality got lost. It's on YouTube if you want to take a listen though - https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=P1t4jdY8itg
My brother was the singer so I see him a couple of times a year. The drummer and bass player are on my Facebook but I haven't spoken to them for many years.
: )