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Minggu Pusat Sumber (library week) in School

Minggu Pusat Sumber. Where our good friends in the library present a topic/theme in the library for one week.

For this year, they decided to go with the exciting and yet somewhat controversial Korean theme. Both North and South included. Maybe they're influenced by the reason meet up with Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump in Singapore ? Who knows ? Anyway, it marks a historical date where finally the 60 years~ war, The Korean War, to be precise, is ended.

The library is filled with facts, trivia and of course my favourite, historical studies regarding Korea as a whole. It is also filled with K-pop which isn't my thing, but I'm not complaining hearing music as an audiophillic person.

What disappointed me is that they included far less information about the man who saved Korea, and frankly, without him, Korea wouldn't even exist. Admiral Yi Sun Shin that saved Korea, with the help from China from a large scale invasion by Japan declared by Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Still hears his last words echo in the air, "Keep beating the drums." For anyone who likes history and doesn't mind sitting through some youtube videos, Extra Credits does an amazing job talking about Admiral Yi's history

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ieaDfD_h6s&t=

Either way, a really interesting display by the librarians. It was really good, for a lack of a better word. Let's hope we see more cool concepts next year !

Cheers,
Chua.

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