Day16 - Cultural Presentation

After dinner the participants had a presentation of their identity as a way of bridging cultures and friendship to others.

Participants from China sang a modern pop song entitled "Love."

Participants from Russia prepared a short play of a famous bed time story for children about a turnip.

Participants from America gave us a journey of USA through sounds by asking us to close our eyes and to open our ears, heart and mind.

Participants from South Korea presented a video about a famous folk song entitled "Arirang" which means beautiful dear.

A video done by the South Korean Participants :)

And the Filipino participants presented a Tinikling dance and a slideshow of photos while singing "Kaleidoscope World" by Francis M.




It was a very fantastic night for everyone. :)

Day 16 - Start of Week 3

It's the start of another WORK week and heavy rain makes everything an even greater challenge today.

But they are ready to get wet just to make sure that they'll be able to accomplish the tasks needed such as:

1. mixing and forming of the cement
2. pulling and stripping of the wooden forms facing the concrete
3. getting the benches done by finishing the stoneworks
4. finishing the steel works by positioning the reinforcement bars

To make matters more difficult, the cement mixer broke down this afternooon. Work has to continue and there is no time to wait for it to get fixed so now mixing the cement has to be done by hand.

Meanwhile, they also started digging the slope for the walkway toward the sea.

Wet, tired but still very happy and up for the task!

Much needed help - the mobile workshop truck service of Puerto Princesa came to the rescue...


... and got the cement mixer working again!


It was a day of unexpected ups and downs, and things continue to move forward. It's starting to take shape...