DAY 25 (August 5 2010): Two More Days!

There are two days left (including today) until the end of the construction. Today we concentrated on finishing the pearl portion by laying down more flat stones on the floor and steps, and putting tiles on the pearl.

The pearl

Oops

Lunch was fish soup with lots of red pepper, and cucumber kimchi. The fish had eggs and they were my favorite!

Pablo massaging Catherine

We continued our work on the pearl in the afternoon. In addition, we got a lot of weed beds to be planted on the grounds around the spiral and pearl. Lots of Korean women and women from other nations (Philippines, Vietnamese, etc) came to plant the weeds.

Weed Planters

Making the sign

The sign in Korean

"No no, there!"

The Pearl portion of the park

The pearl

Dinner was seafood soup with lots of red pepper at a seafood restaurant (I think this is the fourth time we ate here). It was also our friend, Xuejiao’s birthday! We sang a happy birthday song and also had birthday cakes for her. Happy birthday!

Cocoon?

Happy birthday!

Tomo

DAY 24 (August 4 2010): Finishing Up

Today was quite spectacular. We poured reddish brown cement on the walkway to the pearl and around the spiral. A huge crane truck with a long tube dropped cement like doodoo. It was a sight to see.

Concrete Tube


Pouring concrete





The Machine Ballet


Sae Bom working on the spiral


KK washing his mouth after double flip into the ocean

Lunch was kind of like sukiyaki, but with lots of red pepper. Beef, tofu, mushrooms and other vegetables danced in the hot soup.






We continued our work on the pearl...










Stone floor


GM stone

Also it was the last day of the friendly shovel car driver.



The dinner was probably the best dinner we ever had. It was at a Korean Airline Hotel. The buffet included sushi, sashimi, kimchi, salad, fruit, ice cream, etc. I loved it!




That is a plateful.




Tomo

DAY 23 (August 3 2010): Great & Visible Progress

Today was a scorching hot day. It was also windless, which made the site unbearably hot. But we made a lot of progress on the pearl portion of the park. We laid down more stone pieces on the floor and the wall, worked on tiles near the pearl, and flattened the ground near the spiral and built stone walls so we can pour concrete tomorrow.

Working on the Pearl


Walls (in progress)


Building the stone wall and making the ground ready for concrete


Y-not picking up the tiles


Valery working on the steps


Jim talking to the tilers


Xuejiao drying the seashells to be put around the pearl


Drying the shells


Mikey In Da ZoNe


Concrete mixing crew exhausted (probably the hardest work at site)


Catherine tiling


Yuri and Sun. 'K'ute


KK yelling "mul mul mul"


Mad Artist

Lunch was grilled fish, bulgogi, kimchi, cucumber kimchi, etc (why does this sound familiar?).



More work on the pearl…

Piglet working on the tiles


3 Russian and 1 American women working on the tiles


Sae Bom cleaning the stone


JH and Oh


The snail machine revealed! (the ground flattener!)


The pearl in progress


"(singing) I have energy..."


"Got Handcream?"


Grandmother Stone (carved)

The dinner was at an outside restaurant! It was very romantic. In addition, it had a karaoke stage! My roommate KK sang a Korean song (he was great, too!), followed by Russian Sasha and Mexican Galel.

Korean BBQ dinner at an outdoor restaurant. It was hot, delicious, and romantic.


Kanpai!


KK singing


Galel singing while Kyle dances with Y-not

Tomo