Today is Bleach Day. The goal is to scrub up the school for tomorrow's Tet celebration. After that the children will be off for 2 weeks.
Bleach Day is compromised by the fact that they are building a new road in front of the school. By any other standard, the road in front of the school is little more than an alley. Until about three days ago, it was a dirt path heavily travelled on by motorbikes, bikes, cars, trucks, walkers, etc. However, the workers have hauled in gravel and sand, and have been mixing cement. The new road is almost 2.5 feet higher than the old road. This is a tremendous problem since now all of the buildings are 2-3 feet below the level of the road. This answers the question, "Why were the kids complaining about flooding last fall".
Later today I will be catching up with my travel blog and posting more photos.
Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteLast July, I remember being soaked up to me knees in muddy water after a storm. Then in December, I was somewhat relieved to find the road in a better condition with gravel and stones. Now, it's hard to believe that finally, the road is being paved with cement.
Keep up the good work!
Michael, Singapore