January 12, 2008
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Oil Spill Trip
Recently I went with the junior high and high school kids to Taean beach where there was an oil spill. The kids had wanted to go to volunteer and somehow we got the funding and were able to do it. The beach was a sad sight and the cleanup was tedious, but it was a good experience and I had fun bonding with the kids. Here are some of the pics...
Putting on our cover all suits while on the bus
Goofy girls
With Yong Shin
I think this is Soo Jin, Young Eun, Jin Seul, and Se Bin... I just thought it was funny how the wind would blow and turn our coverall suits into fat suits
Kids descending onto the beach
Go Hyun cleaning some of the rocks... that was our basic job, to rub the oil off rocks around the shoreline... very tedious, but it was about all we could do
Lunch time... we were served Ramyun (instant noodles) by some volunteers at the site... Se Bin is the one looking up
Me going for all my noodles at once as Kot Nim looks on
Sun Ran
Sun Ran's name written on the back of her suit
A small crab amidst the muck... still alive
Boys cleaning and talking
Yun Hwa and Kot Nim during a break
Hyun Hee...
The kids wondering how far they can go out in the muck (I knew this was not going to end well from the start)
Dae Chul and Eun Ho trying to make their way back
Yoo Jin sinking deep
"I'll just stick my hands in to pull out my feet"... not good... she ended up losing her boot, but I dug it out of the mud for her
Taking off our boots and suits after a long day of service
Wearing those suits reminded me of my engineering work from a few years ago. This picture was taken back in the spring of 2003 when I worked as an intern in a clean room (memory chip fabrication plant) back in Richmond, Virginia (I'm in the middle). I really can't imagine how my life would have been if I had ended up being a full time engineer back in the States rather than coming here to Korea...
God bless!
Comments (3)
cool pics! didn't think you guys would wear white to clean up something so yucky. happy new year JM!!
that picture of you in the mask is priceless!
wow that is such a cool experience! it was good see yah jm! hope you are having a happy new years!