Apartment update

Over the last three days here has been activity in and around the building site. Although there have been no new concrete pours, the last one being a week ago, there is no activity on the roof for the next set of pillars. The reinforcing rods remain. There has been a tidy up on the site. The green protective building netting has been lifted and changed. The netting no longer covers the whole building on my side, instead has been carefully placed over the hand rails on each floor, this exposing the lower floors. The lower floors have been tidied and the metal structures bought up to level 5 and 6. 

However the space directly below my balcony is the scene of activity today. Red squares have been sprayed on the rubble and men with plans are wandering around. Some men in boiler suits are breaking down stones while others sit on their haunches and watch. The Vietnamese have this incredible knack of squatting with their feet flat on the ground, and staying that way for ages. Europeans, like me, can squat but only on the tips of their toes. Try it. 

I have been watching and the man breaking down the stones is actually hammering in spikes as marker pegs and new squares are being drawn. So whatever is on the plans are being transposed onto the ground.