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點沙成金 Turning Sand Into Gold

Bouke Atema€ஃᚆӍᎉࢪ Justin Gordon€ߕ਷Ӎᎉࢪ

My First Time Visiting Asia! Rain, Rain, Rain, Truly a Testament to a Sand Sculptor's
Passion and Madness
First Time Visiting Asia and Never Be Tired of Eating This was my third time in three years to Fulong Suggestions
Rice! I was excited to visit Asia for the first time. I heard and the people there continue to amaze me. Their
only nice things about it and I’m glad to find out what I generosity, willingness and ambitiousness to help 1. Very Important: Make sure the sand gets packed
heard about it is all true. First of all Taiwan is a beautiful however they can, and the enjoyment they get by better, thinner layers at a time with more water.
country with friendly people. The nature scenery is nice persuading us Americans to try something new just 2. Please consider using a round form arrangement
and green, with lovely animals and beautiful flowers. I makes me envious. From being given raw snails with instead of the square arrangement because it will
get along with everyone because I have met nothing but beer and Sashimi at the end of the Coaling Tunnel to distribute the sand's pressure more evenly and
nice people on the island! there will be less loss of packed sand when the
the woman that rents bikes and cooks her amazing forms are removed.
The only problem is that English is not commonly sausage on a stick in the center of town, to the Fu 3. Have more glue sprayers and glue guys like Allen
spoken and that’s a pity because it’s harder for me to Ңٙԭݲڋ᜗᜕l Bar's welcome embrace, I'm a better person after on hand - we didn't get enough gluing when we
keep a conversation going. But that made me interested 出發前我很期待，因為這將是我這輩子第一次來 meeting all of them. needed it.
in learning the Mandarin language and its writing.Now 亞洲，我來之前就聽別人說了亞洲很棒，來了之 With all the rain we got that really made this year
at least I can say hello, goodbye and thank you and 後便發現大家說的好話都是真的！臺灣是一個美 more difficult, with first dealing with working in the ڠdڠdڠd݊࿁Ӎᎉࢪ௰ɽٙϽ᜕l
a couple of other things in Mandarin. I didn’t know 麗的國家，人們也都非常的友善，自然景觀十 rain, and second, having to repair much of what we
that I could never be tired of eating rice. The food was 分美麗，有著可愛獨特的生物和美麗的花朵，唯 did the previous day, a special memory was when, 這是我第三次來到福隆，這裡的人們每次都能讓我
delicious and I wouldn’t want it in any other way. 一的不方便處只有臺灣人不太常說英文，所以要 on our last day when we had already worked 13 感到驚奇，他們的大方以及友善，還有他們每次都
更近一步的聊天比較困難一點，但這也讓我們有 讓我們這些美國人嘗試奇特的食物，像是燒酒螺、
The festival was great, it’s one of the better sculpting days straight, much of it in the rain, and it was just
了學習中文的契機，現在的我可是會用中文打招 生魚片、草嶺隧道口的烤香腸，及福吧的南非特色
festivals I’ve been too. The sand was okay but most of pouring rain, again, Greg Jacklin yells at the sky as if
呼、說再見，及其它簡單的日常用語呢！ 菜，能夠認識這些人讓我學了不少。今年不停的下
the time I found the sand didn’t have enough water in addressing our maker himself: "Bring it on!!!" and Ted 雨讓我們吃了不少苦頭，下雨讓雕刻的進度緩慢，
it, which made it weak. This is the type of sand that you 我從來不知道原來我居然吃不膩米飯，臺灣的食 Siebert answered: "Is this all you got?". This is truly a 並且每天都要去修補被雨沖壞的細節，我還記得2
have to drown but not stamp with machines. 物實在是太好吃了！福隆沙雕藝術季是我參加過 testament to a sand sculptor's passion and madness. 週工作的最後一天又在下雨，Greg對天大吼，像是
的沙雕展中比較好的，福隆的沙子雕刻起來手感 The final party at Fu Bar. It was a lot of fun partying
At first we thought the time we had for the festival is 在說「放馬過來吧！」然後Ted也對天大叫「你就
還ok，但是大多數時候板模內的沙子水份沒有保 over food and drink with you folks and watching Linda,
plenty enough, but then it started to rain and rain…and 只有這點雨嗎？」這完全體現了沙雕師們對自己工
持好，乾沙子比較鬆散不太好雕，福隆沙子的特 Austin, and Jason take their first shot of 80 rum.
we eventually have only 1 complete day without rain, 作的瘋狂熱情。福吧的慶功宴非常的成功，又好吃
性是滲水很快，下次再做板模時可以改用大量的
haha. So we are a little under pressure time wise. One Thanks again for what you're doing and all you've 又好玩，尤其是看到Linda, Austin，還有Jason 這
水灌溉沙子讓其變硬，不必用機器來壓砂。
thing I would change would be to do the judging right done. It was a great pleasure meeting you, working 輩子第一次喝80度的朗姆酒的糗樣！感謝你們大家
after the competition. So if we would work until 5pm on 本來比賽作品有十天時間施做是很夠的，但是比 with you, and partying with you. 的努力以及用心，很高興能有這機會認識你們，並
the last day, the judges would come at 5:15. Because 賽時幾乎每天都在下雨，只有一天完全沒下，這 且和你們一起工作及玩樂！
then you will not have your sculpture be ruined at night 讓我們很有時間上的壓力，另外，我建議下次比
by the rain. 賽時,時間一結束就馬上接著評審，才不會像我們 ɧᓃܔᙄj
這次隔天才評審，晚上一夜的雨都將沙雕的細節
So in the end i would not change a lot about this well 1) 板模內沙子要壓的更實一點，三分之一層板模高
organized event, the hotel was great, nice peoplethat 沖壞了。 度的沙就要壓一次，並用大量的水。
will help you if you need any changes they would do 最後，我想說除了天公不作美,雨下的有點多外， 2) 未來請考慮用圓形板模，而非方形，可減少拆板
their best. The downside is the rain but you can’t really 這個活動組織的真的很不錯！旅館也很棒，工作 模時沙子崩塌。
change that. Hopefully I will be back next year. Thanks 人員都很友善並且能夠支援我們工作及生活上的
to everybody who organized the "turning sand in to 需求，希望我明年也還能來參與！感謝各位「點 3) 請聘用更多噴膠人員，因為需要噴膠時工人常忙
不過來。
gold" festival! 沙成金」的工作人員！

2012 福隆國際沙雕藝術季 風華再現
The 2012 Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival
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