As
January came to an end, all the students were blessed with 5 restful days off
of school in celebration of Chinese New Year. The long-awaited break that
everyone, especially the dorm students, were looking forward to since many dorm
activities were planned for the break.
The
dorm council organized a range of activities and one or two took place almost
every day of the break. On the first day, Ziemer dorm went down to Batu
Ferringhi to get Chinese food from a restaurant called “Knife and Fork” in the
spirit of Chinese New Year. To end the day off, we went to McDonald’s and got
ourselves ice cream cones for dessert.
We
began the second day with an all-dorm church service held in the vintage chapel.
Uncle Tony, Jackson’s new dorm dad, shared a sermon then Juyoung Kim (12),
Caleb Jun (10), Sandy Choi (9), and Uncle Keith led worship. After the service,
everyone went off in their own groups to practice for the upcoming talent show
which I was a part of. All the guys in Ziemer dorm decided to dance to a
Bollywood song which turned out to be humorous, meanwhile, others sang and
danced.
“During
the Chinese New Year break, there were a lot of activities that dorm kids were
able to do, but the one that stood out to me was the talent show because I was
able to see my dorm siblings' talents, even if it was a silly talent,”
commented Sandy Choi (9).
On
Monday, the third day of the holiday, the students were grateful because they
got to sleep in. In the afternoon, we all went down to the beach for a bonfire,
people were kayaking, arm-wrestling, and eating s’mores as the sun set.
The
media fast started at 8 AM on Tuesday and ended at 8 PM, people who
participated in the media fast weren’t allowed to use electronic devices. If I
had to choose one, I would say this day was my favorite one. There was a
Master-Chef competition when some teams had to come up with creative food ideas
while staying in the Korean theme. Lastly, the final activities we did as a
dorm was capture the flag.
I made
many memories on my last Chinese New Year break. The one thing I am definitely
going to miss a lot after I leave is the dorm. It will be 6 years by the end of
my senior year that I have been in the dorm, and it will always be held close
to my heart.
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