Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

Aurelie D’Couto The beautiful holiday, Christmas, shines bright like a diamond! From November 30 to December 2, Dalat International School amazed the audience at PenangPAC with the performance, RLT’s Tales of Christmas! Throughout the semester, the RLT Players in the world of drama and theatre have been quite busy, especially when it came to working hard to make the performance a wonderful one. Performing isn’t always easy, but with practice, persistence, and a never-give-up attitude, an excellent work of art is sure to appear. Even though Christmas was a few months away, as it was the beginning of the year, it gave the RLT Players plenty of time to get ready for a long-awaited Christmas show. Since Christmas is one of the best holidays of the year, the motivation had to remain high; giving a performance that would be memorable was the perfect way to bring the Christmas season here in Malaysia.  Christmas stories from Mr. Mark Sasse and Mr. Doug Yost, along with well-known Ch...

Mika Yeap The advent of 3D printing has taken the world by a storm, opening up possibilities by putting the power of production in your hands. Dalat high school students are opening their large hobby 3D printer to the Dalat community for use in order to raise awareness on 3D printing technology. The brand new machine will be open for orders at the start of the spring semester. 3D printing is truly a technological marvel of the 21st century. FDM, currently the most accessible 3D printing process, has long been a patented additive manufacturing process that became open to the public just seven or eight years ago. Since then, there has been a boom of hobbyists endeavoring to make their own home versions of these industrial machines, shrinking them down and making them more suitable for the end user. A group of Dalat students, Simon Jeong (12), Albert Jeong (11), and Mika Yeap (12), were part of the later waves of such hobbyists. In July 2016, the group of three designed and b...

Asher Kim It is always awesome when you can break free from all your work and other problems that drag you down. Imagine taking a nap on an island, where there is nothing that can disturb you. Imagine dancing the night away with wonderful people and delicious food – that is exactly what Dalat high school students will be doing next Friday, December 8, at Paradise Hotel. Sponsored and held by the Dalat StuCo, Christmas Banquet invites all high school students who signed up for the event to have fun celebrating an early Christmas. Also, students will have the opportunity to catch the amazing D.A.B. (Dalat Air Band) live performances by students and staff, as they also get their knives and forks ready for a scrumptious feast. For some students, like Jerald Ooi (12), Christmas Banquet is a meaningful event for him because, as he said, “It is always so exciting to shop for new suits for events like this!” Ooi believes that dressing up for the Christmas Banquet is a perfect way ...

Jung En Seo Christmas is only 34 days away. Although it will not be a 'white' Christmas, considering this is Penang, everyone is looking forward to this celebration. CB asking has started this week. CB, an acronym for Christmas banquet, is bringing out a lot of excitement in everyone. It is an event planned out by StuCo, and it will be held on the 8th of December in the Paradise hotel ballroom. Students are signing up and filling out their forms, as all of the CB requests are due on the 23rd of November. CB is the main student event at Dalat that celebrates Christmas and, therefore, is a meaningful and memorable event. Girls are looking for perfect dresses for the occasion, within the dress code, of course. Others are searching for a present that they could give to their dates for CB. Curiosity is rising among students on who has been asked for a date. Aidan Frusher (12), requested Mikaela Steinkamp (11) for a date in front of the basketball court after lunch.  ...

Like any other Saturday, the Gurney Drive road is packed with weekend shoppers flocking to Paragon mall for lunch and social activities. In the main atrium, a temporary stage is set up, Christmas paraphernalia littering the backdrop. There's a certain excitement in the air as the Dalat Choir steps onto the stage, clad in their signature black dresses and suits. The first notes of   “The Hallelujah”, drift up the mall as enthralled onlookers watch from the second floor balcony. To the right of the stage, the stalls of the Soroptimist sale bustle with noisy clamour as curious shoppers poke and prod items displayed on sale. Every year, the Soroptimist Club organizes a fund-r...