Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

Sophia Ong Krrrr! The groans of chairs pushing back and zippers zipping fill the classroom as the bell signals the end of D-block. “Hey, Lucky 99 today?”, Zachary Kok (12) suggests his favourite lunch place while flying down the steps as his friends murmur agreement excitedly. Hungry students usually make their way down to the cafeteria during lunch, some preferring to bring a home-packed lunch to eat in the Student Center. However, most seniors opt to take advantage of their senior privilege and find lunch outside of school grounds. His friends pile into the backseat of Zachary’s trusty Kancil before zooming off to their lunch destination. Finally issued his driving license, Zachary is excited to be the group’s designated lunch time driver, while his friends are simply happy to take advantage of the free shuttle service. Meanwhile, Rainbow Chan (12) and Julia Munson (12) take a peaceful stroll over to the beloved chicken rice stalls, a mere 5 minutes away from sch...

Theodore Zimmer I was sitting on the Ziemer Dorm balcony thinking of what to write for Senior Scribble . I was going to write about the basketball trip to ISKL where we, the varsity basketball boys, won 1 st place and went undefeated. Varsity girls basketball got 3 rd , and frankly, I have no clue how JV boys and girls did. But it was a good trip, full of memories that will hopefully last us for a while. Once we get older, we basically forget everything, and what I mean by older is thirty-five years old; I’m just messing, but really… Anyways, there was a rainbow tonight over the ocean. This rainbow was dull and not cutting through the sky. It was not the prettiest rainbow I have ever seen, but nonetheless, it was still beautiful. A rainbow is formed when light reflects, refracts, and disperses within water droplets in the air, directly opposite of the sun. This is the scientific way. A rainbow was originally created as a promise from God that He would not destroy the eart...

Simon Jeong The Boulder Climbing club members met for the second time at Project Climbing in Permai on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 to practice the art of movement and climbing. Boulder climbing is slightly different from rock climbing because of the non-usage of ropes and harnesses. Also, boulder climbing has a lower platform than rock climbing, so there are mattresses on the floor to absorb the impact of a fall. So how would anyone climb for long if the platform isn’t that high? Boulder climbing answers that by allowing participants to climb sideways and perform more intricate movements that would otherwise have been impossible with the restriction of ropes and harnesses. Also, the beauty of boulder climbing comes with being able to climb alone without a partner to pull the ropes of a rock climber and being able to fit in such a small compartment. The whole area is only about the size of Dalat’s B-Lab, compared to rock climbing platforms that would be as high as the Dalat’s Ca...

Grace Chang Safety strategies were never my interest until I experienced an eye-opening incident. Just like any average day, I walked into the library for my study hall. As soon as I entered, Mr. Brewster, with a hint of a mysterious smile, came up to me with an odd request. This unusual approach of Mr. Brewster’s brought an impending sense of danger. He asked if I was available and willing to help him out, and I replied, “yes”. As if a secret agent, Mr. Brewster surreptitiously conveyed the mission and slipped a note to me that stated, “This is a drill”. He instructed me to act in a hypothetical situation and approach the safety team with the problem. Without a warning, Mr. Brewster wanted to assess the team’s ability to respond and resolve the problem that was presented to them. To carry out my mission successfully, I followed the directions that Mr. Brewster provided. He wanted me to pretend that I was pregnant and took some pills because of stomach pain. First, I found...

Shannen Leong Dalat Community Ultimate (aka DCU), is an ultimate frisbee team consisting of students, parents, and alumni from Dalat. On Saturday, January 13th, DCU traveled to the mainland of Penang to have a friendly match with a local university, UiTM. The team of 12 players left campus at about 4pm and arrived at the university an hour later. This was the first time these players had ever played together as a team. They did some warm up exercises, led by Jesse Lohman (12), which were then followed by some drills led by Joseph Leech (class of 2016). Mr. Ladner, founder of DCU, gathered the team together and gave some words of encouragement before the game started. DCU’s strategy was to have Mr. Ladner pick up the disc and throw it all the way to the end zone, while the faster and younger players, like Andrew Kaney (9) and Jeremy Worten (11),  ran to score the point. Both teams were trading points most of the game, but at the end, DCU took the lead by a few points an...