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Nothing Can Stop Me; I’m All the Way Up

By Anonymous

Nathan Chand

100 feet in the air, dangling from a parachute and clothes drenched, Seong Min Kim (12) extended his massive JSB asking sign out to be seen by his girlfriend, En Min Saw (12), who stood on the beach; the sign read, “Will you go to JSB with me?” He was met with an ecstatic ‘yes’,  in which Saw jumped into the ‘yes’ hole that Kim had dug in the beach. Smiles were on everyone’s faces, though they all stood in disbelief: an asking, which had been fantasized for years, had finally come true; somebody actually went to great lengths to perform such an extravagant asking. When he finally came down from the parasail, he met En Min with a huge hug, and it was time to take photos. You could see the joy on both of their faces.

On the other side of campus, there was another asking going on: Min Guk Kong (12) recreated a scene from How I Met Your Mother by making the “perfect date,” all in just two minutes! “It was one of the most intimate asking’s I’ve seen!” exclaimed Nicholas Khor (12).

The entire week of askings was full of wonderful surprises. People got super creative with their askings, using parasails, cars, boxes, and so much more. One asking was done by Jeremiah Worten (12), Linus Lim (12), and Alex Ruble (12). They rented jets skis and rode in from the sea to ask their dates, Lydia Kim (12), Mandy Lim (12), and Julia Jun (11), who were watching from the dorm, just to see their painted chests spell out: JSB.

Yes, during the last few weeks “love has been in the air” for it was JSB asking season. There have been so many memorable askings this year for JSB, while at the same time, there have been many romantic asks as well. JSB asking has been a Dalat tradition for the longest time, and it is sure to keep up; many of the askings this year will go down in Dalat’s history to be remembered by students for generations to come.

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