Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

By Gabe Roberts             In my Home Economics class, we've been watching a documentary about whole-foods, plant-based diets called  Forks over Knives.  It's been a fascinating watch for many reasons, and it's had a profound effect on me. I've started adding more and more vegetables to my tray during lunch and have also recently cut out the cereal and milk I've been fond of for basically my entire life. I was quite taken in by it and started to wonder why. Why was this idea so appealing to me? Was it true? Should I trust the people saying it? The movie got me thinking about how we take in ideas and evaluate them.             Objectively, you are exposed to more ideas than ever before. Advancements in broadcast communication, the internet, and virtually every other form of technology on the planet have resulted in a sea of ideas. Some good, some bad, and some dangerous. There are so...

By Dael Kim Applying sunscreen to every visible part of the body, the Dalat dorm students prepared for a Song-Song Island trip during the five-day Chinese New Year holiday. The sun shone brightly on the shore, while three speedboats rumbled their engines, signaling the start of a fun journey. As the dorm students got on the boats one by one, each of them grabbed a life jacket and sat down on their seats. While the boats were drifted off from the shore, the students were also preparing themselves in different ways. Some took their phones out and started taking pictures, some squeezed their last bit of sunscreen out and applied it to themselves, and there were some who just sat in silence, admiring the blue ocean and the clear sky that was laid in front of them. The trip to Song-Song Island took about an hour and a half, and it came with a lot of bumpy waves and cold water splashes along the way. As the boat traveled faster and faster, the students held on to the handle tight, wh...

By Emily Chew             Days before the Lunar year, every household is busy giving its house a thorough makeover. People also give their fences and walls new paint, hoping to sweep away all the unfortunate luck that may have been in the family to make way for incoming good luck. During the eve of the Lunar New Year, the reunion dinner draws all the family members together. The reunion dinner, although it is not a ceremony, is more of a promise that the family will again unite despite busy schedules from work and studies.             Nowadays, many younger generations do not prioritize the reunion dinner anymore. Some do not return from studying or working abroad; some do not put effort into visiting their grandparents and parents in their hometown. In the past, it is a tradition to visit the hometown what else nowadays it is no longer necessary. For the majority of Gen...

By Duncan Magruder Over the 17th and 18th of January, Dalat International School had the opportunity to participate in its first-ever ISKL Men's Rugby Tournament. Hosted at ISKL, Dalat was able to compete against four different schools, Marlborough, Singapore American School, International School Kuala Lumpur, and Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor. Rugby is not j ust about seeing who can hit the other team the hardest. Although you do need to hit the enemy team with everything you got, it is also crucial to respect them. The common misconception about rugby is that it is played by people who only want to beat up the enemy. Rugby should be perceived as a ge ntleman's sport. When asked what his favorite part about the tournament was, Nate Croft responded with, "I really enjoyed playing rugby, especially crashing (action is done when the player with the ball runs head-on into the defensive line), but my favorite part about the tournament was just bonding and improvi...