Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

By Daewon No The Dalat boys varsity soccer team became the champions and succeeded in bringing the trophy back home from the ACSC Boys Soccer Tournament that was held in ICS Bangkok from October 19th to the 22nd. Led by Mr. van, the main coach, and Coach Ben, the boy's soccer team triumphed and claimed the title of being undefeated the whole tournament. The boys played 6 games in total, including the championship match. They played Faith and ICS-BKK on the first day and achieved big wins with a score of 4-1 against Faith and 5-0 against ICS-BKK.  The game against Grace on the second day was a very tough and close game for the boys, but they managed to win by a last-minute goal.  The boys continued to win both games on the third day and kept their winning streak. They won 2-0 against YISS and 3-1 against Morrison.  They ended up in 1st place for Round Robin Play with 15 points. ICS-BKK placed 2nd place, so they were scheduled to play in the championship match the next day....

By Haylee Douglas As the ACSC teams head off to their countries to play in the prestigious tournament, the girl's soccer team is left behind to watch them compete from a distance and support them through live streams and cheers. Being on the girl's soccer team is possibly one of the best things about being involved in Dalat athletics. We get to form bonds with different grades, we get to run and cry together, and we get to have ice cream after training together. But the saddest part of girl's soccer is we have to wait through a whole other sports season until we get to go to ACSC. While watching the other teams go on ACSC through Instagram, we have to attend classes. While the different Season 1 sports are eating out, we eat the same Dalat cafeteria food.  The only upside of being left behind in season 1 is that we get to watch whatever ACSC is going on at Dalat. So like the good team we are, we went to cheer on our volleyball boys. We made posters and screamed as loud as w...

By Hazel Chan On September 29th, some choir kids got to skip most of the school day to catch a plane. The BICF (Bangkok International Choral Festival) was an annual event, but it hadn’t happened for a few years, so it was nice to get to sing with other people again. Most of the students that went on the trip had never been before, so they didn’t really know what to expect. Adelina Chee (12) was one of those and when asked about how she felt, replied, “I feel like this trip will be a good opportunity to learn from a different perspective and I’m really excited to meet new people.”  We ended up having to fly to KL first because our direct flight to Thailand got cancelled about a week prior to our trip. Most of us were quite hungry by the time we reached the KL airport, but there were no restaurants and almost everything was closed besides this one noodle shop. I went to the noodle shop with two other friends, and we all ordered the same thing. The noodles were edible, but very salty ...

By Kai Ru Bok During a quiet Friday morning, nearly half of the high school disappeared from school. Last Friday, September 30th, the varsity boys and girls volleyball teams, varsity boys and girls soccer teams, and junior varsity boys and girls volleyball teams set off to Kuala Lumpur to write the sequel to their battle with ISKL (International School Kuala Lumpur) after the Spike and Strike Tournament. The boys varsity volleyball team proved better after beating the ISKL boys on home ground, but tensions were high during the days leading up to the Twin Towers Tourney as people wondered how the team would fare playing in the home of the panthers. After a shaky first game against Blockbusters, the boys set their sights on showing their local rivals once again who was the superior team.  The varsity boys’ team captain, Isaac Lee (11), recalled not being “intimidated by them at all, unlike [the] first game [in Penang].” He continued, “Sure, they were all half a foot taller, but I kne...

By Adelina Chee As the cabin lights dimmed, the pilot's voice crackled through the speaker: “The time is 8:45 pm, temperature is 28 Celsius. We will be landing soon and would like to give a special welcome to Dalat International School’s choir.” Three hours earlier, our choir class boarded a plane to Thailand to attend the Bangkok International Choir Festival (BICF). Choirs from different schools gathered to perform with a guest conductor.  On the plane ride, the group had another chance to bond. A lack of Wi-fi caused boredom for some of them. Others observed the surroundings while waiting in the flight. A seemingly attractive guy showed everyone demonstrations for emergencies on the plane. Some anonymous individuals discreetly expressed, “That guy is cute!!!” It clearly motivated some of us to listen during in-flight safety. Meanwhile, a stoic man in front of us gripped his device up to watch downloaded YouTube videos. As Hazel Chan described it, “He watched weird cartoons first,...

By Trevor Nichols On September 8, the world changed forever. For the first time in Dalat history, some art students finally got to go on an interstate trip - an event marking the beginning of a rise to compete with the all-revered Bangkok trip of the Music department.  As the long awaited school bell rang at 3:10, the art students scattered across the school - seemingly controlled by a hive mind - began to assemble. As the students gathered at the upper field gate, the fizz of excitement in the air could easily compete with the hot Malaysian sun. As we piled into the bus, Julien Goh (12), an honorary art student, holds up a trash bag to me.  Goh stated, “I believe that Mrs. Nichols did me a disservice by not letting me go on the art trip. Even so, I feel as if I was an integral part of the art trip as I contributed profusely by giving Trevor Nichols (12) a trash bag before he left. By bringing the trash bag, the otherwise boring art trip turned out a success. You are welcome, ...