Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

By Chris Bell From the beginning of time, within our academic careers, we have all sought the highly acclaimed "best year of our life." That year is Senior year, and for the class of 2023, the end of that year is halfway there. Throughout this first semester, we have had many adventures and experiences chiseled in stone and placed into our memory banks. From the retreat at Telunas with the grainy white sands of the Indonesian Isles, including the stupendously long journey it took to get there, as well as the late nights spent at senior parties playing glow-in-the-dark tag and board games. These experiences will impact not only our perspective during university but our perspective for the rest of our lives. With seniors leaving in less than half a year, making sure we develop meaningful memories is more important than ever.  To start off by understanding the perspective of the students, here is a quote from Bennet McIver: "The year seems to have flown by fast; it...

By Bennett McIver Dalat hosts a basketball tournament every year called Island Shootout where teams from Penang and the capital KL come up to play a small two day tournament. Our biggest rival, ISKL also attended the tournament and played us in the opening game of the tournament. The result of that game would be a Dalat defeat by two points; however this was not the last time we would face this team in the tournament. We then went on to beat Gardens International School by a decent margin before having the rest of the night to rest.  The next morning, with five of our players taking the SAT, we were scheduled to play two games in their absence. The first game was against POWIIS, another school located in Penang, which we handled, only conceding six points. Unfortunately, a recurring injury of mine flared up after this game and sidelined me for the rest of the tournament. That victory put us in the semi-finals against Garden International. We came into that game with high expectatio...

By Luke Ng  Throughout the two days at the Island Shootout Championship, both Dalat teams fought hard, with the girl's team having a perfect record and sitting at the first seed and the boys having lost only one game to be the 2nd seed. Both Dalat teams were able to win the semis and advance to the finals. Once again, the varsity teams from ISKL and Dalat would face each other to determine who the Island Shootout champion would be. The girls played first and began the game on fire, hitting shot after shot. Midway through the game, Lauren Worten (12) got injured, and a sudden panic fell upon the fans and team: who would be without their primary scorer? However, the girls continued to persevere and showed grit, enabling them to finish the game strong and become the champions of the 2022 Island Shootout. The final game of the entire tournament was the Dalat boy's chance at redemption after a first-game loss to ISKL. Dalat's starting five of Soo Wei Goh (12), Darryl Dwumf...

By Larissa Lee It’s Christmas season, and with the choir concert over, the students of Concert Choir have been busy with a new, exciting project. For the past week, students in Ms. Joyce Goh’s choir class have been recording music videos for any Christmas song of their choosing. Split into groups, each group has until Friday to record vocals, film footage, and edit together a music video filled with Christmas spirit.  Among the groups, the song choices vary. From Sia’s “Snowman” to Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe,” each group is bringing something different to the table. My group, consisting of Hazel Chan (12), Adelina Chee (12), Alyssa Kwok (11), Arielle McIver (11), Sarah Loh (10), and myself, chose to cover a song from the movie Pitch Perfect 2 - “Winter Wonderland/Here Comes Santa Claus.” We quickly learned that recording a video isn’t as easy as it sounds, and that there are many different factors that go into it. Vocals need to be recorded, the video needs to be planned, footage n...