Dalat International School, Tanjung Bunga, 11200 Penang, Malaysia
What’s Inside: A Trip to Sing About . . . . 3 Fifteen young ladies head to Bangkok for Choir Festival
Spike and Strike . . . . . . 4 New tournament celebrates both football and volleyball
Balls of Fury . . . . . . . 6 Ping-Pong, the latest high school fad, hits Jaffray Dorm
Melon Murder! . . . . . 7 StuCo’s first event this year: a beach party!
Close Call! . . . . . . . . 7
PTO Barbecue helps juniors raise money and brings bonding to community
Jingling Juniors. . . . . . 8 Juniors wow seniors with an Arabian Nights party
Playground Pirates . . 9
Juniors paint playgrounds for serve-athon
Liberating Ribbons . . 10
No-uniform day raises funds for Care and Share Eagle’s Eye Staff
Note: This copy of the school paper has been written by the students in the Advanced Placement English 12 class. Writers: Sam Eckman, Evelyne Kiiza, Chan-Yang Kim, Keanu Lee, Wesley Lee, Sophie Ly, Reagan Mahoney, Yang Yang Sim, Xiao Leen Siow, Kendall Thompson, Ben Weidemann Adviser: Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins
Eagle’s Eye
October 2012
Snapshots of Sneak
By Chan-Yang Kim
flying next to him asking for a share of his breakfast. For the next four days, classmates chilled out by their own paradise that far exceeded the standards of “Rainbow Paradise.” Students occupied themselves with exciting beach activities like sailing, body surfing, and kayaking on the gorgeous, mile-long private beach. Kendall Thompson, Hank Wong, and Jarrod Forsdick courageously let a sailboat, directed by the one and only sailor of the class, Luke Martens, carry themselves away towards
Gently carried across by a ferry, the seniors voyaged to the beautiful tropical island of Pangkor on 14 September. “It still doesn’t seem real to me that Senior Sneak is finally here! I’ve been waiting for this trip for so long!” exclaimed Wesley Lee. Watching the golden sunset with the tender touch of wind sweeping through their h a i r, t h e students soaked in the joy of sneak’s arrival and snapshotted precious moments in their cameras and hearts. Upon the arrival, friends quickly raced to their rooms, eager to see their temporary homes. With stomach growling after the full day of school and a long four-hour bus ride, “prawn-queen” Ji Won Park hurriedly raced down to resort’s restaurant where she eagerly feasted on plates of unlimited shrimp, steak, ice-cream, and other luxurious food. Sleepily strolling out of her room the next morning, Esther Kim stood in awe when she discovered the fine beauty of the resort, uncovered by a slowly approaching sunrise. On the way to breakfast, she rushed after peacocks with camera in hand, trying to snap the splendor of their feathers. On the contrary, the brave man with bird phobia, Jee Ho Han, yelped out a screeching scream and darted away when an intimidating hornbill came gently
the horizon. “It was so much fun until the boys started roughhousing, and Hank shoved me into the water,” exclaimed Thompson, remembering the moment. Many students, after hours of rigorous activities under the blazing sun, lay low by the pool and showed off painful farmer’s tans while sipping refreshing cups of lemonade. In effort to bring balance between individual chill-out and class bonding times, the excom planned enjoyable activities like beach volleyball or (Continued on page 2, col. 1)
Gimme Some Love, Bro
By Reagan Mahoney
In the weeks leading up to the greatly anticipated SEW, Biebo Suncloud made many ostentatious entrances into chapel looking for “Soul Food.” Laughter erupted when Biebo (Mr. David Thomas) went looking for “Seoul Food” at Korean Barbecues as he did not quite understand the English idioms of Pastor Jonathan “PJ” Bollback. As this occurred, half way around the world, Mr. Rudy Sheptock boarded a plane, his destination, Penang, Malaysia. Stepping onto Penang soil, Rudy made a grandiose entrance in chapel on 25 September. “The greatly anticipated SEW event is finally here!” Ina Park (11) exclaimed, on her way down the steps to chapel. 1
With the SEW crew in classy black apparel standing on the stage awaiting Mr. Brandon Orr, people filed into the chapel for the first session. Kick-starting the whole week, Rudy shared about his family and God, while jumping on chairs and running around tirelessly. The bell rang; and the students got up out of their chairs to walk out, but something extraordinaire happened during the paramount session that mysteriously called them back that evening. “Give Me Some Love, Bro!” With a pounding drum, Biebo randomly slipped into each session, sporting a crazy afro and queer pants. The week flew by in a frenzy, (Continued on page 2, col. 1) October 2012