THE BEACH BOOMBA RETROSPECTIVE

On a hazy, summer morning, the cool chill of the waking house warmed my sore and aching body. The sun’s illuminating glare out tennis shoes, drawstring bag draped on my back like a regal, majestic cloak, camera bag slung over my shoulder. The car ride to the sand and sea felt frantic, a ship lost in the storm. Strangers sprawled across the shore, practically midway from the water to the land. An entire day of activities, interactions, and moments would appear and disappear like distant vessels on the horizon, and despite the hectic chaos of this whirlwind, never had I been so excited over the unknown. Little did I know that my first time would be my last time. Fast forward to now. Sleepless nights and days of solace, completely juxtaposing everything I once knew. This time, on a gaudy summer afternoon, I rose 2 hours before the substis car and ended in my room, with only thoughts of the past clouding my mind. Beach Boomba is one of those highly anticipated Key Club events that, like Fall Rally South, you do not really understand unless you have experit help reminiscing over that missing magic which made this DCM add to a growing consciousness of familiarity; dissociated memories flowing in separate streams out to the same lake of similarity. Whether that be from the lack of activity from other people or the gross speed at which this DCM passed, my previous eternity in a day was reduced to the second of a minute, a single tick of a clock’s little hand to the right

RETROSPECTIVE

UNICEF MATH GAMES FOR GOOD CHALLENGE

Timmy Bui | 12 | President

It really couldn’t have gotten much better than this. As an elite disciple of math, I’ve always had to set aside my calculative abilities when it came to Key Club service projects. But finally, a project banking on one’s proficiency in mental math! My time came, and I was ready to show up. Of course, it wouldn’t have been as fun or motivating without a challenge. That’s why Helen and I decided to compete, seeing which person would be able to raise more money via arithmetic solutions. Many nights, I didn’t even touch the website. On others, though, I remembered that I had to crush my competition in order to increase the satisfaction of completing the service project. This drove me to spend multiple hours volunteering for this event. Each correct math problem earns a quarter. All the money is donated to UNICEF’s causes. In the end, I helped raise $1700 with my own brain. Fantastic.