Concordian International School
Concordian Arts Magazine Issue 5 June 2022
Welcome to Issue 5 Through its creative works, Voices Magazine aims to capture our community's personal thoughts, experiences, and feelings. Our theme for this fifth edition of Voices is Change. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many changes were made which led to our adjustments from it. Throughout our encounter with the unfriendly disease, we had to cope in our own unique ways and step outside our comfort zones. It is very easy to feel lost and helpless due to sudden changes, especially when they are when we need to be there and support each other through the darkest times. Voices Magazine would like to embrace everyone's change in the community and have us share our experiences.
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We hope that sharing all our experiences through art and creativity can help us better connect with others around who are going through the same experiences.
Photo Momae - Grade 12
CONTENTS 2
Welcome
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Language Arts
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Grade 12 Exhibition
Grade 12 Exhibition II
Language Arts II
Grade 12: Nae Nae Grade 12
DP Art Exhibition Peem Grade 12
Prae W Grade 12
Peem Grade 12
Freya Grade 12
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Act Grade 12
Jade Grade 12
T H E D E V E L O P ME N T O F
THAI CULTURE
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Pornrawin (Prae) Wongprasertphon - Grade 12
PENTIMENTO:
OUR LIFE HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER Tanjuta (Nae Nae) Wattanapongwanich - Grade 12
Skin Dry acrylic on canvas
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In our lives, we are always aiming for perfection. Despite the fact that we do not treat life with attention and seriousness. The skin expresses who we are, how we feel, and gives us a sense of being aware of our surroundings. It acts as a barrier between our bodies and the outside world. The skin might also signify anything that is restricting your feelings or your desire to express yourself. Sompech Wanchit's Lover served as inspiration for this painting.
40km/hr Photography
What speed must we maintain if we are to survive on this planet till the very end? "The world is evolving faster and faster, and I'm having difficulties keeping up." People are always evolving as a result of the society in which we live. It might not be what it once was. Based on what I have, I may no longer have it. The photograph uses a diptych to link two pieces through visual coherence and to tell a story.
A N T H R O P O M O RP H I S M :
ANIMAL SYMBOLISM Thanutchai (Act) Chaisupat - Grade 12
Facade Digital
Kindred Digital
Horses and zebras are astonishingly similar animals. The primary distinction between them is their color. The similarity between these two animals inspired the piece. The piece depicts how people sometimes alter themselves to fit in with society, creating another version of themselves and questioning which version is their true self. Like the zebra, the horse is dressed as a mime, complete with white and black makeup and a striped black and white shirt.
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Inspired by body language that can be interpreted in a variety of ways. The piece depicts two apes with their mouths turned up and their front teeth visible. A smile is a type of facial expression that represents pleasure or amusement in humans. When animals are afraid, threatened, or stressed, they will make this expression, which exposes the teeth in the same way that a smile does. The piece represented how good deeds can be interpreted in a negative light.
T H E R E L A T I O N SH I P B E T W E E N
FOOD AND CULTURE Peem Puvacharoen - Grade 12
Beef Noodles Acrylic
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This piece is drawn from my experiences as a Thai Chinese person. The subject of this piece, or the beef noodles, represents myself since Thai noodles are a mix between Thai and Chinese food and culture. Beef noodles were chosen above other sorts of noodles because they are my favorite type of noodles, and I believe that this is an accurate presentation of me and my culture and heritage. The two flowers in the background are also representative of Thai and Chinese culture, with the pink flower, or the peon, being the national flower of China and the yellow flower, ratchapruek (casta fistula), being the national flower of Thailand. I was influenced by the Thai artist Jirapat Tatsanasomboon, as he is known for taking western culture and mixing it with Thai culture in his own paintings.
Ink Fineliner and Indian ink on paper
In this piece, I wanted to explore the relationship between unhealthy food and death. The foods that I wanted to represent in this piece are food from America, China, and Thailand because of my own identity. I am an American citizen living in Thailand, coming from an ethnically and culturally Chinese background.
R E P R E S E N T A T IO N O F
LIFE AND DEATH Kornpassorn (Freya) Jeinthanuttkanont - Grade 12
Desolate Void Acrylic Paint on Glass
Time to unfold Mix medium
Inspired by Helen Wells' "Tropical Love," I drew this piece featuring repetition, rhythm, and organic forms. I was fascinated by her use of organic lines and mesmerized by her beauty. I decided to mimic her drawing techniques. enhanced with dead flowers, leaves falling apart, and elements of the fallen fashion industry to symbolize the beauty in death and how life (nature) unfolds itself within a deadline set, thus showing the mixture of beauty in nature after a catastrophe.
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Inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhone, An attempt to appropriate the color scheme of the painting in a way to evoke "dynamic rhythm". The calm night sky on glass empathizes with how Van Gogh and the audience would look at the night sky. The deep void in memes of a loved one who has passed away. Thus, the night sky reflects loneliness and entropy. However, the question of "why would one wish to live, to embrace, and to give affection" is one for oneself to answer.
D O U B L E C U L T UR A L I D E N T I T Y
THAI AND FRENCH Jade Vipaporn Seyen - Grade 12 Friction in comfort zone Oil paint on paper
The girl embracing herself is meant to represent my own feelings and how I feel trapped between two cultures. When I describe myself as half, I feel more at ease and comfortable with myself. However, I still feel compelled to choose between my two nationalities. The red circle symbolizes Thai, the blue circle represents French, and the purple tint in the middle represents me. The facial expression conveys an emptiness while being tranquil in an attempt to embrace myself more fully.
Two Perspective
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Acrylic
Inspired by J.A.C. Bezer, with the median being colored pencil chalk and patterns. This artwork focuses on the context of double cultural identity. Furthermore, this aims to reflect me based on my cultural background through different perspectives. I would like to incorporate a richness of different textures and colors into my artwork. The background of this artwork represents my Thai culture, whereas the overall women and the clothing present my French culture.
Language Arts By Luna Luesukprasert The path of stones led to the garden. As I walked along with it, bushes lined the way. Avendesora trees stood tall with pride, their leaves swaying with the wind. There, that was when I saw you, for the first time. Every day you cleaned your pretty dress, with its feathers of red, blue, and yellow. You turned and looked at others like you, soaring through the clouds: their feathers rode winds. Mother came out of the back door with bird feed in her hands. I ducked behind one of the bushes. Mother went outside to feed you, and you flapped your feathers to welcome her. “Don’t be so hasty, Chanthi,” Mother soothed you, rubbing her knuckles against your pretty feathers. You cried sharply and began eating your food. Mother strolled back through into the kitchen. “Here I am, Mother.” I walked into the kitchen.
Mother looked at me questioningly then pursed her lips, her hands pointed to the door. “Child, the Women’s Circle may think you have grown and they let you braid your hair. But not me. Go back to your room!” I knew exactly what that meant: go back to your room!” I knew exactly what that meant: go back to studying, child! “Yes, Mother.” I curtsied and scrambled out of the kitchen and up the stairs. Before I knew it, I was back in my room. That bloody woman thinks she can treat me like a prisoner! This has been just about the best day ever! I sat down on my chair, my hands clenching my wrist-thick braid. I gave it a hard tug. Later that evening, a rainstorm came. It blew the Avendesora trees so the branches hit against the windows, making a fast, clickclick-click sound. I lay in bed, half weeping and half howling at nothing. “Sahra!” My mother’s voice came through the speakers on my desk. “I’m going out, I’ll come back in 3 hours.” Then the voice stopped. I changed my gaze to the garden entrance, where Mother’s car swept through
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the gates and disappeared into the night. I jumped. Is this the change I’ve been waiting for? Am I going to leave her behind? Would I be just as bad as–
Peeraya (Pennt) Laorittikrai Grade 12
I forced my train of thought to a halt, then dashed out of my room, down the stairs, and swung open the kitchen door. As usual, the kitchen table was cleaned. Jars filled with different ingredients were put away neatly on nearby shelves. Not a single utensil or dish was in sight. Mother cleaned the kitchen before leaving then. I let out a long sigh of exhaustion. I’ll do what I have to do, then pay the price for it later. I began my search for the key. My hands moved so fast I could barely see them. I started with the shelves and moved every jar on every shelf.
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Nothing. Fury and frustration filled me. My hands were so tired, they ached as if a wild cat scratched them with its long claws. Unconscious of my hands that swung to my braid, I sat on the floor, on the brink of weeping. Tears ran down my pretty face. I held my braid tightly in my hands. My eyes closed, and an image of Wisdom Luhan filled my mind.
was the youngest girl ever to have her hair braided, but age never mattered to a Wisdom’s eye. “Stop crying! Are you still a girl whose hair isn’t braided?” The Wisdom’s voice rang so loud I could barely hear anything else. My eyes shot open. I pushed myself upright. Took a deep breath. Scrambling around the room, my eyes constantly checked the clock. Five minutes till Mother returns. I swung open every drawer. The hinges screeched in an untuned melody that fits perfectly with my mood. Where did Mother put the keys? Where does she usually check in the kitchen? My hands stretched for the highest drawer. It opened. There it was: the golden key.
Back then I was whipped for stealing on a feast day called Bell Time. It’s true that I
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Kreerawat (Bill) Korcharoenkiat Grade 7
2022 I pushed open the back door and ran into the rain. My wet braid was heavy behind my back, and at a distance I heard you cry. I’m coming, Chanthi! I held the golden key close to my chest. Muddy puddles splashed everywhere, staining my dress and shoes. The golden key slid into the slot, and I turned it swiftly. Cluck. The lock opened, and you were free. I watched you fly into the night until you were out of my sight. “Fly free, Chanthi,” I whispered quietly. The road close by screeched, and water splashed against the wall. I turned my head
Sushanard (Shana) Kunsuwan Grade 12
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The road close by screeched, and water splashed against the wall. I turned my head in the direction of the noise as my mother’s carriage turned to head in the direction of home.
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Supasini (Paris) Adhiphandhuamphai Grade 6
Panic surged through me. Light, what would Mother What would she– With half blurry eyes, I saw my mother come through the kitchen and the back door. “Sahra? Why are you in the rain? Come back in now, child.” Mother came out and gave me a warm hug. She wiped my wet cheek. Her eyes scanned the garden, and they fell on the open cage. She stopped what she was doing, and took two steps back. She stared at me grimly as rage lit in her eyes. Her mouth opened. “Where is Chanthi?” I stared at her blankly.
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“Where is Chanthi, child? Where is she, what have you done to her?” My mother’s voice got louder and louder. “Answer me, Sahra! Where is Chanthi!” Mother stomped towards me and gripped my braid. I stood there as fear filled me. I whispered quietly: Gone.
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What Has “I.T.” Done ______ Ketchup is just a communist scheme that was employed in the 1950s to kill capitalist Americans by giving them diabetes.
By Chawit (Ninja) Mekarapiruk Grade 10
“But sir I brought this myself, and I just wanted to review your world-famous Golden Boy Burger for my youtube channel,” replied Gustaf. “You adding ketchup to my burger is not only an insult to my cooking but an insult to all burgers and food itself. How do you even put my world-class burger and a twodollar ketchup sauce on the same plate, let alone in the same bite? Just get out of my restaurant, and you call yourself a food critic, pathetic,” said the chef in disgust. Gustaf stood up from his chair, threw his napkin on the floor, and yelled “fine, but I’m taking this burger with me because it’s damn good, and you’re getting a 0 stars rating on yelp,” slamming the restaurant’s door behind him. “ok maybe 1 star, the fries were pretty good too,” slamming the restaurant doors again.
Upon returning home and devouring his burger with extra ketchup added to it, Gustaf uploaded a youtube video telling his beloved viewers about the atrocities that Jay’s burgers have committed by denying him the rightful act of adding ketchup to his burger and kicking him out of the restaurant. Waking up on a Saturday morning, Gustaf poured himself a bowl of cereal and sat scrolling through his Facebook feed, just as he did every morning. He was about to go back to sleep when he saw an article titled “Hundreds gathered at Jay’s burger around the nation to protest no ketchup rule.” As he kept reading, one of the protesters when asked why they were gathered here said that “after seeing Gustaf Koch’s youtube video, I was outraged that a store would kick a customer out just for adding ketchup to their food. That is ridiculous because ketchup just makes everything taste better. I started a Tweet #My Sauce I’m the Boss.
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“Get out,” yelled the chef. “Can you not read the sign, it says no ketchup allowed.”
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I was receiving so many retweets so I thought to gather as many people who retweeted to come down to Jay’s burgers to spray ketchup at the restaurant window.” Gustaf laughed and thought what devoted fans I have, that chef totally deserved it.
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Weeks passed and Gustaf gave little thought to the ketchup protests. One autumn evening while Gustaf was watching the football game, an emergency broadcast came on. Burger King, Burger Bros, Bob’s Burgers make public statements on their official Twitter denouncing the stores that prevent their customers from using ketchup. Gustaf thought to himself how is this an emergency broadcast, I just want to watch my football. As he was watching the final minutes of a tied football match, another emergency broadcast came on. This time Gustaf thought if it is anything short of a nuclear war I’m throwing this tv right out the window… Jay’s Burgers, Carl’s Jr, and The Burger Joint announce on official Facebook that they remove ketchup from…“No more stupid ketchup protest. I want to watch the damn game,” shouted Gustaf in exasperation as he chucked his TV out his window. On the car ride to the TV shop the next day, Gustaf got a phone call from his brother living in England. Gustaf thought to himself that is strange, my brother hasn’t called me since that time he thought he made two million dollars by giving his bank account details to his uncle a Nigerian price.
Pailin Grade 9
His brother said “Hey man why are you all up in the news here in England. We have got protestors spraying ketchup at restaurants who ban ketchup, and for some reason, it started because of something you posted innit.” “Damn they doing that in England too?” replied Gustaf. “Didn’t you see there are ketchup protests happening around the world? Heinz ketchup beat last quarterly sales today alone from all the ketchup they sold. This news is all up in my Facebook feed, how don’t you know about this. Man, talk to you soon. I have to go borrow some money from my uncle to buy some Heinz stock.” Gustaf thought this has gone too far, why can’t people just respect each other and allow each other to put whatever the hell we want on our food, without resorting to violence.
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Woradej (Korn) Prathipasakun Grade 12
Gustaf thought about how his youtube video caused a worldwide protest the entire time he was buying a new TV, driving back, stopping for a toilet break, and making dinner for his wife Jane. As Jane took a bite of the burger, she immediately spits it out and screamed “How many times have I told you I hate ketchup, why would you put ketchup on this.” Gustaf apologizes and tells Jane that he has had a chaotic day and that he was sorry. Gustaf was still hung up about how there was a worldwide ketchup protest. He was about to look through his phone for any news articles that might give him more insight but it ran out of battery. Gustaf asks Jane for her phone to look at news articles about the ketchup protest, but all he could find after searching the words ketchup were news articles headlined
2022 “Why you should never eat ketchup,” “Heinz ketchup doesn’t even use real tomatoes,” “Ketchup’s coloring is really made from animal blood.” Gustaf thought to himself how strange how come my brother said news about the protest was all over his feed, but I can’t even find any. After charging his phone up and scrolling through his feed looking for news articles about the recent protest, they were all over his entire feed. The entire feed only contained articles headlined “Worldwide Protest for Ketchup Rights,” “Food Critic Wrongfully Kicked out of Restaurant for using Ketchup,” “Jay’s Burgers Enforces no Ketchup Law Through Violence.” At this point, Gustaf was very confused. How come when he tried to look for news about the protest on his wife’s phone he found none, but his entire feed was filled with the news. In the following weeks, Gustaf and Jane paid close attention to the worldwide situation by following the news through their social media accounts. Jane read articles about how ketchup was 95% sugar and 5% food coloring and flavor. She read more about how the protestors that were
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spraying ketchup really were actually supporting Jay’s Burgers by helping them wash their windows because ketchup is corrosive and was initially made as a cleaning agent rather than a flavoring sauce. She even stumbled across an article stating that ketchup is just a communist scheme that was employed in the 1950s to kill capitalist Americans by giving them diabetes.
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Jane thought to herself why are all these people protesting, that chef just wanted to save my husband from getting diabetes. All these ignorant people protesting should really get some education and learn about the nutritional values of ketchup before fighting for something that is a communist scheme. Jane thought to herself why are all these people protesting, that chef just wanted to save my husband from getting diabetes. All these ignorant people protesting should really get some education and learn about the nutritional values of ketchup before fighting for something that is a communist scheme. Gustaf read articles about how ketchup not only enhances flavor but provides nutrition and vitamins by being made out of 100% tomatoes. He read more into how protestors sprayed so much ketchup that Jay’s Burgers decided to use some leftovers in their burgers in replacement of tomatoes to cut costs. Gustaf found the one about how burger restaurants save on average 100,000 dollars a year by not providing ketchup and
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Woradej (Korn) Prathipasakun Grade 12
using a no ketchup policy as an excuse to cut costs, is very interesting. Gustaf thought to himself, these greedy burger stores don’t care about their consumers, they just want to maximize their profits at all costs, and they all deserved what has been done to them. Weeks passed and the worldwide protest only escalated in numbers. Ketchup factory workers in Ohio strike in support of no ketchup laws. Schools shut down in Australia due to students fighting in the canteen about the ketchup conflict. Burger chains in Germany, robbed by protestors. Protestors fight in the streets of Japan leading to the death of 13 people. British senator “booed” after suggesting a ketchup ban in the country to reduce violence at the UN council meeting. The situation was escalating quickly due to the polarizing opinions of the public which led to worldwide conflict and disagreement. The president of the United States of America had to step in and make a worldwide broadcast,
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“we have to stop this nonsense because we are causing violence over some small issue which at the end of the day has no effect on our lives.” The very next day the white house was burned down to ashes by protestors, and the president was burned alive. As the new election campaign began, there were only two parties in the running. The people’s ketchup party, run by Peter Jones, and the anti-ketchup party, run by Bill Jenkins. The competition was fierce and the
Kornpassorn (Freya) Jeinthanuttkanont Grade 12
two went from state to state hosting digital rallies to gather votes.
2022 Peter Jones was a former Heinz CEO and famous food critic. He was running for president to make the country a better place by valuing personal rights and liberty by letting the people do what they wanted to do. Bill Jenkins was a former food and advertising company CEO and Michelin star chef. He was running for president to make the country a better place by valuing rules and order through establishing respect. Both candidates were doing equally well at swaying public opinion through their powerful social media front campaigns. Early voting ballots showed that each candidate had a near 50% of the votes, with Peter Jones having a slight lead. A few weeks prior to election night the two presidential candidates had a televised presidential debate. Questions were asked regarding common issues such as poverty, gun violence, international affairs, and why our education system is making people think Africa is a country. Everyone watching at home was waiting for one and only one topic in particular. The moderator asked both candidates “What is your viewpoint on the ketchup protests and Gustaf Koch being kicked out of the burger shop, and how will you solve this issue?” “Well, I think that Gustaf adding ketchup to his burger was a federal crime and that the restaurant had all the right to kick him out of the store. If I am elected president not only will ketchup be
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banned but having possession of it be a felony and treated equally to possession of drugs. Ketchup and these protests have led to the death of a US president. How many US presidents have any other drug killed?” The audience was filled with mixed emotions, half were shouting in disagreement, and the others chanted in support. Peter waited for the crowds to calm down and then calmly presented his response. “The tenth amendment of the US constitution states that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Gustaf Koch was being deprived of his liberty and free will in that burger shop, and isn’t freedom what our nation stands for? Gustaf, if you are listening I urge you to fight for your rights, to fight for what you believe in, to fight for our country, to fight for ketchup.” The sound of the crowd’s chants echoed through the hall, as they chanted “ketchup”. Gustaf watching at home and after hearing Peter’s inspirational speech felt empowered to fight for his own beliefs and ketchup. He imagined a world where people had the right to add ketchup to their burgers. He imagined a world where there was respect and understanding for different opinions. He imagined a world where all sauces are created equal. At that point, as he visualised the world in peace he decided to fight for his case in court and end all conflict.
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Kantapat (Jerry) Puttakotirat Grade 9
Gustaf spent weeks planning his case and hiring a team of attorneys. The moment the burger restaurants heard about this, they immediately banded to form the burger alliance which recruited their own team of lawyers. The day finally came when he would appeal his case in court to sew the burger chains and pass a law that would outlaw the restriction of ketchup in all restaurants. After a rigorous 5 day trial, the jury was split and could not reach a verdict. In this case, the law did not pass since he needed a majority vote. Gustaf was determined to win; he appealed his case to a higher court. He moved on from local court, to state court, to district court, to circuit court, to court of appeals. Each time the jury was split and the law did not pass.
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Yanagrich (MJr.) Meekhanthong Grade 12
2022 Gustaf was determined to win; he appealed his case to a higher court. He moved on from local court, to state court, to district court, to circuit court, to court of appeals. Each time the jury was split and the law did not pass.
Gustaf thought those damn cowards don’t know how to fight, I’ll just have to do it myself. Things weren’t looking so good at first. By the sixth day of the trial, Gustaf was ready to give up. He thought to himself how After a rigorous 5 day trial, the jury was split am I supposed to beat a team of professional and could not reach a verdict. In this case, the lawyers. I don't know the first thing about law did not pass since he needed a majority laws. The only law I know is don’t kill vote. Gustaf was determined to win; he people and we are all allowed to have guns appealed his case to a higher court. He because of some constitutional law. moved on from local court, to state court, to district court, to circuit court, to court of Wait, he suddenly remembered the speech appeals. Each time the jury was split and the that Peter Jones gave that night of the presidential debate. The constitution states law did not pass. that we all have the right to liberty. I might Finally, he made it to the supreme court. All actually have a shot at this Gustaf thought. his lawyers tried to persuade him into giving The seventh and last day of the trial took up but Gustaf believed in his case. On the place the very next day. Gustaf walked in day of the supreme court trial, none of his with his head up high with confidence. It was lawyers showed up. After a rigorous 5 day an 8-hour long session with no recess in trial, the jury was split and could not reach a between, but as Gustaf gave his closing verdict. In this case, the law did not pass arguments he sensed the agitation in the opposing lawyer’s eyes. since he needed a majority vote.
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Finally, he made it to the supreme court. All his lawyers tried to persuade him into giving up but Gustaf believed in his case. On the day of the supreme court trial, none of his lawyers showed up.
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He held his breath as the judge knocked his gavel twice and announced “we the jury find the defendant guilty and pass the law.” Gustaf couldn’t believe it; he ran out of the courtroom in exhilaration over his triumphant efforts.
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Gustaf rushed home to his wife to share the good news. He busted in the door screaming “I did it, I just ended a global conflict… Jane, Jane are you here?” The house was empty and her car wasn’t in the driveway either. Gustaf looked down on the desk and saw a piece of paper. He picked it up and read “Gustaf, I was fine when you ignored me for a whole month planning your trial. I was even fine when you forgot our anniversary and spent that night “taking care of business,” when you really were shooting paintball guns filled which ketchup packets at the neighbor’s dog. I thought that you were fighting for what you believed in, which I support. However, this morning as I was watching you’re trial I saw a news article explaining how you bribed the entire supreme court and jury into letting you win. I’ve forgiven you countless times but cheating and lying to the world I can not forgive. This just shows that I can no longer trust you. I don’t think this is going to work. I am going to need some time to myself. Don’t try to find or call me.”
2022 Gustaf stood there in the middle of his empty home in utter shock and perplexity. He was confused about how Jane would even think that he could do such a thing. I don’t even have enough money to bribe them even if I wanted to, thought Gustaf. He tried calling Jane to explain that this was a major misunderstanding but she had changed her number. Gustaf fell to the floor in despair. At least I still ended a world conflict, Gustaf thought. Gustaf stayed in his room never leaving his bed for the following week drowning his sorrows. All he would do all day was eat microwaved pizza, and watch the news, and scroll through his phone, and stare at the outside world through his window. The press wanted to speak to him about his triumphant court case and hundreds of people cheered outside his house, but Gustaf was miserable. He didn’t want to talk to anybody, especially the press.
Kanlaekan (Leia) Lertlerphunt Grade 12
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All Gustaf did was sit hopelessly at home, watching the news. He watched as Bill Jenkins and his supporters protested and burned down the supreme court building. He watched as there was violence and fighting on the streets. He watched as the anti-ketchup party and its supporters formed a new country, which split America into two smaller countries. He watched as other countries followed and split into smaller groups. He watched as there were wars between former countries. He watched as the countries formed alliances and declared war on each other.
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Nasarun (Peppo) Suthumpun Grade 7
All he could do was stare vacantly at his phone and ask “What have I done?” “What have we done?” “What has it done?”
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Natthawaree ( Hunny) Chantharasenawong Grade 7
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Temporization ______ Behind them, Alby could barely make out the struggling form of figures in the back, dirt and crimson staining their faces. Fear clawed at his back. What was going on?
By Rinrada (Rin) Abhinorasaeth G9 The blinding glare of the light illuminating over his head greeted him when he opened his eyes, which did nothing to help the dull ache pounding beneath his skull the moment he had awoken. Humidity lingered in the airspace within the room, staining the metallic cobalt that lined the walls with patches of dried fog. It looked like wisps of smoke that disappeared when he exhaled. For a second, he wondered where his bed was, before narrowing in on the blinking lights of the control panel ahead.
"Hey," he heard beside him and combined with the feeling of a jolting poke at the edge
Rubbing away the sliver of dried saliva that had been resting on his chin and leaving the skin a patch of irritated pink, Alby sat up straighter, eyes blearily zoning onto the navigation screen in front of him, the greentinted hologram projecting their location underneath the bold words reading 'unlisted'. "Yeah. Thanks," Alby nodded, finally turning around and plastering on a smile. Alby continued when Paco nodded in acknowledgment, "So. Unknown Planet. What d'you think of it?"
of his ribcage, he turned around to face the culprit. The outline of a face came into view, blurring at the sides with hints of gray and brown, “Alby. Wake up. We're here."
Alby watched with owlish eyes as Paco grimaced, and glanced at the glass panes up front, “I haven't gone out yet. But it looks like... a desert."
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hinges. The metal crashed onto the controls, leaving a massive dent as it fell onto the floor. Dust and smoke were mists of dried ice as it writhed into the room, its opacity masking silhouettes of something inhuman. Then the fog cleared.
Outside, sand dunes and rock formations towered over the land, coated in warm glows of muted reds, rusted ambers, and highlights of warm dandelions that sway underneath the sun. The planet didn't seem to have a sun, per se, the skies like wallpapers of glowin-the-dark stars, but the ambiance still pulsed as if it was one itself. "You're such a wet blanket. Couldn't you think of a more interesting description?" A teasing grin stretched across his features despite being unable to tear his gaze from the scenery before him, "Hey. Speaking of which, where are the others?" Paco only scoffed, offense underlining his tone as he spun his seat around to face away from Alby, and then sighing exasperatedly, “They're out-"
Behind them, Alby could barely make out the struggling form of figures in the back, dirt and crimson staining their faces. Fear clawed at his back. What was going on? Alby could hear something clattering beside him, and then the buzzing in his ears ceased to a halt when warmth engulfed the entirety of his left shoulder blades. Shifting around, he could see Paco's hands over him as he moved closer, buts eyes unwavering from the figures in front of them.
Paco never got to finish his sentence. “Apprehend them."
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Addchaphat (Zen A.) Assavathevavich Grade 9
The beings that stand before the flight deck held complexions of peach, accented with tints of royal blue that thrummed underneath the skin of their flesh in a rhythmical beat. Their eyes were blown wide, large, and covering a fair portion of their faces like masses of inky blackness, and teeth showing behind a permanent smile. They were draped in soft-looking clothes matted with grime, cloaks, and scarves draping over their shoulders in fabrics of respected hues; gold, blue, and brown littered behind like a field of mildly scheming flowers.
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An explosion resounded from outside, its noise and pressure seeping in through the cracks of the doorway. It left just as quickly as it came with an eerie ring that left Alby's ears popping dully and pulling him back into the headache that had plagued him earlier. He almost didn't hear the screams that followed behind the plumes of dust obscuring the aluminosilicate windows on which spiderweb cracks seemed to be crawling onto. Then the metal doors that separated the cockpit from the rest of the deck blew off its hinges. The metal crashed onto the controls, leaving a massive dent as it fell onto the floor. Dust and smoke were mists of dried ice as it writhed into the room, its opacity masking silhouettes of something inhuman.
Behind them, Alby could barely make out the struggling form of figures in the back, dirt and crimson staining their faces. Fear clawed at his back. What was going on? Alby could hear something clattering beside him, and then the buzzing in his ears ceased to a halt when warmth engulfed the entirety of his left shoulder blades. Shifting around, he could see Paco's hands over him as he moved closer, buts eyes unwavering from the figures in front of them. “Apprehend them."
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Then the fog cleared. The beings that stand before the flight deck held complexions of peach, accented with tints of royal blue that thrummed underneath the skin of their flesh in a rhythmical beat. Their eyes were blown wide, large, and covering a fair portion of their faces like masses of inky blackness, and teeth showing behind a permanent smile. They were draped in soft-looking clothes matted with grime, cloaks, and scarves draping over their shoulders in fabrics of respected hues; gold, blue, and brown littered behind like a field of mildly scheming flowers.
Thanutchai (Act) Chaisupat Grade 12
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Jade Vipaporn Seyen Grade 12
The alien's voice echoed through the confinement-like sound within a canyon. It was smooth and calming, but the underlying threat was enough for chills to run up his spine. Alby's shoulders trembled, but in the end, he just wasn't sure whether it was from him, or from Paco. "Hold on!" Paco's suddenly shouted, making the advancing soldiers stop, crystallized spears falling back beside them. Alby could hear the shake in his voice, "Are we trespassing? Is that what we did wrong?" Another squeeze on his shoulders snapped Alby out of his daze. He had always been a prideful individual, but an apology might be beneficial right now, even if he didn't fully know what he had done, “Look. Whatever we did, we're sorry." “An apology will not suffice for what you have done to our planet," the front standing creature bellowed, interrupting him and tone once again featherlight. Malice did not seem to be the main timbre of his statement, “You have burned it down, stolen our achievements, and you," his black eyes that were pools of emptiness, seemed to flit towards Alby's form.
2022 With that, the annoyance he felt from the interruption of his apology melted into cold trepidation, “Are the one that initiated everything that will have happened; poisoned your comrade's minds with promises of fortune and gold to no avail. “An apology will not suffice for what you have done to our planet," the front-standing creature bellowed, interrupting him and tone once again featherlight. Malice did not seem to be the main timbre of his statement, “You have burned it down, stolen our achievements, and you," his black eyes that were pools of emptiness, seemed to flit towards Alby's form. With that, the annoyance he felt from the interruption of his apology melted into cold trepidation, “Are the one that initiated everything that will have happened; poisoned your comrade's minds with promises of fortune and gold to no avail. You shall be punished accordingly." “I... was sleeping? I didn't- I don't think I did whatever you said I did.” "You may not have done it now, but you will have done so in the future," the alien declared frigidly, “We will not risk that happening once again. We have shown you our precious achievements, and you have attempted to take them from us. We should've known that humans are selfish creatures, and for that, you will now suffer the consequences."
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2022 "You can't hold us accountable for what we haven't done!” Paco protested. Alby's gaze flickered from the extraterrestrial life-forms looming over them, to the figures of his crewmates, beaten, with their hands in iron shackles, and Alby could feel nausea colliding against them. The feeling of something digging into his flesh told him that he wasn't the only one seeing this, and returned Paco's grip with a squeeze of his own to return the plausible comfort he was given.
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Jiho Grade 9
Chatawee (Grace) Nanvimolchai Grade 9
With a slight flick of their leader's wrist, the guards once again began moving forward, the tip of their spears gleamed an opalescent silver, crackling with electrical sparks, "We can, and we have done so. Now, do not-" Before the alien can finish, Alby could feel the ground disappearing from underneath him as he stumbled back. His eyes met with
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the frantic brown of Paco's gaze as he pushed him away, panic evident underneath his gaze, and his stomach dropped. "Run!"
A grim chuckle made Alby stop dead in his tracks. A yellow brightness resonated and burned into his retinas as it suddenly appeared, its warm glow contradicting the environment it seemed to be hugging; inviting, yet malicious all the same. The blurriness that coated his sight returned as he twisted around to weakly glare at the alien, but could only stifle a gasp; beyond him was nothing but bloodshed that stained the alloy walls a vivid red. Towers of rocks and sands now crumbled into nothing more than grounded dust in the wind. "You cannot run," the alien's voice pierced through the air, “This is what you have tried to take from us the last time," Alby's eyes, spasming erratically from its sheer glare, narrowed onto the illuminating orb.
Chanyanuch (Mily) Sakdibhornssup Grade 9
Mesmerizing would be an understatement, “The outcome of the future cannot be changed. We have assassinated you marauders once before, and we will not hesitate to do so once again. Running is pointless and a waste of time, in a rhetoric sense.” At this moment in time, nothing that was said had been processed. This was the object that they had tried to steal- something that could manipulate space and time. Alby could now understand why he would have wanted it so much in his futureif the future had been real and not a mere hoax made up by the aliens as an excuse to capture them. If this was what had led to their downfall previously, he should leave it alone. It was the best choice, after all.
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Paco's voice was static in his ears, replaced with the sound of grunting and bubbling flesh. Cool wetness gathered at the corners of his eyes, but he could barely feel it over the roaring of the blood in his ears at the sight of Paco laying half-limp on the ground, hands barely covering the sizzling wound on the side of his stomach. The smell of copper and coal became more prominent now that it was next to him.
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But in the spur of the moment, all he could think of was how much power he could holdhow much he could have. If only he had the time-bending contraption in his hands. Mookchimar (Matmook) Pornprasertsom Grade 7
So he lunged forwards. Alby's hands engulfed themselves around the cold heat of the mechanism, and for a second, the orb burned brightly underneath the starfilled skies that held the lives of a thousand planets millions of lightyears away. Then it was gone in the blink of an eye, masking the sound of a thundering protest. The saving of his crewmates had slipped his mind, but it was all right now. He had the future of the entire universe within the palms of his hands. He'd be fine. The foreboding warning that you could never change the outcome of the future was long forgotten, lost in the constellations that would day explode into supernovas, unseen.
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Anak (Kin) Asvanund Grade 7
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Field Trip Time
By Jamie Martindale Assistant Principal Harris had a stern expression on her face as she looked at Mr. Gregory, making sure to convey the seriousness of the conversation, and repeated her usual mix of warnings and reassurances: “I’m sure you are excited to go on this trip, but as a new teacher you have to bear in mind your role is primarily to chaperone and keep an eye on the students.
Mr. Gregory said, “Of course, yes, I will do whatever needs to be done” and nodded along, trying to keep his eagerness in check. As a young history teacher, he was thrilled to have this opportunity. In fact, it was one of the main reasons he had applied for the job at this particular school. They were one of the first to embrace the new chronotechnology in education. Time-travel visits to the past for research and governmental purposes had been around for at least a decade, but the expense had only recently come down enough for a few groups to consider it as a more recreational option. Plus, you had to get approval from the Time Travel Administration’s review panel, and barely a handful of groups in each country got the OK from TTA to make a jump each year.
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It’s exciting to look around and see the past times, so enjoy the journey - by all means. However, remember there’s a certain amount of danger in any form of travel, so listen carefully to the pilot. He’s well trained, and we are proud to say we haven’t had any problems taking our graduating class on this special trip annually for the past 4 years now. Make sure everyone follows the protocol, and it will work out fine.”
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It was a great honor for the World Environmental School to be chosen for this, and the graduates each year relished the trip, voting on how far back to go, and where, and what kind of research project to do while there. Naturally, for privacy concerns, you had to go back to time periods before any living person in the present was alive. And, you couldn’t interact with any people in the era you visited while watching them, shrouded from above.
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So, collecting air, water, and soil samples from a few hundred or a few thousand years in the past was a popular option with recent classes, along with looking around at some settlements from above. This year’s group was interested in gathering a bit of coral from the Great Barrier Reef in the mid-1800s, before the effects of industrialization. It was symbolic to these students to go back exactly 200 years, and added a nice theme to the project: “2062-200=1862!” as it said on the team hoodies they all wore. It was a bit unusual taking a first-year teacher along in one of the prestigious chaperone roles, but Mr.Gregory was a natural choice, since in addition to the history degree, he had done a “Summer at Sea” program just a year ago, before joining the staff at WES. Principal Harris wished he would be a better fit with the team in other ways, such as getting to know his fellow teachers better and opening up to them, but sometimes that takes a while with new employees. Mr.Gregory had an old-
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When the day of the trip finally arrived, the cluster of 52 students as well as their 5 teachers buzzed with energy around the departure section of the terminal building. Ms. Harris wasn’t buzzing at all. She was focused on the paperwork, although she did smile again at the name for the vehicle, printed on the pilot’s door. It said “Tempus Fugit,” so she pointed it out to Lin, one of her favorite students. Lin saw her little smile, but said, “I don’t get it - I guess it's a joke though, right?” “Sort of, yes …” said Ms. Harris. “That’s a Latin phrase for ‘Time Flies,’ which is what we’re actually doing - flying back in time, in something like a temporal airplane.” Lin got it now, although it still wasn’t all that funny. She smiled awkwardly, then turned to talk with her friend Neti. Ms. Harris drifted away to see how the check-in process was coming along. The counter attendant said, “Oh, I’m glad you’re here. We’ve confirmed all of the passengers with their passports and retinal scans, now we’re just aligning the magnetic fields for the current time-phase and we’ll be ready to board in the next 10 minutes or so.
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Can we do the final safety review? Maybe you can gather the group near the gate?”
BeanStalk Khim Grade 10
Neti glanced at Lin and they exchanged a quick eye roll over the rah-rah strictness of this pilot, who seemed like a former military commander, although secretly they were put at ease by his confidence. The pilot continued, “As you were told in the school briefing, and as your parents read in the documents they signed for permission, this is as safe as any other form of travel, maybe even more so. The vehicle is phaseshifted relative to this time we are visiting, so you cannot be seen by anyone there. We adjust the optics on windows so you will be able to see them, although on this trip you will probably only see a few small groups of humans. We expect to fly over some Aboriginal villages and a small British
settlement in Australia before we head for the Reef. To them, we will appear to be some sort of wind gust. The scariest part will be when we open the hatch to gather your samples, and a few bursts of air may come in, but it will be only small amounts, and just one-way before it equalizes. There is a time filter around the vehicle, adjusted for this date’s time signature, so it is physically impossible for any of us to go through that barrier we have set up. If you tried, you would just get bounced back by the field. Still, better to stay away from the hatch when it’s open, for extra protection. Otherwise, you are free to walk around the cabin and look out any windows, unless we ask you to sit because of turbulence, just like on a standard airplane. Any questions?”
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Ms. Harris did just that, and the intenselooking pilot came out to speak with the students. He boomed out in a loud voice directed just over their heads, “OK, I know this is a special day for all of you, but for me it’s my job to keep everybody safe, and we’re proud of our record. Not a single adverse incident in this bird since she was commissioned 5 years ago, and we intend to keep it that way. I’ve done all 4 previous trips with your school, and your students have a good reputation for following the rules to have a good experience. I expect the same from you all today!”
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Lin, always a curious student, raised her hand. “How do you make it so we can reach out and get the samples?” The pilot scowled at her, about to chide her for not having read the briefing materials, so she clarified. “No, I mean, I know you adjust the phase-shifting on the sampling and measuring tools, it’s just that I wondered how you actually do that…”
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The pilot replied curtly, “I’m afraid that’s proprietary technology, so I can’t reveal the details to you, young lady, but I’m glad you’re interested in learning about it. Maybe you can get a job with us someday after university and we’ll let you in on that. Or, you can always read the wide range of theories out there in the popular media and try to figure it out yourself, but I have to tell you most of that public speculation is wrong.”
The Path Keekwang (alumni'21)
2022 The counter attendant had come over now and signaled that it was time to board, so the pilot deferred any other questions to be asked along the way, since it was a flight of several hours before the jump-back, once they reached the planned geosynchronous spot over Central Australia. As they boarded, Neti whispered into Lin’s ear, “Did you hear him say most of the speculation is wrong? That means some of it is actually right -- I wonder which parts! I bet those rumors of independent time-travel pirates might be true…” Even after several hours of flight time, hardly anyone was napping. The students were way too excited about this trip -- it was a major highlight of their final year in school. The teachers took turns napping, though, especially the older ones, making sure someone was always on duty. Neti noticed that Mr.Gregory was intently preoccupied with reading, even when it was his turn to check on students. He was so often off in his own little world. What a weirdo! Oh well, that meant fewer eyes on her. Most of the time, the students were focused on the outside anyway. The time jump had been made, and aside from a wave of nausea that passed fairly quickly, there was little to clearly show they were in the past, if you hadn’t done the preparatory study. Places that just looked like remote beaches were quite meaningful, however, when you held up the modern photos next to them and marveled at how much was missing!
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At last, the moment arrived where the vehicle hovered down, close to the water, and everyone moved away from the hatch, staring at it, waiting for the sample-taking process. The whole thing went faster and easier than expected, with only little wafts of ocean air slipping through, leading the
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Woradej (Korn) Prathipasakun Grade 12
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whole thing to seem anticlimactic. At least, until the incident.
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While everyone was intently concentrating on the hatch, Mr.Gregory had stepped into the bathroom, then came out in what looked like a swimsuit and T-shirt. And before a single student or staff member could ask him why, he walked right up to the hatch, stepped through it, and splashed right out of the vehicle and into the ocean just off the coast! ___________________________ Afterward, it was hard to remember everything that happened in the chaos that followed. The co-pilot must have taken over the controls, since the pilot came out of the nose cone and tried to reach through the hatch with his hands, with tools, with sensing instruments, and even with bits of scrap materials, but none of it worked. Everything bounced back, just as they were told it would. Only the sample-gathering tools had been phase-shifted to go out, and they were designed for precise tasks which were already completed. It couldn’t just grab a whole person who had inexplicably passed through a time barrier. And, for some reason, Mr. Gregory didn’t seem to be anywhere around. Everyone expected him to be right there, bobbing in the water near the reef, but he was nowhere to be seen. Could he have drowned that fast? But why was he wearing a swimsuit? It wasn’t like him to joke around, or to be
2022 impulsive either. After a few minutes of shock and panic, the other teachers thought to look through Mr.Gregory’s hand luggage, and there they found the note he left, simply saying: “DON’T COME AFTER ME - I’M STAYING HERE. PLEASE GO BACK HOME!” ___________________________
Once everyone was back at WES, the rumor mill was filled with wild ideas, but the official communications were mute. No one wanted to tell the students anything, it seemed. Parents were simply told there was an ongoing investigation, but the mystery of Mr.Gregory’s disappearance was so far unresolved. Updates were promised, yet nothing substantial came for weeks. And so, Lin and Neti plus a few of their friends searched and sleuthed, chasing down every crazy theory. It became their final research effort, in place of analyzing the coral samples. A few small but interesting leads came up. Mr.Gregory had a younger cousin who had gone on the first Time Field Trip, 4 years earlier. His family connections to the school had helped him get this job, otherwise he might not have been hired -- he was a fairly average student overall, though his history class grades were impressive. Mr. Gregory’s research papers had won
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several awards, and showed a deep reverence for past eras. People who knew him said he often felt like he had been born at the wrong time, like he would rather have been a knight in a medieval castle, or a sorcerer’s apprentice. He was a member of several historical societies, and even did some reenactment work at parks and renaissance fairs. (Again, the thought crossed Neti’s mind - what a weirdo!) And yet, how could his odd behavior have anything to do with him passing through the barrier field? It was specifically designed to filter out and block anything from this time signature going out from the vehicle … unless … Neti had a sudden realization, and after verifying a few facts, she called Lin immediately. “I know what he did!” she shouted, as soon as Lin picked up the call. “OMG, he must have been planning this for sooooo long beforehand. The key came to me as soon as it dawned on me, he wasn’t exactly from our time signature to begin with!” Lin didn’t understand at first, so Neti layed out the evidence. “Remember that ‘Summer at Sea’ he spent in the year before he started teaching? He never did it! He used that time to jump ahead two months into the future. He queued up a bunch of emails back to his family to auto-send during the time he was supposedly out of reach aboard a ship on his travels, but really he just skipped that time so his time signature was out of phase with
2022 the rest of the world, then the filters wouldn’t work on him.” Lin didn’t understand at first, so Neti layed out the evidence. “Remember that ‘Summer at Sea’ he spent in the year before he started teaching? He never did it! He used that time to jump ahead two months into the future. He queued up a bunch of emails back to his family to auto-send during the time he was supposedly out of reach aboard a ship on his travels, but really he just skipped that time so his time signature was out of phase with the rest of the world, then the filters wouldn’t work on him.” “But wouldn’t he have been caught doing an unauthorized time-jump? They have sensors all over the place for that kind of thing.” asked Lin. “I thought so at first, too, but remember they are more worried about jumps backward in time than forward. If people jump forward, they can usually be detected by the technology of the future and captured or returned to where they came from. Going back is more dangerous to the timeline, and makes huge ripple effects - they can change history. Plus, they are usually looking for bigger jumps that leave bigger signatures on the field. Who jumps just a month or two ahead? That’s hardly enough to matter. He probably did it in the middle of the Pacific Ocean somewhere, with a small pirate operation, and right where there are fewer sensors, too. After all, he was supposed to be
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in the ocean anyway for his summer cruise.” said Neti. “Holy cow!” said Lin to her friend. “I think you figured it out. He found a way to go back in time and live in the past, like he always wanted to. I bet he made his way down to a settlement near Sydney, where he could live like a king with his knowledge of the future. What an adventure he must be having!”
Shana Grade 12
“Yeah, that makes sense. I bet it’s exactly what happened.” said Neti. “I wonder if the Time Travel Administration will ever confirm it?” “Probably not.” said Lin. “But remember how the pilot said you might get a job with them someday? If you bring your detective work on this to their office, I think you’ve got a terrific chance at a summer internship with them right there at the TTA!”
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Prae W. Grade 12
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Summer Ukulele By Gullapat (Im) Thanatavornlarp Grade 9
The small guitar with long and soft white strings, we finally take seats and start to strum. The wind, they join your hum and little sing, as I continue to play with my right thumb. Your hair and eyes are brown beneath the sun, we sing all songs, unable to withdrew. The time I spend with you is such a fun, and can’t be help to fall in love with you The memories they fade, last short and sweet. They melt away with thoughts I try to spend. A sound that can’t rewind or to repeat,
Before the day we say goodbye and leave, I want to say “I love U kulele”.
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it’s the god Letum, brings to an end.
Corona Quilt Project
The Corona Quilt Project is a global community movement that invites individuals from all around the world to share their feelings about the epidemic in an artistic way. Grade 6 - 8 Concordian students contributed squares to the Corona Quilt. It's a communal, palpable voice of upheaval and optimism, loss and promise, mourning and new beginnings. By building your own square now, you may give significance to your experience and combine your voice with others.
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Student's works
Grade 12:
DP Art Exhibition
Bubup Grade 12
MJ Grade 12
Pennt Grade 12
Amy Grade 12
Momae Grade 12 Otto Grade 12
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Shana Grade 12
POTRAYAL OF
PROCRASTINATION & DEPRESSION Anuruth (Otto) Ruangronghiranya - Grade 12
Seclude Digital Art
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Inspired By Zdzislaw Benski's baroque and gothic style of representing the discomfort of the vastness of space. This piece serves the purpose of representing a secluded space in contrast to his works. While his works may invoke a sense of despair and hollowness, this piece is made with the intent of being relatable in the modern day where such a simple thing as a room can be a medium in displaying a surge of complex emotions; one made to be contained unlike the overt presence of his works.
Monotonous Block Printing Ink
Works by George Seurat and Chuck Close inspired me to create my own piece pertaining to an allusion that utilizes repetitive shapes to form an image, resulting in an image to be seen as a whole. Seurat's work uses many color dots to blend them all together to form an image. For my idea, I want to introduce Seurat's art style to the tiredness expressed through the physical labor one has been through Repetitive thumbprints on a black and white canvas represent the monotonous days of the worker.
H U M A N E X P L OR A T I O N D I S C OV E R Y
AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME Tiradit (Bu-bup) Derojanawong - Grade 12
Les Montagnes Digital render of 3d model
Elysian Digital render of 3d model
For this piece, I found inspiration by researching plant ecosystems. I found the dynamics of ecosystems mirrored the different ways people live. Uninterrupted, nature grows with chaotic beauty: trees tower, and flowers bloom. The bubbles represent the various lenses through which life is seen or experienced. For instance, life can be considered a fight, where trees constantly fight for resources and sunlight. Life can also be a search for harmony; the exchange of resources ceases at equilibrium.
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A man glows brightly in the dimly lit landscape. Surrounded by hills and mountains, he trudges. The artwork is inspired by paintings by Caspar David Friedrich. This painting symbolizes how people bring light to the world and the melancholic beauty of nature. The hills symbolize the struggles we as humans must overcome. The darkness also symbolizes how nature facilitates nothing. The darkness shows that we must overcome the challenges ourselves, as there is no exterior assistance from nature.
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LIGHT, SHADOW, AND FORM Peeraya (Pennt) Laorittikrai - Grade 12
The Cache Acrylic Paint
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"The Cache" refers to something that is hidden or stored, particularly short-term computer memories. In correlation to the artwork, the boat depicts a person traveling through time, the canal acting as a memory lane, along with graffiti representing past experiences. Ultimately, all of these reminiscences are contained in the person's brain, which is equivalent to how people utilize the cache. Furthermore, the boxes illustrate how memories build-up, illustrating that this occurs in a futuristic society.
Skystalker Digital Art
A "Skystalker" refers to a transformer prime, an energy-efficient deception micro-master who has full control over the interstellar shuttle. In the contemporary world, fictional characters live rent-free in children's minds, a futuristic setting that not only humans can access. However, with certain limitations of human imaginations, they are only restricted to being monochrome, equivalent to a sketch.
SUBCONSCIOUS DREAMS AND SYMBOLISM
IMAGINATION WONDERLAND Sushanard (Shana) Kunsuwan - Grade 12
The red mist Mix medium installation & Photography
Imagination Wire sculpture
In this piece, the wooden coat hanger represents humans who were born bare and vulnerable, and the wires wrapped around it represent the imagination that shapes us into who we are is what makes us strong. Even though the wooden hangers can be broken, the wires are what maintain our momentum.
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This installation art was created to demonstrate what girls and women go through when we menstruate and how it feels. Even nowadays, there are still people who do not understand. Girls and women are criticized for having their periods. My close friends and I have experienced this type of shaming firsthand. Thus, I've created this project so that the person who sits inside will experience the discomfort, the bloodiness of it all.
R E P R E S E N T A T IO N O F H U M A N A N D NATURE
CYCLE OF LIFE Prapasirikul (Amy) Siriprawatkul - Grade 12
Life Harmony Oil painting
This painting is inspired by my personal belief that humans and nature are interlinked. I wanted the viewer to reflect on the importance of nature as a provider of everything people need to survive and enjoy life. The strong. A ruptured skull means death. Nature is shown as vulnerable and frail. In the artwork "The Ambassadors" by Hans Holbein, Vanitas is portrayed by an elongated skull on the floor to symbolize mortality, perhaps tracing back to the Black Death in the 1340s.
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Four seasons Oil painting
Four Seasons conveys the idea of the natural connections between water, earth, forest, and wind. These four elements are connected by spiral flower petals to show how nature is strongly linked to these four elements and humans. Different tones of turquoise, brown, green, and blue depict the essence of each element. Petals are multicolor to represent a connection of all elements in a timeless, infinite way.
H U M A N M I N D AN D
EMOTIONS
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Kanlaekan (Leia) Lertlerphunt- Grade 12
C L O T H E S R E D EF I N E B O R D E R S B E T W E E N
GENDERS Yanagrich (M.Jr) Meekhanthong - Grade 12
You destroyed me! Acrylic paint
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This is a piece to symbolize ancient beauty and the appreciation of Greek and Egyptian art. The uneven texture would be a representation of the sensual aspect of liquid and the flow of the woman's silhouette. This is a minimalistic modern piece, mimicking the shape of a woman. The piece would not have much detail about the area, so there could be room for interpretation. The extreme exaggeration of the human body will represent the ideal beauty of the present times with the increase in social pressure.
Such a feast! Oil painting
These are different elements of the face used as sushi. This represents the facial surgical aspects of today's beauty where each individual’s facial elements can be easily changed to fit their desired outcome. Such changes can increase or decrease their levels of happiness and self-satisfaction. This is to show that the elements are so easy to change, like picking up a piece of sushi. This was inspired by a video of an anti-facial surgery commercial.
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HARMONY BETWEEN HUMANKIND AND NATURE Fiona Chen - Grade 12
Ephemeral Mix medium of acrylic, white ceramic clay, oil paint, gold leaf
SONGBIRDS AND POMEGRANATES magazine pages, watercolor, 0.5,0.3,005 Fineline pens.
This piece symbolizes Chinese auspiciousness. The pomegranate in Chinese culture symbolizes fertility, prosperity, and turning tragedy into happiness. Songbirds symbolize the upcoming spring, honesty, and fertility. Zheng Ling Ling inspired this piece. The mixed media and fractured sections represent diversified interpretations, which the traditional art ultimately illustrates who I am. Thus, the mixed media showcased the variety of my cultural backgrounds.
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This piece indicates the harmony between humanity and nature. The perfect square does not exist in nature; the diversity of whites that provided unique dimensions and texture created the "floating illusion" inspired by Malevich. The ceramic pieces were positioned based on the Fibonacci Spiral, which complemented the art of natural materials and was the only golden work based on the golden ratio. This piece is made out of three mediums: oil paint, acrylic, and two types of white clay.
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CHANGE AND TIME Voranan (Momae) Adhiphandhuamphai - Grade 12
JUDGEMENT. Oi painting
Judgement’s style is inspired by traditional Chinese paintings and contemporary artists like James Jean. The subject matter of this piece involves human internal conflict between rights and wrongs. The gaze creates a quiet discomfort, portraying the silent fight of the person’s id, ego, and superego.
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MOIRÉ. Photograph, paper, aluminium, acrylic board.
Irregular rippled lines inspired by the female form tangle into a silky curve, symbolizing feminine serenity. Within that serenity, there is a deep struggle within the mind, puzzling like a maze. It’s a figurative representation of the layered thought processes women construct in their minds in order to not pose as victims traveling in urban areas. Moiré is a collective representation of the struggles women face in a survey collected from 30 Thai female representatives.
Find your style All 3 works are part of the Unit Discover Your Art Style. In this Unit, students learn about different art styles. They choose one which they researched and applied the elements of the style in their artworks.
Phuriwat (Kenny) Lertsakuncharoen Grade 6 The first work, from Kenny in grade 6, explored the impressionist art style. Kenny researched artists such as Claude Monet and applied color in his artwork in similar ways. He chose to paint the landscape since this is the most common theme in impressionism.
Rinrapat (Manie) Chalermrattawongz Grade 6
Benchaya (Rene) Thanavutthiporn Grade 6 In the last work, Rene researched the abstract work of Wassily Kandinsky. Using elements of art such as geometric shapes and colours, she created a detailed and authentic composition. There is a clear connection between her work and the work of Kandinsky in the use of elements of art.
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The second work is from Manie, chose to research Surrealism. It is clear in her work that she made connections with surrealism in cartoons, and successfully applied surrealism in her work, but at the same time, kept her authentic mode of expression.
Masks The masks were made out of plaster bandages and are on display in the MYP corridor.
Dudtayatip (Atta) Ruangronghiranya Grade 7 I selected the art styles of abstract expressionism and cubism, and the artist models I referenced all had one similarity, which was the expression of common human emotions, such as stress or admiration, and I tried to incorporate them into my mask. I used a soft blend to represent a "human" side, to portray how fragile we humans are. The other side, however, is more reminiscent of automation, with cubic shapes of different shades to fully embrace the concept of "cubism". I used cooler colors for the robotic side, to embody their coldness and unfeeling, how different they are from humans like us. Although I've also shaded some of the regions with darker or lighter colors to imitate the human side's facial features.
Natalyn Ashley (Natalyn) Denzau Grade 7
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In my final mask, I decided to use different elements from all of the different paintings. For instance, I used Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night as the texture for my final mask. I also used Munch’s famous painting "Scream" as my inspiration for the bridge in my final art piece. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was another source of inspiration for the shapes of my mask. I used all of these elements because I liked these paintings and how unique they were.
Teerawat (Chone) Nitichaikulvattana Grade 7 The third by Chone was inspired by Popart, especially by Roy Lichtenstein.
Language Arts 2 Wings of the Wind By Palita (Proud P.) Sripratak (G9) Summer has entered as birds chirp around, The wind of the daylight pushes through earth, melodious tune sprung towards the sky ground, While the breeze flow gives light a warm rebirth, Heat settles the key frolics of August, As the harmony brought in completes pride, From north to south there were never mistrust, Since the thought of hope was never denied, Though it was bound to end before the cold, Faith still lives down through all change of season, The birds spread their mighty wings just as bold,
From path to path appears glowing blossoms, As they fly in direction of freedom.
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Soaring into the blue with perfection,
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A Tragedy by Prometheus By Chatpat (Poj) Tanavongchinds (G9)
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Ding! Ding! The computer sang stridently. David started reading the daily briefing off the blue holographic computer which informed him of recent information. He suddenly noticed a trajectory report which indicated that a sizable asteroid would avoid caressing into the space station’s position by only a few degrees. But in space, every degree counted so if the course of the station was “accidentally changed” by only a few degrees, they would collide. David just came up with a plan to restore his shameful name! A plan to see his daughter again. Despite this brilliance, David still oddly displayed some doubt about the morality of his plan so he remained distracted on finding ways to avoid it. David walked down the hall into the Chief Controller’s office. She sat silently like a scheming fox, wearing the bronze clovers of the rank. David was very eager to make a good impression on his first day to supplement his risky plan with a prominent officer’s good words of reference. Unfortunately, this hope was about to be severely disappointed. “Are you Montrose? Get me a cup of black coffee,” ordered the Chief Controller in a cold and condescending tone.
“Sure ma’am,” David replied. He moved across the room to the wooden coffee bar. David silently poured some coffee from the pot into a pristine blue porcelain cup which he chose after he examined all the selectionsfor defects. He added some sugar out of his personal habit and turned around quickly. David handed it to his boss with care. “What type of person drinks cold coffee? Plus, I did not ask you for sugar! Details matter!,” the Chief Controller spoke in a kitschy tone. Such an outburst was not uncommon on the station since it was built for those stuffy senior officers who were lazy yet demanding sloths that require private coffee bars.The recent paroxysm made David a little uneasy but there was nothing he could do about it. “I apologize. I’m very sorry,” David replied in a sorrowful tone as he pondered his failure to rehabilitate his sickly name. I’ll take leave to finish off some paperwork now. He slowly walked to the door as it opened. Sleesh! The coffee is dropped into the bin like a lone broken headphone.
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After another few hours of careful work, David returned to deliver the schedule in another attempt to awe his boss when he overheard a saddening conversation. “Remember that Montrose? He’s so sub-par. Probably because he’s just another junior officer with a criminal record. What else can we expect? I’ll be sure to get him to do some worse assignments soon. Say an even more remote assignment to a penal mine? He will be too ashamed to ever meet his daughter who he vowed to impress again,” said the Chief Controller to another senior officer who was having a glass of champagne. They all laughed in a whispering tone. David’s face lit up like a hot iron pan. Upon entering his boss’s office, he noticed that a small square with many odd characters was carefreely left unguarded on the clean white wooden desk which hugged the seat of the Chief Controller. This was truly odd considering that the table was normally so emptily clean that one could conduct surgeries on it. The card was just what he needed to carry out his plan of tweaking the station’s position to hit the asteroid. “Details matter? Probably not to a bossy hypocrite. I’ll be sure to make her pay. I am already hurt. My name is bleeding and she wants to slit me in the throat?,” David declared to himself with a level of anger that could have exploded the station.
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He grabbed it and moved quickly out of the office. He then quietly snatched another card from the moderately drunk officer next to the Chief Controller while making a sharp turn towards the nearest control panel. Inside the panel were a rather primitive touch screen and two card inserters. David didn’t expect that a space station this advanced would have such an old control system. Apparently, so much funding was used on the officer’s comforts that the computing systems were very weak; they were only able to conduct the most basic safety warnings. Hence, the station hasn’t been moved in ages. Despite these flaws, David was able to insert both of the square cards and altered the course of the station to intercept the asteroid but hid the safety warnings until further notice. He quickly removed the cards, returning them to their original place and manipulated the schedules of both the card’s owners so that they would leave on a shuttle for meetings somewhere else before the asteroid impact like a skilled hacker. He was ready to frame them. Reflexion. Chin (alumni'21)
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The stage had been set. The two officers boarded the shuttle unsuspectingly as planned. David quickly proceeded to the bridge. “This is a restricted area, sir. Former criminals like you don’t deserve access,” the guard shouted in a demeaning tone like a principle disciplining a rowdy student. “If you have a problem with me, you have a problem with a tough lady who happens to be called the Chief Controller. I’m here on orders,” David replied. The guard immediately recalled an encounter with her the week before, he had been haunted by her stable yet sinister sharp low-pitched voice. With the urge to avoid such an encounter, he conceded and let David through. It was well timed, the asteroid was just minutes away and no one had checked the computer. David then exposed the asteroid on the tracking panel and shouted loudly!
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“Brace for impact! There’s an asteroid coming!” The whole room stared at each other while David pushed the helmsman out of the way and angled the station to a 65 degree angle using the steering wheel. The asteroid hurried through the side of the station, shaking it as unsecured items danced and people trampled. The side thrusters then vigorously kicked the asteroid away further off course. Everyone was bewildered and stared blankly
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out at the dark vacuum of space, knowing that they narrowly missed death’s hands. “David is our saint! He spared us from our end!,” cried a bridge officer. “We’re so sorry! I was wrong about you. You are no criminal but a true hero. Go and take your rest,” the guard who just recently stopped him pleaded. David walked back to his room and smiled as he slept happily for the first time in weeks. He knew that he had succeeded in restoring his reputation and that his daughter would soon forgive him for creating such shame for the family. Darkness. Before David descended into his deepest rest, a nightly recording that propelled the events which led him to this victorious moment played. '‘It is the judgment of this court that you, Commander David Montrose, be convicted on all counts of theft.’ Those were the words which I echoed today in the courtroom. I must say that this crime is a rather minor blot on Montrose’s heroic record; one moment is all that matters. I am sure that your exile to a remote station will be useful for reasserting your name. Remember, heroes don’t always solve actual problems; they sometimes construct them for their own personal benefit,” the voice of the late Judge Prometheus who sentenced David echoed through a recording device in the room.
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David knew that despite his lack of any actual relationship with her, he would be wise to follow her advice in reclaiming his name. Many would accuse David of being gullible but its mystical appearance at his doorstep on the day he left for this station resulted in a superstitious belief that Prometheus’s spirit is trying to aid him. The sooner he restored his name, the sooner he would make not only himself but his embarrassed and estranged daughter to forgive him. So he kept listening and following it every night. David opened his eyes. His plan had worked and he had the recording of Prometheus to thank. She ironically condemned and condoned him at the same time. David was immediately informed through the daily report that he was being decorated with the highest honors in the Republic. The two officers who owned the cards were already arrested and gone for good while David had been promoted to replace the disgraced Chief Controller for his pretentiously gallant actions. David put on the bronze clovers of his new rank on his shoulders as they grabbed onto the magnetic padding. He walked happily down the hall towards his new office only to be suddenly disturbed! “Sir, we’ve heard bad news that the asteroid we deflected crashed into a small craft with casualties,” a robot said while David was
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happily reading a message from his daughter saying, “Congrats! I finally forgive you for tearing our pride into bits with your crimes. I was gonna surprise you but I thought letting you know ASAP would more quickly put you at ease. See you soon, I’m on my way! ”. “I’ll be there to check on them in a minute,” David replied. In David’s mind, these small casualties were a small cost. He thought that restoring his name was the most important thing. After all, people you knew best and loved (his daughter and him) were much more important than a few strangers. The medical bay door slided and David proudly stood tall. He opened the face cover of the first frozen corpse. It was his visiting daughter. David desperately went to his room and searched for the recording of Prometheus. Cling! He speeded down the hall dropping the clovers by hitting other crew members in the process. He placed a recording which he was gullible to in the airlock. Shhhhhhhh. A button was pressed. The wind hummed with mockery as it threw David into the quietus. There was nothing left but a lonely spirit.
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Language Arts 2
Recipes to Reduce Food Waste Food waste is one of those very tangible problems; it originates from your kitchen. Yet, food waste is commonly overlooked despite its significance on the environment while wasting resources that could have gone to those in hunger. One of the main sources of food waste are the leftover ingredients from cooking. Therefore, we have compiled a selection of recipes that utilize leftovers to their maximum potential.
Omurice rice eggs tomato sauce toppings (e.g. bell peppers, chopped sausage, etc.) oil Instructions: To prepare this dish, add a little bit of oil to the pan. mix some rice, tomato sauce, and some toppings in the pan until fully incorporated. Make some omelet and top it on the rice. This will help reduce food waste because almost every household has rice left from takeout or from yesterday's dinner. This meal is tasty, easy to prepare, and can use any ingredients in your fridge!
Smoothie bowl
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frozen fruits of your choice toppings: nuts, candy, etc. Instructions: To prepare this dish, put some leftover fruits in the freezer for a couple of hours. After that, blend it in a blender or a food processor. Add any toppings you have at home, this can be nuts (unless you have a nut allergy), candy whatever you have at home. a lot of households buy a lot of fruit at once, however, the flavors get boring fast leading to it being stored in the back of the fridge to go bad. Being able to switch up the flavors by adding different fruits to the smoothie bowl allows tasty, healthy desserts to be created without wasting food.
Recipes to Reduce Food Waste Frittata Eggs toppings (leftover vegetables, cheese, ham, etc.) To prepare this dish, Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Heat oil in a deep ovenproof frypan over mediumhigh heat. wisk some eggs and mix in some toppings. Put it in the hot fry pan and heat it in the oven for 20 minutes. Every household has that bundle of vegetables that no one wants to eat. Incorporating those vegetables in this delicious dish allow households to be able to use up all the vegetable.
Kecap Manis wrap meat vegetable tortia sauce (mayo, ketchup, mustard, etc.)
This wrap is a meal for when you need something quick and easy! It will use up any leftover meat, and vegetable you have lying around. You can customise it to be vegan/vegetarian also!
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To prepare this dish, heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan. put the tortia in the pan and flip until tortia is heated. warm-up vegetable and cooked meat in the microwave. Slather as much sauce as you want on the tortia and cut up meat and vegetable onto the tortia. Roll it up and serve.
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Blissful Mist By Deno (G11)
I live in a fog of mist. Or rather, I used to, in
Cemetery walls and gates confine my path
more ways than one. It is difficult to escape
restricting my access to the world. I feel my
from. I never wanted to escape from it. From
eyes periodically darken due to this. But
neither state of the mist. Everything was
perhaps it is for the better. Perhaps that bliss
better in the fog. I missed the fog. What I
was only a high, stimulated by a drug. A drug
could see through it was simply blissful. The
called innocence. The side effects are
world outside had turned perverted and
unknown but what is known is that we all
repulsive. Filled with evil and malevolence. It
took it but not all of us have the same
simply was not what I remembered from the
tolerance, was that fortunate? I used to see
bliss of fog. Fog of bliss was the gist of what
the world in full saturation as if my light
I remembered from my time inside the mist.
receptors received a sugar rush. The sky was
Both inside and outside looking. All that I
bright blue, as bright as it gets. People use to
could see when looking in the fog was
brag to kids that the sky is in fact not actually
playing, relaxing, and not giving a damn
blue. I never believed that. The sky was blue.
about what happened to me or the world.
As blue as it gets and at all times. Now I
That is all I want and all I needed. Colorful
understand, not the science behind it, but I
mist, joyful and cheerful. That thing that is
can now see that it is not always blue, blue,
past is what I want back. Not to continue my
and blue.
reminiscion nor to create a new reminiscion worthy mist. But to simply go back. And be forever back in the state I was when I was
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happy. The world has changed to perversion. A shell of its former colorful self. Me as well. I do not feel as colorful as I used to. Not as vibrant, not nearly as blissful, and definitely not as happy. I walk an increasingly burdenfilled path. One where monsters fly above my head causing me to duck in fear and weeds latch onto my feet slowing me down.
Untitled, Jonas (alumni'21)
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There are other colors, other moods. Its color changes depending on what is around it, sometimes it is grey when it is dark, late, and gloomy. But sometimes it is a glistening orange when the world wakes up. I would like to see only the saturation again. Sometimes ignorance is in fact bliss. But ignorance is still ignorance. At least what I see now is real. My eyes never darkened due to the circumstance of the path becoming
Perhaps I may only need to look up to avoid the monsters and weeds in my path instead of tripping and bowing my head in fear. Perhaps I may soon find that the walls are not that of a confined cemetery but are paths that contain gates and entrances to other places I had never seen before. The path has always been bumpy, my eyes simply were brightened to see them. And fear them. But perhaps it needn’t be that way.
darker, but because of the circumstance of the fear of the path. Janyawath (Proton) Chaowatthanakun Grade 12
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