Denzil Duke

What do you say to the world? Because it is not what you say that contributes the most to that message, but how you carry yourself. It is not the conscious actions which are communicated; it is the subconscious. Because this is the case, I've been very conscious

This is for my fellow Japanese students. If you've taken Japanese classes during high school, you probably remember getting tested on your hiragana. Most of the language input given to us was watered down: words only in kana, simple grammar, no katakana. And if you moved up the

December 2019, Tokyo, Japan. My school went on a study tour to one of the most developed country in Asia. For three years, I studied Japanese by my own will. This opportunity was distilled by one word: freedom. Although we were supervised by teachers, I felt free. There was a

Ok, this is where the real fun begins. Irony As a captain of my school, we all got invited to attend a breakfast at a venue celebrating International Women's Day. Usually only the female captains went, but the males came as well. After being invited, people thought it

I sometimes find it hard to write an article or script for a video without the looming doubt of being a voice of authority. It's quite ironic, considering the passionate spiels I give out in real life. (It's actually why I sometimes get called 'arrogant&

So we all know I aspire to be wealthy. My school uploaded a post about a university holding a workshop about students in Grade 11 and 12 interested in the fields of Business, Finance and Law. You know, I said, "fuck it," wrote the application form and emailed

If you noticed, that's in the past tense, and for a good reason too. When first stepping into senior schooling, things were different. The shirt we wore, the ties we tied, the belts we tightened, an expectation rested upon our skin. With the switch from polo shirts to

When it comes to food, I am a scab. Only amongst friends, I might add. At school, it's a hustle. Most days, I come with mostly nothing. The term for muesli bars, package food; it's 'the rations' as I would put. I don'

Grade 9 March 8, 2019, a Friday. First break had just finished, and we started lining up at our Japanese class. In that morning, some of the female students attended a breakfast with other like-minded women around the city on International Women's Day. You might know where this

I've only spent three out of my sixteen years that I have been on this earth swearing, only a recent development starting since grade 8. I can't remember my first swear words, nor my last. But through my use of it, I have made some observations.

4 am's stupidly early, beyond any reasonable hour to be awake. It is a habit I have been trying to develop and maintain for the past year. I never liked running in the morning or afternoon, especially knowing that people have the same idea. While the rest of