Across Indonesia, Pop Mart has grown into a phenomenon where collecting figurines has driven a chase of charity and blindboxes. As this frenzy begins to settle, many of these keepsakes risk being forgotten,...
Sibling relationships are often shaped through everyday presence and routine. However, when a sibling leaves for college, maintaining that connection requires learning how relationships adapt beyond physical...
Fast fashion, a business model widely adopted by global brands, focuses on the rapid production of inexpensive clothing to keep up with changing consumer demand. As it continues to dominate the industry,...
Although names are formally bestowed at birth by parents, children still have the agency to choose how they are addressed, often opting for nicknames for various reasons.
How Social Life Shape Our Names
Informal...
When you picture Chinese food in Jakarta, what first comes to mind? Xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung? Hotpot from Haidilao? For many people, especially those newer to the city, these familiar international...
As the heat gradually rises and the countdown to the end of the school year ticks away, summer approaches with heavy anticipation. While many students embark on adventures across the globe, others feel...
As the academic year draws to a close, so does our time remaining with the departing dragons. During this period, many of us at JIS find ourselves reflecting on the good moments and perhaps, even the challenging...
For many of us students, the school day begins the same way: opening our laptops to check emails and assignments before quickly switching over to Wordle and Connections! What starts off a simple habit...
Regardless of the duties at hand, the awareness of 11:11 on the clock’s interface has likely led many of us towards a brief interruption: making a wish. For some, this sequence of numbers merely indicates...
Wake up–it is 2016. Or at least, that is what social media would have you believe. The internet has hit a rewind. Songs from a decade ago are added back into playlists, old dances are flooding TikTok...
Beneath the smiles of nearly every child lingers a sweet but hidden thought of chocolate. What was first discovered as rotting beans 5,000 years ago by the Mayans, has evolved into the diverse range of...
High school is a time filled with countless challenges, and even with those closest to us, it can be difficult to share our deepest struggles. In those moments, music, written by strangers we barely know,...
