Raffles Reviews – A Look at Singapore’s Luscious, Layered, Local Literature
by Noor Adilah (17S06B) This article is part of a series of genre reviews done in collaboration with Raffles Reviews, an instagram page by Raffles Debate. Click here for more beautiful photos of...
View ArticleFounders’ Day Carnival 2016
By Carman Chew (17A01D), Photos from Raffles Photography Back by popular demand, the Founder’s Day Carnival 2016 will be held on the 23rd of July, 8am to 12.30 pm packed with a variety of carnival...
View ArticleAll’s Fair in Love and War: Literature Week 2016
By Nicole Doyle (17A01A) and Catherine Zou (17A01B) Litweek Students may have noticed quotes such as that have materialised on the walls next to lifts, lecture theatres and corridors over the paste...
View ArticleSleep Go Where?
By Bryan Ling (17S06C) Take a stroll around Raffles at any time of the day and I’d wager you’d find at least one or two students who’ve had a recent visit from the Sandman. In lecture theatres or in...
View ArticleNationally Speaking: Going Places
By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R) All HDB flats look alike. Cookie-cutter homes clustered together, it is easy to lose yourself in a neighbourhood of buildings plastered by the same shade of rectangular...
View ArticleFinders Keepers: Founder’s Day 2016
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B) and Joan Ang (17A01B), additional reporting by Andrew Atang Hidajat (17S03I). Photos by Angela Sun (17S06M), Abigail Yeow (17S06H) and Matthew Toh (17S06D) from Raffles...
View ArticleNationally Speaking: This Land is Ours
By Bryan Ling (17S06C) There’s this field next to the MRT station near where I live. It’s pretty nondescript as fields go – no trees, no defining features, just a flat plain of grass stretching out for...
View ArticleStar Trek: Beyond – Review
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B), pictures from wegotthiscovered.com and space.com This article may contain spoilers! If you have not watched the film, do be aware of this. Here’s my opinion on this movie: you...
View ArticleGhostbusters 2016: Three Decades – Review
By Ernest Lee (17A01A) and Joan Ang (17A01B), Image sources: comicvine.com, ghostbusters.wikia.com Two Press members walk into a movie theatre, having been told by Press EXCO that they should review...
View ArticleRaffles Interact Installation 2016
By Bryan Ling (17S06C) and Ernest Lee (17A01A) Photographs by Cheah Shen (17S03K) of Raffles Photographic Society What caught our eye when we entered the foyer were the numerous school blazers and...
View ArticlePromethean Ceremony– For The Pros
By Lee Yun Ning (17A01E), Photographs by Raffles Photographic Society The recently held Promethean Ceremony, as with tradition, marked the transfer of leadership from the outgoing Year 6 CCA Leaders to...
View ArticleCelebrating the Nation: Becoming the People of Tomorrow
By Bill Puah (17S06B), Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P), Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A), pictures by Raffles Photographic Society The country’s flag flew high in Raffles Institution on the morning of August...
View ArticlePreview: Mental Health Awareness Week 2016
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B ) and Bryan Ling (17S06C) This article is a preview for Mental Health Awareness Week. Aware. Accept. Assist. The tagline for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) points...
View ArticleEntre Week & Raffles Business Symposium
By Nicole Doyle (17A01A) and Tapasya Singh (17S03C) Photos by Entrepreneur’s Network Entrepreneur Week: Rise of the Small by Nicole Doyle (17A01A) A couple of weeks ago Entrepreneur’s Network...
View ArticleTrain to Busan: A Ride Paved With Good Intentions – Review
By Serafina Siow (17A13A), pictures from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. I confess to being highly skeptical when first hearing of the film. Despite the 93% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and the 8.0/10...
View ArticleNavigating Lost Bros
By Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) Featured Image by Janelle Tan Ee Ling (17S06K) “People change”, a statement of advice so frequently lamented by seniors to juniors when asked “what’s it like in JC?”. Being a...
View ArticleMHAW: Beyond White Noise
By Catherine Zou (17A01B), Noor Adilah (17S06B), Tapasya S.(17S03C) Growing up is, in many ways, an opening of the mind. New knowledge constantly forces apart the closed cocoon of a child’s...
View ArticleLet’s Talk: RI Slur Culture
By Joan Ang (17A01B) A few weeks ago, my 13-year-old brother came home from school crying. When my parents asked him why, he choked out the phrase, “my senior called me retarded,” and vanished into his...
View ArticleYou Are Our Lighthouse: Teachers’ Day Celebration 2016
By: Bill Puah (17S06B), Nerissa Loe (17A13A) and Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A) Photos by: Matthew Toh (17S06H) The 1st of September is an ordinary day for most, but an extraordinary day for teachers in...
View ArticleThe Best Toilets in RI
By: Bryan Ling (17S06C), Andrew Hidajat (17S03I), Bill Puah (17S06B), and Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P) Additional reporting: Catherine Zou (17A01B) Singapore. Within the international community, we are...
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