Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Review
by Tapasya Singh (17S03C) and Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P) [Spoiler Warning] Starting in a silent, dramatic fashion, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens with a scene featuring a group of wizards...
View ArticleAdvofeste 2016: Uncovering Hidden Communities
By Carman Chew (17A01D) Why is advocacy important? It is simply because advocacy is the first step to making a positive change in the systems and mindsets that perpetuate social problems. This was a...
View Article#sglitftw: Support Your Local Authors
By Joan Ang (17A01B) and Ernest Lee (17A01A) It is a common practice in any vaguely-literature-related classroom to, during introductions, go around the room and say a few things: firstly, your name,...
View ArticleMovie Review: Moana (2016)
By Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) Moana, an animated spectacle that follows the story of a young girl in forgoing tradition and family to find something bigger than herself- to restore and correct the world...
View ArticleThe Introvert’s / Extrovert’s / Ambivert’s / Exothermic’s / Endothermic’s...
By Noor Adilah (17S06B), Featured image credits here. If you’ve gone on the Internet at all over the past few years, you’ve probably stumbled upon way too many quizzes and listicles that describe or...
View ArticleMigrant Investigations
by Noor Adilah (17S06B) Migration is fuelled by the basic desire to improve the human condition. Migration has shaped human history since our ancestors first learned to put one foot in front of the...
View ArticleNotes from the Underground: Holiday Blues
By Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B) and Carman Chew (17A01D) The ‘holiday blues’ — Is it the fear you feel when you can’t remember your estranged uncle’s name at a Christmas party? Or is it the regret that...
View ArticleGrad Night 2016: Iridescent
By Catherine Zou (17A01B) Photos from Raffles Photography The grandiosity of the Shangri-La ballroom may normally have been forbidding, but this was far from the case on Thursday, December 8th. The...
View ArticlePRISMA: Vocal Delights 2016 by Raffles Chorale
By Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P) and Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A) “Vocal Delights was a very relaxed concert with great music, and was definitely one of the best performances of all the concerts I have...
View ArticleMovie Review: Rogue One
By Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A) Warning: This review may contain spoilers! Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It’s important to note the significance of this movie. It’s not The Star Wars Story but A Star...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Guitar Ensemble
By Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B), Secretary Photos by Raffles Photographic Society The Raffles Institution (Year 5-6) Guitar Ensemble (RJGE) has, over the years, grown to be one of the best fully-fledged...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Chamber Ensemble
By Gillian Yeong (17A01A), Vice Chairperson Pictures by Angela Sun (17S06M), Raffles Photographic Society, from 2016 Annual Concert “Memento” So you may ask, what is Chamber?: Chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbə/ 1. an...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: CLDCS
By Zhu Ruixi (17S06B), Chairperson of CLDCS Raffles CLDCS (Chinese Literacy Drama Cultural Society) is a performing arts CCA. Containing three sections – Chinese drama, songwriting and calligraphy –...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Recreational Badminton
by RecBad Batch ’17 The name RI is usually synonymous with competition. Rafflesians are encouraged to fight for the school as a display of school pride. While this competitiveness is certainly...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Fencing
by Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) “Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.” -V. E. Schwab Fencing...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Floorball
by Wang Xiyu (17A13A) The faceoff. A few seconds for you to size up your opponent and go in for the kill. The whistle blows. You wrestle for the ball, swiping it backwards in one quick motion. The ball...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Hockey Girls
by Eileen Ang (17S03M), Captain; Kwan Hui Xuan (17S06K), Vice-captain; Nur Umaira (17S06B), Vice-captain; Tapasyah Singh (17S03C), Goalkeeper In Raffles, hockey is a developmental sport for girls....
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Judo
by Judo Batch ’17 Perhaps you’ve had an everlasting, burning desire to be a pilot since you were young. To coast through the clouds, zoom out above Earth. Perhaps you’ve considered multiple careers in...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Netball
by Angelina Lim (17A01D), Captain ; Jane Yu (17S06A), Vice- Captain The team before every game. N.E.T.B.A.L.L. Noisy. Excited. Tenacious. Blessed. Accepting. Laughing. Loving. This is who we are and...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’17: Basketball
by Sophia Ang (Girls’ team Vice captain) 17S03M, Marcus Soon (Boys’ team Vice captain) 17S06E This year, the Girls’ Basketball Team under the leadership of our captain Choo Jieying and vice captain...
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