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Rafflesian Times: Service and Kindness: A Look Into RI’s Volunteer Culture
By Noor Adilah (17S06B), Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B) The following is a preview from the upcoming Issue #7 of the Rafflesian Times, slated for release this Tuesday. ‘If there’s a way to make things better,...
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The Curious Case of Commitment – Life in JC
By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R) and Noor Adilah (17S06B) Maybe you have finally made it after long nights with your Ten Year Series. Maybe you wonder if you have done enough in your 4 through-train years....
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CCA 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...
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CCA 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...
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CCA 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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CCA Previews ’17: Soccer Girls
by Tara Coomaraswamy (17S06A), Vice Captain Desire. Hard work. Belief. That is all you need to join Raffles Soccer. Even if you have no prior experience in the sport (as most of our members do not),...
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CCA Previews ’17: Swimming
by Gordon Gan (17S06Q), Vice-Captain What defines us as swimmers? It is the sheer determination, the strong will power, the spirit of perseverance and the everlasting passion where all our hearts and...
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CCA Previews ’17: Shooting
By Kenneth Quek (17A01D) They said to shoot for the stars, for if you miss you’ll land among the clouds. Here at the RI Shooting Club, we don’t even miss. Shooting hardly fits the mold of an archetypal...
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CCA Previews ’17: Softball
by Raffles Softball’17 Softball is a sport that puts one’s physical and mental strength to the test. A fast-paced sport, almost everything occurs at breakneck speed. Playing softball requires one to...
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Kiwi Cup 2017: RI Wins
By Marilyn Kang (17A01B) Photos by Esther Chin (17S06D) and Phoebe Zhou (17S06E) The air was heavy with anticipation, heightened by the banging of drums and the roars of the crowd. Familiar faces...
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Celebrating the Year of the Fire Rooster
By Ernest Lee (17A01A), Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P), photos by Matthew Ang (17S06H) Chinese New Year: a time for the home, health and hope. The new year brings with it many events, such as house visits...
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RSS Mental Health Strand
By Bryan Ling (17S06C) and Jeanne Tan (17A01B) Mental health is an often overlooked but vital aspect of health and wellbeing. With the introduction of the Peer Helper’s Programme and Mental Health...
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Ain’t No Party Like Player’s House Party: Players Alumni Production
By Carman Chew (17A01D) and Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B) “Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” — James Baldwin In this year’s instalment of their annual production, the alumni...
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The Hidden Ills of Puppy Mills
By Yeo Jun Wei (17S03B) and guest writer Kong Pek Yoke (17A01C) Dogs have been “man’s best friend” for thousands of years, and for good reason: they seem to touch our soft spot with their energy and...
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Soleil 2017: Orientation Part I
By Carman Chew (17A01D), Deborah Lee (17A01D), Joan Ang (17A01B), and Lee Yun Ning (17A01E) Just as each new day begins with the rising of the sun, the journey of every new Year 5 batch begins with...
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Soleil 2017: Orientation Part II
By Carman Chew (17A01D), Deborah Lee (17A01D) Photos by Amelia Chong (17S07A) of Raffles Photographic Society Although three and a half days of Orientation had already passed, the most anticipated...
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Pretentious Pitfalls
By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R) It’s GP class. My teacher is delivering a soliloquy on how awful the Yemen war is. The whole class is thoughtful and pensive. And I am too, reflecting deep thought and...
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La La Land Left Me Out At Sea: A Review
By Gan Chin Lin (17A01B) La La Land (2016) You’ve heard its name, fervently adored by theatre kids prone to bursting into loud Hamilton rap numbers. You’ve seen the movie poster – lead stars Emma Stone...
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A Story of Student Initiatives
By Serafina Siow (17A13A), Noor Adilah (17S06B) with special thanks to the wonderful people of Writers’ Guild, Broadway Babies and MCS. It All Began With A Rumour. It all began with a single, almost...
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Critiquing Sustainababble: Yale-NUS College’s SEAL Programme
By Melissa Choi (16S06B) and Qiu Kexin (16A13A) Environmental Studies once carried a reputation for being one of the world’s most depressing disciplines. So much so in fact, that a Yale-NUS professor...
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