SYF 2017: Chorale’s Voices Soar As One
By Clarine See (18S03G) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is a biennial event for performing arts CCAs to showcase their talents, and entails hundreds of hours of hard work...
View ArticleServing With Spirit: Table Tennis Finals
By Liu Enqi (18S03C) If you had walked into the Pasir Ris Sports Centre on the afternoon of 20 April, you would have felt the floor vibrate with the deafening sound of rousing cheers. Thursday, 20...
View ArticleThe Pressure to Be Extraordinary
By Deborah Lee (17A01D) Every year, approximately half of the Year 6 cohort score distinctions for all 4 H2 A Level subjects, and a quarter achieve a perfect University Admission Score. It would be a...
View ArticleInroads 2017: A Look at Migrant Workers’ Singapore
by Zacchaeus Chok (18S03O), Liu Enqi (18S03C), Ling Young Loon (18S07A) Singapore boasts a narrative of economic prosperity, but at what cost? It is becoming more evident today, more than ever, that...
View ArticleInterview with the Candidates: Council President Elections 2017
By Ling Young Loon (18S07A) and Lynn Hong (18A13A) It’s the festival of elections yet again – vibrant canteen displays and posters line the school’s corridors. To get to know our presidential...
View ArticleHodge Lodge Debate Series: Race Based Affirmative Action
By Angus Yip (18A01A), Zara Karimi (18A01A) While multiracialism is a core tenet of the Singaporean identity, our society is one that continues to be drawn along racial lines. This almost paradoxical...
View ArticleProof: What the Players Have to Say
By Catherine Zou (17A01B) Photos by Erika Poh (17S03P) I am a Player. This has meant many things: fact-checking reviews of Players productions, being informed that I have a “theatrical quality”, and...
View ArticleBYE lingual?: ACJC ELL Symposium 2017
By Abigail Ang (18S06B), Soh Gek Shuen (18S03B) and Soh Ying Qi (18A01C), photo credit to Sng Hong (18A01C) Why did Lee Kuan Yew call English “emotionally unacceptable” as a mother tongue? How do...
View ArticleVoyage D’espoir 2017: Around The World In Eighteen Songs
By Clarine See (18S03G) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) Photo credits to Raffles Photographic Society If one had to sum up Piano Ensemble’s recent concert, ‘journey’ would be a most apt description. And a...
View ArticleColour Me Surprised: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Review
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (dir. James Gunn): the fifteenth movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the second movie in the well-received Guardians of the Galaxy series, and...
View ArticleSYF 2017: Guitar, Don’t Fret
By Carman Chew (17A01D) and Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B) Upon the signal to begin the gruelling 10-minute tuning session, the cold, bare tuning room lit up with tuners flashing orange and green as...
View ArticleSYF 2017: Passing Time – Modern Dance
By Calista Chong (18A01A), Lynn Hong (18A13A) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) The dancers gathered in a circle, their eyes drawn in intent concentration toward their captain as they rallied for what would be...
View ArticleLast Strokes – Canoeing Championships 2017
by Noor Adilah (17S06B) While the National School Games Canoeing Championships held at Macritchie Reservoir may be a yearly fixture for most schools, this year’s competitions held a special...
View ArticleThose Days: A Celebration of the Elderly Around Us
By Ernest Lee (17A01A), Angus Yip (18A01A), Jonah Tan (18A01A), Photographs by The Humanz Initiative (THI). Take a look at most concerts and plays put together by the different CCAs and student groups...
View ArticleRight on Track: Track Finals 2017
By Bill Puah (17S06B), Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Zara Karimi (18A01A), Marilyn Kang (17A01B), and Catherine Zou (17A01B) Photos by Raffles Photographic Society and Loh Yuan Yee With their peers cheering...
View ArticleBouncing Back: Squash ‘A’ Division Championship 2017
By Choi Hoe Chang (18S07A), Ianni Tan (18S03C), Lynn Hong (18A13A), Ryan Wee (18A01A), and Soh Ying Qi (18A01C) The Kallang Squash and Tennis Centre was bubbling with excitement on the 3rd and 4th of...
View ArticleA Smashing Hit for Raffles Tennis
By Adri Faris (18A13A) and Chung Sohyun (18A13A) Photos courtesy of Raffles Tennis Raffles Tennis posing in pride with their shining trophies after the match. As the sun blazed bright on the morning of...
View ArticleDefending the Title: Hockey Boys Finals 2017
By Tapasya Singh (17S03C) and Grace Lau (18S03I), photos by Ong Tsien Jin (18S03I) On the 11th of May, spectators streamed steadily into Seng Kang Sports and Recreation Centre to watch the Raffles...
View ArticleFeel The Heat: Summer Of Love ’17
By Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B), Nicki Chan (18S03C), and Asfar Alim (18S03J) On a bright afternoon in 1967, one hundred thousand young people convened in San Francisco to celebrate the culture of hippies,...
View ArticleTheatre and …Maths? “Proof”: a Raffles Players’ Production
By Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Deborah Lee (17A01D) and Chung Sohyun (18A13A) Photos courtesy of the Raffles Photographic Society and Raffles Players (Warning: Spoilers Ahead) As the curtains parted and the...
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