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Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Franchises Tell No Tales
By Choi Hoe Chang (18S07A) Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg; with Jerry Bruckheimer as Producer) is the 5th installation in the 14-year-old...
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To Speak or Not to Speak? – The Friendship Conundrum
By Angus Yip (18A01A) In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, main character Elizabeth Bennet finds herself between a rock and a hard place when her best friend, Charlotte Lucas, agrees to marry her...
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Wonder Woman Review: The Wonders of Love, Justice and Empowerment
By Ashley Tan (18A13A) and Choi Hoe Chang (18S07A) [Warning: This review contains major spoilers to the film.] “If you see something wrong happening in the world, you can either do nothing, or you can...
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Distraction Intervention
By Ianni Tan (18S03C), Clarine See (18S03G), Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q), Zhu Xiuhua (18S06A), and Elizabeth Leong (18S06G) No social media for 12 hours ??? (Image Credits) In a valiant but questionably...
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Lost in Translation
By Soh Ying Qi (18A01C) My mother, a staunch believer in the value of a Chinese education, has all but given up on trying to convert me. A few years ago, she decided everyone in the house needed to...
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Preview: How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth: A King Lear Parody
By Lee Chin Wee (14A01B) What do Raffles alumni do in their free time after graduation? Aside from two years of compulsory National Service for the guys, we end up getting involved in all sorts of...
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Happiness: An Achievable Feat or a Beautiful Whim?
By Asfar Alim (18S03J) and Chung Sohyun (18A13A) Scrolling through our social media feeds, most of us, at some point, would have come across various “motivational” quotes on happiness. Framed against...
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Jock Speak
By Sheryl Gwee (18A01D) You’ve heard these phrases thrown around—hollered across canteen tables, muttered in lecture halls. You’ve probably used quite a few of them yourself, being an active...
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Spidey and the Future of Marvel
By Lynn Hong (18A13A) and Choi Hoe Chang (18S07A) The third reboot of this popular franchise was met with a mix of anticipation and skepticism but it has emerged as an enrapturing and competent love...
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Lord of the Flyers: Flyers, Foolscap, and the Future of Tuition Advertisements
By: (From Raffles Press) Jeanne Tan (17A01B), Angus Yip (18A01A) and Abigail Ang (18S06B); (From HCI Publications Society) Wong Yang (16A14), Zachary Loh (16A12) and Owen Cho (16A11) This article is a...
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The Myth of Ambition
By Lynn Hong (18A13A) In the centre of our school crest, there sits a double-headed eagle. One head draws insight from the past and the other peers into the future. It is a symbol of empire, but to me...
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Hodge Lodge Debate Series: Is Our Institution Anthem Sexist?
By Adri Faris (18A13A) Sir Stamford Raffles contemplates, “Should we amend the school song?” We have seen numerous female presidents representing the student body on behalf of the student council, even...
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Dodging Our Doubts: Dealing With Impostor Syndrome
By Elizabeth Leong (18S06G) Self-doubt is a pesky yet unavoidable thing – it rises in us whenever we think that our abilities might fall short. Logically, having a record of past achievements in a...
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Rewind V: Façade
By Zara Karimi (18A01A), Elizabeth Leong (18S06G) and Choi Hoe Chang (18S07A) Last Friday, months of back-breaking hard work and careful planning came to fruition for Raffles Film Society. Their...
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2017: A Preview
By Ianni Tan (18S03C) Additional reporting by Angus Yip (18A01A) This article is a preview for Mental Health Awareness Week 2017. You’ve (very unfortunately) probably heard this same refrain over,...
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Lit Week 2017
By Abigail Ang (18S06B) and Ianni Tan (18S03C) Photos by Raffles Photographic Society You might remember their enthusiastic spin-off rendition of the song Roxie during morning assembly, or seen the...
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Team Raffles Games: Week 1
By Soh Gek Shuen (18S03B), Lim Jing Rong (18A03A), and Jeslyn Tan (18S06R) Photographs by Raffles Photographic Society Last week marked the start of the long-awaited Team Raffles Games, with houses...
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REN.CO: Business For a Worthy Cause
By Adri Faris (18A13A) and Grace Lau (18S03I) On 26th July, Rafflesians thronged My Work Space as Raffles Entrepreneur’s Network (REN) officially opened their co-op shop, REN.CO, to the school...
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Nationally Speaking: Race, as told by an Indian Immigrant
By Zara Karimi (18A01A) I remember primary school and its illustrations of Indians in social studies and health education books. I remember advertisements featuring at least one member of every race at...
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Lead Us to the Fore: Promethean Ceremony 2017
By Soh Ying Qi (18A01C) and Abigail Ang (18S06B) Photos by Daniel Choo (18S06E), Iffah Rusyda (18S03B) and Timothy Soepadmo (18S03T) of Raffles Photographic Society It’s that time of year again. The...
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