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Food for Thought: Thai in Town
by Wilson Chan (15A01C) and Valerie Chee (15S07B) Photos by the writers and Stephanie Cheong Here’s some good news for jaded J2s who are beginning to exhaust the food menu at our favourite...
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Partly This, Partly That
by William Hoo (15A01E) “In the moment that you are waiting for your food, do you not become the waiter?” Beyond this pun, I doubt many Rafflesians actually know what it’s like to be the guy at the...
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Critiquing ISLE
by Kang Yi Xi (15S03N) The more altruistic amongst us often dream of changing others’ lives for the better – of serving and succeeding, of alleviating people’s suffering. As is to be expected, many of...
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Please Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition): London School of Economics
by Kate Tan (15S03U) The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly known as LSE, is a well-established university in London. While most renowned for its competitive economics and...
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Class of 2014: High Achievers
by Michelle Zhu (15A01B), Kang Yi Xi (15S03N) Additional reporting by Valerie Chee (15S07B), Joyce Er (15A01A) Photos by Choo Shuen Ming (16A01E), Joyce Er (15A01A) The batch of 2014 awaiting their...
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A-Level Results 2015: Ground Sentiment
by Christine Saw (15A01A), Wilson Chan (15A01C), Valerie Chee (15S07B), Kang Yi Xi (15S03N) Additional Reporting by Md Khairillah (16A10B), Kristal Ng (16S07C), Ian Cheng (16S03M), Huang Jiawen...
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How I Learned to Appreciate My Second Voice
Written by Karen Gwee (12A01C), this article was originally posted on Huffington Post. Karen was the chairperson of Raffles Press in her year and is currently studying journalism at Northwestern...
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A Level Coverage 2015: Noteworthy Rafflesians
by Md Khairillah (16A01B), Ian Cheng (16S03M), Huang Jia Wen (16S06G), Kristal Ng (16S07C), Christine Saw (15A01A), Joyce Er (15A01A), Michelle Zhu (15A01B), Wilson Chan (15A01C), Valerie Chee (15S07B)...
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When the Last Leaf Falls: Remembering Mr Lee Kuan Yew
by Michelle Zhu (15A01B) Additional reporting by Valerie Chee (15S07B) Thanks also go out to Mrs Cheryl Yap and Mr Siu Kang Fook from the Raffles Archives and Museum for their invaluable help Cover...
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Cat Café To Open in Raffles Institution
by Wilson Chan (15A01C), Michelle Zhu (15A01B) Good news for all cat lovers — Raffles Press has just received news from the Estate Department that the Manna Café will soon be replaced with a cat cafe...
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What it really means to kill a Mockingbird: The Footprint of Poverty
by Timothy Lim (15S06A), Lin Qingxun (15S05A) What is poverty? To many of us, poverty is something we encounter only in an abstract form. We know of its existence, we see it in the media, and...
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Cat Cafe in RI?
We refer to our article dated 1/4/2015 titled “Cat Cafe To Open in Raffles Institution”. Observant readers would have noticed that the article was published on the 1st of April, known to most as April...
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A Division Girls’ Water Polo Finals: 9 Years, 9 Victories
by Samuel Loh (16A01A) A smiling team flies the Raffles flag high. The sun burnt bright Tuesday morning, while Raffles Institution’s A Division water polo girls geared up for their season’s finals...
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Critiquing ISLE
by Kang Yi Xi (15S03N) The more altruistic amongst us often dream of changing others’ lives for the better – of serving and succeeding, of alleviating people’s suffering. As is to be expected, many of...
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FOR SALE: One Chair Plays Preview
Did you know human trafficking exists in Singapore? “Huh?” Many people say when asked this question. But it does, and on a scale far larger than what you would expect. More women are enslaved in Asia...
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A View from the Bench
by Christopher Liew (15S06E) Benchwarming, to those unfamiliar to sports, is the act of sitting out on the sidelines and waiting for your turn to get called up onto the ‘battlefield’. Just as you might...
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How to Improve the Raffles Diploma
by Yeo Jia Qi (15S03H) Page 4 of the Raffles Diploma booklet, issued to all Rafflesian students. Ever since it was introduced, the Raffles Diploma has been received by students with a significant...
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Goodbye Meritocracy: The Ugly Truth Behind Private College Admission Consultants
by Kate Tan (15S03U) ‘Holistic’ has become an oft-heard buzzword in recent years, amidst mounting criticism against our academically-focused education system. Many grumble (not without cause) that the...
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EmancipAsia: Maybe A Product, Perhaps A Slave, But Never Human
by Justin Lim (16A01B), Wang Kaiying (16S03E) “Best Deal!” “Discounted Price!” “Super Cheap!” What would you expect these signs to be advertising? Fruits? Clothes? Electronics? How about humans? For...
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EmancipAsia: Knowing the Price of Everything, But the Cost of Nothing
by Qiu Kexin (16A13A), Naomi Koh Jie Min (16A13A) It’s not an uncommon sight to see your average Singaporean consumer struggling with shopping bags. Source: The Guardian Today, frugality is dead. We...
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