Author: Andrea Ng (22S06B)

Compilations, Features, Go Where?, Nature Features, Special Editions

Special Edition: TouRIsts
Reading Time: < 1 minute

By Raffles Press ’22

Foreword by Mei Feifei (22A13A), Chairperson, Raffles Press ‘ 22

Although we may technically be a school press, we at Raffles Press constantly seek to expand our horizons beyond Raja Block and the Marymount gate to venture into unexplored territory. This is why our journalists have taken full advantage of the easing of community measures to head out into various corners of Singapore over the past few months.

We are proud to present to you TouRIsts — a special edition in which you can find reviews of trails, parks, museums, dining establishments, and everything in between. We hope you will have as much fun reading as we did writing.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the views as we take you on a tour to inspire and perspire!

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Compilations, Features, Go Where?, Special Editions

TouRIsts: Marina and Museums
Reading Time: 10 minutes

This is Part 2 of our coverage on Press’ 2022 learning journey. You can access Part 1 here.

Photos courtesy of Mr Patrick Wong and Mirella Ang (22A01C)

If you came from Part 1 of our coverage of our Prexcursion, you might be wondering: surely Raffles Press didn’t just spend school money on three separate meals and called that their learning journey? 

Well, apart from paying homage to the array of cuisines to be found here in sunny Singapore (surprise surprise), we also did other fun, more educational things. And what better way to kick off our gallivanting than with some good ol’ kite flying? 

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Commentary, Opinion, Student Issues

It’s Okay to Not Know What You Want to Do!
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Andrea Ng (22S06B)

To the lost Rafflesian:

Ever see your older cousins or aunts and uncles get pelted with questions about their jobs and relationships during family gatherings? Those questions never fail to give me a good laugh and I would think to myself that thankfully, that is a problem for another day, because I am still studying. 

As I grow older, I realise that age does not matter when it comes to being asked the BIG question: what do you want to do in the future?

I myself am guilty of using this as a conversation starter. However, this is a bad one that usually gets me nowhere in developing a stronger relationship with the other party because when the same question is thrown my way, I simply answer: I don’t know.

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Commentary, Food Reviews, Raffles Reviews, Rank It!

Rank It! A Hot Take on Mala
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Andrea Ng (22S06B), Jason Sutio (22S06U), Lara Tan (22A01B), Sophie Goh (22S07B)

First there was bubble tea, then there was all things salted egg yolk, and more recently the love for coconut drinks—but one cannot talk about Singaporean students’ food fads without mentioning the all-time king, Mala Xiang Guo. 

After eating this chilli-filled, “numbingly-spicy” dish multiple times in a single day, we now have enough ammunition to spit fire from our mouths. For this reason, be assured that our article will be a spicy one. 

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Curriculum, Please Mind the Platform Gap, Subjects

Dis Way or Data Way? H2 Computing 
Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Andrea Ng (22S06B), Jason Sutio (22S06U), and Sophie Goh (22S07B)

Joining the likes of 10 other pre-university institutions, Raffles Institution will introduce H2 Computing as an A level Subject starting 2022. Behind the digital screen, the affable and chatty computing teacher, Mr Lai Wai Liang, armed with more than 10 years of experience, shed new light on what students keen to take this subject can expect. 

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