By Johnathan Lim (23S03M)
Everyone’s texting. And chances are, you are too. I’m sure we can admit that it is easier to get your tone and message across in real life, but unfortunately, there is no escape from texting. Homework? Just text me the answer. Call? Can you just make it a text? Hang out? Text me the details.
And we eventually text our life away.
Continue reading “Casual Texting: A Bane to Society”
By Johnathan Lim (23S03M)
On the first week of February, the Welfare Department of the Student’s Council pushed out FAM 一 a week-long initiative that forever cements our friendships in blurry polaroids and warm and fuzzy sentiments.
Continue reading “Friend without the -end: FAM 2023”
By Johnathan Lim (23S03M) and Zhang Shuhan (23S03M, Peer Helper)
Cover image by Johnathan Lim (23S03M)
Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.
“What’s the key to sustaining long-term friendships & being authentic around friends?”
Real Riley
Dear Real Riley,
You come to school. You see your classmates in the corridors so you wave enthusiastically, like you are excited to meet them. Well, you’re not that excited, but it doesn’t really matter right?
Continue reading “Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Your Plastic Friendships are Biodegradable”
By Anamika Ragu (23A01A) and Johnathan Lim (23S03M)
Photos courtesy of Lim Yuan Ren (22S03P)
On the second Sunday of December, Raffles Chorale gave us two hours of incredible musical delights to anticipate, which have become two hours of memorable performance we wish we could relive again.
Being Raffles Chorale’s first live comeback since 2019, dozens of Rafflesians, friends, and families of performers eagerly streamed into LT2 to get a glimpse of what they’d missed for the last three years.
Continue reading “Vocal Delights 2022: Déjà Vu”
By Johnathan Lim (23S03M) and Sabrina Tong (23S03Q, Peer Helper)
Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/riadvice and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.
Continue reading “Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Kiddie Pool Friends”In JC, it feels like friendships have become a lot more shallow and surface-level. As someone who isn’t used to this, every time I try to get closer to someone by becoming vulnerable with them, I feel like I’m being repelled, which has caused me to become quite alienated from my circle in class. How do I manage my expectations in the current social climate?
Friendly Flynn
