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Live in the Dark 2018: Looking Beyond the Light
Reading Time: 8 minutes

By Mabel Yet (19S03Q), Vanessa Lur (19S06Q) and Isabelle Tan (19S03S)

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

How would you feel if you were told, right now, that you were about to lose your vision for the rest of your life?

For most sighted people, being blind is perhaps the most terrifying fate. We perceive it as a life plagued with misery and helplessness, and of being wholly reliant on others. While we are aware that these are harmful stereotypes, the mere notion of blindness is haunting nevertheless. As we threaded our way through the unyielding darkness that night, an inexplicable fear struck some of us: what if this darkness stretched on indefinitely for the rest of our lives, becoming something we had to accept?

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Jazzing It Up: Birdland 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By: Nicki Chan (18S03C), Asfar Alim (18S03J), Lynn Hong (18A13A)
Photographs courtesy of S Rahul (19S06A) and Kathryn Oei (19A01A) of the Raffles Photographic Society

After months of diligent preparation, Raffles Jazz returned with their annual concert, Birdland 2018, on the 5th of May. The intriguing theme drew much curiosity – the Performing Arts Centre was buzzing with excitement even before the concert began.

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Game, Set, Match: Tennis Finals 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Rachel Lee (19A01D) and Zi Yang (19A01D)
Photograph courtesy of Raffles Tennis

The morning of 9th May started off with a dull thud: the sound of balls striking the sturdy frames of tennis rackets as the 2018 National A Division Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis Championships approached their concluding matches.

The finals saw the girls playing against Anglo-Chinese Junior College and the boys playing against Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), ending in a spectacular 4-1 victory for the girls, and a 3-2 defeat for the boys. Along with Hwa Chong Institution, these schools have been long-time rivals in the A Division tennis arena.

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Serve’s Up: Community Service in RI
Reading Time: 9 minutes

By Lynn Hong (18A13A)
Photos courtesy of the various CCAs and CE01s featured

Raffles Press brings you an interview with the student leaders in community service to find out more about the heads of the our four service CCAs: Community Advocates, Interact, One Earth and Red Cross, and members of two CE01 projects: The Golden Page (TGP) and Silver Communities.

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It Smells Like Class Spirit
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Ling Young Loon (18S07A)
Photograph courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society

Dear J1s,

How are your lessons going? Have you made new friends in class? Has the orientation fervour flopped out? Are you worried you’ll Fjäll your CTs?

The year begins to drag its feet; the enchanting time of CCA camps and Monday Enrichment fun is waning. Common tests are lurking in the corner. Project Work starts to sink its teeth, and lectures will begin to sting. Academics is now a looming shadow, and the joy starts to subside. You’re boxed into tutorials and pumped into lectures, attacking homework and performing practicals. That’s when you realise: most of your time here will be spent in class.

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