By Isaac Chan (25A01B)
21 February meant a lot to our Y7s — meeting friends after some while apart, catching up, and of course, receiving their long-awaited A-Levels results. In the air was tension, relief, sadness, joy. This video is a glimpse into that day: take a look at how it was like, hear what our Y7s had to say, and what advice our teachers have to give them.
By Peh Zhi Ning (25A01B)
Coming into a new school can be scary. Scratch that. We’ve all tasted the anxiety and nervousness of the First Day, and felt the trepidation that laces your shoes. For the new batch of Year Fives coming into Raffles Institution on 7 February, it’s normal to feel the jitters.
New friends, new subjects, new clothes (except for the RI Y1-4 guys) – entering RI can feel positively foreign. It may take a while to familiarise yourself with the maze of lecture theatres, to figure out what canteen stall is your favourite, or to find shortcuts back home. Luckily, you’ll have time to acclimatise yourself within the school – with Orientation.
But this video isn’t about Orientation, you cheeky Wayfinders. Rather, it’s about the people who will greet you as you don your Ori shirts for the first time. On 7 February 2025, as you step through the school gates, and walk through the corridors to Orientation, you’ll meet the House Captains and Council Presidents for the second time.
After all, once you’ve watched this video, they aren’t really strangers.
Continue reading “We Aren’t Really Strangers: To the ‘26 Batch”
How mathematics and economics have formalised my life lessons
By Koo Ii (21S05A)
Equilibrium can be fleeting. Revisiting RI 3 years after my graduation was another reminder of that: the Popular bookshop had become Casco, the cRIb no longer houses Teddy nor the lockers, and the canteen was devoid of the transparent acrylic safe-distancing screens (COVID-19 batches would understand).
Continue reading “exPress Mail: My Two Cents’ Worth of Epiphanies From JC to University”
By Lara Tan (22A01B)
Hi everyone! My name is Lara, and I graduated from RI in 2022. I am a proud Raffles Press and Raffles Debaters alumnus, and I’m currently a sophomore at Harvard College concentrating (majoring) in Music and Government.
Continue reading “exPress Mail: Writing, the Arts and Life after JC”
By Amanda Lim (25A01B) and Cayla Goh (25A01B)
Featuring Ms Ma Jialin
When you think of someone standing at Everest Base Camp, dangling over a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, or crossing a moving glacier, you most likely picture an adventurer, maybe even a NatGeo photographer capturing the perfect shot. But your chemistry teacher? Probably not.
But that’s exactly who you should be picturing — Ms Ma Jialin.
Continue reading “Courage of the Climb (and Teaching, too): Teachers’ Day 2024”