By Betty Ding (25A01B)
Cover picture credits: Isaac Chan (25A01B)
This is what happens when someone has too much free will.
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By Valerie Ng (25S06N)
6 lines, 140 stations, 200 kilometres. The Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) system in Singapore is, undoubtedly, the most economic way to get around. It offers speed and efficiency – hence “rapid” – with a minimal amount of effort, and boasts great interconnectivity all throughout the country (if you think about it, every MRT line has at least 1 interchange for every other line).
According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), the system has over 3 million daily riders – hence “mass” – serving as nothing less than a confirmation that the MRT proves integral to our lives in Singapore.
After letting the MRT take me everywhere these past 17 years, I have come up with a ranking of the MRT lines. I hesitate to say that the list is up for contention, but I suppose this is, somewhat, a matter of “to each, their own”.
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By Isaac Tay (25S06L)
We Are Using Too Many Acronyms In Society.
And I’ve had enough of this.
Unfun fact #1: Some common ‘words’ that are actually acronyms include RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging), TASER (Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle), LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) and SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus).
I remember how it all happened. How it all began. The day I waged my war against acronyms.
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By Betty Ding (25A01B) and Peh Zhi Ning (25A01B)
There’s always a duo in a trio. A pair in a flush. A duology in a trilogy. It’s a tale as old as time, a fact written in centuries of narrow sidewalks and class pairings. After all, as the old saying goes, “Two’s (suspiciously close) company, three’s a crowd.”
However, this article isn’t about trios.
This article is about the critical moment, the climax, the (h,k) when y=a(x-h)2+k, when the duo starts switching jackets. Holding hands. Staring lovingly into each other’s eyes across the (similarly sticky) canteen table.
Before you know it, the duo becomes…a couple. And you? You take on the heavy role, the tough job, the mantle of a Third Wheel.
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By Isaac Tay (25S06L)
This article didn’t go quite as planned.
It was supposed to be a feel-good, inspirational, motivational article about productivity hacks and routines I tried out during the June holidays.
For myself, this was going to be the push I needed to save my holiday from what it seemed destined to be. I’m talking about that kind of June holiday, where you’re feeling super pumped to grind your studies before the holiday starts, before three weeks go by and you realise nothing’s been done.
But this isn’t a story about productivity hacks, or routines.
This is a story about a boy who wanted to be a king.
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