By Law May Ning (14S03O)
“So you’re a member of the Boys’ Brigade.”
A statement like that brings to mind bad jokes, somewhat-cute-but-slowly-growing-out-of-it preadolescent boys, and loads and loads of marching. Continue reading “All the King’s Men: On Obtaining the Boys’ Brigade President’s Award”
By Daniella Low (14A01B)
Photos by Carol Yuen
Rumour had it that the concert was half-sold out before tickets were even released to the school population. Much of the ticket sales went to family and friends of the performers, making Vocal Exploits XXIII as much of an intimate sharing of music, as it was a showcase of the choirs’ vocal mastery and musicianship. It was thus with great anticipation that the audience waited for the concert to begin. Continue reading “Raffles Voices, Raffles Chorale and Raffles Singers present: Vocal Exploits XXIII”
By Aaron Gan (14S05A), Lea Tan (14S06B), Tan Jun Xiang (14S06C)
Photos by the Photographic Society
This week marked the opening of the annual Inter-House Sports Competitions, with no shortage of exciting matches and intense competition. The event saw members from all five houses duking it out in a bevy of matches to win points for their houses. Wondering how your house fared? Raffles Press provides a summary of this week’s matches here! Continue reading “IHC Sports: Week 1”
By Kylie Wong (14A01B) and Lim Shaomin (14S03K)
*Spoilers alert
Settle in your seats, ladies and gentlemen! The Phantom of the Opera is back in Singapore, and with the Marina Bay Sands theatre as the lush setting of its two month run, one can expect nothing less than to be dazzled and swept away by the masterpiece of well- known impresario Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Continue reading “Raffles Reviews: The Phantom of the Opera”
By Lea Tan (14S06B)
We all have those classmates. The ones who disappear into the EWBIS block for a few hours at a time, two or three times a week, maybe more. We see them in the canteen at six pm, drinking murky protein shakes, muscles clearly defined under sleeves, sitting around talking about hyphy mud and 90kg cleans. The things we hear and the sights we see conjure a formidable stereotype in the eyes of the ‘mundane crowd’: that of the Raffles gymmer. Continue reading “Gym Rats and Scaredy-Cats”
