By Film Exco ‘20 (Flexco)
A picture may speak 1000 words, but film speaks 24,000 a second. Film brings stories to life in a full sensory experience that heightens reality and augments emotion. There’s nothing quite like a film to make you cry, laugh, and most importantly, believe. In the aftermath of full-on ugly crying or fearfully looking for nonexistent spectres, you may wonder: How? How did they do it?
That’s where filmmaking comes in.
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By Jordan Aw (20S06D), Chairperson, Goh Ling Yi (20S03A), Vice-Chairperson, and Kashfy Ilxilim B Zulkarna’in (20S06T)
Hello there! We are Raffles Rock, RI’s resident rock band. (Not a geology club. Also not a rock climbing CCA.) Since you’re here, you must be wondering a few important questions: What is Raffles Rock? Why Raffles Rock? What does Raffles Rock do? And so on. (And for the eager ones, the question may be: how does one Raffles Rock? Skip to bottom for answers.)
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Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Tristan Lim (20S03E), Vice-Chairperson, Jayden Kim (20S03N), Treasurer, and John Wong (20S03E), Special Projects
Success in life doesn’t come without blood, sweat, and tears. Here at the Raffles Society of Biological Sciences (BioSoc), we give you just that! Blood from animal dissections, sweat from exciting field trips, and tears of joy from all the fun and games! Continue reading “CCA Previews ’20: Raffles Society of Biological Sciences”
By Mah Xiao Yu (20A01B) and Megan Soh (20A01B)
Wondering what to get for your loved ones for Christmas? To us, books certainly make great gifts. And you’re in the right place—Raffles Reads is a new column which aims to promote reading culture among Singaporean students. The books, reviewed by Raffles Press writers, have been provided courtesy of Times Reads.
What if Mulan didn’t wield a sword, but a pair of scissors?
Packaged as a cross between Mulan and Project Runway, Spin the Dawn sets itself up as an exciting mix between Chinese and Western culture. Needless to say, the book’s unique premise—a tailoring competition—and overwhelmingly positive reviews on Goodreads and other review sites piqued our interest.
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By Rugby
Most people associate the Raffles Ruggers with their loud presence in the canteen, record high number of conduct slips, excessively taped shoulders and knees and random outbreaks of side stepping while they are walking to class (as prescribed by Coach Mark Lee to improve the “art of breaking one’s ankles”). Well, we are that and a whole lot more.
