By Lee Yun Ning (17A01E)
Amidst our hectic school schedules, you may have heard faint tunes drifting from the canteen during your breaks. Your first thought might be that the canteen speakers are actually working properly, but upon walking closer you will realize that this music is coming from buskers, live from the canteen walkway.
Continue reading “Tips Needed – Singapore’s Busking Culture”
By Joan Ang (17A01B)
It is an oft-repeated declaration that Singapore does not have many arts events — and that those it has are largely inaccessible to the layman, being held by an “inner circle” of “artsy people”, who are largely interested in engaging themselves and their friends, except when trying to garner support for their products and productions.
Continue reading “Sayang, Sayang: Singapore Writers Festival 2016”
By Noor Adilah (17S06B), with guest writer Samira Hassan (17S05A)
We all know what the Singapore story is about. We are clear about the concepts it stands for: the buzzwords of modernity, progress, and global hub are amongst the many associations the average Singaporean can rattle off.
It is a Singaporean thing – until it isn’t.
By Ernest Lee (17A01A)
DISCLAIMER: I support Crystal Palace Football Club.
Call me plastic. The first time I really enjoyed a local game was May 10, 2016. Tampines Rovers played Selangor in an Asian Football Confederation Group Stage match, winning just 1-0. The local team is most famous for signing Jermaine Pennant, ex-Liverpool winger, just this year: the most expensive player for a local club, but still a 70% pay cut from his previous team. Since then, I have considered myself a fan of the team too.
But the nagging voice at the back of my head reminding me I support Crystal Palace first and foremost disturbs me. Why do I feel more connected to a club 10,841 kilometers away, considered to be a second-rate team by many, than a local team I have cheered on multiple times?
Continue reading “Saving the S.League: Confessions of a Tampines Rovers Fan”
By Noor Adilah (17S06B)
This article is part of a series of genre and format reviews done in collaboration with Raffles Reviews, an Instagram page by Raffles Debate. Click here for more beautiful photos of Rafflesians with their favourite reads.
Continue reading “Raffles Reviews – Comic Books / Graphic Novels”
