Movie Reviews, Opinion, Raffles Reviews

Temporaries (2023): A Tale Close to Home
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Jane Ng (25S03D)

This review was written in partnership with CinemaWorld.

Richelieu, Temporaries’ (2023) alternative title for Canadian audiences, reflects the name of a city in Quebec. La Vallée-du-Richelieu, which doubled as both the film’s namesake and filming site, is a sprawling river valley plain, known for being home to great boating spots and several industrial hubs.  

For most of us, Richelieu is a far-away land (who’s even heard of it?) and understandably so, seeing as it’s approximately 14,628 km away from Singapore. As for the Central American employees who form the majority of the industrial workforce in Richelieu, it’s marginally better — their homes in Guatemala City or Mexico City are only about 5,000 km away from the manufacturing plants where they spend their days. Yet, home feels just as, if not more, distant. 

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Features, Humans of RI, School Life, Student Features

A Level Features 2025: Quantifying the Unquantifiable
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Bertram Wang (26S06H), Chen Ying (25A01C), Ng Dawin (25A01D)

Ihsan (إحسان) — To do good, or to do beautiful things with the sincerity and awareness that Allah is watching.

There are two ready markers for the success of a Community Engagement Project.

The first is the number of stakeholders involved. The more organisations or companies there are who are willing to partner with you, the more you know that your project means something.

The second is the extent of your reach. What was the biggest thing you did to reach out to the community? Was it a concert? Was it a talk? How many people were there?

Project Ihsan had both of these things. On top of receiving support from the Arab Association and the National Heritage Board, they had held several community dialogues sessions with an upwards attendance of seven dozen people.

But when asked about how they knew that their project had made it, neither Falisha Dina Abdul Jabbar and Emma Phyu Phyu Chain (both 24A01B) mentioned either of these things.

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Features, Humans of RI, School Life, Student Features

A-Level Features 2025: Between Studying, Service, and Sustainability
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Isaac Chan (25A01B), Kunchur Bharat (26A01B)

For most Rafflesians, sustainability consists of occasionally recycling bottles, not taking a plastic straw here and there, and forgoing a plastic bag at NTUC FairPrice. Leadership, perhaps, is telling people what to do and when to get something done.

For Y7 Arman Ibrahim bin Mustaffa (24S05A), it’s more than that. As one of the founders of Project Futurum, a project that raises awareness about environmental sustainability, as well as the Chairperson of the Raffles Photographic Society (RPS), Arman had a lot on his plate. Raffles Press had the opportunity to sit down with Arman just before he collected his A-Levels results, where he reflected on his two years in RI and the lessons he learned, both in and out of the classroom.

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Multimedia, School Life, Videos

Wanderlust: Orientation 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute

By Choo Zi Xuan (25S03E) and Rhea Sharma (25S06A)

An unfamiliar campus, new routines, and the buzz of Orientation waiting to unfold—just a few weeks ago, stepping into JC felt like diving into the unknown.

But now? You’ve cheered till your voice went hoarse, tackled every mass dance move (some more successfully than others), and made friendships that just might last a lifetime. Orientation wasn’t just about icebreakers and games—it was about finding your place, your people, and the energy that makes RI feel like home.

From the very first day to the last, let’s take a look back at Wanderlust 2025.

Features, Humans of RI, School Life, Student Features

Looking back on Wanderlust ‘25: Conversations with the OGLs and Ori OICs
Reading Time: 8 minutes

By Keng Yi, Nicole (25S03S) and Isaac Chan (25A01B)

Photos courtesy of Isaac Chan

Every Wayfinder needs a guide; every tribe, an elder; every Orientation, a team of hardworking, dedicated Y6s committed to making it the best experience possible for their charges.

This was no different at Orientation 2025: Wanderlust. Over four days of Orientation, Y5 Wayfinders fought and strove for their tribes. But behind the scenes, their Orientation Group Leaders (OGLs) and the 44th Students’ Council’s Orientation Committee were on duty throughout to ensure safety, energy, and fun. In this article, Raffles Press gets an inside look at Orientation 2025 from the lens of those that helped make it happen.

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