Shedding light on Night Cycling

Shedding light on Night Cycling

By Vivien Heng

It was eight at night, and Temasekians were waiting excitedly for the night-cycling trip. Besides excitement, I was also feeling a little apprehensive since I had not ridden a bike in eight months, and it was also my first time riding a bicycle – gasp – at night. That’s right; I am a [...]

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Screeching din from the NUS shuttle bus

Screeching din from the NUS shuttle bus

By Ding Wei Yung and Tay Chu Luei

WHENEVER the bus passes by, the screeching noise of its brakes pierces the calm morning air. You can even hear the jarring noise from Block B. Is the university shuttle service really short on funding? Why on earth don’t they change the braking plates? These questions must have [...]

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Food for Friendship continues

Food for Friendship continues

By Raynor Gan
IT MERELY started off as an idea for a school project. The project was completed, but things just got personal.
To  help  raise funds and create awareness for COSI Children’s Village, a Cambodian orphanage, Kenneth Teo, a English Major in his penultimate year started off selling Beef Spaghetti to Temasek Hall  (TH) residents.
Kenneth caught [...]

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Inauguration issue is here, finally.

ARE YOU ready for INSIGHT 09/10's inaugural edition of INSIGHT SHOUTOUT!? Sit tight, because it's filled with the juiciest news, closeup interviews, and jaw-drop-ping "insights" that will sweep you off your feet!
FLOOR BALL DUO

FLOOR BALL DUO

SEEN the dazzling weaving dribbles? Or the amazing half-court goals? We’re talking about TH Floorball, of
course. These wizards, armed with their wands have been lighting up our communal hall with their practices.
Yang Junfu managed to slow them down and get both their captains, Lim Ping Siew and Berton Lim, to take time
off from their busy [...]

Of Lizards and Crumbs

By Mark Rusli
FOR HALL residents, nature begins on your doorstep – if you’re lucky. Half the time you co-exist with representatives of the natural world that don’t think twice about popping your personal bubble, let alone invade your property.  This article is dedicated to the creative genius that is the modern lizard trap, a simple [...]

Pivotal roles of the JCRC

Pivotal roles of the JCRC

By Tan Li Peng
Finanace Director
As the Finance Head of last year’s TH Productions and also the Treasurer for this year’s Rag, Jie Song not only has the experience but more importantly, he has the passion to contribute to Temasek Hall. Being in the JCRC, the highest level of student management, he is involved in all [...]

Mugging for exams

Mugging for exams

By Parth and Varun
The exams are looming closer and closer, and as they approach, the social fabric of hostel life is in danger of being torn apart.  Frenzied freshmen are desperately tunneling through piles of books, frightened by their first exposure to exams at the university.  Unlike their wise seniors, they do not have the [...]

The dream is over…

Mark Wen Han
In the months leading to August, when I would start my very first semester at NUS, my friends who were already seniors in the universities in Singapore were lamenting the incoming schooling months. Without exception, they were all depressed and dreading the time of the year where everyone will be fighting tooth and [...]