A day in the life of (Morrison) Boarders
Jul 10th, 2008 | By BenjaminLo & Tran Minh Viet | Category: FYIBeing a Morrison boarder myself, I have always surprised my friends when they ask me what I do every day. They always presumed that scholars and boarders only mug, mug and mug, but the truth is that mugging is hardly the case for most of the boarders here. So, ever thought what a boarder does for the whole day? Especially RJC & RI boarders who live right beside school and enjoy the wonderful luxury of 1 minute travel time to school (no offence to those living 1 hour from school :D)?
We Have Social Live
Despite outsider’s perception that our time table revolves around mug, eat and sleep, we actually do have a social life. So what do we do every day during our free time? Actually Morrison has been a home to quite a few CCALs(Co-Curriculum Activity Leaders). May it be sports CCA, academic CCA or student interest groups. This stands as proof that boarders can be as versatile as normal students.
Even if we are not CCALs in sports CCA, most of us enjoy sports as hobby, be it basketball, soccer, badminton, tennis, swimming or floorball. All thanks to the myriad of first-class facilities in Raffles Institution. With the Intra-boarding sports days and pool competition coming up, RI boarding has its share of activities to let boarders have some fun once in a while.
In addition to being healthy normal teenagers when it comes to sports, we also hangout frequently with our friends at malls or have a movie or two once in a while. Sometimes prefer a good game of snooker or bowling when we feel like having a break. If boarders are fed up of travelling out of Bishan, we can always see boarders from RI boarding at the famous haunt – Junction 8 anytime of the day, maybe to get some groceries, buy some stationary or just to have a breather from the boarding’s atmosphere.
Yet we study
Of course, a boarder or student cannot be complete without some occasional mugging. Rest assured, we are quite capable of sitting down and studying independently. Other than the boarding rule of preparation time (a.k.a. prep time) or study time from 7.45pm to 9.45pm on Sundays until Thursdays, you will also see some boarders studying in their rooms or at RI S. Rajaratnam Block or RJC canteen and library during weekends.
So all in all, RI boarding school boarders, especially Morrison boarders, as a whole are just line any other normal teenage student. We study hard and we play hard too!
