IRaffles Hotel Singapore isimemezele izinhlelo zayo zokuqhubeka nesiko layo lemibhalo eliqale emuva emuva ngonyaka we-1887, lapho ababhali abadumile nababhali bezincwadi ezinjengoRudyard Kipling noJoseph Conrad behlala kuleli hhotela elihlonishwayo. Ngemuva kokuvulwa kabusha kwempahla eyisimangaliso ngo-Agasti ngemuva kokubuyiselwa ngokucophelela nangokuzwela, iRaffles Hotel Singapore yethula uhlelo lwayo olusha lweWriter's Residency Programme futhi yamukela i-Writers Bar, ihlonipha ababhali abadumile abakhe ehhotela kusukela ngo-1900.
I-Bar Writers Bar, esungulwe njengenhlonipho kubakhandi bamagama abangene ngeminyango yeRaffles Hotel Singapore eminyakeni edlule futhi njengenkokhelo yokuvuselela ifa lemibhalo. Etholakala eGrand Lobby, i-Writers Bar manje isinwetshwe yaba ibha ephelele futhi igqokiswe ngempahla ebekwe ngokunethezeka, izikhumbuzo nezincwadi ezithandwe ngothando, okukhomba ifa lemibhalo likaRaffles.
Iholwa yithimba lodidiyela abanamakhono, i-Writers Bar iphaka amawayini, imimoya kanye ne-bespoke cocktail cocktails eyenzelwe ukugubha ubuciko bezwi elilotshiwe. Ukubungaza i-Writer-in-Residence yokuqala yehhotela, iqembu selidale uchungechunge lwama-cocktails aphefumulelwe nguPico Iyer nomsebenzi wakhe, Lokhu Kungaba Ikhaya. Igcinwe kuphela kubahlali nakubaphathi bezindawo zokudlela (ngokubhukha kwangaphambili), ibha iyisiphephelo esiyinkimbinkimbi futhi esinokuthula sobuhle obuhlakaniphile nezingxoxo ezisondelene.
“Sekuyisikhathi eside iRaffles Hotel Singapore idlala imyuziyamu kubabhali abaziwayo nabasafufusa ngokufanayo. Uhlelo Lokuhlala Komlobi lubekelwe ukuvuselela ifa lezemibhalo elifakwe ngokujulile kuma-Raffles ethos. Ngenhloso yokukhulisa amathalente okubhala esikhathi esizayo, lolu hlelo lubheka ukuletha ugqozi ezikhaleni eziyingqayizivele zeRaffles Hotel Singapore ebuyiselwe, ikakhulukazi nge-Bar Writers Bar. Uhlelo no-bar bobabili badlala indima ekuzibophezeleni kwethu ngokuqhubekayo kokuxhuma okwedlule nokwamanje ngobuciko bokubhala, ngenkathi sihlonipha izinkanyiso zethu ezidumile zokufunda. ” kusho uChristian Westbeld, iMenenja Jikelele, iRaffles Hotel Singapore.
Uhlelo lokuQala lokuHlala loMlobi luhlelo olusha olwenzelwe ukudala nokunakekela iphayiphi lamathalenta okuloba ngobuciko nokubandakanya ababhali abanerekhodi lokwenza kahle kwezobuciko, ukubakhuthaza nokubashukumisela emisebenzini emisha yezincwadi. Njengengxenye yalolu hlelo, ihhotela lizokwamukela ababhali ababili ngonyaka kuze kube amasonto amane, isikhathi esithile sincike ohlotsheni lomsebenzi othunyelwe wona. Izungezwe ubuciko bokwakhiwa kwamakholoni obuhle futhi nezinto zayo ezihlukile, iRaffles Singapore esanda kubuyiselwa inikeza indawo eyingqayizivele enikeza ababhali ithuba lokuhlehla, bakhombise futhi bathole ugqozi ezindabeni ezineminyaka engu-132 ubudala ezigcinwe ngaphakathi kwezindonga zehhotela .
Lolu hlelo luvulekele ababhali basekhaya nabakwamanye amazwe, abaneminyaka engu-18 ubudala nangaphezulu. Bonke ababhali abalangazelelayo nabasunguliwe bayamenywa ukuba bathumele isifinyezo esihlongozwayo sezingcezu zabo ezihlelelwe ukubuyekezwa yiphaneli eliqokiwe elenziwe ngabamele iRaffles Hotel Singapore kanye nababhali abahlonishwa kakhulu esifundeni.
Umbhali-e-Residence wokuqala omenyiwe ngumbhali wezindaba waseBrithani futhi ongumlobi wamanoveli, uPico Iyer, othathwa ngabaningi njengombhali wombhali wezokuvakasha ophilayo emhlabeni. Esebenzisa ukuhlala kwakhe okuningi eRaffles Hotel Singapore eminyakeni engama-35 eyedlule, umbhali othengisa kakhulu wezincwadi ezingaphezu kweshumi uhlola ukuthi iSingapore neRaffles Hotel Singapore baqhubeka kanjani nokuguquka emlandweni ngenkathi behlangabezana nezidingo zabantu eziguqukayo encwadini yakhe yakamuva , Lokhu Kungaba Ikhaya: IRaffles Hotel kanye neDolobha Lakusasa.
"Noma yimuphi umbhali oba yingxenye yesiko likaRaffles elicebile lezincwadi uzibheka enenhlanhla yokulandela lo mkhakha ovelele," kusho uPico Iyer, "Encwadini yami, ngibuze umbuzo uma ngabe kukhona ihhotela elixhumene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa idolobha elizungezile njengeRaffles. Iqiniso liwukuthi awukwazi ukusho ukuthi uke waya eSingapore kuze kube yilapho usudlule emaphaseji aqokiwe eRaffles Hotel. Ngangijabule kakhulu ukuchitha isikhathi nabantu abaningi abaletha ihhotela ekhulwini leminyaka elisha. ”
