The Coper Hangout

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

Annicalou Cruz Tañaquin

III- Ernest Rutherford

This room is where the bonding and love of the I- Nicolaus Copernicus, Batch 2006-2007. At first the class was just full of silent, no one talking and no one ever made noise. I thought that was the sign that our class will never be close to each other.

One month passed and a virus came, not really a pandemic but many of us were not able to attend class for weeks. The air was filled with longing for your friends and the feeling that you miss the ones who are making the class alive.

When everybody was already present, the feel of joyous and alive class was felt. We started hanging-out, inside and outside the classroom. The last table in the canteen and the so-called “Coper-Ikot” were made.

There were those times when sadness and anger lingered in the four corners of the class. It will make you happy when you reminisce how your lonely memories made the relationship stronger.

In this room, we practiced our way to success. In all the things we have done in the classroom, we succeeded and with that come pride and talent; we all loved the good things and the luck it gave us.

Funny as it seems, at the end of the day, comes and there was it, the mess, the dirt, and all those garbage we left behind are present. Indeed, we have to clean the room but the smiles on our faces are still present.

And that is how our Coper Friendship started and ended, silence and cleaning. I know how weird are life was when we were just knew to Maksci however the feeling of comfort and affection was felt when we entered our own room. It felt that we really owned it and it is worth it. The room where it all began, Room 302, the best classroom I ever had.

Christmas Time?

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

Kendrick Ryan G. Alvia

III-Roentgen

It was cold, it was damp, and it was fine.

Was I mistaken? It was afternoon, but it was cold. What it seemed to be a September afternoon, became my holiday. It was fun—while it lasted.

With six people inside the place, it was never felt alive ever before. There were chocolate chips, a cold atmosphere, and what seemed to be a season of giving.

My companions shared what they had. I enjoyed for an hour, it was the greatest joy to play and have fun in what seemed to be a holiday paradise. I played the computer—it was a game about how joyous penguins crossed the sea, just like how I crossed a subject with such joy and glee.

Yes, it was a weekday, and I was supposed to be in my room, studying. But I’m glad I wasn’t, for I might have never experienced that joy.

It was cold, it was damp, it was fine, no it was not Christmas Time, but it was what I called Clinic Time, the place of the best actors a school could have.

Knights of the Rectangular Table

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

Kathreene Joyce O. Dadero

III-Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen

The canteen is one of the most fun filled places in Makati Science High School. It is a place where students get the chance to chat and talk about anything and everything under the sun. The canteen is one of the places where it is most probable to have memorable and exciting experiences.

The school cafeteria has this ambiance that is best suitable for telling stories, secrets and other stuff. It may not be air-conditioned but it is ventilated enough for the “chit chatters”. What also adds to this said ambiance is the variety of food where you can choose something to eat while chatting.

It is in the canteen where the “Knights of the Rectangular Table” was founded. All of the meetings of the knights, where initiations are done, are held in the canteen. Who can resist talking for hours in a place like the canteen? One thing is for sure, the knight’s can’t. The only thing that can stop them is when the bell rings.

The canteen is a place where friendships grow, develop and blossom. The canteen is a place where relationships become deeper. The canteen is a place made not only to replenish a thirsty body but also for the thirsty soul.

I Choose You

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

Beren L. Bello

III-Wilhelm Conran Röentgen

Talking about memorable places in the campus, I think you can name some of them. It can be the past room of your former section. It can be a place where magic happened in your life. It can be a place where you can find your satisfactions in life. Or, it can be a simple, wooden seat with immovable wheels at the side where you and your friends can hang out.

The seat or the kalesa, where I and my friends usually hang out, is my memorable place in Makati Science.

It is called kalesa because it looks like a wooden carriage with no horse available. It has two massive wheels at both sides which are immovable. It can accommodate 3-4 persons to sit at the seat and another 3 at the footrest. It is located beside the pond. It is near the Osias gate and it is located near the Guidance Office and Principal’s Office.

It is strategically placed at the South-East corner of the grounds. From there, you could see the action happening at the grounds at all angles. You could see the people go to the canteen; you could see visitors entering the Osias gate. You can see Ma’am Gonzales at the stage, most importantly; you could see the live action happening on the grounds when it is Intrams. Quite a good advantage than staying in the room.

Kalesa had captured my heart when I was still a freshman. I and my friends spend the whole lunch time here. We had quality times talking to one another. When there is no teacher around, we wanted to go here to find the comfort we need. During the Intrams, we could cheer our hearts out here. During the dance night, we may find rest and relaxation at the kalesa. It had many memories we both share.

Even though it is not comfortable, it is not air-conditioned; it is located near the stinky pond. I still love it! Memories are still more important than my comfort. So, I choose you! Kalesa!

To A New Paradise

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

Grace Ria L. Bernadas

III-Wilhelm Conrad Röentgen

Have you ever found a place that you could consider your sanctuary? A place where you find peace, where you feel at ease, a place where lots of memories were created. Well, I guess you have a lot in mind and it would hard for you to choose. But as for me, I have found one, a place… or rather, a seat; where I could call my second home… the “kalesa”.

Yes indeed, it is nothing like a house, it has no walls, but instead, has immovable wheels made of wood and steel. Well at least, it has a roof.

Even though it is called a kalesa, or carriage in English, I guess you still won’t be able to call it a carriage, for the fact that even though it has wheels, it does not move and well, it lacks one itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny factor… the oh-so-important horse! It is rather old and had already gone several repair trips. But it is still, the best seat in the whole campus. It gives you a marvelous view of the whole Makati Science High School and the beautiful garden. It makes you feel omniscient and all-seeing.

In royal countries and kingdoms, they consider the king’s throne the most important and valuable seat. In poor countries, but with optimistic people, they consider the toilet seat, the seat for the most important one, equal to the king’s throne. But as for me, that most important and valuable seat that only the omnipotent are allowed to be seated, holding a higher power than the king’s throne or the commoners’ latrines, is the kalesa… OUR kalesa. Why? Simple, because here, I, together with my friends, feel like no one and nothing else mattered, like we were the center of the universe.

In that tiny place, or rather, space, the four of us best friends, ‘THE ORIGZ’, shared tons of memories there. We shared stories that made us laugh, made us cry, made us angry and ever stories that made us look at each other in a suspicious kind of ways and made us question each other’s ‘innocence’. Yes, our DLSs… our Dirty Little Secrets.

Whenever we are in that place, we didn’t know when or how it started, but we are obliged to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; no holds barred, no secrets allowed. With this rule working our conversations ranged from school works, to love life, to family problems, to politics, to global disasters, to ‘perfect crime’ schemes, to religion and yes, to perverted, R-18 stuff that you wouldn’t want your mother to hear about. With all those kind of secrets revealed to each other, our bond grew stronger and our ‘love’ for the kalesa, deeper.

Now even though we already lack one member, no matter how busy we are and from different sections, we still manage to find the time to visit that place—the kalesa. The place we consider our ‘tambayan’, our home, our sanctuary, our… paradise.

Horseless

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
Psejhan

Of all the places found in our school, I find this very spot where I am right now as the most serendipitous, comfortable and memorable. It is a prominent figure for the grounds, it is an unusual bench. The "kalesa"--a wooden bench derived from a traditional, Filipino rickshaw with a horse to move it. Of course its structure is a bit different.

If I guess correctly, it used to be very beautiful, back then--when its varnish was still untarnished, its wood still solid and smooth, its metal pieces still in a color of the right condition, and its cleanliness was still a reality. Now, pieces of the wood have chipped off, there's an array of vandalism etched deep into its bark and a plastic burger wrapper is lodged into a tight space at an intersection of its braces. Alas! Its purpose and function has not withered with time. I can sit under it while remaining a stable and nice position, rain or shine, thanks to its roof, and the benefits do not stop there! I can still lean on its sturdy backrest.

There is a subtle homey feeling, and a Filipino charm at the said place. The dark wood, curved edges and authentic origin magnetizes me. So, sitting here I see many pictures. Looking up there's the plastic burger wrapper I mentioned earlier, the letter B, a few more character and a reminder that I wasn't the first one to stay here for a good deal of time. I look to the right and see the pond that has changes its decor with the changing of principals. The moss, the flowers and the fish remain in a burgeoning manner. It gives me something so natural to look at, to be interested in, to be not bored about...

The best time to go here is when it's raining and after. You get to appreciate the cold breeze of rain, the blur of your surroundings, and yet, remain dry. After the rain, I admire the diamonds hanging at the edge of the rood just waiting to fall. That alone is pretty for me.

Here, I remember a myriad of memories: bonding with my friends, watching a basketball game with my crush playing, getting eye contact from an unexpected person I admire, getting called over to be recommended to a contest... There is definitely a fine, concrete reason why this place has come to mean so much to me! This is true beauty in silence!

The best feature about it is, it is what it is; "a kalesa with no horse". There is only one thing a horseless kalesa can do, it's to stay there.

CHIKITITA

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
GRACE RIA BERNADAS
III ROENTGEN

She was one of those girls born in the freak of destiny. Not as fortunate as the girls, rather you could tell from one look at her that she was not given the gift of beauty.

Her eyes, almond in shape, were as piercing and fierce as that of a cat. People claimed that her eyes could petrify you, turn you to a stone and freeze you to death. Her eyebrows are so thick and bushy that it could be compared to the dangerous Amazon rainforest – the largest forest in the world. Her nose, criticized for its ability to slice. Thanks to its thin, sharp appearance. Her lips, generous it may be, but too large and full for her rounded face. Her hair, oh-so-messy, that should be at shoulder length appear to be shorter. Lastly, her star-shaped birthmark on her left cheek scares even the tiniest bugs away. Some people say that it is a seal for a curse.

That is Chikitita – the Halloween Girl of the School, of the community, of the world!

LOISA

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
MARIA ERICKA DURAN
III BECQUEREL

Loisa Malafuteek is a one-fourth Native American and the rest, I do not know. Every swing of her cilia, which happens all the time, is concealed within the tiny openings of her thin pointed nose. Her thick, flabby but considered charitable lips stand out from her naturally deformed face. I must warn you about her rough, spiky forest like eyebrows. They puff whenever in contact with another human and emit an awful smell that can make any puke out his complete internal organs. Aside from her almond-shaped eyes, she is known for her star-shaped birthmark that glows in the dark. She has a hair that ends its flow in line with her shoulders.

That is Loisa Malafuteek. Peculiar looking she is but still maintains her cuteness.

ENRICOSO

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
KARL BRYAN VINGSON
III LAVOISIER

A long time ago, I met this person in a dark alley. He was an interesting man. He had eyes so deep that you think you were going to be sucked in. His eyes were so mesmerizing and hypnotizing. He had a nose so thin and slender that you would think you could snap it in two like a twig. He had eyebrows so bushy that you would feel like it was a miniature Amazon forest. He had thick and generous lips that matched his face. His hair was the blackest black you could ever find. It flowed magnificently above his shoulders. It only grew from the back of his head, leaving the top of his head bare and dry like the desert. Though it was empty, the top of his head shined so bright in that dark alley. He had a neck so thin; it could barely support his head. But of all these unique features he possessed, the tiny star-like birthmark he had on his left cheek would forever be engraved in my brain. Who is this man? I do not know. They say that he appears only to those who have seen someone die. But one thing I could tell you about him is his name. There tattooed on his neck that reads ENRICOSO. After meeting him, I never saw him ever again.

CONCHING

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
CRISTY C CALIPAY
III ROENTGEN

Conching was born in January 7, 1963. She is a very beautiful girl, very attractive, indeed. All the boys fall in love with her. She is already 45 years old but still adorable. She has this very kissable red lips. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her left cheek. Her smooth, fragrant hair can be smelled even at one kilometer distance. She is also kind and intelligent. She is known all over the country because she is a model and endorser. She also owns a company.

ALMURANAS

She is Almuranas. She is sort of pretty, because that’s what she thinks she is. She carries this star-shaped birthmark on her left cheek. She said someday, she‘d be a star like her favorite character, Betty. Her bushy eyebrows attract boys, not to infatuate with her but to tease her. She cannot leave home without her lips dipped in pink lipstick. She has these generous, pouting but scary lips that she uses to flirt with her favorite type of guy, the nerd ones. Lastly, she dyed her hair purple to complete the diva look she wishes to accomplish someday.

Oh yeah, she is deaf. She was born without ears, that is why she does not get affected with how people tease her. She loves crabs because they are orange and she likes eating kikiam.

DESCRIPTION ACTIVITY

A. On a sheet of paper, draw the following descriptions:
1. a circle of any size
2. bushy eyebrows on the circle
3. almond-shaped eyes
4. a straight thin nose
5. generous lips
6. a star-shaped birthmark on the left cheek
7. a thin neck
8. shoulder length hair

B. Give a name to your character.
C. Assuming that your character exists in real life, write a short article describing him/her.
D. Minimum words: 100

Seenabang

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE

SHARMAINE BARRIOS
III LAVOISIER

With those swelling lips, a smile that shames Mona Lisa, Seenabang, a picture of perfection, a figure that surpasses the Venus de Milo. A woman, God’s greatest work of art. But this girl is not just like any other. Almond-shaped, glassy eyes, together with thick forest-like brows are so attractive. You just can’t get your eyes of them. A straight thin nose that goes across her round face is a sure magnet. One of the stars found on her face is a birthmark (the other one is a tattoo just to make thing symmetrical). Some say that it is a sign that this beautiful creature fell down from the heavens. There are a lot of mind boggling mysteries on this earth; one of them probably is how she manages not to let her head fall off with that slender neck of her. Magnificent – that is what I have to say. Seenabang - the Roman Catholic Church disapproves it but critics already considered her as one of the Seven Wonders of the Human World.

Divalicious Dread-girl

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
JASPER HANNAH CASTRO
III BECQUEREL

Divalicious Dread-girl is a mulatto. Her mother came from the tribes of Africa hence her generous amount of lips. Her lips are not just kissable, but they can also be used as a deadly weapon – via suffocation. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her left cheek which she is very proud of. One leg of the star drips down like snot – I mean chocolate. She has a thin straight nose that is rumored to be the works of Dr. Vicci Belo. Her eyes are small but tantalizing. They are onyx colored and they peak from almond shaped opening with short but thick eyelashes. She wears black kohl (a.k.a. eyeliner) for her eyes because she likes to bring out her crbs. She had her thick, worm-like dreads done when she was only 14. Her brows are thick and bushy (be careful, you might get lost) that she claims are natural. She produces a flopping sound when she speaks due to her thick lips. Her hair smells like earth which when you do smell, you could taste the bitterness. The “earth smell” she says is the fragrance of a local perfume. Her skin is of mocha color and is very smooth to touch. It is her best asset, her skin, and the people who get to touch her agree. But nobody ever touched her. Divalicious Dread-girl is currently filming in Zimbabwe.

BICHANG

AN UNEDITED ARTICLE
A DESCRIPTION
RYLL REGINE SANTOS
III RUTHERFORD

Bichang is the most popular girl in Tekla Academy. She has bushy eyebrows which make her face more beautiful. When boys stare at her generous lips, they can’t stop but think of happy thoughts. She has a rare birthmark on her left cheek. Maybe that is why she is so popular. Her hair, which is shoulder-length, has amazing animals living in. maybe, that is the reason why it is so rich. It’s like a forest inside when you look at it. Her beauty is truly rare. Boys swarm around her because she is so rich – a very lucky girl indeed. That star birthmark made her a “STAR” in every aspect even though she was not blessed with “real beauty.”