Finding Yourself Amid College Chaos
by Aine Latoja || Photo by Ashkinaz Canonoy Everything, everywhere, all at once. Picture this: you’ve finally reached the last year of high school, and everything seems much easier now. Class schedules are freer, memories of junior years reminisced, and there’s an air of ease and confidence that wasn’t there when high school first began.…
Welcoming The Unknown
by Flaer de Leon || Photo Credit: BusinessWorld Online Another year, another adventure. Here we are again, at the precipice of a new year. There is comfort in the familiarity of the chaos. Fireworks light up the sky, laughter fills each home and street, children puff into their party horns, and the music is so…
Christmas Down Under
by Zandra Mendoza || Photo by Philstar Global It’s the 24th of December. The scent of Noche Buena dinner permeating the air, the sound of wrinkling gift wrap being stripped apart by children underneath embellished trees singing around the living room, and the soft glow of series lighting wrapped around a tree are what fill…
Nothing Anywhere Can Compare
By Zachary Tan || Photo Credits: Reading Rockets “He had six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler, and a short stumpy dome,” the beginning of possibly the most iconic of its stories. When you hear those enchanting words, you know you’re in for a wild adventure. From a heroic escape from…
Conquer D-Day The Pisayer Way: 10 Tips to Ace Your NCE
by Ellyce Lim || Illustration by: Kyle Nase THE NCE IS BACK! Right off the bat, let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact that you are applying to Philippine Science High School. Has this been your dream high school forever? Did you only apply because of your friends? Or are you perhaps taking it…
When Home is too Far From Reach
by: Lianna Lopez || Illustration Credit: Ashkinaz Canonoy Stack-by-stack, elementary school textbooks piled themselves on top of one another on the round table of the family dining room. Along with them was a collection of old and crumpled academic worksheets and eraser debris scattered all over. In the midst of it was a girl in…
Embracing New Beginnings: SY 2023-2024’s First Week Recap and Insights
by: Poimen Agnila & Zenas Agnila || Photo Credit: Nathalia Canlas On a Wednesday, in a Zoom Meeting, we watched it begin again. Behind the glare of monitors, students of Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus (PSHS-EVC) welcomed the new school year with nervous anticipation and high hopes, ready to take on the…
Adieu, Arimo: Looking Back and Moving Forward
by: Poimen Agnila || Photo Credit: Leila Sabando The Academic Year 2022-2023 has been filled with firsts for students who never really had the chance to live their high school life on campus. But for Batch 2023, it was a school year of lasts: a last Sportsfest, a last prom (which was, sadly, also their…
PJPS 2023: 7 Years of Amity
by: Reese Camposano || Photo Credit: Kendra Osias The sun shines through the plane’s window on the Ritsumeikan delegates’ faces as the aircraft gently descends and its wheels bounce on the tarmac. Simultaneously, the bus outside the airport vibrates in anticipation of their arrival as it glows beneath the daylight. After two years, the Philippine-Japan…
New Year, New Me? Setting Realistic Resolutions for 2023
by: Aine Latoja || Photo Credit: Andrea Atkinson/The Daily Nebraskan A lot of times, we pressure ourselves to automatically change into someone new the minute the clock strikes midnight. As we jump to the sound of torotots and sparkling fireworks, we whisper small promises to become a better version of ourselves this new year. But…
Ibang-Iba Talaga Ang Pasko Sa Pinas: What Makes Up A Uniquely Pinoy Christmas
by: Zenas Agnila || Photo Credit: Diversify “Umagang may dala ng bagong pag-asa—,” the loud, abrupt carols of the neighbors’ prepubescent children blend in with the subdivision’s already Christmas spirit-infused evening atmosphere. The scent of Tatay’s adored sweet-style spaghetti lingers throughout the residence and in everyone’s unassuming nostrils. And coming in clumps, extended families slowly…
Politics, Passion, People, and PMUNYS III: A Post-Summit Memoir
by: Poimen Agnila || Photo Credit: PSHS-EVC Delegation To the uninitiated, Model United Nations is nothing but a bunch of unnecessarily discursive and overly impassioned teenagers showing up in coats and slacks, spewing out pages’ worth of UN SDGs-related statistics, and getting into heated debates about the political and economic state of the world right…
Transcending Borders Online and In-person: This is RSGF 2022
by: Aine Latoja || Photo Credit: Aine Latoja As the pandemic slowly loses its reins on travel restrictions, the events held online over the past two years have gradually transitioned back to face-to-face. One of these is the Rits Super Global Forum (RSGF), which invites students worldwide to discuss solutions in line with the Sustainable…
IMUN Philippines 2022: Social Reconnection in the Midst of Global Disconnect
by: Ellyce Lim || Photo Credit: International Model United Nations (IMUN) After two long years of holding the International Model United Nations (IMUN) Conferences through a screen, the IMUN is back at it with its second 3-day on-ground conference since the beginning of the pandemic, following the first face-to-face event held last June 2022 in…
Here’s to the Burnt Out Gifted Kids
by: Poimen Agnila || Photo Credit: Kyle Nase To the math competition delegates and science quizzers, the journalists and essay writers, the pleasures to have in class, the honor roll students, and everyone who was called “gifted” but never felt gifted enough—this one is for you. Nobody ever talks about how difficult it is to…
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: To Every Teacher Out There
by Zenas Agnila || Photo Credit: Floydalyn Nitura I can still vividly recall my earliest memory of a teacher. Daycare can be downright hell for any 4-year-old who finds comfort in the familiar confines of home — and I was no outlier. School was uncharted territory, and I was a rogue ranger, aimlessly navigating its…
Grief and Grievances: Queen Elizabeth II’s Complicated Legacy
by Poimen Agnila || Photo Credit: Wio News Queen Elizabeth II—the longest-serving monarch in the history of the British royal family, a symbol of aristocratic elegance, and the subject of countless internet memes about being quite the resilient geriatric—is a figure whose impact on modern history and pop culture is nothing short of universal. However,…
Back to F2F: Adjusting Once Again to the Old Normal
by Aine Latoja || Photo Credit: Floydalyn Nitura New school year, new changes, new me. Students at PSHS-EVC are once again adjusting to a blended learning set-up that incorporates both online and face-to-face classes. In this new phase, there are a new set of challenges to accommodate—for one, the adjustment period of students in this…
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (to Be in Grade 12): Tips for Your Senior Year
by Elijah Kesh Rosales || Photo Credit: Nathalia Canlas So…, you’re going to be due in just a few months, for… graduation, that is. Right now, you might have a flurry of emotions overwhelming you one way or another. And I get it, there will be feelings of fear and anxiety as you enter your…
PMUNYS 2022: Honing the Minds of the Future
by: Norielle Eco || Photo Credit: Philippine Science High School System “Students? Discussing international political issues? What do they know? They’re just kids!” Well, the goal of Model United Nations (MUN) is to help the students develop a deeper understanding of the world’s most pressing problems by letting them engage in research-based discussions. As an…
Women in STEM: Uplift, Empower, Encourage
by: Aine Latoja || Photo credit: The Sociable When President Corazon Aquino signed the mandate in 1988 allowing March 8th to be declared as a special working holiday known as National Women’s Day, it allows Filipinos to acknowledge the women who have fought for better working hours and equal pay in their workplaces and have…
Love and Its Varying Types
by: Aine Latoja || Photo Credit: Oprah Daily As the month of love rolls in, many anticipate the holiday that falls on a lovely-looking number, 14. Valentines’ Day is a celebration of everything related to romance and love. From romantic comedies to cheesy pick-up lines, this special day is associated with dreamy hues of pink…
Nobel Peace Prize 2021: A Battle for Press Freedom
by: Norielle Eco || June 2020. Dozens of reporters fill the venue, each of them eagerly awaiting answers. They stand outside the courtroom of Manila Regional Trial Court, where, sitting in the center is a prominent journalist, devastated by the court’s verdict. Beside her are her lawyer and a former colleague who shared the same…
What it Means to be a Teacher
Aine Latoja || Illustration by Erika Flanco || The 5th of October passed by without much fanfare. Even so, many students took the initiative to greet their favorite teachers a Happy Teacher’s Day, likely motivating and brightening their day as they continue to teach in this current mode of learning. Therefore, let us review what…
Quiet, Please! The New Librarian is Here
Julianna Nebrija || As the pandemic progresses, there’s still no sight of students on school grounds. Classrooms lay barren and canteens lack the buzz of people stopping by to grab a bite. Despite all of this, a certain facility still aims to provide— even from miles away. In early 2021, a job opportunity arose within…
The Closing Curtains: Recognizing Lamiraw’s Legacy
Julianna Rosh Nebrija || After a year of online classes amidst the pandemic, the school year 2020-2021 finally comes to a close. The past year posed challenges like no other for both students and teachers – with dramatic changes to everyday school life laden with great difficulties in communication and in execution. With the sense…
TV Shows to Watch for Quarantainment
Julianna Rosh Nebrija || With the community quarantine in the country lasting nearly one year, it seems that everyone has tried every hobby imaginable, from baking cakes to attempting to keep garden plants alive. For many Pisay students, the same can be said. Sometimes, though, settling down and turning on a beloved TV show seems…
Earth’s not feeling well, Mr. Stark
Elijah Kesh Rosales || Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Imagine the expanse of the azure blue sky as it blankets the world in its entirety. Imagine the waves that paint and distort reflections of the very same sky in shades of blues and hues one’s eyes can only ever imagine. Imagine the…
Her Kept Promise
Ricci Jilliane Faelnar || She woke up to the sound of constant ringing. Still half-asleep, she fumbled to reach her phone. She pressed answer on the video call flashing on-screen, thinking nothing of it. With a classic case of bedhead and sleep heavy eyes, she accidentally answered to the Pintados Foundation. Little did she know,…
Can Tiktok be dangerous when we’re just having fun?
Jana Venigas || The widely known video-sharing app, Tiktok, is used by multiple teenagers and adults alike. The application allows users to film and share videos up to 60 seconds. The usual media is curated in a system called the “For-you page”, which, as the name states, provides similar content as that of which a…
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