Buhay Port Yir: Second Scilympics

Three years ago, the Science Department launched Scilympics. It’s like Olympics with a twist of Science or the other way around, I’m not sure. We were in first year back then and even though the event was big, I can’t deny the fact that somehow, we were clueless about it. I enjoyed the Scilympics but some things were not just fair. The higher years, especially the juniors and the seniors, dominated  the Scilympics. We had died every year waiting for Scilympics to come again, but it seemed like we waited for a pig to fly. We thought that it will never happen again, so that led me to thoughts like “grabe, sana pala sinulit na naming dati ang dadaya kasi ng mga fourth year and third year eh sila lang naglaro halos”.  And now that we’re in fourth year, I understand why our ate’s and kuya’s acted like that. And I am very very very very sorry that I thought that way.  The feeling you get when you are doing something that you know will be your last, I just can’t.  One afternoon, Science teachers called us, the SSG, for a meeting. And I swear, upon hearing that we will have Scilympics this year, my heart jumped out of joy. Every word from the Science teachers quickly transformed into unicorns and glitters. The whole Pascian body was divided into teams. Each team consists of students from grade seven to fourth year, plus four to five teachers. Copernicus belonged to Pink Team alongside with girls from Kelvin, students from different sections of third year and grade eight, and 7-Curie. Sir Gabby, Miss Kei, Miss Mau, and Miss Dimaala were with us. 

how to wreck flowers and clock by using your tongue

with mai bbgorls oma and lowis ahihi lob mai knew hut?

your fairy godmothers being so beautiful even
before the world was known

her hair is teh sweetest thing i've ever tasted

i was born to photobomb others

because time is gold but our clock isn't

you should have bought me flowerzzz

and then there's this stolen shot of me showing off my
bad posture, the way i sit, and my new hat

Bet you're already wondering why the photos seem to have no relation to Scilympics. You are probably thinking that I am just being narcisssistic because I am in every photo above. It's not like that. I just can't afford to download other photos because our wifi is just too slow because my brothers gave the password to our neighbors. It even took me a day to download The Hunger Games. Actually, these photos have relation to Scilympics. These photos would not have been taken if Scilympics had not been pushed through. We didn't have classes that morning and there was nothing to do, so we just exercised our facial muscles by posing for the camera. Occipitofrontalis, Buccinator, Masseter, Zygomatigus Major... lolz what I learned from Biology this year.

Going back to the real topic of this post, there were ten teams and ten stations. There was also a yell competition which was kinareer by the teams. Our team had these bottles with pebbles, Neon Green team wore shorts and even used flags. For me, the best yell was that of Orange team. "Orange, I wanna be with you" - in tune of Always by Erasure. 

meet the master fhinky- andrey cruz

practicing for the yell

presenting the yell

ser gabby leading the fhinky team during the yell

Can I just say that our yell was a mess. Honestly. I mean, during the practice everything sounded well. I was even confident that we'd get a high score for our yell. But as the expresssion in Filipino goes, Anyare?!

We had a hard time looking for the first station because the clue led us to the Chemistry lab, but when we went there, no signs of  yes-you-are-at-the-right-station appeared. Time was running and we were really desperate so we asked Sir Travs. Turns out that we should get eggs from the Chemistry lab! Threw the eggs, arrived the other side, but got broken upon catching or the projectile was wrong or the throws were short. We were not able to get even a single egg done.

Blow a plastic balloon; it must get to the finish line by blowing it. 

Transfer three frogs from the inflatable pool that is full of filthy water, kangkong, and frogs to the other inflatable pool. Hop like a frog while you are heading to the other inflatable pool. Confession: I played on this station. It was stated in the mechanics that SSG officers will not play because they will assist blah blah. Sometimes, you have to break the rules to taste the sweet. I enjoyed catching frogs!

Next please! Punyeta bitter ako sa preliminary activity na to pls fifteen minutes siguro kami nagtagal dito because fak

Shoot the balls in the cups, but the balls must touch the floor first.

Be a beauty queen! Balance the bottle of water on your head while walking.

Find the Washington apples and build a tower of them. It was difficult to find the center of gravity in just a minute.

taken after we finished the ten stations! the last
station messed up my skin color fak wid mai bitch sab
hahahaha im now whiter than u

ugh i thought the kuya behind me joined the photo
because i had told him to do so :(((( anyway, this is so cute!
with rexie, tracy, jimmele, and marden

Hashtag POTD because your fairy godmothers are here again, u bitchy cinderella