Malicious Minds

I’m sure most people who have read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown will want to read the book  written before it which is Angels & Demons. The Da Vinci Code is actually the second book with Robert Langdon as the main character, it only got more famous than the first one. Most of Dan Brown’s books are rather controversial. Mainly in controversy with religion. But half of it is fiction so I hope people don’t take it too seriously.

Angels & Demons starts off by introducing the protagonist of the story, Robert Langdon, a professor of religious iconology at the Harvard University. In the beginning of the story, he is awakened by a phone call from Maximilian Kohler, a particle physicist and the director of CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire which means European Council for Nuclear Research), the world’s largest scientific research facility in Geneva, Switzerland. It turns out that one of the world’s top particle physicist has been murdered and his chest was branded with the word "Illuminati". The Illuminati is an ancient brotherhood formed by brilliant scientists and is thought to be long gone. Since Robert Langdon is an expert on ancient religious iconology, he was asked to help solve the mystery.

He was flown to Geneva, Switzerland in a high tech X-33 plane in less than an hour. Upon reaching his destination, he is escorted by Maximilian to the murder victim’s apartment. The victim was known as Leonardo Vetra, a top particle physicist and also a Catholic priest. He believed that science and religion are able to go hand-in-hand. Together with his daughter, Vittoria, they used the world’s largest particle accelerator to create antimatter. On Earth, we have opposites of things. Like light and dark, and fire and water. So Leonardo and his daughter created the opposite of matter, antimatter. The antimatter had to be kept suspended in a canister, so that it doesn’t interact with matter. When the canister containing the antimatter is removed from it’s electrical charger, the backup batteries will run for 24 hours. If the canister isn’t returned to its charger in time, the antimatter and matter will collide and that will result in a annihilation which happens when both antimatter and matter make contact. An explosion will occur, depending on the amount of antimatter.

With the creation of antimatter, Leonardo Vetra was able to simluate the Big Bang. In his mind he thought he would be able to proof the existence God by creating a universe just like how God created our universe. However, it was later found out that the canister containing the largest amount of antimatter has been stolen. This is where the story really begins. Both Robert and Vittoria were sent off to Vatican City and in there the canister with the antimatter was found by a security camera. The problem was that the camera itself has been removed from its original position and hidden somewhere else. The digital clock on the canister showed that they had less than six hours before the annihilation. Which means by midnight.

So the race against time begins and to make things worse, with the recent death of The Pope, the cardinals of the Catholic Church are all gathered at Vatican City for the conclave, the election of the new pope, and the preferiti, the four cardinals who are the preferred candidates to become the new pope, have gone missing. A call is received from a mysterious man who claims to be from the Illuminati brotherhood. He says he has the four cardinals and will murder them one by one every hour before the antimatter annihilates. He doesn’t have demands, his only wish is to destroy the Catholic Church in revenge for the church’s treatment towards scientist and the Illuminati over the centuries.

The Illuminatus who made the call unknowingly left some clues about where the cardinals would be killed. Robert being an expert in art history and religious symbology picked it up instantly and together with Vitorria, they dig through old archives and folios to solve the mystery. Just like The Da Vinci Code, Robert had just enough knowledge to solve each mystery. I would say that Angels & Demons has more suspense with the antimatter bomb threatening to destroy the Vatican City and all its priceless possessions.

But even then, they weren’t able to prevent the deaths of the cardinals. They always appeared to be a step behind the Illuminati. The way each of the cardinals were murdered were according to the elements honoured by the Illuminati - Earth, Air, Fire, Water including being branded alive with the names of the elements. They soon find out that the Illuminati has an inside man located within the walls of the Vatican City, with that they don’t know whom to trust anymore.

Very much similar to The Da Vinci Code, the story ends with a little surprise on learning who is the mastermind behind all the mysteries. In this story, Robert Langdon and Vittoria are led to ancient buildings and structures like churches, fountains, secret passages, hidden lairs, necropolis and catacombs. The mysteries in this book appears to be a little more harder to solve than the mysteries in The Da Vinci Code. Most of the mysteries in Angels & Demon requires an extensive knowledge in art history and religious iconology. I would say that Dan Brown did a fairly well job of explaining the meaning and history behind art works and symbols through Robert Langdon. There is a certain something about Robert that makes him a very likable character. Perhaps it’s his modesty and charm and the way he shares his knowledge in a way that doesn’t make him sound superior to others.

However, there are some characters that you will find annoying and always getting in the way. But I suppose these characters were made intentionally. Additionally, some minor characters were given too much character background which is irrelevant. But on the overall I would say that Angels & Demons is a very good book for people who love mysteries and thrillers. I actually like this book better than The Da Vinci Code because it is more controversial (lol…i’m sorry but i like controversy, and conspiracies). It is more on about the huge debate on how the universe is created, by God or by science and the never ending disagreement between religion and science. Dont get me wrong, I’m not against religion or anything but like Dan Brown who is a Catholic Christian once said that the controversy is good to inspire "discussion and debate" that will ultimately lead to a more solidly defended faith.

So, to people who are into controversies, conspiracies buffs, mysteries, thrillers and religion history you may want pick this book up and get ready to spend hours in a comfortable chair or bed devouring this book. It is definitely worth the time.

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If it’s possible, I would like to hear comments from people who have read this book. It would be fun to discuss it together =P.

Review of Angels & Demons written by lil nikki with a little help from Wikipedia and www.reviewsofbooks.com.

Okay, as much as I don’t want to admit it but it hurts. It’s not very bad but still bad. Last night it hurt so much that I had to take the painkillers. Not that I mind but if my mom knew I took them she would freak. She thinks I’m addicted to painkillers which I am absolutely not. I only take it when I’m in extreme pain (well…in most cases). I got some cuts on the inside of my cheeks from the brackets on the braces. The dentist gave me this kinda wax thing to put on the brackets if it’s scratching my cheeks or lips. I’ve got two in my mouth and lovin’ it. And now with braces on it’s a bit harder to lick my lips so they’re getting pretty dry. I hope it doesn’t start peeling. *looks in mirror* Oh no, they’re already starting to peel… (>.<) Oh well, one of the little bumps along the way to perfect teeth.

Anyway, I was actually supposed to go to this dinner today. I already had planned what I would wear but I decided not to go in the end. Because of my braces. They were causing quite a bit of a "problem" to eat. Or rather chew. I couldn’t eat any solid food. I could either consume liquids or swallow small pieces of food. For breakfast today I had yogurt, for lunch I had banana milkshake and some Quaker oats and dinner…I made myself. Hehe. Since I was going to be alone at home while my family goes out to some fancy restaurant eating expensive food, I thought I would cook a not-so- simple meal (my definition of a simple meal is something like banana milkshake, tuna and bread, etc.) Initially I planned to cook macaroni and cheese, but when I went to the kitchen to get out the ingredients I discovered that we have no macaroni and even worse the cheese were gone. Darn. My brother must have finished all of the cheese. =.=

So I cooked spaghetti with mushroom sauce instead. I only cooked a little as I was afraid it might not turn out right and had to go to waste. My sauce turned out to be more like paste than sauce. Lol. It was only my second time cooking spaghetti. The first time, the sauce was tasteless because I added water to it. I made barely half a plate of spaghetti so that’s why I’m starving now. Hungryyy. Been feeling a lot more hungrier this few days. Do you think my metabolic rate has gone higher? I don’t know. I certainly hope so…I don’t wanna pack on a few extra pounds before the Interact Conference. Speaking of which, I have to decide which bag I’m gonna bring there. It’s gonna be at the University of Malaya. For three days and two nights. Interactors from Alor Setar to Negeri Sembilan will be there. Who knows, there might even be a few cute guys there eh? Hehe.

Anyway, where was I again? Oh yeah. Hungry. It feels so empty inside even though I drank so much water just now. I’m not trying to starve myself or anything but I can’t eat. There’s nothing I can eat. I can’t bite down on anything. It hurts too much. Sure I can take liquid foods but they don’t keep you full for long. Maybe I should try to forget about my stomach and go to sleep. Yeah, that sounds good. Goodnight then. Hope the pain won’t keep me awake.

I finallly got my braces on! It took about an hour to get them on but it felt like a really long time. There were a few times when I felt a little light headed because I couldn’t really breathe. My mouth was open and it was a little difficult to take deeper breaths so I took small ones. And a couple of times I felt like sneezing but I daren’t so I held it back. Lol. So when it was time to choose the color of the elastic bands, I chose green for the top and pink for the bottom. Pictures here:

Right now I can’t really close my mouth properly and it feels as if my lips are sticking out. And my cheeks looks chubbier now. And it’s starting to hurt now. (>.<) I’m tempted to eat the painkillers. And don’t think I’m addicted to painkillers because I am not. I only take them when necessary. But oh well, I guess this is what I will have to put up with if I want perfect teeth. The pain’s not so bad…maybe it’s not pain. Maybe it’s just some…annoying discomfort. I don’t know. But again all this pain or discomfort will be worth it. I just have to endure it for two short years. Time will just fly by and before I know it, it will be time to take them off. Well…I hope so.

18th November 2006

I can’t believe I’m actually feeling a little guilty. But I really
had to shop. I was having withdrawal symptoms from not shopping for
such a long time. Well, one month is kinda long you know. 

Anyway, I only bought four tops this time. One from F.O.S and the
other three from Esprit. It felt really satisfying after such a long
time. There was this pinkish-red bikini from Esprit that I really
wanted but my mom wouldn’t let since I don’t swim. >.< I told her
wanted it for sun-tanning but she still wouldn’t buy it for me. Oh
well. Next time then. Anyway, pics right? Hehe.

                   Halter top from F.0.S

                    Two tops from Esprit

The price should be kept confidential. =P

20th November 2006
I don’t think I need to tell you. I think you already know. That’s right, more clothes! I went to 1 Utama with the girls and as promised CM brought me to this wonderful shop Wh where I got my two new additions to my wardrobe. Okay, I got this purple-ish skirt and sexy red halter (again).
What is it you’re saying? Spickers? What? Oh pictures! Here they are.
                  
                Ooohh…gorgeous ain’t it?

  My skirt (sorry the pic’s a little dark)

        Both paired together

Again the prices of these wonderful items should be kept confidential. Hehe.

And yeah, I kinda did a stupidly embarassing thing in 1 Utama. I have no idea why I even did it. Okay, we wanted to go up and decided to use the lift. We hit the button but then realised that we were on the right floor. So we walked away and as we pass the lift, the door opened. As I was walking by, I saw the pictures covering the interior of the lift. It was a Hotlink ad with pictures of overly-enthusiastic people waving. So being the silly person I was, I actually waved at the pictures. It wouldn’t have turned out so bad if there wasn’t a guy standing by one corner. I couldn’t see from where I was and then later saw that he was there. He saw me waving and got a little confused. I was soooo embarassed I quickly turned away and covered my eyes. Poor guy. He must think that I’m some crazy little girl. >.<

We walked for like 11 hours that day. My feet were killing me. I had 3 inch strappy heels attached to them. When I took them off, there were deep imprints of the straps on my feet. And my toes…it felt as if they were gonna fall off. Plus I was freezing, I was wearing a bareback halter top. Next time remind me to bring a jacket or something before I freeze to death.

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It’s Wednesday! Well, technically it is since it’s past midnight. Which means I’m gonna have my braces on today. The full one. I only have four metal thingies on my back teeth now. It’s gonna be the last time I see these ugly crooked teeth. Okay, maybe not crooked. I’ll have to remember to take a picture.

It’s pretty late here. Or should I say really early in the morning. I guess I’m gonna crash now. Goodnight. Enjoy and feast your eyes on my gorgeous new clothes. =P

Death comes and go
Ever so quietly
It creeps behind your back
You can feel the coldness
As it penetrates your mortal soul

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"Don’t be afraid of the dark for in the dark you can always hide from reality"

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"There is no future, we are only living someone else’s past"

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Lonliness only comes
To those who wait
So don’t wait
Just pull the trigger
And you shall be lonely no more
For you shall join many others

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"Did you hear that? Oh wait, it’s just the sound of you breaking my heart"

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When I was a little kid, I saw this soft toy (a dinosaur with a shell on its body) on TV that when the shell was pulled off, there’ll be a shower of glittery stars (it was some computer effect thingy). I admit it. I actually believed that it would happen. So, I begged my mom to get it for me. And when she did, I was disappointed because I found out that there was no shower of glittery stars. Even when I pulled the shell apart like how it was shown on TV. I felt stupid and naive for believing such things. And sad too. I can still remember clearly where I was and what I said.

"Mommy, you know that dinosaur when you pull the shell then there’ll be stars everywhere!" I said excitedly when my mom bought it for me.

My mom just smiled at me and left me alone in my own unreal world.

You’re probably wondering why I brought this up. It’s because I’m feeling the exact feeling now. Since almost half a year ago, I had been wanting to get together with him. After so many failed relationships, I felt that this time it would actually work out. But it did not. I believed in something that never really existed in the first place. I should have learnt my lesson from the first time like how I learnt that TV ads aren’t for real after the dinosaur thing. I knew somewere deep down that it’s just a waste of time. But no, I wanted to prove it wrong. To prove myself wrong.

But what can I say? I’m always right. =P Well, sometimes. This thing going on with him now isn’t working like how I wanted it to be. Okay, maybe sometimes I’m a bit cold and harsh to him. But all I’m trying to do is to get his attention which I hardly ever get. Sometimes I feel as if I’m only wanted when he needs company.  And when we’re not actually physically together, I feel that there’s no bond between us. No connection. It feels distant.

So he says he’s busy with college and all. Okay, that’s acceptable. But then he still manages to find time for his college mates. Okay, I’ll try to close one eye on that matter. I haven’t said a word about it to him yet. But how long can a person keep something like that inside? It’s like I keep telling myself that he’s in college and I’m not so I can’t really have a say in that matter. So, most of the time when I confront him I try not to let our conversation touch that matter.

But the thing is, he doesn’t seem to care. I don’t know. Maybe he isn’t good in expressing his feelings but he could at least try? You might say that I need to chill and relax. But I’ll tell you this, if I let this go on, we’ll just stop talking one day eventually for no apparent reason. I mean it’s like he doesn’t even reply my SMS-es sometimes though he claims he doesn’t have credits. But I doubt that. He just doesn’t want to waste it on me.

Well, it’s only been a few weeks and I think it’s best I end it. Before it gets worse. No point going on when I know it will never work out. Considering how many times we’ve tried. I should probably stop denying and realise the truth that we’ll never be able to be anything more than friends. Just like how I found out that my green toy dinosaur will never spew glittery stars out from its shell in a million years. After being disappointed, I treated it just like any other toy. And do you know what has become of it now? It’s being chewed to bits by my dog.

Just when you thought
The road is clear
That you won’t get caught
In the tangle of nightmares

Out springs the devil
With his advocate
To beckon you to the other side
Where before your eyes struts
The Mistress of Seduction

Tempting it is, to be hers
Oh yes, you’ll hear her whisper
"What is there to lose?"
Yes, there is nothing to lose
For if you take her hand
Nothing shall become of you
And losing you is nothing

3rd November 2006. The day after exams finishes. And the day which practically every Form 4 science class student has been waiting (well…the boys mostly). I think I spent like 3 hours plus packing for that day. It was only one night but I took quite long to decide what to bring. Maybe I overpacked. Lol. Oh wait…I haven’t said what was the occasion. It was our field trip for biology. A one night stay in Taman Pertanian Shah Alam or Bukit Cereka (I think). The theme this time was Back To Nature.

Initially, I thought it would be boring and uninsteresting. But I guess I was wrong. It was far more interesting and fun than what I had expected. Although my legs are aching now especially my thighs.

I reached school around the usual time, 7:25am. Went to register and collect my name tag (more like a dog tag). Lolz. Anyway, we got onto the bus around 8:30am and left for Shah Alam. During the bus ride, they made us sing the theme song which was composed by KY and Sarah. It was entitled Our Mother Nature. Well, the song was pretty okay, not that bad.

We reached the place around 10am. The entire place was surrounded by huge and tall trees. And yeah, the insects there are many times bigger than what we see here. The mosquitoes are like huge, I can see their body parts clearly and the ants too…like a 50 cent coin. So, we gathered in the hall where we had ice breaking and light briefing. Then, we got sorted into our chalets. My friends and I already knew we were in the same chalet because one of our other friend was in charge of the sorting. We got Rumah Perlis, and the other group of girls got Rumah Melaka. The chalet was much nicer than what I expected. Except for the bathroom…eww. There was about 14 or 15 of us and only 10 mattresses. So we had to share which was okay.

After settling down, we were called back to the hall and separated into our activities groups. I was in the Toxic/Venomous Animals group. There were 12 in a group. Six guys and six girls. Guess who else was there? CM and Jega! How coincidental! It must be Lady Luck who really has taken a liking towards us. Many people were sceptical that we got into the same group because of pure luck. Even a teacher asked if we cheated or something. But seriously, it was really coincidence.

So with the groups already settled, we got our first task which was to find this person, Pak Alang in Parit Buntar. We had absolutely no idea who or where was he. We ran up and down the entire place searching. The boys found the place later and we were the last group. =.= Oh well. No surprises there.

Around 1pm something we had lunch. I don’t really remember what did we eat but I know there was rice. Haha. We elected our group leader, Cheong Hong and then prepared ourselves for the jungle trekking. Now comes the fun part. Hehe. We had three guides. Brother Jo, Encik Alif and I forgot the other guy’s name. Lol. There were about 72 students and a few teachers. We were split into two groups and I was in the second group. We only had one guide with us and lucky us, we got Sir Willeam. I felt safer with him there. One of the guide briefed us before we started and from the way he talked you would have thought that it was a walk in the Amazon jungle. He made it sound so scary and difficult. With stories of people getting lost and leeches. Ugh.

We had to wait a little while for our ride to come pick us up and send us to the place where the track starts. It was kinda like an open roof bus. The ride was pretty fun. It was bumpy and rough. The way I like it. The first group had a 15 minute headstart so they were in advantage because before we even reached the place it already started raining. By the time we entered the jungle it got pretty heavy and there was lightning and thunder.

Earlier that day, my friends and I were already equipped with mosquitoes and insects repellent. But most of all, leech repellent. CM brought two bottles. One for her and the other one for four of us to share. We sprayed wherever we could, including inside our shirts. It did pay off. We never got any leeches sucking our blood except for Krys and Jie Yi who were in the first group.

I did something pretty stupid during the jungle trekking. I was wearing a cap and most of the time I had my eyes trained on the ground because it was all muddy and slippery. There were a couple of times where I did not look where I was going and my head hit the tree branches. Hard. It hurt a lot and I think I blacked out for a few short seconds. The first time happened when we were crossing over this huge log and when I looked up my head knocked hard onto a tree branch. For a few seconds I was dazed and blurred. I think I had a minor concussion. It took several seconds for me to compose myself. Then I hurried over to CM and told her what happened. She said she did the same thing too and I felt relieved. Lol. At least I wasn’t the only one. The second time happened when I was telling Sarah who was behind me to look out for tree branches and as I was turning in front, my head hit another tree branch. Ouch. So much for me trying to give out advice when I couldn’t even take care of myself.

Two of the many times when we had to cross this really muddy and slippery patch when I had CM in front of me holding my hand helping me and I was almost falling and I reached out my hand to the guy behind me. (it was a different guy for each time). He was a little hesitant to hold my hand. Inside my head there was screaming going on saying "Just take my hand! This is my life we’re talking about!"After a few seconds when Jega shouted at him, he took my hand. Oh god. Some guys are just a little too conservative. I mean what’s wrong with holding a girl’s hand when she needs it really badly. Especially when it involves her life. She could have lost her life just because the guy was too shy to take her hand. Her entire future would be gone just because he was so conservative. OKAY. Maybe I’m being a little too dramatic here. Lol. Nevermind that.

The track was about 7km long. It took us maybe 3 hours or more I don’t know. I lost track of time while in there. We emerged all wet, muddy and unrecognizable. The last thing we had to do to get out of the forest was to slide down this muddy slope. We had to lie down and slide down. So our backs got all muddy. When we came out, I never felt so happy to see daylight again. It was so dark inside. Even darker when it was raining. We were like drenched rats. If you had seen me on the street I don’t think you would be able to recognize me. Totally messy, uncomposed and unsexy. Lolz.

Several students got leeches on them. Too bad for them. Lucky me I got none. Probably because I was with CM because she practically bathe in leech repellent. Leeches wouldn’t even get within 10 feet of her. Haha. And yeah, two girls lost their shoes in the mud. One lost the right shoe and the other lost the left one. Lol.

After jungle trekking we were allowed to go back to clean ourselves up and rest. There was a tiny problem. Only one bathroom and about 14 girls. And you know how long girls take to shower. So some of them decided to just shampoo their hair first while waiting. I saw them and thought why not. There was this part of the chalet where there were holes on the ground, we decided we could rinse our hair there since it falls straight to the ground below. We used two big water tumblers to collect water and pour over each other’s hair. It sounds funny when I think of it now. We would stand there with our bodies bent and hair dripping with shampoo while someone pours water from water tumblers over our hair. But it was quite a good idea. As usual, we were the last to gather.

We had dinner and then we had several activities. Two of them had us blindfolded. For the first one, our leader wasn’t blindfolded. He had to give our instructions for us to move in order to form a single alphabet. Our group had to form the letter U, which was pretty easy. The next activity involves everyone blindfolded except the AJK (all were students), each group would be led blindly by an AJK to God knows where. Then, we had to squat down and wait. CM was making so much noise that she was the first one to be led somewhere else. I was the last one among the three of us to be led somewhere. I had to squat down and wait and wait and wait for such a long time. And it wasn’t very pleasant since my feet and legs were hurting from the jungle trek earlier. But sooner or later my turn came and I was led somewhere and was asked to hold the shoulder’s of the person in front of me. Then we were taken somewhere and then questioned where do we think we were. I had absolutely no idea and just simply guessed. My guesses were wrong. But someone took me and led me back to the hall. By the time it all ended it was already 11pm. Time for bed. I don’t think I’d want to go into the details of that.

Anyway, the next day we woke up at 5:30am. At 6:45am we were at the hall. We had to carry out some experiments on the pH of the soil and water sample we took from the jungle trek. It was pretty dull work. After that we were taken for a short morning walk and when we got back Sir Willeam told us some stories he had. It was mainly about his time in the army. It was pretty interesting to hear.

Storytime ended and it was time for our explorace. We had to get to 6 checkpoints. Each checkpoint would have a task for two people on the group to do. The two people are only allowed to participate once. The first task was to make a lantern out of bamboo sticks. It was pretty hard. We let the guys do it. Second was to make a paper lantern out of circles, this time two girls did it and it went pretty well. Third was erm…making a model of anything out of straws and sticks. CM and Jega took part in this. They made a model of the Petronas Twin Towers. Lol. Later when teacher took it out to let everyone else see and guess what it was. No one could recognize it as the Twin Towers. Lol. Oh well. The fourth task was to catch 3 fishes in a pond. This was no easy task. None of the groups caught a fish at all. So nevermind. The fifth task. The task which chose me. More like the teacher chose me. The task requires the two students to ride a bicycle under this wooden house and weave in and out of the wooden stilts. The teachers in charge were males teachers. They didn’t allow two guys, it has to be a guy and girl. =.= Like they wanted to see girls fall. Ugh. So I had no choice. It wasn’t so easy because the ground was all sand. It was hard to cycle. The rules are to cycle straight to the other side without your feet touching the ground until you reach the end. And when you reach one end, you have to cycle back to where you started without stopping. The first time I fell down. Ow. I had to start again. My group members were great. They were really supportive. They kept cheering on me and the other guy. The third time I had to start again, I heard the teacher say three minutes have passed and the record time was 1 minute 35 seconds. So I thought to myself, "Fuck, I have to get it right this time" And guess what? I did! On the ride back to the starting point I was concentrating so hard so I wouldn’t fall and start all over again. And I didn’t. Phew, I was so glad I made it back. Our time was 4 minutes. Which the teacher said was not bad, the longest time was 8 minutes, but I felt I could have done better. Oh nevermind. The last task was to make a kite. The remaining two members of the group had to do it and we ended up making a bee kite because were we toxic/venomous animals and bee was a stinging animal and it flies. We were the second group to finish the race. I was glad though I enjoyed it alot. It was fun and exhilarating. It makes your adrenaline pump.

When every group has finished, we were allowed to go back to our chalets to pack and get changed for the closing ceremony. It was pretty sad to see that it had to end. Just when we were properly enjoying ourselves it had to end. >.<

During the ceremony, speeches and prizes were given out. Our group won nothing. No surprises there again. And yeah, our principal came too to check on us. It was pretty good of her to come all the way just to see us. She lunched with us and then left. The last agenda was to visit the four season house. It was late autumn that time. It was about 7 celsius to 12 celsius. So it was pretty cold. I was freezing and my nose had turned red frm sneezing. I’m very sensitive to temperature changes. There wasn’t much inside there just some plants to see. Well, can’t really expect much. The ticket to go in was only RM3.

It started raining and we had to run back to the bus. It was the second time in two consecutive days we got drenched. By the time we board the bus with our bags and belongings, we looked like we just got out of the shower. My hair was dripping and I was freezing. The journey back home was quite short. It’s always like that, the journey going to somewhere always feels longer than the journey back home.

It feels a little weird to be back. We just managed to get used to living there and then had to leave. I felt a little sad to leave. It was fun. But on the way back we passed by Midvalley and I thought, "This is where I truly belong" Haha.