THE EMPTY CHAIR IS ONLY LEFT

Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese poet and dissident, was arrested just because he was trying to stand up against the Chinese government. He had signed the 'Charter 08', with the hope of having the Chinese government follow the human rights and give freedom. He even received a Nobel Peace Prize, but on the day of celebration, Chinese government blocked all the people from leaving China, and Liu Xiaobo was in jail, and only the empty chair and the medal was left. I believe that Liu Xiaobo is a real hero. He tried everything he could, to achieve his goal. His spirit to fix the wrong of his country, his bravery to stand up, and the power to really fix it. They are all hard to be achieved, but Liu Xiaobo had done it. The best of all, he didn't use any violence.He was not afraid that he might lose against the government and overcome the fear of the consequence of his action. Probably, many other people would have thought about standing up and wanting to fix the government and achieve peace and freedom. But, there might be numerous people who couldn't do that because they just didn't have the courage. I think this story has a similar connection with

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PAINTING PREVENTS WARS

The painting 'Guernica' is painted by a famous painter, Picasso. As you can see, the painting is hard to understand. It looks like he painted it, then cut it in many pieces, then put it back together at the different places. This shows how Guernica, a quiet village in Spain, was attacked violently and harshly. Just because they disobeyed the General Franco, they had to be bombed and 60% percent of population in Guernica had to be killed or wounded. The painting has people screaming, trying to escape from somewhere or someone, everyone in despair to get helped. I think that Picasso intentionally put them with these actions, as to express how painful it is and that many people are sacrificed during the war.

I think that Picasso wants people to understand that the war should not happen again. He painted it with only black and white, as to express how depress it is and how right or wrong it is to have a war. Also, he drew a light that looks like an eye at the top of the painting ,which I think represents that we should open our eyes to the wars and shine the light on the world: Look what is happening in the world. Which has the idea of torture inside. Everything in the painting is in pain, injured and wounded. Even the horse and the cow is hurt with the spear on their body, horse has a big wound, hole, on his body. When I saw that painting many times, I realized that it might be the same situation that Fatmire Feka had to suffer. Feka had to lose his family, escape from the war and just walk until she could find a place to stay.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI, THE REAL HERO

Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of pro-democracy in Burma. She had to be house- arrested for 15 years, even worse, she would have had to be house arrested for 21 years without the early release. She was finally released from it in November 13th of 2010, which made the world all pay attention to her. Because of other countries' pressures, Berma had no choice but to let her go for the time being. She was a true hero both for the world and herself. For a long time, 15 years, she never lost her mind and her control. She was not afraid of sacrificing herself to save others. Although it was not all her fault, she decided not to object to it, but just went with the flow. She was confident and was open-minded all the time even when she was interviewing. For BBC, she was telling how it has been, and answering all the questions, just as if nothing happened to her. That means she wasn't afraid of the punishments she might get again such as being re-arrested, or be kicked out of Berma. She believs in the truth and values the people and safety. And by watching the link of Aung San Suu Kyi's interview before she was re-arrested, I realized that I have never stood up for the justice and just let the bad things happen. As well as that, I learned that being a true hero can be the most challenging goal to be achieved. And to be involved, you have to be brave, fearless, and emotionally strong to overcome them all. Again, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a real hero in the world and she does qualify to be the hero.

I think this story has a similar connection between Arn Charn Pond. They both had to go through the isolation, how Aung San Suu Kyi was house arrested and Arn Charn Pond had to be suffering from the isolation because of the language. Also, they both have overcome the obstacles and had to go through the suffers they had during their hard time. Aung San Suu Kyi was prisoned in her own house for 15 years, which is a long time to bear, and Arn Charn Pond had to fire the guns when he was only 9. He also barely survived by playing flute well and he had to lock down his feelings about what he feels and sees. I think that there shouldn't be any more of suffer and fearing in the world.

ANY MAN'S DEATH DIMINISHES ME, BECAUSE I AM INVOLVED IN MANKIND - JOHN DONNE

No man is an island

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

I think that this poem is telling the readers, that all people are interconnected together. If someone diminishes, whether it happens to be death, loss or suffer, everyone is affected by it and other people will be suffering more because of it. The poem is saying that we should know how people are interconnected all together and that we should treat all of them kindly, as you can guess what the consequences will be, when you lose or let someone suffer. 'No man is an island' by John Donne, has a similar connection with the idea of theme that is in 'The Blokes', written by Alan Gibbons. 'The Blokes' is about a group of bully, who blackmail and pick on others' weakness, give orders to them and basically, controlling the whole school. In page 22, 'That's how they work, playing kids off against each other, divide and rule.', shows that they always go against the weak students and bully them. The Blokes wouldn't have been able to bully, graffiti and cause other naughty incidents. And this poem has the similar meaning. The theme of this poem is, that even one of the man is out or lost, it would be harder for them, the chain reaction occurs. So, if there were not a lot of people in the Blokes, they wouldn't have done that. Also, the poem tells that if you are altogether, you can be strong, which relates to the Blokes again, how they worked together for the same goal.

DO WE STAND AND DISCUSS ITS ODDITY OR DO WE IGNORE IT?

The poem, 'What Do We Do with a Variation?' has a connection with Jesus Colon's story and 'The Island' by Armin Greder. The first sentence, 'What do we do with a difference?' is the one that makes the connection. Jesus Colon, black, who was afraid of helping the white woman as he thought he would be misunderstood because of his difference between the white, made a very wrong decision about helping her. Just because he had different skin color from the white woman, he still could have helped her. He was not brave enough and step back from her. And he was thinking all kinds of bad words that she might say if he asks her for any help. Also, 'The island', has a connection between the poem. The guy in the island was discriminated and protested against the society just because he was different from others and had to suffer from it. I think that from now on, there shouldn't be any more racism happening in the world.

Resources: http://www.alldaybuffet.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/racism-workshop.jpg

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER'

In real world, nobody can actually know what they are. You might view yourself as a kind, caring and responsible person, but sometimes that might be truth or not. Yourself always changes as the environment changes. If you are in nature, you get to be quiet, unstressed, relaxed. But in city, it is always loud, noisy, dirty and discomforting. And as the environment affects you, the point of view from others also change. How you act, live and reacts with the environment. Will you go with the environment you live in? or will you deny and live differently? Their perceptions can affect they see ourselves too. There is a famous English idiom, 'Don't judge a book by its cover', which means do not judge something without knowing well about it. So if they only SEE us that way, they even think what kind of person you are, but if that thought was not true, they might be more disappointed and define people badly. And these happens a lot in society, which can break a lot of people's relationships by saying bad things about them, and others. Environment changes everyday. Global warming, and other environment-related problems. They all change our environment. As the ice glacial melts, the animals die and the important part is that, people in the world use that to earn money and that makes our world full of buildings. And that is how we live with the stress, annoyance and noise.

Black and white, that is how Jesus Colon labels the groups. As that labels existed, he couldn't help the white woman and had been hesitated and decided to not help her, which means it affected a lot for Jesus Colon. He had regrets because he thought he made a very wrong choice and he feels sorry for the children and the woman. Just because he was not brave enough to stand up and help her, he was acting like a coward and not helped her. He would have helped her if he was American. He wouldn't have to be afraid of nothing, as he is also white and he wouldn't be acting like a coward and not help her. The victim in the story is woman and the children, as she was desperate for help and suffered as there were a lot of children, and she couldn't even get any help from anybody else.

Resources : http://www.toonpool.com/user/562/files/racism_190835.jpg

YOU HAVE A POWER TO NAME YOUR OWN LIFE

A Tennis Racket, Ball, Deck of cards, Running shoe, Red hat, I-pod, Picture of my family, Pencil case and Book

There are variety of reasons why I chose these objects that represent my life. I picked a tennis racket, one of my objects, because it shows that I really like playing tennis and it reminds me of the first year that I came to to Malaysia because that is when I started to learn playing tennis. I really wish to be in IASAS when I become a high-school student.

I chose a ball and a running shoe because they show that I like playing sports. I like playing any kinds of sports because they make me forget about being stressed. It feels like I have nothing to worry about, when I am playing sports. And now in ISKL, I get to play more kinds of sports than Korean school, so I get to enjoy sports more now.

I also chose a red hat, from 5th grade because I was really proud of myself that I was actually at the top of elementary school. I could be the one who can warn people when they do something wrong and I can even be an announcer to tell the students, a plan for the day. Whenever I see the red hat, it always reminds me of how fun it was, being a red hat in elementary school.

Then below a red hat, there is a deck of cards. I wasn't interested in card magic tricks, but after I came to Malaysia, I suddenly found that card magic tricks are really cool. One day, when I was in Melawati Campus, I went to an assembly and watched a magician who showed us card and coin magics. And from that, I got interested in magics, and that is why I have put it.

Along with these, I have also put down an i-pod. It is my second treasure of my life because when I am bored, I could play with it and I can show it off to my friends. It is also a second treasure because I bought it by the money that was from my grandmother. I got the money because it was my birthday and my grandmother said it was a birthday gift.

Additionally, I have a watch. I started wearing it from when I was in 5th grade and I still wear them to school. It also reminds me of my 5th grade school life, just like a red hat. It was also a gift from grandmother in law, and since she was living in Japan, she bought many watches for me and my brothers (My grandmother said there are a lot of watches in Japan). I accidentally have lost it one time, but I was so relieved that I could find it again.

Besides, I have chosen a book that is for kids who are under 8 years old. Before I came to Malaysia, I had to study English so that thee wouldn't be any problem speaking, writing or listening in school. And when I was studying in Korea, the book was the first English book that I have ever read in my life. Even though it was for little kids, it was really hard for me to understand, because I wasn't used to reading English books. But now, it feels like it is too easy for me. I wish my English improves a lot more than now.

A pencil case, is a gift from my best friend who is in England now. He and I was so close like brothers, so that we couldn't even feel that we were friends. One day, my family decided to come to Malaysia and my best friend to England. Even though it was really sad for me and him, we had to be separated from each other. But now, even we are apart from each other, this pencil case from my best friend, always make me think of him in England, and that is the reason I chose it.

I have put a picture of my family, too. My first treasure of my life is family, and that is why I put a picture of my family. I think that, since they treat me and protect me as a treasure, I should also treat my family like a treasure. When there is a fire in my home and I would have to escape from my house, I will take my family out first, and other objects next because if I lose those ten objects, I wouldn't be as much as losing my family.

THE ORDINARY MAN IS INVOLVED IN ACTION, THE HERO ACTS - HENRY MILLER

The Ordinary Man is involved in Action, The Hero Acts. -From Henry Miller

There is a reason why I chose this quote : the quote had a deep meaning inside. First, I thought it just meant that ordinary people just live the normal life and the hero acts for their quests. So I skipped this quote first and I looked for other kinds of quotes that would have deeper meaning than this quote. But even I searched almost all the pages about hero, there really wasn't any quote that was better than this. Others were all long and most of them meant personally nothing for me. So I decided to use this quote and I suddenly got the deeper meaning of this quote. The part that says 'the hero acts' seduced me the most. That part showed that this quote makes sense. Then I suddenly got the deeper meaning of it. It is really true that ordinary people just live thier own normal lives and that heroes act. Heroes are courageous and brave to act for the justice. But ordinary people just get involved and do nothing. And that is why I chose this quote for my blog.

COMPLIMENTS CAN CHANGE SOMETHING

After reading the article and watching the video, I felt that the compliment can be really powerful. And it also made me think of one connection I had. When I was young, I always wanted to show off whatever I did, to my mom or dad. And I enjoyed showing off to them because mom or dad always said something good about me. When I draw something, my parents would come to my room and say 'My son is a great artist!'. And my mom and dad's compliments always made me feel really good. Probably, that is why I still believe that the compliments can be powerful. Even for the people who are sad you can say something good to them, so they can smile and not even think about the sad things that happened to them. It is really easy to make them be happy again if you know how to say really good things.

I also think that the word compliment is a magic word. You can make anyone laugh or smile with compliments. Just like what the video showed. When those compliment guys said something good to the students in the Perdue university, everyone who heard a good thing about them, laughed and appreciated it. And that really proves how magical and amazing the power of the word compliment is. Another proof is that I have felt the happiness before and I still do. From teachers, parents and friends, I get compliments at least one in two days. I think that the compliments are the happiest thing to be heard.

Why did I choose that picture? While I was searching for a picture that would match my blog post, and that picture caught me on the first sight. It shows that you can smile when you hear good things about you. The 'you' might not have the meaning that I am thinking of, but for me, the 'you' means the compliments. And that is why I chose this picture.

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CONNECTING TO A GLBAL TRIBE

Read Matt Harding's Connecting to a Global Tribe after watching the video clip below. Read and be inspired by Matt's essay and at the same time note how he starts, the personal experiences he describes, his conclusion that connects to a deeper idea. Identify what he values.Respond in your blog

After I read his essay, I was so surprised that even Matt Harding is not a professional writer, he could write a really good essay. He first had he topic sentence, which hooked me up and made me feel curious what he was going to talk about. Then he started a paragraph about his backpacking trip, and how he started to think that people in the world want to get connected to each other. And I think that is the description of his personal experience. For his conclusion paragraph, I first thought that the paragraph was too short to be a good conclusion paragraph. But it was actually really amazing. I think it was because his previous paragraphs already had enough reasons why he thinks that, and that was why I could have understood the conclusion paragraph better. And also I think it actually looked like he was having another reason for his essay. Even it was another reason for his essay, it was kind of connecting to his other reasons and I think that is how he could write a great conclusion paragraph. From this essay, I could notice that Matt Harding, do value the connection of people in the world. He really hopes that people can connect to each other and that dancing would make people to be connected more closer to each other.

Final Blog Post - Letter to Asher

Dear Asher,
Asher, I am Jonas and I am writing this letter for you to tell you that I am going to leave this community for some reasons. After becoming a Receiver, I learned a lot of things about this community from the memories, by the Giver. I learned that as a Receiver, it is really hard to endure the painful memories and that the memories can contain really strong feelings. I would like to leave this community, live in peace in the place, 'Elsewhere'. Although I am not fully sure about the place, I would like to give it a try because at least I can get away from the community. I want to get away from all the rules in the community. I am planning to leave the community tonight.

The reasons why I am leaving the community, might be unable to be understood because you would not be able to know what I am talking about. First, I really want to get away from all the rules of the community. I don't really care about the rules because I will have to disobey all the rules tonight. When I get to the 'Elsewhere', I will be able to live peacefully, away from the strict rules.
That is not the only reason. Also, I have been really wanting to explore out of the community. I really wanted to get to the 'Elsewhere'. I don't want my life to be stayed in this community because that means that I will have to obey all those rules until I will get released.

Asher, don't worry because I will keep sending you letters if I have time but when the letter is not coming, think that there is no such place as 'Elsewhere' and I am still exploring the outside of the community looking for the place for me to live peacefully.

The Giver Blog Post 2

When Jonas learns about colors, he claims "it isn't fair that nothing has color". Why does he say this?

I think that Jonas learned about colors and he thought it was unfair that nothing has color, for some reasons. I am thinking that he was saying unfair because it is not fun without colors. Also, there is no difference between things exept for sizes. And because of these reasons, I also think that it is really unfair for things to be seen as black or white exept for Jonas and the Giver.

First, if everything is seen without any color, there would be no meaning of it and people would feel nothing with it. Every color has a meaning. For example, color red is for passionate love, violence and warfare. But without colors, people would feel nothing whether the thing has a meaning of love or violence or warfare. And because Jonas now knows the function of colors, Jonas would feel that it is really unfair that nothing has color.

Also, when nothing has color, there would be no difference between things. In the world, there are variety of clothes that have variety of colors in it. And people might buy clothes that has his/her favorite color in it or because the clothes has color that fit for him/her. So without colors, people will not be able to notice the difference everyday. As Jonas perceived this too, he felt really unfair for the things to not have colors.

I think that there can be a lot more reasons why Jonas felt it unfair that nothing had color. Not even him, everyone would feel unfair about everything without color. And in my opinion, these two reasons are the major reasons why I think Jonas said "it isn't fair that nothing has color".

The Giver Blog Post 1

1. Would you want your future to be decided by others ? Why or Why not?

In my opinion, I don't want my future do be decided by others. There are a lot of reasons why I don't want my future to be decided by others. All people have thier own talent, dream and right to decide thier own future and I think that is really important to single person. And here are my evidences.

First, I think that every person has thier own talent. And if they apply thier talent well, they even can be the number one in the world. But, in this book, the Chief Elder just randomly choose one job and when there is a ceremony of Twelve, where the children who are at age of 12 get a job. This, is really a miserable thing because if someone find what his own talent, they can be really good at it. But when the job is just determind by someone esle, that someone might be ruining person's life just by randomly giving a person a job.

Also, I believe that everyone has thier own dream. Even though they are not good at it, if they try and work hard enough to be good at it, then they can be good at it. And because the Chief Elder just chooses any job for a person, and it is also ruining the person's life. A dream is really a strong thing because it sometimes makes you to try harder and push you harder. And you will probably be able to achieve what you your dream was.

Last, everybody has a right to choose thier own job. Just because the community is different and because of the Elders, people's job can't be chosen by another person. They don't have a right to choose someone's job just randomly unless the rule is made in the community. And I think they should change the rules. (Even though it is not possible as it is already a written book)

I think these are the reasons why I don't want my future or my job to be chosen or determind by someone else. In a short form, I would say that all people have thier own talents, dreams and rights for thier own future and lives.

Final Blog Post of the White Mountains

The final blog post is a choice of activities (please just chose one).:

1. Write a prediction as to what will happen to the character(s) in the next book of the trilogy.
2. Write a letter to the character . Include any questions that you may want to ask the character, provide specific evidence from the novel.
3. Write a letter to the author. Information that could be included.. Where did the author get their ideas? What inspired them to write the novel? Questions that you may have?
4. Finally, chose one of the 3 main characters and write how this character has changed during the course of the novel.

From the beginning of the book, the 3 main characters had changed a lot, exept for Zhanpole becuase he was not with Will and Henry from the beginning. I think Henry changed the most because he changed from being mean to being kind. Also, Will had changed because he got a lot stronger than before.

There are a lot of changes for Henry. When he was in the town, he used to be mean but not now.
I think there are 2 reasons why he changed. First is that after his mom's death, he decided not to be mean. Or he decided not to be mean because he knew that he had to try not to be mean, travelling as one team with Will and Zhanpole. In the book, the only fight was when Will got his dad's watch stolen for a moment and that was it. Also, when Wil woke up after the injury because of the sheep, he first thought that Henry took everything and abandoned him. But when he realized that he foraged for the food and actually cooked food, proves that Henry really changed.

Also, Will had changed. When he was in the town, he was kind of weak and timid so he was always got in a fight with Henry and lost every time. But by this adventure, he got a lot stronger. When he was removing the metal of the Caps from him by knife, he couldn't have endured the pain that he had but as he got stronger, he could have finally endured. Also, he got more braver than before. When he was in the hand of the tripod, (which was the part where I was really anxious whether he was going to be Capped or not) he was brave enough to attack him by throwing the grenade inside the tripod.

In a short form, I can say that Henry changed from being mean to kind and Will, being weak and timid to strong and brave. Even I also wanted to answer #1, which is to predict what you think will happen to the next book of the trilogy. But since I had more to write for #4, I chose this topic as my blog.

White Mountains Bog Post 4

"The bitter thing was all the spirit, all the gallantry, was wasted. For even more than inferiors, they accepted and looked forward to being Capped. It was a part of becoming a knight, or of turning from a girl to lady. Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?" (p. 111)
This quoite above, relates to the theme of the book by meaning that being 'Capped can be the worst reason why you can't possess the freedom. The evidence is at the first sentence in the quote, "The bitter thing was all the spirit, all the gallntry, was wasted." Here, 'the bitter thing' is being Capped, and the rest of the sentence says that just because of being Capped, all the sprit and the gallantry was wasted. If you get Capped by the tripod, you will be controlled by it, and you won't be able to feel whether you are free or not because you are not on your own. You are a slave to the tripod, that you can't even do whatever you want to do.

Blog Post 3

( As Ms.Narsiman said, , I read Roemers after I finished my blog post and realized that the answer for #2 was the same)
For this blog post, I need to answer this questions,,,
1. How were the tripods able to control the people?
2. Find evidence (quotations from the novel) to show that even though Will is comfotable living at the castle, He is frustrated that the Comte, Comtesse and Eloise have been capped.
3. Find evidence (quotes) to show how Will feels about being capped.

Answers
1. The Tripods can control people by capping them. After people get capped, they get metal thing on the forhead. This metal thing is the sign that they are capped. And this metal thing is the controller for the Tripods. They can control thier everything.

2. Page 116 First paragraph and Second paragraph "More and more I had come to see the Capped as lacking what seemed to me the essence of humanity, the vital spark of defiance agianst the rulers of the world. ANd I ahd despised them for it-despised even, the for all their kindness to me and thier goodness, the Comte and Comtesse. But not Eloise. I ahd thought her free, like myself. I might have even come to the idea - its beginnings, I think, were in my mind already - That when we set off once more for the White Mountains, there might not be her bare head. I had come to think of her as my friend : perhaps more. But now I knew that she belonged, irretrievably, body and sould, to the Enemy."

3. Page 121, Second paragraph "Was I to abondon my hopes of freedom, surrender the mastery of the mind, for the sake of wearing jeweled leather and having other men touch thier caps to me? The notion was absurd. Whatever privileges I was given I would still be a sheep among sheep."

White Mountains Blog Post 3

1.

Zhan-pole

In the end of chapter 4, Will and Henry meets another important character, called Zhan-pole. There are several reasons why Zhan-pole can be very important to Will and Henry. First, he is very smart, so whenever they get in trouble, Zhan-pole might have some ideas how to get out of the trouble.(Page 71, This is not as silly as it sounds becuse there was one thing that stood out about hi: he had quite a tremendous brain. His speking English, for instance: he had found an old book, giving instructions in the laguage, and taught himself).

Also, he is important to Will and Henry because he can invent some other things that might be helpful to himself. I think this is really important because if Zhan-pole has some materials to invent something, he can invent something really helpful to their advenure. (Page 71, Lately, he had been more and more uneasy about the prospect of being Capped, rightly guessing that it would put an end to his inventing things.)

Latest product of Apple - iPad

Steven Jobs, the Chief Executive Office of Apple, invents new product each January. The latest one is called 'i-Pad' and it is almost same as the i-pod touch but it got bigger and got a lot of new skills.
I think this device would not change the educations in the world because it doesn't have any skills that are related to the education. Majority of people would only think the i-Pad is a machine that can have musics, videos, internet and others. Also, if I have it, I would only use it for the simple things because you need to know how to convert the file into the file that can be fit in the i-pad. I think there are some good things and bad things.

How is Will just like you?

After the discussion with the group, I felt like I mastered chapter 1 and 2 of the book, White Mountains. I could have understood more things than when I only read the book, so I think it was really helpful for me to write this blog post easier than it could have been. By the way the task is to answer the question, "How is Will just like you?". If I think about it, there aren't actually many things but still have one.

First, I think Will is good at doing something secretly just like I am. In Korea, when I was having a sleep-over with my friends, me and my friends secreatly left our home to go play at the playground at midnight when my parents were sleeping. In the book, Will left his home to go to the White Mountains just like I did.

Using your skills to be secretly for the bad things are bad thing to do, but if it is a situation like Will, who is about to be capped in few months, it wouldn't be a real problem. Because I would have run away if I was Will too.

Power of the Void

Part 1
The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides an exeptional that challenges each student to this (Silence) attitudes, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially reponsible global citizen.

I think that adding a silence between this and attitudes is creating the most tension. I think it is because you are pausing just before you say what kind of things each student challenges. Also, putting the silence after the word 'this' sounds better than any others. I think this is the best answer that I can think of.

Part 2
One way that the composers create tension in the music is by putting rests in the middle of the music.

Seoul, South Korea

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HOLIDAY

My family headed to Cambodia just 5days before the school resumed for 2 days. It was really early morning when we started to airport. When we arrived in KLIA(Kuala Lumpur International Airport), there were no planes that can take us there, so we took the plane that goes to Cambodia in Air Asia. It took about 2 hours to Cambodia from Malaysia. When my family made it to there, the fresh air of Cambodia welcomed me and that was how my holiday has started.

The guide and the driver was waiting for us to start the tour. Because it only took 2 hours, it was still afternoon. In the car, the guide informed my family about Siem Reap(A capital city in Cambodia) and the history of Cambodia. We first went to killing field, which is the place where the bones from dead people that are died in the war. They made a killing field thanking for the sacrifice. Then the guide told us to have some free time as it was the first day. At early-night, we went to the market at bought some souveniers.

The next day, we woke up early in the morning, which was the last day of the tour. This day was the climax of the tour because the family actually have gone there for this place, which is the Ankor Wart and Ankor Thom. There was a Cambodia king, wanted to make a palace. He believed in Buddhism, so he commanded the sculptures to make a palace by putting big stones together and sculpt them as a palace. He also wanted the wall to be about the history about the Buddhism. The back of the Ankor Wart, was Ankor Thom. It had many towers and each towers had 4 faces facing east,west,south and north. Each faces meant different things and the it all had different facial expression. The few towers were destroyed mostly by the trees. Those trees were about thousand years old. All of my family liked the tour, exept that we had to walk really much. (Actually mom and dad say that it doesn't really hurt much because the sculptures are paying their attention to itself but not to thier legs)

By this tour, I learned that the Cambodia had a beautiful treasure of its own and also that the Ankor Wart and Ankor Thom was actually made and sculpted by human-beings. It was really exciting, interesting and fascinating. I would suggest everyone to go thier for at least once because it was such a great experience for me too.

My resolutions are,,,
1. Study harder than before
2. Make many friends as possible (There are some new students came to ISKL)
3. Try to become taller than Alex (He is my friend who is really tall)