Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A time I had courage - scream park

I was at Sunway Lagoon. It iwas so fun in the water park, wild park and the amusement park!! All the water slides, Animal shows and Snake Ride where you ride on a log and slide over 14 feet down and into the water made us completely wet.  However there was only 1 thing left to do and that is to go inside a haunted house called "Scream Park". I was only afraid of 1 part which is called prison break in there.

"Hey Mei and Rei, do you want to go into Scream Park?" I said. "Sure!" Replied Mei and Rei. But as the door opened, it was pitch black with zombies in it. There was a wide screen TV and we watched a video of a lady trapped inside a haunted house. She died in the end. Then the tour began on foot. The first half was fun!! It had a bridge which made you feel like you were going upside down. There was also a 3D ghost room. It had strange things in it that made me laugh! Like big red 3D lips.

However the ending of the tour was not fun.  Instead it was terrifying. It was the prison break called "Freezer" It was the scariest...  It was pitch black with loud gun shot sounds.  When I brought one step forward, the prisoner suddenly appear from nowhere with the horrifying image.  There were lights flashing which made me even more scared.  In addition to that, it was a maze of metal cages. You had to find your own way to the exit and nobody in there would help you.  I almost chickened out.  Everyone was screaming "I want to go back!  I want to go back!" And even trying to go into the freezer took every ounce of courage. I clung onto my father's T-Shirt. Mei was pulling my T-Shirt moving back to the entrance.  Rei was hugging Mei.  Nobody was  moving even an inch.  I thought the only way to get out of the Freezer was to find the way through the maze to get to the exit.  I shouted to Mei "Stop pulling me.  They are only trying to scare us.  We have to keep moving towards the exit.  Follow me!".  By saying that to Mei, I was talking to myself as well.  Now Mei started to hug me.  I started walking slowly.  Mei closed  her eyes and started to walk close behind me.

When we got out to the exit, my friends and I were sweating with fear but I was also laughing.  I decided to go again and again until it was time to go home.

Scream Park is definitely my favourite part in Sunway Lagoon.  But now they have taken Prison Break out and replaced it with Terminator. If you go after 7pm, you get to play with laser guns and it is awesome!!!



Thursday, September 2, 2010

investigating the past

Have you ever thought why people from the past draw paintings?? Well here are some reasons that our awesome teacher Ms. Reiser  taught us!!

One of the paintings that me and my partner Dylan was looking at was a picture of animals running. It basically has horses in it. It seems like the horses are running, maybe looking for shelter because of a storm. The social scientist predicted that, it could be a hunting ritual or used in a ceremony.Or it could also be that it was a unsuccessful hunting trip.

 Another painting found is a paintings of a man in a bird mask and a bird standing on sticks with a bison the bison has a spear in him. Some social scientist predicted that it could be a memory of a successful hunt.This painting might also be used for a ceremony or a ritual.

Another cave painting is a painting of horses walking on the edge of a rock and a bull as if he is running away from something. The bull looked like he ran away from a person because there looked like there was a saddle or a blanket on the bulls back. Social scientists predict that the artist tried to capture the "magical powers" of that moment. Or it may have also been used in a ritual or ceremony.