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First published on Planet Earth in 2345 by KUNDEJEM

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Racial Patterns In Deliquency

According to the UCR in 2003 African American youths are arrested for disproportionate number of murders, rapes, robberies, and assaults. African American youths are more likely to be formally arrested by the police, whereas the police will treat white youths informally. African American youths who have a police record are more likely to be severely punished if they are picked up and sent back to juvenile courts. Police are not the only authorities who may contribute to racial differences in the delinquency rate. Juvenile court judges may see the offenses committed by African American youths as more serious than those committed by white offenders.

If one considers the disproportionate number of who are arrested is not due to their involvement but, the result of race-based decision making in the juvenile justice system. Institutional racism by the police and courts is an element of daily life the African American community especially juveniles.

The racial differences are in the rate of the offense, rather than bias and discrimination by agents of the justice system, which may help to explain the persistent racial disparities found in the justice system. For example, racial differences in the crime rate are tied to social and economic inequality. African Americans have suffered through a long history of discrimination that have lasting affects. In addition, low employment rates among minorities place a strain on families. Divorce and separation rates are significantly associated with crime and violence rates in the African American community.

During economic growth, lower-class African Americans are left out of the economic mainstream that may generate a sense of failure and frustration. Being shut out of the educational and economic opportunities one may be exposed to the lure of dishonest gain and criminality. In addition, African Americans receive longer sentences than whites who commit the same type of crimes especially when their unemployed or impoverished. Is it possible that judges may view unemployed or poor African Americans as more dangerous and likely to recidivate then white offenders?

One may consider the differences in the delinquency rates are bias in the justice system whereas, Police are more likely to arrest and courts are more likely to convict African American youths. I believe the differences in the rates are due to the participation of African American youths in serious criminal behavior is a result of their socioeconomic position and the racism they face.

Links Of Interest:

1. Criminal Justice System Unfair to Black Youth

http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-2037-report-criminal-justice-system-unfair-to-black-youth.html

2. Racial Disparities In Local Criminal Justice System

http://www.communityalternatives.org/articles/racial_disparities.html

3. National Council On Crime And Delinquency

http://www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pubs/2007jan_justice_for_some.pdf

4. Unequal Opportunities For Juvenile Justice

http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/fact_sheet12.pdf

Adolescent Brain Development

 












Adolescents is a transitional period of life as child becomes an adult. During this time one endures changes of emotions, hormones, judgment, identity and the physical body which all have significant impact. How relevant is the development of the brain?

The brain changes significantly in adolescents. According to scientists research their brains are less developed then previously thought. For example, the frontal lobe undergoes the most change and is the last part of the brain to develop. The frontal lobe is the most significant development in the brain because it allows one to prioritize thoughts, imagine, abstract thinking, anticipate consequences, plan, and control impulses.

Could this help answer why teens act the way they do? The frontal lobe is responsible for organization, planning, and strategizing which is not fully developed in the brain. Would it be unfair to expect adolescents to have adult levels of organization skills, or decision making before their brain is fully developed? The underdeveloped frontal lobe causes adolescents to react with gut instinct rather than with reasoning. This continues well into adulthood until one responds in a more mature manner. Furthermore, the frontal lobe is responsible for the region of the brain that controls aggression and other impulses. If one has not fully matured prior to adulthood, then it may be unreasonable to expect a mature thought process displayed in adults.

Restrictions on adolescents limit their privileges such as, the legal age to drive, drink, vote, marry, and enter into contracts. Adolescents is a significant transitional period which they are subjected to limitations in judgment and maturity. There is a direct correlation with juvenile delinquency because one has difficulty making mature decisions and an understanding of the consequences of their actions due to an under developed frontal lobe. In contrast, this should not excuse adolescents from punishments from violent crime but it lessens their responsibility.

Links of Interest:

1. Secrets of The Teen Brain
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040510/

2. Adolescent Brain
http://www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=brainBriefings_Adolescent_brain

3. Alcohol And Adolescent Brain Development
http://www.duke.edu/~amwhite/Adolescence/

TedTalks - Pranav Mistry

This guy left me speechless...

Your mission over the bank holiday weekend...

... should you choose to accept it, is to vote me for in The Queen Of Teen Awards. Closing date is 31st August, so step to it, dear readers.I'm heading off to Edinburgh to do an event with Cathy Forde on Monday on how we use music as part of our writing process. I'll be posting our setlist (man, like, we're in a band or something) on Spotify once the event is done. EDITED TO ADD: Here is the

HAPPY SWEET LITTLE SIX.

Happy birthday to my little sister, Edith Dorothy. She's 6 now :) not to be left out, happy birthday Indonesia! Smoga rate korupsi dikurangin yaaa ;) lol hahaha.

Well, we went out to Sushi Tei for lunch with my cousin and met William Zhang, Lora, and Yvonne. I ate a lot, like seriously. Must have gained a lot of weight this month :( sigh. Then, continues to grandma's friends' house to celebrate my sister's birthday.

Today have been awesome thoroughly. But still, I got one thing to worry on, MY PHYSICS TEST! Wish me luck ;)

Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)

BURNING THE FIRE OF GOD! :D

Last Thursday and Friday was Army of God :) well, I'm really blessed, personally. I was in choir service for the two days. Guess what, make up gue parah bet, tebel banget! Tapi yaaa, untuk Tuhan, apa sih yang kagak? Weheeeee ‎​♥

It was raining, yet we, the army of God, were still jumping, shouting, and praising Him. I'm glad that the enthusiasm and spirit were still on! :D and I believe it rained for a specific awesome reason. The situation differentiate us from any other crucade which is GUH-REAT! On the first day, the opening was cancelled due to the rain that pours down suddenly. It was postponed to day 2. Overall, the opening result does pay off. It worth the one-week-hectic-pain hahaha!

There were Ps. Philip Mantofa, Ps. Jaeson Ma (USA), Ps. Yosep Moro Wijaya, Vanness Wu (Taiwan), Ari Wibowo, and Zack Lee. I'm really blessed with Ari Wibowo, Vanness Wu, and Zack Lee's testimonial. Testimonial Ari Wibowo ngomong tentang gimana dia berubah dari dulu yang ngga bener sampe dia kenal Tuhan. Juga sebab kenapa dia ngga main sinetron laga lagi. KALO DI ALKITAB, "DITAMPAR PIPI KIRI, BERILAH PIPI KANAN", KALO DI SINETRON LAGA, "DITAMPAR PIPI KIRI, TENDANG PIPI KANAN". And yea, kalo dipikir-pikir, bener juga sih hehehe. Kalo yang Vanness Wu ngomong tentang kejadian 2008 dimana dia kenal Tuhan, dari yang dulu nya bersama dunia artis yang sangat terbiasa dengan kata SEX. Ya gue pengen terang-terangan ngomong "GOD IS MORE THAN SEX." That's what's written on Vanness Wu's team tee. Vanness Wu waktu ketemu Jaeson Ma tahun 2008, dia ditantang untuk berkomitmen tidak ngelakuin itu selama 1 tahun, dan tiap hari doa nya "God, do you really not want me to have sex? God, do you really not want me to have sex? God, do you really not want me to have sex?" He kept on repeating it. Itu ngga gampang loh, apalagi kiri-kanan dia alias kondisi itu sangat sulit dimana artis-artis yang lain pada ngelakuin free sex. Yaaah ngga usah jauh-jauh, contoh nya aja Ariel Peterpan --' nah kalo Zack Lee beda lagi. Dia ngomongin tentang dia berubah dari yang broken-home ancor lebor, sampai bisa seperti sekarang. Dulu, bokap nyokap dia cerai. Dia ikut bokap. Nah, bokap nya kan kerja tuh, jadi ngga punya banyak waktu untuk ngawasin anak-anak nya. That's why, Zack Lee familiar dengan yang nama nya narkoba, ganja, minuman keras, judi, pokok nya komplit deh. Dan ternyata, nyokap nya juga pemakai kelas berat. Di saat dia dititipin ke nyokap nya lagi waktu remaja *gue lupa umur nya*, makin parah dong. Tiap hari berdua makai obat-obat gituan. Pokok nya dari A sampai Z, tau semua. Tapi gara-gara dia ketemu Nafa Urbach, dia berubah agama nya. Dari dulu yang ga jelas agama nya, akhir nya punya agama. Eitsss, tapi dia kristen bukan karena dia mau, tapi gara-gara nya kan susah tuh kalo minta restu ngga seiman HAHAHA, tp kan emang everything happens for a reason, nyoba-nyoba malah jadi kristen beneran. He never regrets kalo fakta nya dia pernah seperti itu, karena dia ada bahan kesaksian untuk diberitakan ke orang-orang which is good :)

So see, semua testimonial mempunyai pesan masing-masing. Tapi ga tau kenapa yang paling KENA itu testimonial Zack Lee (y) well, that's it. Besok sekolah coyyy! Nope, tapi upacara. Goodnight! xx

Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana

CREATIVITY IS TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX.

Yayyy I've finally met Ricky and Alvin! Today was awesome except for the fact that I didn't attend church today :( so here it goes...

Today was quite tiring, seriously. Dari pagi sampe malem bareng 5 others. Ricky, Alvin, Andy, Stefen, and Defris. Well, the participants too :) was having Graduates Gathering at Piaget. We, the coaches, were supposed to be there at 11, but I couldn't be there before 12.30 because of the rehearsal at Kalingga.

Before Ricky and Alvin's flight to Jakarta, we went to Selat Panjang for dinner :D and... whoopsie oopsie Alvin! Sorryyy :( didn't told him earlier that the bihun goreng, bak pau, bihun bebek, bubur ayam are yummy. HAHAHA and now he's blamming me for just letting him know that the hokkien noodle is delicious and that he only taste the hokkien noodle :p

So, safe flight guys! ;) they're boarding now and thank God it's not raining anymore since Ricky was really scared of what happened during his flight from Singapore to Jakarta :D mwahahahabooha!

Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)

Screw the peril-ness of literature

As I moved on into the world of writing, I realised writers have the least freedom, when writing itself is the only way to convey freedom. And those writing in such manner that they would predict the day they would die with a bullet in their heads? How useful you are as a writer to the community, how educated we seemed to people, and how educated people seemed to criticised us to the core is the fundamental base to publishing your thoughts to the world. Never obey a crooked instinct, and I’ve learned it the hard way.


Bulldrop this thought. I lived in an eggy fairytale world. My freedom is beyond the capability of the maximum angle literature can bend.

Words were once thought to be a conveyer, but with added flowers and spices and a little bit of cheese, it shows that cows in the fields are the Swiss army knives of the farm.

Those taking it to a higher level? Printed names?

We can’t tell you exactly what the future holds-only prophets or madmen truly know the future, and we authors are overqualified for one of those positions and under qualified for the other. So, we place our reputation in a certain amount of peril, making moderately educated guesses about the biology, physics, chemistry, art and medicine of tomorrow. We did this for two reasons: someone had to, and we needed the money.

But do take note that we can express our discomfort and unhappiness about ancient predictions and whatever has become of today.

Long time ago, we used to have bulls pulling our carts, then we rides horses, and to think that after all the technological advances we’ve achieved, we designed polluting mobile machines that would certainly give mechanical problems to your physics teacher, making him attending class late because of his frequent visits to the workshop when we could have our carts pulled by giant genetically engineered lobsters instead...

“See what I mean?”

FEEL THOSE AIR.

Was browsing... and found this ;) it's really prettayeee! :D weheeeee!










Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)

WHAT A TOUGH LIFE.

So yea, it's the first day of August. But somehow, the first day of the month isn't that good, I lost my voice. Gaaah. So, my service is at 2 pm, and my voice isn't getting better at all. *sigh*

Jadi gini nih, kemaren itu poksar, and I was really blessed. I'm glad to have such great leaders who supports me most of the time. There are many of them, none of them are rude to me. That's all deh kalo mau ngomongin tentang kemaren ga akan ada habis-habis nya.

My dad went back from Hongkong at 10 pm yesterday. Well, he's getting fatter I supposed :s oh geez! Hahaha so mom will leave for Penang tomorrow, best wishes to her.

Not much, ey? Yea. Btw, my Grade 9 life isn't that good. The teachers are worse than last year's.

Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)

It's Lava Bieber's Birthday

Those who kenal me lama, u know i takkan leave without my loooong speech yg korang menyampah tuh...

besides, banyak sangat la nak reply, and fb memang bagos untuk kesihatan...
so, biar i mule..eherrmmm...

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I thought friday night mesti boring giler, or just an ordinary night kerh, or something...So, I keluar with Dharsh lepas class to go and get mask merepek tuh kat mid valley. So yea, my bday, takde la important sangat, cant wait to balik and tidur...balik,washed up, take train yang memang bagos untuk kesihatan tuh to college and change and all. Memang fun la after jumpe u all there. Then the event start, fun pulak. Everyone was lyk cantik giler, raining pon i tak kisah...makan pon ok,Fern and wormy was there,OMG!!Mr.Mohan came as college boy, ape entah.. Daniel serious handsome giler!! pheeewiiitt...whoops!! WAKAKAKAKAKA..lawls...memang macam orang asli la we all after that. Then Jules have to balik, and so I hugged him goodbye, then he pegang2 my mask, I bukak the mask and was lyk "hi" and inside i was lyk "ape pegang2 nih? FAG"...then...then...THEN!!...then everything went quiet, serious giler quiet...LAWLS!! Julian's kiss memang caused a riot :P, balik rumah, I gelak macam nak mampos!! XD...Then, approaching pukol 12 malam, everyone nak balik, and pritz was lyk "dun!! 1 moar minute"...sanggop u all tunggu bday I eh!! Lawls!! eh wait, Isaac, you left a salt patch on my face and tangan yerh!! :P Ishak, u d best, eventhough u dtg as a chinese hobo...Dharsh, the card memang cun giler!! frame letak kat muzium negara!! WAKAKAKAKA!! Glad the taugeh tak sesat masa balik..msg u all dlm card tuh memang buat I terharu!! huwaaaa!! U guys memang the best, clearly i was super duper aper je lah wrong at first biler i masok methodist, berbulan2 I cari jalan keluar, now, sad pulak to know we all not together for few moar years..takperh, fb penyagak kan ader...

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Memang i looking forward untuk berjumpe with all penduduk kampong semangat, dah lame tak hang out with all d kundejems, I thought we all kena ban dari pizza hut!! LAWLS, i pegi there, and hug semuer orang, shag will hug everyone's lungs out. So, we duduk and makan pizza, and criter pasal life kiterorg, update skit, buat flashbacks, theeve is still theeves, the best wife ever, thanks theeve for the present, better than roasted turkeys XD jose planned everything, jose u awesome toothpick,memang seronok I jumpe u all...then, secara ganasnyer, tangan monyet2 antarabangsa u all tutup mata I, and I shouted "stop it!! you're poking justin bieber's eyes!!" and when I bukak mata, ternampak la cake yg awesome, with tulisan "HAPPY OLOOLOOLOOLOOLOO DAY" memang cun u all,especially my loong wish, and how u made me take out candle with my mouth, and bantai kepala i dlm cake tuh, with the presents all coming out of nowhere, tak sangka u all!! U ppl, after 12 tahun la kowt 2gether, made THE LAVA speechless, congrats..I rase kan, every kundejem meeting we have, sure lepas tuh i kena sore throat..no wonder kiterorg kene ban from many places..I MISS YOU ALL SOOOOO MUCH, i memang tak nak balik!! stay forever with u all...You all memang made my day, next meeting bagi taw, U guys (opps, sorry syah, girls) memang the best, especially when kamie bagi taw 'secret' tuh, and we all secara 2gether-gether nak belasah that fella, and how ramya masak kong's hair (i miss that so much), with "...nasi lemak *sep sep sep* roti canai..." Scienceone, we rock, semangaaaatttt *hand gesture*

so tuh la criter pasal kawan2 I dlm class, U all, memang tak sangka langsong, thanks, best bday ever...
Kalo i miss out some part of the criter, add kan lah for me yerh,i memang nyanyok...
BERTUAH I DAPAT KAWAN CAM KORANG...huwaaaaa!! sob sob...*hingus*...sayang korang,muahx!
So, since u all kawan2 I, dgn barang2 u all prepare, walaupon tak la important sgt nak celebrate bday I tuh..
Kundejem or not,
I bagi U all...dari pokok kelapa...
SEMANGAAAATTT...*hand gesture* (-.-)

oh ya..n kundejems, i still think plankton's house is missing, and i did hear aisyah said 'chicken and peas in a bowl...'
And title tuh jgn salah faham ok, Im not JB punyer fan!!...ok, I am...yish, dah dah!! diam!!

Hounds on Dark Patch

The sails were hoisted, the crews are all on board, and we set sailing across the dark starry night sky, boarding away through the Martian atmosphere. My dear beloved and most good looking Captain Wright sat on front deck, looking out at the star, turning his head back, giving me a handsome smile. It was cold, and I know he’d come to keep me warm, but he turned back and stood straight by the sudden, appearing there’s something laying there beyond the horizon.

Ever since Earth was abandoned by most of us, she nourished herself, healed by the wonders of nature and the magical creature that once roamed and ruled by her peacefully. Now, returning to Earth after all the technological advances and excitement has been barred by creatures of the olden times. There are the wise ones of the wizards, and sly goblins, civilised elves of the west, sea people of the south, dragons of the north naughty fairies and clumsy Cyclopes. But at the far end of Earth, lie the scar, a patch which Earth could not heal, and an unfair cosmic reminder of her previous children. It was dark, cold, unfertile, unsettled, and unlived.

Wright seemed to forget reality at some point, always do, equationally stirring us starboard towards the patch, landing at the edge of a canyon. Nothing much to see, he just wanted to experience her scar, her pain. But in all darkness life still build its chances, allowed or not. There are creatures living in the dark, and no, they’re not creatures of evil as we would read about or heard about in stories. As far as I know, evil exist most in the light of day, flourish in a most expensive way, looking good at al times, having award winning smiles and an extremely generous amount of social help.

What Captain Wright and I learned on that day was the existence of the Howndders. Oh boy, were they friendly. They are dogs by the way, just a little different. How we felt pity over them, shaking, shivering in hunger and in the cold of the dark night left to scavenge absolutely nothing at all.
Wright threw a sausage over them, as they approach, licking our hands, playing fetch with us. It’s the company they wanted. They are dogs anyways.

What we’ve also learned is that you should not attempt to feed the Howndders, no matter how friendly they are. These friendly creatures tend to follow you where ever you go and they’ll not stop. It was a little sad to leave them as we board our ship, ready for sailing. One got caught up with the ropes. Captain Wright had to shake him off. It was even more sad to hear them howling away, disappearing into the darkness as we continue with our journey on old Earth.

Goodbye

Writing prompt: Goodbye
Type: Poetry
Organizer: Daily Writing Prompt

Goodbye,

Or was it hello again?
Why? Is 'bye' good?
Or was it ‘eye’ misspelled
Makes you wonder, No
Makes me wonder
I’m confused.

Goodbye means your ice-cream will taste flat
Or your root beer will delight you
Depending on your ‘goodbye’
Like this ‘goodbye’ for instance,
With 14 hours and 23 minutes left on the countdown,
Made me sleepy, thus indirectly making my peanut butter sandwich tasteless
Or was it directly?
Gosh, I cannot remember…maybe I should ask the sandwich
….
There you go

Wait,
I've already said goodbye to the sandwich earlier
In a delicious way
Gosh I’m bored,does this sound like poetry?
Looks like one
If only Microsoft word could speak…
Lava, it suppose to be about goodbyes,
Write Lava, write something
Not much time left.

Talking to myself in poetry…
Is this poetry by the way?
Failing in an enzymatic way
Great, my homework is calling for me.

Goodbye.

CLICHES YET MEANINGFUL.

"If there's no way, make a way." --- Talitha Yohana

Emang hidup susah, tapi lo ga boleh nyerah. Gue sering ngomong gini, bahkan ini udah menjadi cliche di posts gue. Tapi, no matter how many times I've said it, beberapa org masih tetep aja gampang give up. Gue ga nyalain kalo lo gampang nyerah, gue juga kadang2 gitu kok, but I'll make a way to improve myself. Dan yaaa, kadang2 ngga ada jalan, maka nya kita nyerah. Saran gue, KALO GA ADA JALAN, KITA BUAT JALAN SENDIRI. Be creative. Jangan cuma nyari gampang aja, juga jangan nge-flow gaje gitu. Yea making a way isn't easy, yet it isn't difficult. Kalo lo mau, lo pasti bisa :D I still believe on that. Apalagi kalo dibimbing Tuhan, bukan gue yang terlalu rohani, tapi emang gitu kenyataan nya. Kalo pun lo ngga minta pertolongan Nya, dia bakal ngasih lo pertolongan on the right time. Believe Him, believe Him, believe Him, and yea it's another cliche. Don't stop believing in Him.

Akhir-akhir ini banyaaak banget masalah, tapi gue bersyukur Dia ngirimin orang-orang yang sangat caring and loving, my family ‎​♥ see? He's always good :)

Anyway, gue ngikut lomba nyanyi di sekolah, audisi nya minggu ini, nyanyi lagu rohani. Please wish me the best ;) see ya! Good night xoxo.

Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)

Zizou Corder - Halo

Aite, bestselling author of the Lionboy Trilogy Zizou Corder made another eye-catching cover on shelves recently, Halo. Finished in a few months ago.
I absolutely adore how Halo was made to be a young, fresh, innocent, filled with strong spirit and courage, unbeatable by male components, yet so feminine. Halo reminded me of myself so much, I fell like denying it. Leonidas was brought in well, so as the centaurs, and my favourite, Arko the centaur (Halo's brother). Corder brought in the plot very well, as baby Halo washed ashore in ancient greece in a turtle's shell up to the end of her quest, partly living in disguise, the plague and the war and how she ended up meeting her biological mother.
It's one of the best books of the year, a must get copy. I think it's a really good book in the firmament of children's literary. You'll get good sense of suspens,betrayal, courage and some other stuff you might sense out in a book. Awesome.

Soalan Ramalan Geografi STPM 942/1

Kertas 1 (Alam Sekitar Fizikal)

• Proses pemindahan tenaga dari matahari ke permukaan bumi, kesan bahangan suria terhadao proses fizikal yang berlaku di atmosfera bumi, kepentingan tenaga suria terhadap tumbuhan dan haiwan
• Maksud banjir kilat, faktor fizikal yg menyebabkan sering berlakunya njr kilat di bdr yg dikaji, kesan bjr kilat ke atas pnddk di bdr yg dikaji, langkah yg telah dilakukan bg mengatasi masalah bjr kilat t'sebut
• Maksud luluhawa, faktor fizikal yg m'pengaruhi luluhawa kimia/mekanika di sesuatu kwsn, kesan luluhawa kimia/mekanika kpd p'bentukan landskap dan aktiviti manusia
• Jenis batuan yg m'btk konfigurasi btk bumi, proses p'bentukan batuan t'sebut, pengaruh batuan t'hdp konfigurasi btk bumi dan aktiviti manusia
• teori hanyutan benua, proses p'bentukan benua, kewujudan gunung berapi, imbangan air dlm proses kitaran hidrologi
• lukis garisan isoterma, stesen2 cerap cuaca2
• bahangan terestrial,luluhawa biologi, runtuhan, awan(ciri2), pemeluwapan, kerpasan,imbangan air, aras trofik (ekosistem t'jejas akibat aktiviti manusia), solstis musim panas/sejuk,hakisan, perubahan iklim,lembangan saliran, perubahan aras laut,arus pesisir pantai,tenaga eksogenik

banyak nak baca nih...

Riordan Fans! Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero

It's official! Today, Disney-Hyperion announced that the second series of Camp Half-Blood adventures will be called The Heroes of Olympus. The first book, The Lost Hero, will be published Oct. 12, 2010.

The image above is not the final cover. That will be revealed this summer, along with more information. Who is the lost hero? Which characters from the first series will you see? Who are the new demigods? For now, I can't drop any hints, but here is a short book description from the official press release:

ABOUT THE BOOK:

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,

To storm or fire the world must fall.

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Now, in a brand-new series from blockbuster best-selling author Rick Riordan, fans return to the world of Camp Half-Blood. Here, a new group of heroes will inherit a quest. But to survive the journey, they’ll need the help of some familiar demigods.

-Taken from Rick Riordan's Blog-

Cant freaking wait!!!

New adventures with Percy and friends, the strawberry fields in Camp Half-Blood...absence of Luke Castellan :( ....

A midnight insanity after reading an ancient Enigma

I hate what the biblical film epics did to the Egyptians, the brutal image portrayed, using the enormous task story of gangs of slaves when there is no absolute evidence suggesting the myth of such massive enterprise, which seems like a colossal waste of time and energy. Have Vatican I no clue of astronomy? Ancient racism is blasphemy. Of such stories written by Europeans when they're still primitive compared to the highly religious and advanced Egyptians, and we've taken to account such edited work, thousands of years later? How mentally brutal can old civilizations get to up-glow themselves, categorized such people of extreme reserved, who kept the inner mysteries from all but their chosen initiates, of motives of sciences incorporated in religion.
We can only sit, and ponder yet again upon words of drunken 2000 year old man, absorb good will into our hearts, waiting for Judgement day....which I hope no ancient envious writers who have done such damage would follow upon and leading us where we should be going....
Or the libraries in heaven are nothing more comparable than the KL National Library, useless as its appearance and smell.
If we were to be lied to in heaven, then prepare yourself to invade the reset button, where our souls could teleport to another planet capable of supporting life, and start over...and time travel, visiting 'us' in ancient times, further support their technological advances, like the AVP movie (except for the sacrificial ceremonies), and establish a communion of inter-galactic Christianity, a Vatican IV perhaps, and an anti-Christ of the dark side like Star Wars...where then we encourage war, but reduced by an intergalactic version of a reformed "Flower-Power", and play Elvis, The Blues Brothers and John Lee Hooker throughout space, stopping at a galactic cheeseburger stand on a moon in a distance galaxy, light travel to your nearest church, where you'll hear a archeological proven old testament, and eat glowing holy breads and radioactive sacramental wine...
What, we already have a Robin Hood in space...and walkie talkies!
And how dusty history books you dig up behind your shelves in the middle of the night could bring such insanity, blogging like a comic character owned by Graham Annable…

ICED CHOCOLATE MINT LATTE FLOAT.

So, I'm at Gelato Bar with Regina Natalia. She has been in Medan for 4 days. She's going back tomorrow morning :( GAH. But I enjoyed the 4 days with her. We took a lot of photo booth photos. AH I LOVE HER FULL! ♡ ♡ ♡

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Sealed with a smile,
talithayohana :)