I choose the topic called Brain Magic by Keith Barry. First of all, the reason I choose this topic was because I like magic tricks, and I have a great background of magic tricks. I have seen Keith Barry on T.V. before and I am a fan of his work.

   This guy doesn't only play magic tricks on people, but also use some psychological experiment on them too. In other words he is using psychology to trick and entertain people. His first trick in the video was originally done by David Copperfield, and it was simple to reveal. The second one was about him driving a car while his eyes are covered, and there was a women next to him that was really frightened, but he still made  it until the end. I think I know a little about the secret of this trick. First of all, it is impossible that this was his first time driving in this road, so he have been practicing on this road without his eyes covered many times. He tries as much as he can to memorize the road, knowing when to turn or go forward, so he is kinda feeling the ground while driving. Plus, the women next to him was also helping, even though they never met. The girl's reaction helped Barry predict the road.

    The rest of the tricks were advanced for me to know or reveal the secret, but in anyways all magic tricks has an explanation. Even the most advanced magicians like David Copperfield, Dynamo, Cyril Takayama, and David Blaine use some psychological tricks, and there is no such a thing as "real magic".

     First of all, the spring break wasn't long enough for me to visit my family, but I had so much fun during it. My friends and I were planning to travel outside of California, since it started, but we couldn't at first. Instead we went to the theater and watched the movie called The Divergent. The movie was brilliant, and we all liked it, and I am planning on reading the book. We also went to someplace called Sky Zone, it was a trampoline park. We had a blast there and we were also exhausted, so we didn't only play, but also exercised.

     In the last five days of the break, my friend and I decided to leave California and go to Arizona to visit Grand Canyon and Tempe. I also had some friends there that I know them since I were in Kuwait. We used two cars to there because our number was huge. The trip took us 6 hours and a half, and we arrived at Tempe in mid night then rushed to sleep. The first thing we did was visiting Arizona science center, and it was good. The second thing we did was going to trampoline park and ice skating rink one after another. The day after we went to Grand Canyon, and it was a new experience for me. We reached the highest point, and took some awesome photos. Then we had to come back to California for the ALP.

     I have noticed that traveling from one state to other in America is like traveling from one country to other. The people in Arizona seemed different and the structure of buildings as well. Arizona State University had a huge campus, and the transportation there was so great.