Like Johnny, Kenzie is (or was) a China Excursion newbie, but an extrovert to Johnny's introvert; Yang to his Yin. This is her first-ever travel diary entry, or what she managed before she went all in to seize her moment, swatting away know-it-all chatbots.

I should be happy and excited but I'm packing my bags feeling stress, panic, but most of all, sadness – mom had an accident today, and I'm flying to China. But I'm trying to keep calm. My family will update me on her condition.

We touch down at Wutai airport, I come out of the arrival hall… It is so relaxing. Wutai Mountain is a place for Chinese metaphysics practitioners and people who come to pray, so the environment here is not so fancy and ‘happening'. More like, ‘peace, calm, relax'. Quite serious for me!

But on the way to our hotel, I see mountains I have never seen before in Malaysia or any other country. In Feng Shui, we say, mountain formations. I feel their energy. Spectacular. The scenery is beautiful and moving.

But I am still curious, looking forward to tomorrow when Dato' Joey Yap brings us to some special place no tourists can go.

I felt stress, panic and anxiety on the way to China. At Wutai Mountain, I feel peace. The first location of Day Two, I enter the cave. I see Da Shi Zhi Buddha.

What is happening? I'm crying, my tears non-stop, but no sadness. I have found what I'm looking for. I feel happiness, like coming home to mom, after a tough day.

How Dato' has found such a place I will never know. Some of the students, like me. feel very strong energy, from head to toe, “whole-body power” and strong support.

I follow Dato's mantra. The experience feels totally different from when I try to manifest on my own in Malaysia. The energy… this is the first time I know what is FLOW.

At home, I hear my phone vibrate when I try to manifest – I think of a lot of things! But here, I can't hear what is beside me. Just the mantra and my heartbeat, my breath. I close my eyes… A lot of colours.