after school today while i had to wait for gus i whiled away the time with bert in an empty classroom. we dragged the OHP to the center of the classroom, switched it on and had some fun.

Clearly the rabbit was a favourite

even though the past week i haven't exactly been studying my brains dry i still feel as if i've focused a lot of energy on school.. and so the weekend is here. time to rest. but somehow i can't help thinking, no it is time to catch up on everything i've not managed to read/do/plan/etc. funnily it's at a point where i want to do that when i wake up tomorrow. i want to be able to cross things off my to do list. at least i enjoy what i read... 

encounters with people who have talked about taking or plan to take western political thought, or american history... they said, you don't want to? but america is at the heart of politics! the forerunners of liberal democracy! the reasons i gave: content too heavy, looks confusing, not interested. but at night i realized why i had no desire at all to take any module on american politics. it is because, at the heart of it, (this is gonna sound bad) i hate america. that's pretty intense, especially if you put it in context: hitler hated jews. i'm quite sure in singapore we can't say any racist things about the races that live here, but i don't suppose i'm going to be arrested for saying, i hate america and the vast dichotomy between ideal and reality. 

of course i will say that when i typed 'i hate america' i was and still am, quite charged with emotion. i understand that not every american will be the kind that i hate: self-righteous, condescending, zealous with blind and unyielding patriotism to a cause that is unfounded and lofty. and i'm quite sure i don't actually hate them per se, but if i had to live in a house with someone as the aforementioned i would move out of there asap. there are many things i can thank the US for, undoubtedly. but there are many things i can fault them for as well, and at this moment, in my state of pent up anger, i am choosing to fault them. i'd rather study china a thousand times. 

on a lighter note, gus just sent me a message: "omg my tights flew out the window" 

i think it's an extremely funny message to receive if there was no background to it. i lol-ed.