just finished simulation of six party talks in school. in library now doing my after action review. i don't even know what to think of the simulation, except that the overarching point is: it was useless. nothing from there is going to help me in my exam. it was three whole hours of pointless debate. it was unrealistic in almost every sense. plus some people... seriously... like where are your brains. and people got unnecessarily riled up, arguing like they were actually Kim Jong-il. ugh it was seriously such a waste of time... if i wanted to see how a proper foreign policy debate and talk was held, i would go join MUN or something. at least they do things according to proper guidelines, have proper resources. this was a shoddy attempt at "something different", but i think all it did is give people the false impression of how these things work. for example, when someone states his country's foreign policy, i'm sure another member will not snatch the mic and say mockingly, "... you sure?" and expect that to be some valid argument. even if we are not big politicians, we are still university students and i think we should maintain some sort of maturity with regards to that.

in light of that, i will end with this,

true terror is to wake up one morning and find that your high school class is running the country. 

 - kurt vonnegut

otherwise, i really want to read some books and watch some movies. so far, i've watched a bunch of chinese movies -- red cliff 1 & 2, house of flying daggers and crouching tiger hidden dragon. this morning i watched the trailer of le petit nicolas and i want to watch that, along with amélie. when i'm done with my review i'm going to try to find them. books, on the other hand, will have to take a backseat. i'm so behind in school readings i can't afford that indulgence at the moment. but i imagine when i go to sydney and brisbane, reading everyday, movies everyday. nobody to disturb me, no school to go to. cannot wait.