today's EH class was fantastic. nothing but discussion on the pros and cons of capitalism vs communism. got heated cos of the american guy in our class gg at one point "it's hard to understate the benefits of capitalism" and other stuff like that, whereupon the rest of our class broke out laughing. he's so... American and so pro capitalism it's funny. the class is of course made of some americans, british, british indians, chinese, singaporeans, finland dude and an african lady tutor. very international in composition, very LSE.
rushed on to joseph lancaster primary school after that for my weekly community service with 5/6 year old tykes. these kids are also very international, we've got portuguese, bengalese, ecuadorean, turkish, somalese, nigerian etc etc. they are just so adorable. on my last lesson with them im gonna take lotsa photos and buy them stickers and sweets to reward them for being darlings. it's amazing how kids take to u, and u take to them. i really really hope they get their studies straightened out so they'll have a gd life ahead of them. honestly speaking the area they come from (elephant and castle) isn't very well-to-do. it's also very dodgy. that doesn't make a fantastic environment for growing up, so my heart goes out to them, no matter how naughty they may sometimes get.
on my way back i called home and talked to my slightly sleepy mum. was mostly rambling on abt things here but i know she loves to hear from me every once in a while, even if ive got nothing very coherent or smart to say. the freezing weather makes me want to hibernate, and hibernating reminds of my blue room in my nice HDB flat where my nice family stays... so yah.. there i go again. lastly, got a package from chim!! from the US of A. CAAAllifornia. thanks dear! i'm gonna write back soon soon soon. that goes out to shups too. it's long overdue man.
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