i've been happier these days, chatting with friends who are also abroad has made me not feel so alone in my experiences. last weekend i visited joey at oxford and seeing the life he's made for himself there has given me some hope. it felt so good being there, i miss the passion and rigor of academia! oxford has students who mostly BIKE, gets amazing speakers, hosts exciting conferences, has beautiful libraries, invites a multitude of bookstores and cafes, etcetc. such a contrast to queen mary and mile end. you can see from the fotos i last posted. i actually had a nightmare about mile end in which it was past a certain time and everyone was afraid to walk the streets even though we had to get home. i had to hide under a cape to get back, it's still unclear to me how that cape was supposed to make me safe. also. students here hate thinking. and attending class. last week, there were about six students who showed up to one of my seminars that most of us had NEVER seen before. we're approaching reading week, so i suppose they thought it was about time to start going to class. right.
anyway, the weather's been improving and there was sun this weekend! people reading along a square in oxford.
tomorrow i'm seeing a silk string quartet at the SOAS brunei gallery with adrian as part of the chinese new year programming, should be good! on wednesday, film society is screening ozu's last film an autumn afternoon. thursday, favela chic is having swap-a-rama razzmatazz during which you can swap whatever article of the clothing you're wearing with other people. the pictures i've seen are quite amusing, i'd prefer to observe than partake, but you must if you go. i'll give this a think later in the week (instructors are always telling us to "have a think," approp. to use in this context??). and friday there's a late night screening of daft punk's electroma at the institute of contemporary art. there are copious amounts to do in london. only issue is finding people to do them with!
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