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Friday, July 30, 2004

Memertabatkan Bahasa Kebangsaan Kita.

agi² lagi aku dah mengadap Draft Proposal dalam Bahasa Malaysia yang perlu dihantar ke Jabatan Kerajaan. Dari Draft Proposal yang asal aku terima terlalu banyak kekurangan dan agak berteraburan juga Bahasa Malaysia para pegawai² penyelidik disini sebenarnya. Tersenyum sendiri aku lihat draft tersebut yang perlu aku review sebelum mendapatkan kelulusan dari Cik.Puan. Dari Draft Proposal asal dapat aku dapati dengan jelas sekali terlalu banyak kelemahan dan susunan bahasa. Ternyata lemah juga bahasa pegawai² penyelidik disini. Aku juga tak terkecuali tapi aku tetap cuba sebaik mungkin yang aku boleh walaupun aku tahu Bahasa Malaysia aku juga tak berapa bagus tapi lebih bagus dari pegawai kat sini..."Hari Memertabatkan Bahasa Kebangsaan". Hehehe barulah lintang-pukang dibuatnya bila kena draft proposal dalam Bahasa Malaysia dan pulak tu proposal perlu dihantar Jabatan Kerajaan lagi, so faham² jelah akan susunan ayat dan penterjemahan bahasa dalam proposal berkenaan heheh. Sabar jer lah...Aku teringat satu ketika dahulu aku pernah pertikaikan sesuatu ada ada sangkut paut dengan pengunaan bahasa. Ini berkenaan dengan issue 'Letter Offer" kepada staff baru satu ketika dahulu. Surat tawaran pekerjaan disediakan dalam format Bahasa Malaysia tetapi Terma & Syarat/Term and Condition dalam bahasa English...Hehe..sudahnya lintang pukang dan tak tahu ler apa jadi sekarang ni kat sana. Camtu juga dengan surat² yang aku terima dari Jabatan Kerajaan baru² ni untuk tindakan selanjutnya. Surat mukadimah dalam Bahasa tapi isi kandungan BI.Heheh sapa yang harus dipersalahkan agaknya..diantara barisan penterjemahan bahasa ICT yang aku ingat.

Open Source : Sumber Terbuka
Microsoft Windows: Tetingkap Micro Lembut
Mouse: Tetikus
Keyboard: Papan Kekunci
OS: Sistem Operasi
Leased Line: Lita Suwa
Hardisk: Cakera Keras
Floppy Disk: Cakera Liut

KALAU ADA PENAMBAHAN DIPERSILAKAN..

Nana, kau kena masuk kelas tambahan hari ini...jangan lupa amik borang pendaftaran dari aku nanti ok...heheh


115140 | posted by zz at 10:35am | 5 comments

Thursday, July 29, 2004

ku dan asthma...

Tiap kali melewati Ampang Puteri aku teringatkan penyakit yang aku sedang bebani. Apa lagi yang perlu aku katakan melainkan 'akur' dengan ketentuanNYA. Aku bukan menyesali segala yang ditakdirkan namun aku rasa akulah insan yang paling bertuah kerana dikurniakan penyakit sebegini. Mungkin dengan cara ini aku lebih perihatin dengan keadaan diri sendiri. Dengan ini juga diri dan diri aku terlalu 'aku manjakan' dan tidak salah jika aku katakan diri ini perlu juga dimanjakan selalu...Jadi pada kawan² yang tidak dibebani sebarang penyakit bersyukurlah padaNYA.
Ini yang aku jumpa tengahari ini untuk dikongsikan bersama. Sebab aku tahu bukan aku seorang sahaja yang bertuah malah ramai lagi satu satu Team ngan aku.

Seorang pakar penyakit asma menyatakan, serangan asma tidak lagi seperti dulu kerana keadaan persekitaran kini sudah tercemar. Dulu, kanak-kanak yang mengidap asma masih boleh disembuhkan. Tetapi kini, menurut seorang penyelidik berbangsa Belanda, Dr. Ruurd Van Roorda, apabila seseorang itu mengidap asma, biasanya ia bersifat kronik. Semuanya gara-gara semakin banyak faktor penyumbang di sekeliling kita.

Rawatan
Cara rawatan yang efektif pada penyakit asma merangkumi tiga komponen:

1. Pemahaman penyakit
2. Memahami diri sendiri
3. Mengambil tindakan

Kenali Asma
Semakin anda mengetahui tentang asma yang anda hidapi, apa yang meredakan dan apa yang meringankan kesannya, maka semakin mudah anda mengatasinya. Pengetahuan tentang keadaan tubuh secara menyeluruh dapat membantu anda untuk mengambil keputusan tepat dalam memilih cara rawatan dan langkah-langkah yang diperlukan untuk mencegah serangan. Percaya kepada rawatan kesihatan doktor adalah jalan terbaik. Namun pencegahan serangan akan lebih efektif jika anda secara aktif turut mengambil bahagian dalam proses rawatan diri sendiri.

Asmatis Alergi
Asma/sesak nafas kerana alergi terhadap sesuatu zat atau antigen. Antigen adalah zat yang masuk ke dalam tubuh dan memberi kesan buruk terhadap (gatal-gatal, sesak nafas, pening dan sebagainya). Penderita Asmatik Alergi disebut sebagai penghidap sesak nafas kerana gangguan metabolisme tubuh, kualiti hormon serta enzim penghidap yang lemah dan tidak mampu meneutralkan antigen yang masuk.

Noctural asma : Biasanya keadaan bertambah parah pada jam 2-4 pagi. Ini mungkin disebabkan oleh alergen yang terdapat di tempat tidur atau lendir yang tidak mudah kering pada malam hari. Pada waktu-waktu tersebut kadar hormon adrenalin menurun.

Asma bermusim : Biasanya ia terjadi sepanjang musim penyebaran debunga tanaman.

Asma kerana bersukan : Serangan asma yang terjadi sewaktu anda bersukan. Keadaan ini menyebabkan paru-paru membengkak.

Asma yang bermula waktu dewasa : Asma ini menyerang penghidap menjelang akhir 20-an hingga di atas 50-an.

Asma Bronkitis
Saluran bronkus yang terjejas oleh bakteria dan menyebabkannya menjadi sempit serta menimbulkan rasa sesak bagi penderita. Penderita Asmatis Bronkitis termasuk dalam golongan penghidap gangguan metabolisme tubuh dan gangguan daya tahan tubuh. Kualiti hormon, enzim serta antibodi yang lemah menyebabkan bakteria mengganas.

Asma dan Tubuh Anda
Memahami diri sebagai penghidap asma akan menolong daripada menganggap asma sebagai musuh anda. Kenali keadaan tubuh dan ketahui hal-hal yang boleh mempengaruhi kesihatan anda. Jika suatu hari anda bangun pagi dengan keadaan kurang sihat, sebaiknya hindarkan diri dari melalui jalan yang sesak dan tercemar sehingga anda tidak terganggu.

Bila terasa susah untuk tidur, teliti kembali kemungkinan alergi yang mungkin disebabkan oleh makanan atau aktiviti lainnya pada hari tersebut. Salah satu ciri-ciri asma yang paling menakutkan adalah munculnya serangan secara tiba-tiba. Sering kali bau-bauan tertentu atau reaksi terhadap makanan akan menimbulkan serangan mendadak. Catatkan setiap kali serangan terjadi dan hindari faktor-faktor penyumbang agar serangan tidak berulang.

[Petikan drp, Maskulin]


115027 | posted by zz at 2:28pm | 2 comments

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

ommonly used phrases at the office and... what they really mean!

1) Fyi: We don't know what to do with this, so please keep it or assume that was a additional collection from me to you.

2) Noted and returned: We don't know what to do with this, so please keep it or leave it on your tray JUST for a little while.

3) Review and comment: Do the dirty work on the task so that I can forward it.

4) Action please: Get yourself involved for me. Don't worry, I'll claim the credit.

5) Fya: It's your headache now.

6) Copy to: - Here's a share of the headache.

7) For your approval: Put your neck on the chopping board for me please.

8) Action is being taken: Your correspondence is lost and we are still trying to locate it.

9) Your letter is receiving our attention: We are still trying to figure out what you want.

10) Please discuss: I don't know what the hell of this, so please brief me.

11) For your immediate action: Do it NOW! Or we'll all get into trouble.

12) Please reply soon: Please be efficient. It makes me look inefficient.

13) We are investigating/processing your request with the relevant authorities: They are causing the delay, not us.

14) Confidential: Just for awhile and leave it on your tray to share with your secretary.

15) Strictly Confidential.To be open by addressee only: Sorry, everyone in HR already know your secret.

16) Pls, file: Another rubbish for you to keep.

17) Ok for payment: Is your turn to do your work!

18) Regards: Thanks for reading all the bullshit.


114858 | posted by zz at 11:55am | 2 comments

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

heheh....sorry berunsur lucah sikit hari ni...


sape ler punya ni...


114671 | posted by zz at 11:24am | 7 comments

Friday, July 23, 2004

indunya..

Berakhir jugak minggu ni, selamat semuanya. Esok ada Majlis Penutup Karnival Sukan bertempat di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil.Hehehe huh bukan main lagi tahun ni, bukan main calang² tempat lagi. Tapi kali ini aku dimaklumkan bahawa cost disitu lagi murah berbandingkan seperti biasanya di tempat sendiri. Maunya tidak kalau seperti tahun² sebelumnya company aku buat sendiri dan ditempat sendiri (bak kata sorang manager kat sini emm LAMAN SENDIRI) company lain takde laman sendiri cam kitaorg hehehe.....Tapi kalau dah kerap dan selalu kat tempat yang sama je MUAK gak aku...hehhe nak tak nak esok kena pergi...ermmmm kena pergi jugaklahh...huh....KSU suruh pakai baju kaler kuning huhhh dengar kaler je aku dah tak berkenan ni kan pulak nak pakai ....Yuuurkk..!

Lantaklahhhh aku parti bebas taknak aku pakai kaler tu...biar ler peduli aper aku.Kan aku ni special kes dan terkecuali..
So speaker aku dah bunyi semula dan aku leh balik dengan senang hati. Minggu depan Boss masuk aku akan mula busy balik so jaranglah aku dapat membloggingskan diri. nasib aku baik takde sape yang tahu habits aku ni hehehe

4 my dearest B*cuk,
I missed everything abt VistaKom & SP...miss everything abt us..and the most important things 'I miss u' damn much.. I found this in my archive and this suppose to be yours...

the reason
I'm not a perfect person, there are many things i wish i didn't do but i continue learning. I never meant to do those things to you and so i have to say before i go, that i just want you to know..

I've found a reason for me, to change who i used to be a reason to start over new, and the reason is you ..I'm sorry that i hurt you, it's something i must live with everyday and all the pain i put you through, i wish that i could take it all away and be the one who catches your tears, thats why i need you to hear

I'm not a perfect person, i never meant to do those things to you and so i hate to say before i go, that i just want you to know. I've found a reason for me, to change who i used to be a reason to start over new, and the reason is you i've found a reason to show a side of me you didn't know a reason for all that i do, and that reason is you...

::by Hoobastank


114343 | posted by zz at 7:21pm | 2 comments

Thursday, July 22, 2004

By the "BrokenNews" measure of "She BangSss.."

as Vegas, NV - Kitschy American Idol Star William Hung, famous for his botching of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” was found dead yesterday, apparently of an intentional heroin overdose. The announcement of his death sent shockwaves to the tens of people who still found him funny.

Ironically, Mr. Hung was found by a VH1 camera crew sent to begin filing "William Hung: Behind the ‘Music" Viacom immediately decided to rename the special: “William Hung: fifteen minutes till death.”

Friends of Mr. Hung say he had become despondent in recent days. “I don’t know, it’s just so sad,” said Ming Tse, one of Hung’s former classmates at Stanford, “I heard him the other day on Snotbubble’s Morning Madhouse, he kept trying to make William say things like ‘me so horny’ and ‘hey sailor’ while playing the sound of a bomb falling. I just know William was hurting inside when Snotbubble got him to say, ‘you wanna some egg foo young-e.’ It was so sad. I just think he was tired of the commercialization of it all.”

Other friends, who had lost contact with him in recent weeks, feared he was becoming too “Hollywood.” “I’m not surprised he was on heroin,” said Hung’s engineering cohort Melvin Samples, “I mean just two months ago we were out at our usual corner table at Smitty’s, and William actually went and talked to some girls. The next thing I know he’s doing shots with some hipster guys; they were calling him ‘Long Duck Dong’ and making him say ‘au-to-mo-bile.’ From what I hear, it’s not a long leap from that to heroin addiction.”

Stanford’s hippy population immediately misconstrued the situation and adopted Hung’s death as a pet cause. “He was a victim of the corporate greed-machine, just like Kurt [Cobain] and Eddie [Vedder, who is actually still alive],” said one dreadlocked mourner outside the engineering department at Stanford University, where a makeshift memorial had been set up, “he just wanted to sing, and Fox decided to turn him into this joke, man, this fucking joke. They just ate him up and spit him out. Fucking Bill O’Reily. I think it’s because he was against the war.” The last comment is apparently in reference to the fact that Hung once answered “no, thank you” when asked whether he was “for or against the war in Iraq.”

The Las Vegas police released part of his suicide note. It read, “I have no reason of living . . . my art which is my importance to the best everybody laugh to . . . I make end here . . . goodbye world of cruel.”

Although Hung’s immediate family disowned him seconds after his appearance on American Idol, it is believed he has an aunt in Toledo, Ohio who will take care of funeral arrangements.

this what we call internet, how abt u ? did u believe this?


114143 | posted by zz at 3:30pm | 4 comments

Monday, July 19, 2004

Nie lah jadinya...

ilah jadiknyer kalau boss dah takde kat office....releks tak ingatnyer....kerja dah tentulah takde kan. kalau tak ada jer benda yang dia nak aku buat. Bukan merungut tapi reality aku. Yealah kerja aku bila Cik. Puan aku ada memang ler aku orang yang paling bz sekali. Tak kenal orang dah...bukan tu je kadang tu sampai tak ingat nak makan. Tapi elok jugak atleast aku dapat meDIETkan diri yang mudah berISI ini. Metelaah aku takde kerja nak buat ni, tadi ada aku dapat satu link. Bolehlah dijadikan bahan hilang boring....

Mula² mari bersenam...heheh [Angkat tangan dan click kat sini]

kemudian....

Kita buat analysis nama kita sendiri [cuit sini]


113684 | posted by zz at 5:26pm | 2 comments

Friday, July 16, 2004

Huhhhhhh.....eeiii "takutnyerr"

khirnya aku dapat tengok jugak cerita ni.*Many Thks..!..Dah 2 hari aku angkut kehulu-kehilir Cd dari rumah bawak balik ke office. Akhirnya aku tengok kat office...so takde lah sunyi sangat. During lunch hour okay..! Nak tengok kat umah sendiri aku takut...hehehe aku ni penakut dan hantu tu hantu melayu lak tu(our culturekan)heheh...
buatnyer aku layan cd tu tup² ada org kat sebelah senyum kat aku Huhhhh baru yea naya..Kalau nak tunggu aku beli citer camnie mmg alamatnya tak adalahhh. Rugi $$ jer.....kualiti tak tentu lagi..Ni sebab Cd tu sesat sampai kat aku sooo aku tengoklahh. Takyah nak gi wayang lagi..
Berbalik pada cerita "PONTIANAK HARUM SUNDAL MALAM"... Huuhh indah nama dari rupa. Kalau inilah cerita yang diorg kata hebat, hrrmmm tak tahu lah aku nak kata aper lagi. Dari segi lakonan tu okaylah, make-up artis pun okay.. cuma jalan cerita agak membosankan dan kekuatan cerita tu MMG tak ADA langsung..! Sorrylah 'ShuMi', setiap orang ada pandangan tersendiri. Aku expect cerita ni hebat cam yang diorg war²kan tapi sayang bila aku tengok errmm nyata banyak kelemahan dan kekurangannya. Aku rasa kalau kat wayang sure aku dah terlelap punyalahh. Jalan cerita meleret² sampai adakala aku sendiri pun tak faham. Setelah lebih dari 30tahun cerita hanty tak boleh ditayangkan dan kali ini dapat kelulusan tapi ini hasilnya.Hmmmmrmmm tak boleh dibanggakan langsung. Filem melayu takkan kemana kalau terusan camni. Jalan cerita tergantung² dan leh bikin aku lena dan dikejutkan kembali dek suara Pontianak tu..Huhh busannnnnn²...!! Meh sama² nangis ngan Pontianak yang dok sebok cari harta pusaka dia yang kena rampas. Mungkin sebab dia nak pakai balik kot "Mahkota Primadona" tu.....Yealahhh nak glamour gak hehehe so pasni jangan amik barang orang nanti orang tu mati jadi Pontianak pastu nyanyi lagu Misha, doklahh "Pulangkan²" hehehe pastu selingannya "Bila bunyi bersatu, kau milikku" heheheh dan tambahan dari aku lak "Bila bunyi mula sumbang, kau kan terbuang " hehehe sabauu je lahhhh )(&#&*!^#&^!^$^$!@$#@)(*&^$#@!

113442 | posted by zz at 6:55pm | 3 comments

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Today's planetary energies

ecause your working life is going well, you might take to indulging in daydreams wherein you see yourself at the top of the heap - perhaps even famous! It is great to visualize your goals and dreams, but take care not to stay there. Use your innate practicality to map out a workable course of action to get where you want. Dreams don't come true for the dreaming. They are realized only through planning and hard work.

Huuhhh.....fenin/kompiusss


112999 | posted by zz at 5:23pm | 1 comments

Monday, July 12, 2004

erhenti Mengharap -SO7

Aku tak percaya lagi
Dengan apa yang kau beri
Aku terdampar di sini
Tersudut menunggu mati...

Aku tak percaya lagi
Akan guna matahari
Yang dulu mampu terangi
Sudut gelap hati ini..

Aku berhenti berharap
Dan menunggu datang gelap
Sampai nanti suatu saat
Tak ada cinta kudapat...

Kenapa ada derita
Bila bahagia tercipta
Kenapa ada sang hitam
Bila putih menyenangkan..

ooo..oooo

Chorus:
Aku pulang...
Tanpa dendam
Kuterima.. kekalahanku...

Aku pulang...
Tanpa dendam
Kusalurkan.. kemenanganmu

Bridge:
Kau ajarkan aku bahagia
Kau ajarkan aku derita
Kau tunjukkan aku bahagia
Kau tunjukkan aku derita
Kau berikan aku bahagia
Kau berikan aku derita.....


112886 | posted by zz at 6:29pm | 4 comments

Thursday, July 8, 2004

[SHARING]10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

ALL FOR PAPER. (an electronic submission form is coming up soon)

Chair(s):
Olle Persson (olle.persson/soc.umu.se) Umeå university, Sweden
Irene Wormell (irene.wormell/hb.se) University College of Borås, Sweden

Program Chair:
Peter Ingwersen (pi/db.dk) Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark

Location: The ISSI 2005 Conference will be held at the Karolinska institute, Stockholm, Sweden. See: ki.se and stockholm

Time: Sunday 24 to Thursday 28 of July 2005.

Themes:
• Dynamics of Scientific Fields - Growth, Diversification, Collaboration
• Interdisciplinarity - Multidisciplinarity
• History of Bibliometrics and Scientometrics
• Mathematical Modelling of Informetric Laws
• Citer and Linker Motivation
• Webometrics
• Evaluation of Science Research Performance
• Development of Indicators for Science and Technology, e.g., Impact Factors
• Mapping and Visualisation of Knowledge
• Institutional and National Publication Productivity and Research Cooperation
• Collection Management, e.g. Journal Evaluation and Digital Library Quality Control
• Economic and Social Factors in Information Production and Dissemination
• Science Policy Analysis and Forecasting

Link for online registration is available here.ISSI 2005

and also feel free to view this. Award


112521 | posted by zz at 3:20pm | 0 comments

Wednesday, July 7, 2004


Biar hati terus memuja
Tinggalkan diri terusan merindu
Agar kekal senyuman dikalbu
Biarkan kuterus sedar dalam leka terbitnya dusta
Tetap aku kekal dengan segala rasa cinta
Maaf kasih, ampuni diriku..
Untuk setiap bait sengketa lalu
Sengketa yang ada tika merundang rindu
Mencuit tika gelisah dihati
Dan akhirnya aku terbiar tersenyum sendiri

Sungguhpun dapat kurasakan pedih didadamu
Terlalu parah tiap hirisan luka
Luka ibarat tiada lagi penawarnya
Lalu kubiarkan hatimu terbukam sendiri
Dan lumpuh segala rasa hatimu...

Ampuni aku dan dosa semalamku
Mungkin terlalu lewat untuk kuungkapkan buatmu
Namun kesedaran senja ini membuatkan aku kembali rindu
Rindu akan senda lalu, rindu akan dirimu sayang...

Entah mengapa aku...
Setelah berpaling darimu, kini aku kembali merindu
Rindu...rindu pada kasih lalu
Yang tak mungkin kan kembali padaku
Kerana aku tahu....takdirnya bukan gurauan
Segala yang nyata tertera olehNya tersusun rapi

Sayang...ampuni aku
Ampuni aku membelakangi dirimu
Ampuni aku, kerna aku impian kita berlalu
Ampuni aku, abadinya kisah lalu....

aku...akuu....akuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu


112438 | posted by zz at 4:31pm | 2 comments

Tuesday, July 6, 2004

The end of the world, global warming style

e first meet Jack Hall, the dashing climatologist hero -- three words I never thought I'd string together -- of the eco-disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" at an international conference on climate change, patiently trying to explain why unchecked global warming could lead to a new ice age.

While most of the attendees look at Jack (Dennis Quaid) with that glazed look known to science teachers everywhere, one ornery feller in wire rims takes him on, arguing that even if global warming were a real threat, trying to fix it would wreck the U.S. economy. The snarky dissident turns out to be none other than the vice president of these United States. It could, of course, be a coincidence that he (Kenneth Welsh) is a ringer for Dick Cheney, but one has to wonder: Are the makers of "The Day After Tomorrow" trying to make a point or something?

If so, we should probably order those apocalypse-resistant parkas now, because the dramatic impact of this movie is, on the earthquake meter, nil. "The Day After Tomorrow" makes the cow-hurling "Twister" look something like a symposium, even as it ups the ante in the size and weight of flying objects.

About all that smells real is the White House discovering that Los Angeles is being leveled by multiple tornadoes: "Quick, turn on the Weather Channel," yells some policy wonk and, pretty soon, the Secretary of Something or Other is facing down our Cheney clone over a decision to evacuate the entire lower half of the nation. As for those above the line, it's "too late anyway," acknowledges Jack. Turns out we do need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

"The Day After Tomorrow" is directed by Roland Emmerich, who famously blew up the White House in "Independence Day," and while the uber-storm that proves all those tree-huggers to be on the money is apparently a worldwide threat, the film leaves the Eiffel Tower and St. Peter's Basilica untouched.

After the undeniably impressive destruction of Los Angeles -- with the Hollywood sign, heh heh, being the first landmark to go -- the story focuses on the freezing of New York City. As fate would have it, Jack's teenage son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who resents that his father has always been too busy worrying about the planet's future to worry about him, is there, ostensibly representing his school in a brainiac competition. Actually he's in the Big Apple to be near a very smart girl.

Forced to take refuge in the public library when an enormous tidal wave floods downtown and super-sized hail begins knocking people out, Sam manages to make brief contact with the old man, who tells him two things: One, stay put, because the temperature is dropping off the charts and the city will soon be a polar cap; and two, stay put, because Dad is coming to his rescue.

After collecting enough supporting data from a doomed academic (Ian Holm) to convince the Cheney impostor he could be wrong (a feat, which by comparison, makes the rest of "The Day After Tomorrow" seem fairly realistic), Jack heads off to New York, accompanied by two long-time associates (Jay O. Sanders and Dash Mihok), who would obviously follow the boss through the gates of hell.

This is what spectacle filmmakers inevitably do when they seek to get the end-of-the-world down to a level where your everyday guy can relate. But the script, cowritten by the director and Jeffrey Nachmanoff and inspired by a book titled "The Coming Global Superstorm" by self-proclaimed alien-abductee Whitney Strieber and radio talk show wacko Art Bell, pretty much foregoes personal conflict formulas for Jack's symbolic slog toward parental redemption -- an odyssey that ultimately makes no sense.

There is some fleeting business concerning wolves freed from the Central Park Zoo, and there is a wise homeless man and an atheist who will not allow a Gutenberg Bible to be burned for heat. But it's all halfhearted: We never even learn these people's names.

Nothing about "The Day After Tomorrow" really engages us except for the computer effects, which are certainly impressive enough, in a Powerpoint-presentation sort of way. And for all the film's less than subtle Bush-bashing (the U.S. retreat from the Kyoto accords gets brought up), it does little to make a case that any of what happens is imminent.

"The Day After Tomorrow" isn't likely to make anyone cancel that Manhattan weekend or Highway 1 drive, although keeping a pair of snowshoes in the trunk with the jumper cables couldn't hurt, I guess.

Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press


112289 | posted by zz at 11:17am | 6 comments