in thoughts...

in yih computer cluster again
somehow even though i got my laptop back, it's still so "raw" and unconfigured and stuff that it seems different. not really using it that often anymore. would rather use yih's computers sometimes.

sudden downpour outside.. really heavy.. and it was still bright and sunny before i stepped into the computer cluster..sudden weather changes.. it's a bit weird for april weather too..

just thinking about this probably because watched the day after tommorrow last nite. it's always not good to stay home when i'm supposed to be studying for exams cos there's always some show to watch. and i just can't tear my eyes away and i'll end up watching the whole thing.

it's a good show, really. i din catch it in the cinema last year cos i was studying for exams or something. after exams i din bother to catch it either. but i think the guy acting as Dennis Quaid's(? or Quiad? ha) son really really reminds me of Wang Li Hong. haha.. the face shape maybe? anyway he's quite cute. and the girl he likes is also very cute and pretty looking. and that professor from some center seemed to be the actor for Bilbo Baggins from LOTR. hah.

it wasn't a tear-jerker show for me, but there were a lot of very very interesting points.
how the "tornado" shredded away the hollywood sign (hah.. cheeky director)
how there was a "reversal" of illegal immigration as the Americans flocked to the Mexican border - desperately cutting open the metal fences to wade across the river.
how the president later commented that their residents are now "guests" in what they called "Third World Countries". was thinking - "guests" my foot. refugees you mean.
how the president died when the car he was in was caught in the fatal freezing cold. (i thought that was cheeky too. has any US president ever died from a natural disaster during office term? well at least i dun think the movies ever did such a "drastic" development in plot)
how it was all nicely contrasted - the African American police officer suggesting to the African American teenager (Brian) that someone else should help him fix the radio so they could receive signals or news, and how Brian retorted - "well sir, i'm the president of the electronics club, the science (or math, can't remember) club, and the chess club. if there's a bigger nerd out there, please point him out. " And the other African American was this guy who lived on the streets with his dog which was called Buddha (ha). and at this point in the movie if i remember right, he bursts in to tell everyone in the public library that the other people trapped in buildings were walking out on the "streets", or rather the water that froze over. this nice little arrangement - was it on purpose? hah.
how there's always some heartwarming plot of family ties in adversity (the father coming for the son despite all odds) and even of friendship (the friends of Dennis Quaid who went with him in search of his son though they could have gone with the rest and be safe in Mexico)

okie. gotta go get some serious studying done for now.