October 21, 2005, 9:58am

Watched a jazz performance at the Phillips Center last evening and it's great! As usual, I don't know much about dance, music, musical, opera or movie. I just go to whatever kind of performance when I have time and money. (Well, I do have to make time and money.) Just sit there, enjoy and appreciate the performers' dedication and sophistication.

It's a trio formed by Stanley Clarke, the bassist; Bela Fleck, who plays the banjo; and Jean-Luc Ponty, violin. Well, people here are kind of wierd to me. It's like they're watching football games when they're watching the jazz show. Cheers, whistles... I don't know. Last time when I was in the University Auditorium for the clarinet recital, the audience was "normal." Let me have more observations before I make a conclusion.

It's only $10 for a student ticket and I have the chance to enjoy such great music. I simply have no clue why L likes to show off his hifi in the office and his home so much. Well, it's a lot of money for even a cable for sure. But the machines and technology are supposed to preserve the music that's played live. So, why not just go out for live performances if we want good music, which is often cheaper than the huge amplifier? And going out for music saves the trouble to look for the hifi box when the machine's down and we need to bring it for maintenance and repair.

Well, I still remember that morning when he's looking for his hifi box everywhere in the office, he simply slipped himself into the RA office and into the bathroom. I only heard the door opened and didn't see him. So I asked, "Who's that and what can I help?" when I was actually thinking, who is that, just come in without even knocking or a greeting?

"It's me," he said.

My goodness. This narcissistic dummy has no name. He doesn't even mention his own name. Yet he wants his name around so much, doesn't even care if it's famous or notorious. Maybe he actually doesn't know who he is if he cannot see his own name in the newspaper.

Many times I heard it's the radio from his hifi. I would think, what a dummy. Play the radio with such an expensive hifi? With the transmission etc, the sound quality is largely reduce for sure. Simply doesn't make any sense to me.