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ZJY

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About Me

what i am: [- just set out on jazz drums lesson to explore the notorious musicians' life. - obsessed with conflicts among human beings between genders, races, cultures, religions, classes and etc. - die hard identifying my role in living this life.]what i believe in: [- a darwinist at all.]what turns me on: [- grooving on things echo natural impulses. - inspired by intellectual challenges and original curiosity.]where i fancy a visit: [- down town: french/british concessions. - domestic: hangzhou, xiamen, hainan. - overseas: cuba, brazil, greece, russia, middle and east-europe, turkey, egypt, kenya, india.]

My Interests

- visual arts: impressionism, rococo, art deco. - brainteasers: soduko. - sports: badminton, basketball, volleyball.

I'd like to meet:

those who survive and derive from the dilemma and balance between open-mind and conscience, sense and sensibility.

Music:

- anything funky and rhythmical. - acid jazz, boogie groove, e.g. jamiroquai.

Movies:

- lock stock and two smoking barrel, snatch, the transporter, sin city, fight club, match point, runaway jury, identity, where the truth lies, big blue, blade runner, alien. - works by hitchcock, hayao miyazaki, luc besson, guy ritchie or featuring jason statham, clive owen.

Television:

bodysnatchers, house m.d., heroes, hustle, the simpsons, south park.

Books:

currently i am reading: - "sperm are from men, eggs are from women" by joe quirk. - "love, again" by doris lessing. - "eleven minutes" by paulo coelho. - "the republic" by plato.recently read: - "freakonomics" by steven d. levitt

Heroes:

everyone is a hero for his/her undergoing "the unbearable lightness of being"

My Blog

Excess Luggage - Jazz trio from Norway(III)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMTEIY1KM_k Guangzhou, Sep 2008...
Posted by ZJY on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:49:00 PST

Excess Luggage - Jazz trio from Norway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc81Tc5C1c0 Guangzhou, Sep 2008my first time listening to the band, the music itself is excessively too profound by a trio. when they visited shanghai earlier ...
Posted by ZJY on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:48:00 PST

Excess Luggage - Jazz trio from Norway (II)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4jKlY4rA8Q Guangzhou, Sep 2008...
Posted by ZJY on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:37:00 PST

How Many "Friends" Have You Lost/Blocked?

i don't like summer.  the heat and humidity slow down my brain and drive people out of the town.  during the past week, one good friend of mine who lived downstairs for 3 years went back ho...
Posted by ZJY on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:14:00 PST

Historical Tremors - New York Times

i was puzzled too until one day shopped cookwares in a sydney's supermarket. measure cups, spoons, scales for weighing the right amount of ingredients, cutters and so on, along with a v...
Posted by ZJY on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:00:00 PST

Is democracy a natural state of mankind? - The Christian Science Monitor

I was having dinner with my Viking bf yesterday and we had a no-frills (isn’t this a significant feature of Scandinavian culture?) discussion on recently arising political issues....
Posted by ZJY on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:01:00 PST

Chinese (Mono) vs. World (Poly) Rhythm - The Percussion Concert

I went to this percussion concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre last Friday night upon the invitation by my drum teacher (shi1 fu1), the celebrated 'Prof. Nicholas McBride' (Since I used to ...
Posted by ZJY on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:28:00 PST

A Questionnaire for Jazz Musicians in Shanghai - Part I. Overview

Speaking of any market, we need to examine several critical aspects to form a holistic picture.    Q1. Product/Services - Where is the demand and what is the supply? Hypothesis1) Liste...
Posted by ZJY on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:26:00 PST

A Questionnaire for Jazz Musicians in Shanghai - Prelude

Since I commenced my drum course at the JZ school, I sort of have developed this fascination with the maze of mechanics of Jazz business in Shanghai.  After spent a while researching on the ...
Posted by ZJY on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:07:00 PST