In Him, I am

Cups & Balls 1

scmonte — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:08:27 +0000

I love Cups and Balls very much because this classic routine teaches me many things like Crowd Control, Performance, Dexterity, Misdirection, Construction of a routine, and so on …

And It has been 5 years, 5 long years I spent my time in studying Cups & Balls…
Playing with all kind of cups, balls, routines, patters, and ways of performances…
Finally I pleased with myself that I manage to settle down and have 3 routines which are suitable for my performance…

- “Mug & Bill” - this is a “1 Cup & Ball” routine which I specially designed for my table hopping close up gig. It’s kinda impromptu, doesn’t require much space, simple, direct and easy to follow for lay people…

- “2 Loads” is the name for my 1 of “2 Cups & Balls” routines. It’s suitable for table hopping but required slightly more space compare with “Mug and Bill”

- “3 Loads” is the other routine for my “2 Cups & Balls”. This routine is more suitable for seated down.

All these 3 routines are just normal “Cups & Balls” routine with a little twist base on my understanding and discovery in Cups & Balls.
They don’t fool magicians (maybe surprise them a little bit here and there but definitely won’t make them jaw drop).
As you can see, I don’t construct them just for the sake of having a different routine or to impress magician;
the reason I constructed them are for commercial purposes and to serve me so that I feel comfortable and confident to perform them…Along these 5 years, I discovered a way to make a Chop Cup which doesn’t require any “gimmick” and several different ways to use a chop cup. BTW, Yin Howe & Kenneth Khoo know the secret of my “Chop Cup”, it’s kinda cool ;o)

The reason I blogged about this is because I’m glad that after 5 years of trial and error, I finally able to settle down with 3 “Cups & Balls” routines which are able to serve me…

Wallet Steal

scmonte — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:11:16 +0000

Doing a wallet steal isn’t hard.
Jim Ravel’s Million Dollar Wallet Steal is the best way to do it.
However, this wallet steal isn’t a direct steal, you need to set the up the condition 1^st before you are able to do the pull…

I’ve been doing this steal all this while & it serves me kinda well

A direct wallet steal can only be as easy as Jim Ravel’s Million Dollar Wallet Steal if
1) The mark’s butt is small
2) The trouser is lose
3) The pocket is shallow
4) The wallet is sticking out
5) The wallet is thin
How often you get 1 of these chances..?

Hence, I use Jim Ravel’s Million Dollar Wallet Steal more often than just straight away dip my finger in and do a direct steal.

However, doing Jim Ravel’s Million Dollar Wallet Steal can sometimes
1) Arouse the mark’s “alarm system” unnecessary.
2)

The mark might recall that I’ve once handle their wallet before.

Recently I successfully found out a way to do a direct wallet steal
1) without any fishy setting up procedure and
2) the mark will never have any clue thinking that I might steal ***his wallet .

***I don’t steal ladies’ wallet when it’s in their back trouser pocket

This steal is inspired by R so I name it the - R Steal.

Jay Sankey’s 9 Keys to Learning Magic

scmonte — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:13:53 +0000

1. Learn from a great magic teacher.
2. Invest in the best instructional magic materials you can find.
3. Practice magic tricks as often as possible, especially in front of a mirror.
4. Perform effects that are simple and direct.
5. Share your magic in a slow and deliberate manner.
6. Involve your audience as much as you can.
7. Resist the temptation to share the secrets behind an illusion. People will only be disappointed.
8. Remember that knowing the secret behind an illusion doesn’t make you a magician. Knowing how to perform the illusion makes you a magician.
9. Make the magic your own. Only when you bring something of your unique self to the performance does it become real magic.

How do you talk while doing magic

scmonte — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:54:41 +0000

What To Say When Performing Magic?

This often causes problems for people. Well, there is a very easy answer to that, you just tell a lie. You come up with a believable lie and the words come by themselves.

Use your imagination and have fun. Find your lie. You’ve got it when it is chuckling in your stomach and you

look forward to telling it.It has to be a believable lie and you have to have fun with it. The lie has to make you chuckle. You can make people believe in anything. Do it with a twinkle in your eye or be deadly serious.

the most annoying thing is sometimes, when people start performing, they think they must speak with a theatre-voice. Your way of speaking should not sound like you were reading something out loud. You are not a parrot. Speak with your natural voice. Speak like you always speak, -the way you talk to your friends. Remember spectators are your friends. So Talk with your own voice

Remember you don’t have to learn a whole speech word by word. It is always a good idea to write everything down. But when you perform, it is much better to use your speech as a set-off and then improvise.

Don’t be scared of the word improvise. It is just like in everyday life. When talking to your friends or relatives you improvise new words and sentences all the time. If you didn’t you would be a robot. The difference between speaking to friends and an audience is not that big.

By Peter Jakobsen

How to make them happy

scmonte — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:00:17 +0000

How to Make a Woman Happy

It’s not difficult to make a woman happy. A man only needs to be:

1. a friend

2. a companion

3. a lover

4. a brother

5. a father

6. a master

7. a chef

8. an electrician

9. a carpenter

10. a plumber

11. a mechanic

12. a decorator

13. a stylist

14. a sexologist

15. a gynecologist

16. a psychologist

17. a pest exterminator

18. a psychiatrist

19. a healer

20. a good listener

21. an organizer

22. a good father

23. very clean

24. sympathetic

25. athletic

26. warm

27. attentive

28. gallant

29. intelligent

30. funny

31. creative

32. tender

33. strong

34. understanding 35. tolerant

36. prudent

37. ambitious

38. capable

39. courageous

40. determined

41. true 42. dependable

43. passionate

44.. compassionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:

45. give her compliments regularly

46. love shopping

47. be honest

48.. be very rich 49. not stress her out

50. not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:

51. give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself

52. give her lots of time, especially time for herself

53. give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:

54. Never to forget:

* birthdays

* anniversaries

* arrangements she makes

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY

1. Show up naked

2. Bring food

Shoot Ogawa

scmonte — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:06:13 +0000

Hi guys,

Shoot Ogawa is coming to Malaysia (KL and Penang).

8th March 2008 (Saturday), KL
1) Ninja Ring Workshop
2) Magic Lecture
3) Show
For purchase of ticket, please kindly contact Anslem Roy @ 019 3262 442

9th March 2008 (Sunday), City Bayview Hotel, Penang
1) Ninja Ring Workshop 6pm to 8pm RM150/=
2) Magic Lecture 9pm to 11pm RM150/=
For purchase of ticket, please kindly contact Samuel Chong @ 016 4871 875

Lecture :
1: card
2: coins
3: rings
4: rope
5: thimble
6: wand
7: Purse Frame
He will teach many more tricks together with theories.
Shoot Ogawa will give you his word of wisdom on how to be better magician and better person"

Workshop:
There are many unique training, way to practice for Ninja Ring.
There are a lot of theories behind Ring routine.
"How to begin Ninja Rings for audience"(which makes understand "how to begin magic for audience")
"How to end Ninja Rings" "How to examine Rings…and How to escape from examination"
"How to use extra technique for Ninja Ring Routine"
It depends on how much experience you have in Ninja ring,
he will teach more if you have been doing Ninja Ring.

Re-Schedule

scmonte — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:40:06 +0000

The CEO asked me to perform for his annual dinner on 26th of this month.
I can’t make it because I’ll be flying down to KL for an annual dinner
which I’ve promised earlier on.

The CEO called me back again & told me that he changed the date to 2nd February. Good news & bad news. Good news is I’m in Penang; bad news is I’m already booked.
He really seems unhappy but I told him that I’ll try to re-arrange the schedule
whereby I’ll perform the 1^st show at around 7-8pm and his show at 9.30pn onwards.

The problem now is I’m not sure whether I’m allowed to re-schedule the 1^st show…
Hopefully, I could… hehehe

Number Plate

scmonte — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:32:34 +0000

Once I took off my screw, I straight awat start working as a clown. That was about 2-3 weeks ago. That day before I went out to do my "1st" show, I tidied my clown things and packed them into my car; I found that there was a Kancil parked right in front of my gate. I was wondering which brainless bird head parked in front of my office again and it was a wrong timing. I’ve already stand this people for a long time.

I tried to control my anger. I went to my neighbor and asked them whether it is their car or not, if it is then I would like them to kindly remove their car. None of them claim that the Kancil was their car.

Well, I tried to be nice and gave the Kancil owner a last chance to move the car but too bad, no one claimed that they are the car’s owner. I went to the car used my car key to open the car trying to make the alarm sound but it didn’t work then I tried to shake the car but it didn’t work either. I went into my office and took a screw driver out. I unscrewed the car number plate. If I scratched the car or trying to damage it, I might be caught but unscrewing the car number plate, I have no harm to myself even though I’m being caught.

I took the number plate in and proudly show it to Ming Boon. "Darling, see what I got..?" At that moment I was damned proud of doing so. In my mind, I was thinking if no one caught me of unscrewing the number plate, I’ll keep it and won’t return it to the owner. Let the owner get caught or at least make they pay to get a new one.

My girlfriend stared at me in a very weird way which I’ve never seen before, asking me: “Darling, isn’t this your mom’s car number plate? Why are you holding it?”

“Har..!! Whose car number plate? My mom’s?” “Shit…”

Bye-bye NTV7

scmonte — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:23:15 +0000

After much consideration throughout the whole night, I finally make up my mind to sms the NTV7 programme production executive telling him that I refuse to go for their programme recording…

"What an opportunity, invited to the program yet refuse to go for it..?" You might be probably thinking that I’m stupid because that’s a good publicity.

However, I think it differently because this time, the procedure is kinda mafan… I would rather put my hands on result that definitely turns into money then "fame" which measure no result…

This is my second rejection, my first rejection was a bigger one (but not TV programme) which is more than just fame & publicity; it involves good money.

Well, sigh…
Why the timing isn’t right or there’s some obstacles
Anyway,

I’ve the skill
I’ve the charisma
I’ve the time

Hopefully, I don’t have to reject any offer next time… Hai…

Scolp

scmonte — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:47:11 +0000

The nurse asked me to sign this sign that. After that, she sprayed something taste like mint into my throat twist. My throat started to numb and my saliva kept flowing out.. I tried to swallow it but man…. It’s so tough to swallow my own saliva after the spray…

After 10 minutes, Dr. Francis insert a long long long tube from my mouth into my intestine. Wow, that’s the most awful experience I’ve ever encountered. It’s super duper damn painful. I curled up like a porcupine. Gas from my stomach kept running out. it was so so so so painful. I wanna pull the tube out bt the nurse stop me from doing so… They just kept on calm me down. I try to "hypnotize" myself believing the procedure will end soon. You just cant imagine how painful it will be.

The doctor took some photos and tissue out from my intestine for lab experiment… When his job is done and pull the tube out, I immediately vomited the gastic juice.. What an instant relief…

Now while I’m here sitting on the bed waiting for the result, I still need to endure the pain and keep visiting the toilet.