My Recent Gathering with Singapore Magicians

Recently, I was very happy as on 2 June 2008, I had a wonderful gathering with a bunch of magicians in a hotel at 5.30pm and I had a chance jamming with them until 8.30pm. It was a fun gathering.

At that time, I was at home doing some cleaning of my bookshelf and my most respected magician; Uncle Bob Chua from Singapore, I was delighted he called me up and asked me to come and join the gathering. So, I gladly replied. Yes, why not?

It was my great pleasure to be able to meet up with uncle Bob Chua because I LOVED his card magic. His card magic is filled with great surprise always.

On top of that, Uncle Bob Chua is a very popular and the most respected magician among the peers in Malaysia. You must SEE his card magic which will captivate you. Uncle Bob, firstly, he showed me his own collections of card magic. His card magic such as his own versions of reset, cannibals, professor’s revenge, and the like really astonished me with his simple structure of the routines and built in with a very strong climax.

After his performance, I showed him a few some of my own materials and we had some feedback to each other after we did our routines. What I do know, I really enjoyed Bob’s card magic and I look forward to meeting him in the near future which this coming July 2008, I would travel to Singapore.

Shade did some of his "knuckle-busting" card magic to me and I was impressed. His card magic was influenced by Martin Nash which also known as the "charming cheat". His second, centre and bottom dealings are really impressive.

Well, you may ask how about Gordon. To be honest, he was busy as a "cameraman" with his small very advance gadget and whereas Shade was the bright star in the performance session. I hadn’t see any single of Gordon’s materials but I heard he is a cardguy. I really hope I will have the chance next time to see his card magic.

Uncle Dominic Lim came quite late as I understood that they had functions at other places so we had a short meeting with him as well. He didn’t perform anything but he kept on asking me "Do you know this?" and "Can you do it?" I can tell you this uncle is very funny at times. He is an expert in magic clowning and also as a stage performer. When you have the chance to see his stage magic performance. You will feel very relax as his performance is very lively as though he is dancing a "cha-cha".

I would like to end here but before I leave, I would like to say to Uncle Bob Chua. Congratulations on your new card magic book. I was lucky had a glimpse of his book which contained 12 materials which range from ropes, cards and coins magic. Uncle Bob, I am still waiting the arrival of your book and hopefully, either today or tomorrow your book must arrive to my home.

I hope Uncle Bob you can produce more of your especially card magic materials in the near future to the magic fraternity and I can attest that your magic books would be selling like "hot-cakes" and most importantly, as a card magician we really hope that your legacy for all these years would be cherished and appreciated by those who read your materials.

Andrew Loh

Assignments Week

My God, this week I felt kind of relief after submitting my two heavy assignments. I thinked these two assignments weighted about 20kg. Well, I am pulling your legs. Trust me, the loads were extremely heavy.

I am still owing two assignments to my two lecturers. The first one is a group project and the other is about researching in terms of the company’s competitive advantage in using information technology. I am glad with the supports from my lecturers and peers, all the assignments can be done in a smooth-sailing manner.

I will do my best to complete my other assignments hopefully by this week and after that, exams are coming soon and my upcoming new student life would commence in KL. It should be a good way for me to learn to live independently while studying for my final degree in KL. The only thing I phobia the most is... Thesis!

All in all, this morning I was extremely happy. There were many things happened this morning. Since tomorrow is a public holiday, I guess I should focus in completing my assignments. That is my golden time and I have other functions for this entire week. So many things to do but I am happy with it.

Andrew Loh

Feel the Heat...

I really can feel the heat of exams. It’s coming. I’m writing this not because I am an "informer" but actually I treat this blog as a "sanctuary" for me to pour out some of my grouses. After writing, I may feel better that’s why I call it a "sanctuary".

As usual, exams seems like a norm to students, we all think that it is a suffering 3-hour sitting in the torturing chamber. Ya, I think is true in the sense that if I never prepare any thing or revision. The next coming exams would be "Asian Business Environment (ABE)" & "Technology Knowledge Management (TKM)".

These two modules if I want to make a comparison, ABE is more tougher in the sense that the exam requires you to read more what iss happening around the Asian market such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. I just not so fond of answering questions such as NAFTA, ASEAN, EU, WTO and other organisations. To me, the thing is like my brain memory is going to memorise and load all the respective information, their functions, obligations, and etc. Wow, I just don’t like to answer these kind of questions. Instead, I think I will aim more towards the country’s market.

I just hope that the TKM is not as "tough" as it sounds but I hope my past diploma in computer studies would be able to help me answering better in terms of the question structures. =)

Andrew Loh

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My name is Andrew Loh Shang Hai and this is my new blog which will detail my card magic, thoughts and my products.

Do visit my blog regularly as I will input some of my card magic thoughts or findings at this place.

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Andrew Loh

The Art of Japanese Magic - My Review

Finally, I have been waiting these two volumes (Five Times Five - Japan & New Magic of Japan 1988) Japanese magic books for such a long time. I am very excited and these materials are excellent.

As a card guy, at first, I felt regret purchased these books as I always looked forward to reading card magic materials. However, I felt these books are well-worth purchased. Let's put in this way, I believe the ideas are much more imperative. These books I believe somehow will make you become creative in such a way that will change your thinking and approach in magic.

You will love some of the coins stuffs, card magic, money bills, predictions, and so on. Be warned that the materials in these books, none of the stuffs are easy to perform and most of them require considerable amount of practice. If you are ready to take your vacation to Japan back to 1980's and 1990's, I highly recommended these books!

ALSH