JOURNEY IN MAGIC

Ok… back to 2007. So what have I been doing since the Christmas Magic Of Love show? Well, I’ve been living life in a whirlwind for the past 2 months. This year we’re like taking a break from touring Magic Of Love to work on tweaking the show. In the mean time, I’ve been doing more corporate shows and teaching lots of magic classes.

Let’s see… I’ve taught 10 different magic classes in the last 2 months and done many many community services. I’m gearing up to go to Shenyang to teach magic in Chinese. Man! That’s really going to be a challenge for me. Guess what… I just conducted my first CHINESE Project SMILE Magic Class last Friday. One down, 3 more session to go. You know what they say… that the first step is always the hardest. Well, I did it and survived!

Someone ask me whether I really like what I’m doing? By that she was talking specifically about teaching magic class.

Well, it is very different from performing. And it is very time consuming and somewhat tiring. Can you imagine teaching a class of 30 Primary 4 students?? I tell you, kids now days are too smart for their own good. There’s like this boy that catches on so fast that he actually completes my sentences for me. Of course I enjoyed teaching him, however sometimes it seemed as though he was perpetually sugar high. He’d speak like a bullet train and just ramble on.

That’s him on the left. His name is Tommy.

There was this other boy who was so precocious. When I told him magicians should never reveal the secret of the tricks. His first question was: “What if your parents ask you to tell and if you don’t they will disown you?”

Kids love to do that… They love to put you on the spot. OF course I told him that in that instance, to tell their parents, No point causing strife between you and your parents. Sheesh!

What was most rewarding about teaching all the primary school and secondary school students was to see them succeed during their class party and community service. I felt so proud of all of them.

My students rising up to the occasion, performing just like veterans magicians. Getting volunteers to participate in their act.

One even mustered his courage & got his Principal as a volunteer.

That’s when I really learnt the power of magic. Magic has the ability to change people, not just those who watch the magic… but very much for the performers. I’ve seen the shyest kid come out of their shell and the mischievous ones buckle down to practice their magic.

This parent actually told me, “My son has been changed ever he has learnt magic.” That was reward in itself.

So my answer to that question is… Yes. I do enjoy teaching Magic classes. I enjoy sharing what I know with my students. I realize that to teach someone, is to impart part of yourself to others. And my hope is that all my students not only take home a new skill with them, but take back a new level of confidence in themselves. That they are special and they really have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces.

Check out some pics of the classes I’ve taught.