*95fth eb/the level up jam + extended jam? ^_^

ok! at last the 4th level up jam is finished, the eb went great, the program starts at around 5:30 with a round robin to our new members like xhien(joshenne)who did a soulmate effect, 8xtian(christian)with his spelling the aces trick, and jen with her predecktability effect also some of our old members performed like john2(john)with his own trick and chaoserver(carlo) with his play it straight triumph effect after that the level up jam is started, the first is sandman he did las vegas leaper and pk cigarette?, second is zephyr who did no jokers aloud and title bout(a variation of gambler vs magician), third is jjorell who did twisted flush and invisible palm trick variation, forth is miggs with his two shuffles harry and out of this world, fifth is swirve who did many short tricks but i only remember the ring thing, bizarre twist, and the misers dream
then the six participant is gotcha who is late, so to keep the program going nomer did a trick which is the pk touch, he did it really good hehehehe then after that its resembles turn with his hilarious linking ring, ring and rope routine and his famous 1 coin routine(hay sawangsawa na ko dun). then ronstoppable came to promote the david roth and michael rubinstein lecture (hehehe gusto kong pumunta dito) and invite us to the magfi competition. after that gotcha came then do his assign trick which is the oil and water by larry jennings (hirap nito) and also he did his balloon to nose yuck! hehehehe.

after the its interview time then jamming to the max, after that at around 12:00am we leave the rotary and decided to go to starbucks to jam a little more but before that
manips, evil eye, marco, killer, angel, badchoys, cyberheart, 8xtian, xhien, tj and last but not the least me hehehe decided to eat at chowking thanks to evil eye for the halo-halo (grande pa hahahaha). after that we followed the others to starbucks jam a little then leave the starbucks at around 2:30am.

but some members dont to drink so badchoys, cyberheart, empress , chaoserver, nomer, 8xtian, xhien, tj and me decided to go to the place of xhien. well as usual the jam again and talk about tsc matters ^_~. we leaved there at around 8am(mga adik)


participants

sandman

zephyr

swirve

jjorell

miggz

gotcha

judges

other pics ^_^

*my asher twist (modified)

this is my variation of the asher twist, i can't do the original asher twist because i always flash the twisting part so i make my own variation that i think is much better because i can do it slower and almost sorrounded.

hope you enjoy!

*94th eb the storycircle gathering

as usual im late again ^_^, i got there between 8:30pm-9:00pm, the gathering is fun
then there are new faces like 8xtian and i think 2 girls that i think is a member of the ust tsc chapter. also there is dina and carlo, alive and still kicking hahaha^_^
im also happy because i got my new shadow master deck thanks to jonas_byron.

speaking of the ust chapter, i dont agree with it because i think its just applicable if the location is far like the tsc south, ust is also in metro manila and our gathering is not that far. well the ust tsc chapter is there, i can't do anything now but to support this chapter and be there if they need a help.

im happy that the tsc members like my variation of "the jack robbers" FYI this is the first effect that i learned that is taught by my cousin, after that my magic journey starts. so in my tribute to this first effect that i learned i did my variation of it.

after that at around 12:00am we talk about the upcoming level up jam and the 100TH/2nd anniversary of the storycircle, some said that they will donate to the upcoming event with is good ^_^. after that we leaved the starbucks at around 2:00am
maybe ill post a video of my variation of the jack robbers when im not busy

*imc competition

it's valentines day and imc competition day, tong and i came late, we came there at around 10:00pm(the competition starts at 7:30)so we didnt get a chance to watch any of the participants specially nomer and andres T_T. the winner of the contest is none other than mr chris castro.

there are also some tsc members that came like germain, oniznoy, angel, carl and criss.
almost all of us do a crash ^_^ except tong and oniznoy. the one and only group that i crashed was all heckler ^_^ but its ok i have solved the problem i only did 3 tricks starting with my ambitious card routine then followed by cull-gilla(triumph) and the last effect is the rock and roll aces.

after that we ate at the pares house near the pepetons, then we left at around 1:30am
when i came home my computer is still slow so i search the internet on how to remove the jaymyka.wen9.com virus after 20 min i finally got the answer to my problem, i got a program called noob-killer i think its the best anti-virus if seen it can remove different kind of viruses.

thats all for today, thanks for visiting my site regularly ^_^

*jamming with germain

last night germain came to my house at around 10:30pm, he told me he wants to jam so as usual we talk about magic. after that we decided to watch some magic videos, we watch the lecture of carlos vaquera a student of jean pierre vallarino, in the start of the lecture he talk about combining different kinds of art like mime and magic to create more powerful presentation, then he did an anniversary waltz effect with blank cards, he also taught how to approach a table if your doing a table hopping, he said never to tell the spectator that your a magician but show it to them.

after watching his lecture i learned that to maximize your effect you need to have a good technical skills, good patter and also good acting skills, when im watching him i see him more as an actor than a magician, while he's doing his effect sometimes he will change personalities or do two personalities.

before i forget jean pierre also shows a NO PALM CARD TO WALLET effect which is good but he didnt teach it because he said he is selling it T_T. after watching his lecture video we are hungry so we ate then jam again, germain left at around 4:30am hehehehe adik yan si germain eh.

tonight i will go to imc because there will be an imc competition and also to support nomer and andres because they're one of the participants.


ill keep you updated, after the imc competition ill post what happen to us ^_^

*93rd eb the storycircle gathering!!!

its a bit bad trip eb for me because first i cant find my bicycle deck so i open a brand new red bee deck, the deck is nice but the smell is awful it smells like cockroach (yuck) then when i came in eb at around 9:00pm cakit and marco told me that the starbucks will close soon at around 10:00pm because of water shortage T_T. there's a new faces like grim jargon and the other two guys sorry if i forgot your names^_^. for my TM friends only andres and julian came. we jam a little together and ask me to teach my trycksting the aces (my variation of waving the aces II) so i taught it to them ^_^ also they leaved early at around 11:30pm-12:00am.

the committees including me talked about the level up jam, and the upcoming tsc anniversary in the end of march. after that i taught "the werm" flourish to some tsc members. then i and carl made a practical joke to germain with the use of shocking sharpie hahaha. after that carl, sam,germain and nomer shoot some parody of david blaine i wish they upload it in youtube. at around 1:30am we went to mcdonald to eat then we leaved there at around 2:30am

*finally i found it (invisible one hand pass)

at first i thought a pass cant be an invisible move, then i saw many videos of pass
that is really invisible, i said to myself... so it can be done but how about a one hand pass? then i research over the internet to find the answer to my question.

i've seen many different kinds of one hand pass like one hand dive shift by richard turner( RICHARD TURNER'S SHIFTS, HOPS AND MAGIC PASSES DVD) but it has a cover of the other hand, the blink shift by tom wolf but the grip is awkward almost like biddle grip but different, The Vernon One Handed Shift from the book Vernon Chronicles vol. 1 page 25, erdnase one handed pass where i saw it in dai vernon revelation don't remember what vol is it and finally the solitary pass by tom stone when i first saw it i said to myself this is what im looking for^_^ i know that this is a hard sleight and nearly impossible for me because of my small hands but i want to do this pass so i search where to learn it, it is in magic magazine june 2006 issue. but cant find a copy of it only after a 1 year i got a scan copy of solitary pass and its only today. after knowing the method it is almost the same as the other one handed pass/shift but with only sleight differents in grip but i like the angle of this, there's a good angle where the move is nearly invisible.

im going to add this to my sleights if i can do it perfectly, for now i'll just keep practicing ^_^

solitary pass

*another imc day

this day is fun for me, firstly allan d. and angel a friend of mine went to my house
and allan gave me a 3 brand new bee deck ^_^ after that at around 7:30pm we went to angels house and we ate in the canteen near their house(angel paid our bill)hehehe busog, the sisig is delicious. after that allan and i went to imc meeting (eat and run).

we wait anthony andres in pepetons(imc's venue), then after the meeting we watch their guest magician thomas chang do magic, he's great, i really like hes effect where he made mr boy samson pick a card then return the card wherever he likes then mr thomas get 1 card from the deck and riffled the deck and at the middle of riffling he throws the card in the deck, the card location is besides the chosen card, its really amazing hehehe. its something like kuroda card stab(video below) which i like more because he's blindfolded but his variation is he riffled it on the table

then i get a chance to jam a little with bob doreza, teddy, chris castro, boy albis, leodini, thomas chang and ronnie mariano^_^. im really happy that they appreciate my magic, all my hard work in my sleight is worth it.

*bored

here i am again 2:00am in front of my computer, just finished watching bitoys funniest video special where michael v. do a parody to criss angel and david blaine, his screen name is david chris nyahahaha! i laugh at loud when i see his trick card through glass when he started to throw the cards through the glass when a young man walk over there and he got hit straight in the face ^_^ the young man chased michael v. with anger nyahahahhaa!

but before that i have finished deciphering this magic trick below named moment of zen, its a variation of lee ashers continental divide from the magazine "penumbra" vol 2. this is an impromptu triumph effect by liquidsn a youtube user. at first you will say that its an ordinary kind of triumph effect but wait till you finish this video ^_^

*92nd eb the storycircle gathering!!!

the gathering started at 6:00pm at rotary center, the gathering went great the new members and the south members do some magic, after that we jam and orient the new members also interviewed the participants for the 4rth level up jam.

at around 12:30 we left the rotary center the south members go home, the others go to starbucks and me, mike, andres, julian, swirve and olrac went to chowking to eat, then mike treat us a halo-halo hehehe^_^ sarap. after that swirve and olrac followed the other tsc members in starbucks while we went to mikes house to jam a little bit more then we left.

*this pic is from marco

*trycksting the aces

this is my version of waving the aces II by guy hollingworth, hope you enjoy ^_^
twisting the aces is one of the trick that i want to explore including ambitious card routine and triumph effects.