Archive for February 2007
Who Are the Real Idiots?
Posted by: leodini on: February 28, 2007
As a Filipino magician, I have never developed a taste for politics. More than anything else, politics boils my blood. A discussion going into it promptly turns me into a demented carabao.
Politicians also make me laugh with their antics. I make it a point to watch them on television mouth inanities every time I [...]
A Packet of Cookies that Warms my Heart
Posted by: leodini on: February 23, 2007
Okay, it’s a Microsoft Power Point presentation.
But wow, what a presentation! It’s awesome! In fact, it’s awesomely awesome!
Now those are three exclamatory sentences in one paragraph already, and I’m not finished yet.
Here’s more.
The presentation is crisp! The message is beautifully simple! And the production is superb!
The classical music in the background melts my heart, [...]
Something Funny Happened while Changing my Costume
Posted by: leodini on: February 22, 2007
Performing magic shows in somebody’s house, even if it’s in Ayala Alabang Village, can be tricky for me.
I’m talking about the part when I change into my costume and secure the doves into body loads.
Usually the host would invite me to use the bathroom for this ritual. However, I’m always leery about accepting the [...]
The Prestige: A Movie About Magic and Stealing Someone’s Act
Posted by: leodini on: February 15, 2007
Right off the bat, I’d say go see the movie. Despite its out-of-sequence story telling, it’s a stylized movie about rivalry and deception. That the story happens to two renowned magicians of their time is a bonus for us lovers of magic.
Illusion builder Harry Cutter (Michael Caine) opens the movie by explaining the meaning of [...]
The Illusionist: The Magic of Love
Posted by: leodini on: February 14, 2007
Hollywood’s penchant for magic-themed movies set in Victorian era puzzles me. They did it in The Prestige. They did it again in The Illusionist. Now I’m twice puzzled.
Still, since The Prestige and The Illusionist are films about magic, the Pinoy magician that is me went to see them.
I’m a certified sucker for anything that [...]
How To Catch the Woman of Your Dreams (Part 2)
Posted by: leodini on: February 13, 2007
- In: Humor
- 2 Comments
So you want to catch the woman of your desires?
Follow these ancient secret seduction techniques. I have divulged these only to select Filipino magicians. There are very few practioners of these techniques even here in the Philippines, where they have been discovered and refined over the centuries.
You may not be a magician, but I’m [...]
How To Catch the Woman of Your Dreams
Posted by: leodini on: February 12, 2007
ALONG, LONG TIME AGO, when human beings were still savages, man never gave much thought to the mundane chore of getting himself a female mate.
In those times, the courting ritual was a lot simpler than today. Ugh would simply go to the cave where Agh, the lady of his heart, lived. Finding her, he would [...]
Live on Radio: Wife Catches Husband Cheating
Posted by: leodini on: February 10, 2007
- In: Humor
- 2 Comments
Infidelity is normally a heartbreaking experience. But today I stumbled into an audio clip that turns marital unfaithfulness on its head and convulses me with uncontrollable laughter.
As a Filipino magician entertaining family audiences in Metro Manila and provinces, I’m always on the lookout for humorous material. My find today more than compensated [...]
The Scandal of Filipino Time
Posted by: leodini on: February 28, 2007
You probably have heard it before from the experts. Procrastination leads to
jumbled schedules and leaves you disorganized in life.
Procrastination is a form of brinkmanship. Those who practice it inevitably fall victim to its twin evil—tardiness. Alas, among Filipinos, this has become a hall mark of our culture. In fact we have a facetious tag for [...]