Yo guys.I just came back from the gathering and went straight to the cc (becouse my internet down :( )lol.I just want to know what you guys think about it.

For me the gathering was GREAT!!!

It was really amazing for me. To be honest my first mmf gathering after this many years with mmf. For the first time meeting the moderators. Thank you Isaac and his team for the planning and hosting this event.

It was... interesting to say the least.

- Samuel Chong's lecture was different from what you normally see. Loved it! (and by that I mean the lecture! if I was referring to Sam, I would have said "HIM")

- Performances weren't bad. Enjoyed the few that I paid attention to.

- 52(X3) pick-up with Brendan and Nadzri was something I'd never done before.

- Jamming with magicians is always fun!

- Dinner took a while, but I spent most of it with some primary/secondary school friends anyhow.

- After party was great! Got some good flourishing footage... and a lot of tools for blackmail ;) Haha. As the SMC members, David Lai and I said, after the Mini-Convention last year, "What happened at the club... stays at the club!" ;)

- Everyone, please don't start pickpocketing! IF you can't resist, please return anything you've taken! :P

Hi guys and girls,

Just wanna say thank you for all who attended the meeting.

Special thanks to MTR for giving us a good venue.

Super Special thanks to Samuel Chong, my mentor, guide, and lecturer.
Thank you for willing to come down KL for a lecture and giving us crazy effect.

Super Duper BIG BIG thank you for MCG (Sze Howe, Chirs, Yukiko, Sukyi :) )
You all roX till the max.
Without all your moral support and help, this convention will not be a success.
Love you all ... MUAZK ..... :)


Isaac

A question, what is MCG all about?

great event=)

was nice meeting up with the mmf members again..

Samuel Chong's lecture damn chunted siao.. :D :D :D

had to go off early due to some personal reason..
but i had fun=)

Initially we were just a bunch of people who studied around the same area and met up everyday, just because we have a lot of time on our hands, it was convenient, and we enjoyed each other's company. We're all magicians and pretty much met through MMF. So, it was MMF's College Gang(MCG).

Naturally, hanging out so much, we just became a group of really close friends. Of course, we realized that we can't really call ourselves "MMF's College Gang" because there are a lot of other college students in MMF... and we're all graduating(sooner or later). So we started coming up with a bunch of lame names... everything you can think of, but nothing suitable. Hence forth, we're still "MCG" that doesn't stand for anything now.

=)...enjoyed it.

Hey guys come on say something about what happened there for the benefit of those of us who couldn't make it >.<

Dammit my timing sucks 110% -.-"

Hey guys... I'm back in Melaka... 11.06pm now and Im super dupa tired man.... serious... can kong out anytime soon d.

I had a great time.... 2 days of non stop magic and card jamming is really crazy.....

LoL.... had a lot of funny moments and great laughs.

Convention/LEcture... Samual Chong.... FANTASTIC! Best close up magician and Lecturer I've met in real life. Damn cool.... I love his sense of humour in his act. It's never boring... Definitely is great at wat he does... definitely a PRO! I didnt get to remember how to do everything he taught us.... haha but I remember the last trick.. haha... which I love a LOT. practice that trick many times last nite as well as this morning.... The other trick I like a lot was his Winter S trick with signature transfering to another card. These are my top fav ones.... I wish there were handouts of the methods to do it though.. cos i seriously cant remember the sequence. Lots of v nice tricks Sam did.... v nice coin trick and man the balloon trick.. VVVV nice... and Samuel's ballooning skills... wow... super damn fast and super damn nice.... v symmetrical and damn nice la... speechless already...

There's so much to say abt wat happened in and out of the lecture times..... willl write more abt it perhaps tomorrow or soemthing... super tired now.. wanna go to bed.....

ONce again BIG THANK YOU to Isaac and YUkiko for organising this wonderful event. BIG THANK YOU to Bui Yen (as the MC) and MTR for having us. And also a BIG THANK YOU to Sze Howe for his patience in sending people such as me home... to a place end of USJ21 and SA26. LOL....

Really had a vvv enjoyable time... we laughed so much....

Goodnites... for now..... :)

Was my first time attending a magicians' gathering yesterday.

What can I say, absolutely GREAT! Great teacher, Great members & Great event, it's more than what we've paid for. Great job Issac!

It was definitely an eye opener for me to meet so many Cardists & Card Flourishers! Teacher was really professional and fine with the art that he mastered!

Hope we will have more meet ups in the future. Very nice meeting you all in person, all the MMF members. Keep in touch. Will see you again!

May the magical force be with You!

Ermm.. That saturday morning I was stuck in KTM for a good 50 minutes- The train ain't movin ! :angry: I was to reach SUBANG LRT but ended up taking a cab from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Sunway Piramid at 10.45am. I reached my destination just in time;however not many people were there yet. I subsequently went to grab a seat after Isaac gave me a 2b pensil :!!: . Inside the restaurant I met many new friends- Duo Lun,Hilmi,..... I also met some old friend friends - Sukyi,Brendan,Jeff...

During the lecturing time, I was mesmerised with Samuel's teaching. Instead of trying to remember the routines he was performing,I was trying to learn his style of presentations,which he could make a single trick to last for >5 minutes after some addings of nice "lame" humors within. In a nutshell for his lecture, it was remarkable undeniable inevitably great.

For the members' performances, you guys did a great show. They were entertaining. I never thought the Micro Convention would be held over there. ( none reply me in the MicroCon performers' list topic ) :rolleyes: . Anyway, I would like to also perform next time for the next gathering :!!:

Thanks to the organisers- Isaac and Yukiko for making this event possible.

Wuspert,
Jeremy Fu :wub:

wow wow wow....seems like i have just miss it...next time must count me in. :)

Balloon skills..............definitely great.

He did a flower for my daughter, which she did not want and requested for a PINK, Pig............PIG!!!!

and.......a PIG she GOT!!!!!!

He made her day!!

She hugged it to sleep that afternoon and at night.

what a great event... the lecture was great... the venue was great and the people was great too..... good job to isaac and team for coming up with this event.... had a great time there that day. Learn a lot too and hope to use what i have learn soon.

I have a few things I wanna say :-

1) Thanks to Isaac and all who helped (the college gang)..you DA MAN!!! or WOMAN...(pick whichever appropriate)

2) To Brendan & Isaac, for pulling off the greatest stunt the world has ever seen, even better than what Blaine or Angel ever did, even better than vanishing the Statue of Liberty, ....making the MMF T-shirts. . You guys proved me wrong and made me eat my words. I am humbled. Awesome !

3) To the guys wearing those MMF Shirts, while its not my place to tell you what you can or cannot do, its your shirt but that's our collective name...so if you decide to go commit acts of global terrorism or burning, pillaging & plunder, take the shirt off first ya?

4) Samuel Chong, you DA MAN !! Was a really good lecture packed with useful information...but unfortunately I'm no card man. I never even heard of some of the sleights you mentioned, let alone know what they look like . I cant even do a DL :)
But I am sure all you cardists out there learned a lot of good stuff.

5) To MTR for letting us use the place, TERIMA KASSSSSEEEEYYYY!!!
(doing my best David Arumugam impersonation)

6) Upload your pictures to the MMF Photobucket folder. We'll use some of them for the blog.

7) Was great meeting all of you guys. Had a lot of fun.

Come on guys lets post a long review about the convention
here's my review:-

Me and Nadzri went to Isaac's house to meet up with the rest of the gang. After that we proceed to pyramid was actually a bit late(usual malaysian timing). Had our breakfast at uncle lim, i had a really quick one because i need to take the attendance. Started with taking attendance and giving out the agenda to those ppl that attended the lecture. Bui Yen was our MC and he definately did a great job. The event started with opening speech by our moderators Brendan and Jeff Gan followed by our organiser Isaac.

Then its lecture time!Man, Samuel sleight of hand, misdirection, presentation and humour is crazy. We stopped at around 1pm to have our lunch break. Around 215pm we resume the 2nd part of our lecture. As usual Samuel showing his crazy stuff.After the lecture, its performance time!The few who performed is Ken, Me, Shon Chong, Nadzri, David Lai, Jeff Gan, Isaac, Sukyi, Jennifer, Brendan, Samuel Chin and Bui Yen.

We finish the convention with closing speech by Isaac thanking everyone that attended this lecture.

After we had our dinner in MTR some of us went over to a club in 1 utama. I'm not gonna elaborate what we done there. What happens at the club stays at the club :)

PS: I kena chicken pox :(

Thank you Sze Howe! I've been waiting for that for a long time.

Anyway thanks again, and congrats to Isaac and the rest of the organisers. Wish I could have been there >.<

P.S. Added: Sorry to hear you got chicken pox. I got it Feb last year =.=

EH Jeremy remembered my name !! hahaha lol

Dude ,sze how i pity u got chicken pox but look at the bright side that u didnt have chicken pox during the time of the gathering.i got mine when i was 3 years old .lol

Hey guys....

Im like uploading the pics in my camera to photobucket right now. That is where all MMF pics in the past been uploaded to. It may take sometime to upload as the pic sizes are huge. It may be wise to resize it first but i couldnt be bothered...

Anyway... it was good to meet new people in the fellowship. Somehow I wished we had more time for fellowship during the gathering.

DAY 1
U've heard how it was DURING the lecture/gathering....

Now...

What happened after the lecture....

Well... a few such as Sze Howe, Chris, Sukyi, Isaac, Shon Chong, Nadz, Samuel Chong and Edmund stayed for dinner at MTR.

We continued jamming until abt 9pm plus.... and then went clubbing (it took us a long while to reach that place though... lol). Isaac drank much that nite and he started performing to the group next to us..... they loved him so much... and soon... Chris, Myself, Nadz and Sze Howe also performed.

I love Nadz coin routine so much. It makes me wanna learn it so badly now man... David Stone eh? Must check this dude out man. The coin to the spectator handphone one was just amazing... loved it... Had a nice time session with everyone that nite. haha... Nadz and I were like practicing our Jones change much that nite. I managed to perform the Samuel's Cannibal trick that nite to Sukyi's fren. It was good... Man... so many funny and hilarious moments that nite.... haha. Isaac walked funny when we left the club 3am +. Hmmm.. ROFL... at that time I was also "kong-ing" out d man.... damn tired...

One whole day of Cards made me crazy...

Slept abt 4am+ after showering....

Day 2

Woke up 8am... (body alarm)... woke up and then slept again back... 9.30am woke up and couldnt sleep d.... still felt tired....

10am got out of bed and took my cards and started practicing the Cannibals again....

10.30am... ate fried bee hun... aunty cooked.. Yummy...

11am.. watched astro...

1.00pm when to the Curve to meet the gang... (Sze Howe picked me up from Piramid.... cheers).

Sukyi got me a disney fanning deck. Thanks :)

Went for Makan.. japs food.. food was nice.. :).. v filling though... had the beef set. Loved it. Was pretty ful after that...

Next... was Jam time..

We were throwing cards everywhere.... boomerang cards everywhere.. card throwing etc etc.....

Then we found an empty spot... we sat and began flourishing....

Video times... was hilarious... we kept messing up.... hehee especially me.. ROFL...

Anyway... reached home (melaka) abt 8.30pm.

Some footage will be out soon.... gimme like a good month or so to get the vids off people and get the editing done...

Cheers,
Brendan

Haha of cos i remmeber ur name Hilmi

Pss Brendan, my MMF T-shirts has a 7 of spade printed on the inner side from the back . Izzit printed wrongly ?

Er.... U know wat it is for rite? hehe... ;)

It was amazing n fun day, n i would said this is my first MMF gathering.

Special thanks you to Samuel Chong N Isaac and his team for planning this event successful.
By the way, thank agaian Samuel for pointing out my week poin. thx
hope 2 see u guys again in the next MMF Gathering....

I got a feeling he is for real <_< <_< ...
or may be i am wrong.
-_- -_- -_-
LOL :D

Brendan how come u custom made one 7 spades for him!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!

I ALSO WANT!!!!

hey szehowe sorry to hear u got chicken pox.... but u were lucky that u did not get it a few days earlier.... rest well fren...

LOL... it was the 7C. He said it wrong... hehe

Im sure u guys can think of creative things to do with this reverse print.

Sze Howe.... have a speedy recovery bro... however itchy they are...dont go scratch or pluck them out ya... hehe...

A blank black tiger will do a great effect with this shirt

I would like to thank the MCG (Isaac, Yukiko, Sukyi, Sze Howe & Christopher) for ushering me...
Thanks to Isaac for giving the honour to invite my to give the lecture.
Thanks to the owner of MTR for allowing us to gather.
Thanks to David Lai, though you were very busy but you still make it.
Thanks to Xron for your support, you are the only dude who was there yet not there. Spooky!!! :!!:
Thanks to Jeff Gan for performing his mental magic routine, it was kinda inspiring, I like it. It has been keep me thinking on how to modify the routine... ^_^
Thanks to Sukyi, whether you loved it or love "him", all I know was I kissed and was kissed... :P
Thanks to Nadzri for coming all the way to KL "apparently" for my lecture.. ^_^ You are a very cool & sporting guy and your skills are very impressive.
Thanks to all MMF's members who attend, if without you guys, I'll be SS (Syok Sendiri).

Thanks for all the kind words...
I'm glad that you guys like my routine.
I would know more about my lecture, thus,
I would like to do some quick survey:

1) How was my lecture..? Clear..? Easy to follow & understand..? Long winded & boring..?
2) Is my lecture inspiring..? Did I inspire you the way you look at magic..? Or coming out with new ideas, routiens & sleight..?
3) Are my routines practical for you..?
4) Are my routines easy to learn..?
5) Will you perform them..?
6) Which are the routines that you guys like most..?
7) Which are the routines that are most entertaining..?
8) Which are the routines that have the potential for you to them into your repertoire..?

I designed those routine to suit my own style, humor (lame) and my level of skills...
Hence, you guys might need to modify them a bit in order to suit your taste.

Samuel for all the tricks that you have shared with us .. the trick that i like most is Cigarette & Lighter as it has a suprise ending that i did not expect... as for the cards tricks... you have inspire me to learn more card sleights and to come out with my own routine. I will be going through my books and Cd's again after this... your method of teaching is very entertaining and educational as well... another card trick that i really like is the one where we tried to play "chor tai ti" and you had the winning hand after all that shuffle and deal .. i did not see that coming...

all in all your lecture was really an eye opener for me.

regards.

Feel flattered... very flattered ;)

1) You managed to keep it fun and interesting... and I'm not one to pay attention in lectures in general
2) There was definitely inspiration.
3) I can implement them.
4) No, but they're not hard either.
5) Second deal, definitely. Others, to be confirmed. :P
6) Second deal transpo
7) Lucky Pin, Cigg&Lighter, Lame Trick
8) Cigg & Lighter, Second Deal Transpo, Lucky Pin(and outside the lecture, chor tai di routine)

1) How was my lecture..? Clear..? Easy to follow & understand..? Long winded & boring..
Easy to follow and understand... difficult for me to remember though, i wished we were given short notes as handouts.... but it's ok... haha..

2) Is my lecture inspiring..? Did I inspire you the way you look at magic..? Or coming out with new ideas, routiens & sleight..?
Yups.. it is surely inspiring

3) Are my routines practical for you..?
They surely are practicial tricks

4) Are my routines easy to learn..?
They are not technically demanding..

5) Will you perform them..?
I have with the monster and I will continue to do so...

6) Which are the routines that you guys like most..?
Winter S and Monster

7) Which are the routines that are most entertaining..?
Almost everyone one of them...

8) Which are the routines that have the potential for you to them into your repertoire..?
Definitely the Monster... but I wish I can remember how to do the Winter S though... it was so nice!

The routine and the way I handle it looks very innocent right..?
For the split second you thought that I've done something wrong but
by the time you felt something wasn't right it's way too late...
Hehehehehe ^_^ ^_^ ^_^

Do you think I have the potential to become an actor..? :wacko: :wacko:
Hahahaha

Dude he got the seven of spades or clubs??

Anyways i got a question for all of u .Do any of u guys know how to force the clubs on people without using cards .i already know how to force a 7, but the clubs......

Using Psychological Subtle Suggestions will do. However, it will not work on everyone.
Derren Brown is a superb example, and a master of Psychological Subtleties.
I myself, find it pretty tough to perform it on Asians as they don't tend to follow directions as good as Western peoples.
I must say, experience is all that it takes. Good luck~!

1) How was my lecture..? Clear..? Easy to follow & understand..? Long winded & boring..
easy to follow and understand..clear but it was progressing abit fast..it was definately nowhere near the word boring! ^_^

2) Is my lecture inspiring..? Did I inspire you the way you look at magic..? Or coming out with new ideas, routiens & sleight..?
YES!!!!!!! :D

3) Are my routines practical for you..?
yup..very very practical

4) Are my routines easy to learn..?
not difficult..but not too easy either..=)

5) Will you perform them..?
When i practice enuf..yes!...

6) Which are the routines that you guys like most..?
monster!!

7) Which are the routines that are most entertaining..?
hmmm..very tough question..coz it was equally entertaining..and i really really like the monster one!

8) Which are the routines that have the potential for you to them into your repertoire..?
Monster monster monster!...




=)

Nobody stop me, question me or ask me to go slow...
I takut I might put you to tidur so I try not to be too "cheong hei"
Anyone who take lesson from me knew that I'm a very long winded person...
Actually, I just found out this morning that I left out a lot of information
that I didn't tell and teach you all...

Is that a hint you are going to do another lecture?

Hehehe...

ain't that magical!!!!!

Anyway, my apologies if me and my daughter disrupted your lecture.

Thanks to Isaac for allowing my daughter to come in and teaching her to play drums!!!

Wish I had more time with you guys but I'm sure there will be more gatherings to come.

Was great also to finally meet some of you guys there.

Brenden,

I had a good laugh watching my daughter and my wife fighting over the T-shirt later that evening. I was wearing one and my daughter wanted the other which my wife had put on. In the end, we had to go shopping to get her a black shirt.

Should have bought another MMF shirt, though it would have been a bit big!!! :D