On Meeting a Magician

 

In high school, for a show and tell presentation, while everyone was doing recipes on this and that, I played magic tricks (trying hard not to be conventional)… I was the only one in class who did.  Unconventional = bulls-eye! 

 

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In college, for an English class, we had a “how to” project.  I didn’t want to fix something that’s not broken.  I went with the same bag of tricks for a different audience.

 

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In 2003, Mia, my officemate in PS, threw a party for her daughter and I volunteered to do a magic show for the kids.  The unconventional then became usual to me.  Growing up, I’ve always been a sucker for magic tricks of…   

 

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David Copperfield

 

 

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David Blaine

 

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and David Beckham (oops, not included here).

 

 

I first heard of Erik Manna, the Philippine version of the two, on AXN a while back.  During the AXN Beyond event last Friday, August 1, I had the pleasure to meet him face to face.

 

 

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Now, you see me…

 

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Now, you don’t…

 

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(Puzzled?)

 

 

 

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On meeting Erik Manna…

 

 

 

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NOT! (in Borat’s voice)

 

AXN Beyond Event at Embassy Album