You too can pick up card tricks from Thomas Lau

Many of us have always been amused by card tricks.  With a pack of aladdin cards, someone with one year’s practice and effort can easily get the young and the old, eyes focused and glued onto the table, hands and cards.  You too can learn card tricks, and win the hearts of kids and adults.

Today, I joined a small group and met Thomas Lau.  Although he claimed to start learning card tricks a year ago, he was very much an expert, fooling all around him.  Thomas entertains elderly seniors at daycare centres.  He is also a great origami paper folder.  Well, I remembered he said he could perform 150 card tricks.

Thomas volunteers to give a demo of a few card tricks; and he is willing to share with us how some of these tricks are carried out.  Perhaps, if I can learn a few card tricks, I can be an entertainer and maybe make $1000 per month entertaining the young and old.

Thomas will schedule two sessions, each group about 15 pax, on a Saturday, time between 11am and 2pm.  Place and date will be scheduled soon.  Thank you Thomas.

First session:

  • Date:     Saturday 23rd Oct 10
  • Venue:  Cafe inside MPH Book store at Robinson Road.  Nearest MRT is Tanjong Pagar station.
  • Topic:   Card Tricks and Origami for beginners
  • Participants need to bring along their own note pad and a pen.
  • Programme
  • 1100 hr      Introduction to simple card tricks
  • 1230 hr      Short break
  • 1300 hr      Have fun with simple and easy Origami

    • Terence Seah

    Participation list: Session 1

    1. Thomas Lau
    2. Gabriella Chua
    3. Jassmine Teo
    4. Ann To
    5. Francis R. Mangalam
    6. Daniel Ong
    7. Frisna Lim
    8. John Howe
    9. Yat Sing
    10. Jonson Tan
    11. Esther Mok
    12. Juliana Kok
    13. Weng Hon
    14. Ann Lim
    15. Janie Leong

      • Closed. 

      Participation list: Session 1 (Date not decided by Thomas yet):

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        3. If you are keen to entertain your children, friends or someone interested in you, sign up here.  A lifetime learning experience.  Oops, Thomas has stressed not for the casino.

Author: Terence Seah

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38 thoughts on “You too can pick up card tricks from Thomas Lau”

  1. Hi Terence

    I’m interested. Pl register me..

    Thanking Terence and Thomas in advance.

    Hope the sessions will be held in November.

    Cheersssssssssssssssss
    Gabriella Chua

  2. Hi Terence,

    i mustn’t miss this golden opportunity to learn a few card tricks. Please put me down for the 11a.m. session. TQ Thomas for your generosity. :)

  3. Sometimes, when we have talks especially with small groups, we find it difficult to see what the presenter is showing. So, I am thinking of getting a projector with screen. And, maybe a little computer, where the presenter can use, just by loading his/her USB.

    If you know of someone wanting to sell a used projector, and not costing a bomb, please let me know. TK.

    Terence Seah

  9. Hi Terence and Thomas

    Confirmed that I’ll attend on 23.10.10. However, I’ll have to leave a bit earlier, around 1.30 pm for another function.

    C u all then,
    Gabriella

  11. Hi Dolly #10

    Food for thought….

    To bring in more business for the cafe, perhaps you would like to consider inviting SHCians for yak yak sessions on Sat between 11 am – 2.30 pm? Ah Ha?

    We’ll sure order drinks and snacks from the cafe. Just a suggestion cos I’m sure there are others, like me, feeling bored staying at home…. empty nest syndrome lar… Hence,
    this can be a win-win situation for you and us?

    Cheers
    Gabriella

  13. Dear Gaballa/Gabriella……..

    Able said “to stay indoors the whole day and it happens that one does not make a phone call throughout the whole day and neither is a incoming call received, then one becomes dumb for a period of 12/13hours” scary as one aged…….I am in if this “yak yak sessions” is on……shall we yak yak what other options we hv if we do not sign up for C P F Life?

    cheers
    freda

  15. Hi Terence/Thomas

    I’ll be there at 11am. Regret that i have to leave around the break time. Don’t we have to bring a pack of playing cards for practice?

    Hi Ann L
    if you’re going from home, we can meet at S’goon MRT at 9.45am. Looking forward to seeing you ..

    Hi Dolly,
    c u on Sat.

    Cheers :)

  16. Hi Terence and tricksy tricky Thomas….

    This weekend I will be away, hope you can organise another session. Although I have been watching my son performing all the cards tricks in the past, and giving him feedbacks….I would love to watch or pick up some tricks from another individual like you. hehehe… :)

    Ah Nee

  17. Hi Freda #13

    Great! Found a yak yak kaki…..

    It’s scary to be ‘dumb’ for more than 12 hours as we age and living alone. Hence, now is the time to get ready before our time comes, by NETWORKING! kekekeeee….

    Cheersssss……….
    Gabriella

  18. Hello Thomas and Terence:

    Yes, I would like to come in and pick up a few card tricks and also catch up with my sexytary at the same time. What an opportunity! Thank you and cya!

  21. I am pretty impressed at how this hobby event is progressing, with the demo by Thomas Lau. Many members have a lot of hobby skills. But for some reason, we have not explored doing more such events.

    Let’s see how Thomas’s card tricks and origami gets going. And, for those who have hobbies, and like to share and teach, please raise your hands. Feel free to also discuss with Dolly Lim, who is one of SHC’s oldest birds.

    Terence Seah

  23. #15 Jassmine Teo
    Thank You for the good suggestion,I have under estimate the number of participants,hence the limited pack of cards that I have will not be enough,so participants who have pack of cards,to bring it along.

    #16 Lee ah nee
    Oh sure,there will be another session,will keep you inform.

    May I extend my hand of friendship to all the participants in the name of Easy Card Tricks and Have Fun With Easy and Simple Origami.
    Cheers…….Thomas Lau

  26. Hi Terence and Thomas

    Wd appreciate if you could delete my name as something has just cropped up and I’ll not be able to join in.

    Thank you.

    Gabriella

  28. Thomas/Uncle Lim,
    Thanks for the great coaching at the Cafe today. Almost full attendances. Am sure everyone present 2day enjoyed this session. Glad/tks tat Thomas add on origami aft d card games evendoe it is not scheduled for. Also glad dat I managed 2 cheo some ‘seng li’ lor..

    I am super clumsy wif artwork but can c dat both gentlemen were reli superb with their skills n not selfish 2 share wif others.

    I noe some of u r expecting 2nd lesson next Sat but sorry 2 infm u tat there will be no lesson on next Sat.

    Some asked me if they still need 2 register again meh since they had oredi done so tis time around. Sorry but sad 2 say dat all tose interested will hv 2 register their interest again so keep a lookout 4 d another post soon, akan datang…

    BTW, do try 2 come abit early den d shi-fus 4 some chit chatg leh.. if not, hor, come in mid-way.. abit blur2 lor, tio bo?

    4 tose dat cant attend due 2 watsoever reasons, try your best 2 info us earlier (mayb 2days ahead) so that others can be given a chance 2 take over d plc lor as most of u wuld hv noe right now, Cafe space very limited. As such, we r unable 2 allow any gate crashers lor.. heng ah.. 2day bo lor…

  29. A tutorial about to begin, in a cozy cafe…

    He walked in, unaided,
    to where the early birds had gathered.

    A corner seat he sought,
    and placed aside the plastic bag he brought.

    None knew, till the Sifu’s whisper:
    “That’s my card trick master”!

    A talented man with no airs is hard to come by.
    Another surprise – the Sifu’s SIFU is 89!!

    The cards on the table the grand-maestro lay;
    his instructions he gave in a systematic way.

    His learners all displayed quick learning ability,
    thanks to the grand-maestro’s guiding efficiency.

    Grand-sifu, now a card-trick entertainer I can be,
    but hor, thy healthy longevity – is there a recipe?

    -copyright-
    *********

    Thank you very much Thomas and Uncle Lim for the fruitful session. Very interesting – so glad i was there. :) If we forget some steps, could we meet you at your regular haunts for a refresher?

    TQ Thomas for bringing your Sifu. :)

  30. Jass-T, that’s a nice poem but the mere inserting “copyright” below doesnt afford you any protection. Withou fling an application, you’ll need to watch over it 24/7, holding a roller=pin in yr hand.

    Btw, dont let yr adoration for your sifu ????turn you into sigu (????hehe.

    In my kampong days, there was this boy who cd throw playing-cards to slice off leaves? His biggest feat was cutting down a young banana tree branch over a fortnight. Alas, he didnt grow up to be a ninja as his parents wanted him to sell turtle soup……..

  31. #30 Tim L

    Hmm looks like you don’t know this word (copyright) has magic. By stating that my work is copyrighted, it instantly becomes a property – an intellectual property! lol! :)

    Ok, seriously – there’s no registration for a copyright. It subsists when a work is published.

    cheers,

  32. So Jass-T, you arent going to register yr copied work??

    (Wonder what will happen at IPOS when the officers see a not so young lasy holding a roller pin in 1 hand and waving a stack of papers n the other, ask for protection. They might probably resign en masse).

    Heeee, you must hv tried it before to know…………

  33. # 32 Tim L!

    tsk! tsk! how could u say that my work is ‘copied’ when they are all original! Go sit in a corner and reflect on your lapse in concentration that resulted in a lexical choice with grave implications. And no karaoke for one month, understand?
    :(

  34. Alamak, Jass-T, why are you jumping up and down like a sun-bear after honey?

    It has got nothing to do with lexical choice or my laxity in the language.

    See, if registration of copyright works was available, you need to make copies for filing. You can make your good mind work on new poems but still, you need to copy them as is the case for trademark registrations (and the need to register a TM is not a joke).

    Yes, me just back from another k’ok session, all cha cha songs with some ah sors, waiting for their turns to sing, breaking into dances. I stood there ??, occasionally doing the cha kway teow with my hands, and that wont do. So. will pick up dancing next year and then my ?3? will not be like now,??300 ?………

  35. #34 Tim L
    So the problem is semantic confusion. No way can your sentence (with ‘copied’ placed immediately before ‘work’) mean what you wanted it to mean (ie. copies of the original) :(

    As mentioned earlier, no registration is needed for copyright of works, unlike registered trade marks, designs, patents, yet the copyright owner gets the copyright protection…so it’s important to include a copyright statement in your work to identify the owner of the work.

    Refer to Singapore Copyright Act website for more info…

  36. Jass-T, had I not given any compliment in the first place, I wdnt hv this need to explain.

    I know enough of not merely what the website says but also what the legislation has to say, and know enough people & matters of the IPOS. Do you know that its chief’s mother has passed on and her orbituary appears in today’s ST? This you wont know, yeah.

    Anyhow, expect no more compliments from me henceforth.

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