Singapore ….

Last weekend I did the show for DUKE-Singapore in Regent Hotel , Orchard Road , Singapore . The event was attended by over 300 doctors and nurses , specialising in anesthesia .

I stayed at the Grand Hyatt Hotel which I found out to cost USD380.00 a day . That would make it a whopping RM1250 a night . Blardee crazy ! I thought HILTON KL was expensive , this is waaay UP ! Here is the picture of the room which I shared with Josh .

The room after being messed up by us

With my 52 inch LG TV in the room

I also went to a lingerie model party at Zouk Singapore and met many models and cool people there . Made friends with magazine writers as well as widen my social circle …with magic of course . Also met Charles Chen who is the organizer of the event . He’s 26 ….We’ll hopefully work together in events to come . He runs an underwear company , so it should be interesting ..

Charles ( wearing specs) with Marcus , one of the world’s top male model in Zouk

My show was at Regent Hotel on saturday night . I was very dissapointed with myself due to some technical complications . Everything was already set-up and I was waiting for my show . The show was delayed a little and my friend who is also the FHM model of a the month MAGICIAN Babe NING came by to visit me . She just finished a gig at a place nearby and she brought along one of Singapore’s best illusionist JC SUM with her .

Since my show haven’t began , we chatted outside the main ballroom and caught up with old time …..till one of the event organizers came rushing in and said

`Hey, hey , they already called you …! ‘

Makuku , the MC announced me before knowing whether I was ready or not … I quickly said bye and rushed into the hall and did my show . I won’t go into detail , but it definitely wasn’t the best show I did . Morever , NING and JC was watching in the crowd . Owh , my heart broke into 8 lovely pieces after the show .

My center stage

The organizers were happy though , so thats the only form of comfort I took back from the show . It was suppose to be so much better .

Oh well , it’s all about raising my standards . Next show will be held over the South China Seas . I’ll update more on that later .

Back to my friend NING … I met NING through magic about 2 years ago . She came down to Malaysia for a conference and we became good friends ever since . After two years , she has gone so far in the magic world . She got her degree , she is now working with Singapore’s best illusionist JC SUM , and manages her own kids magic event . She is also a previous FHM’s personality of the month plus she’s going to be in Singapore’s 1st permanent magic illusion show . Very very proud of her ! ( NING if you’re reading this , let me say again that I’m very very proud of you ! =) )

NING on FHM’s 6 page spread .

Me and NING at Regent Hotel’s Lobby , taken by JC SUM ( before I rushed my ass to the stage )

For NING’s coverage of the night’s event , you can go to her BLOG HERE

I want to thank DUKE-SG for bringing me down all the way for the show , NING for being such a doll , and JC SUM for taking the time to meet little ol me . Thanks guys !

Next post will be about me meeting TUPAI in Singapore !

I got a call from Josh Lim a while back. He asked me to do a short show for Advertlet’s 1st year anniversary in conjunction with Ah Long’s premier .

I brought along Chi Chi with me as well as her sister Yen Kuan . All in all , this would be the 2nd time I’m seeing the movie and it still makes me laugh like hell . Ah Long is highly recommended by me for a good laugh .

Here are the pics of the performance and people I met . More will be up after I get my pics from Smashpop and Rames .

Yen Kuan , Chichi and Me

With my friend Smashpop , Rames & their friends

After the movie , Melissa Campbell , Me, Daniel and Josh

All in a all it was a fantastic movie . Yen Kuan won RM100 , I got to spend time with Chichi , made many new friends and got in touch with many old ones .

My upcoming show would be for all doctors in Singapore . That’s a tough one …

Will update this post with more pics soon . Till then , go catch Ah Long Pte Ltd ! It’s worth it !

Phew, here are a few updates on a recent show for www.88DB.com . I’ll post pictures of me in Philippines soon ! The 1st pic is of me and my `boss’ for the day, Christine whom I met at the La Bodega show for Essence Communications in December 2007 .

This is going to be a shorty , so sorry that I haven’t been updating but have been too busy . Deprived of sleep so bad .=(

My most recent show for Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz and Lewry Lew , Datuk Steven Sim ( Secret Recipe’s owner) and many other VIPs . I did the show with Kenneth who helped out in the launching gambit . Here are the pictures !

With the emcee of the night Joanne , why does she look so familiar ! ???

With Mr Lewry Lew , Branding Assosiation of Malaysia’s President and CEO of LEWRY International .

Performing for YAB Dato’ Seri Rafidah Aziz and Mr.Lewry

Performing for Dato’ Steven Sim , founder of SECRET RECIPE

Owh, how vain , how vain…

Tossing Yee sang with Kenneth and guest from our table

Overall, the show was fantastic and I had so many enquiries I practically ran out of business cards to give out . Just got my new stash today from the printers .

I received excellent feedback from my clients and guests and and that to me if worth my time and effort for the whole event .

A big thank you to WES and Kenneth for making this show a sucess .

-David

I got called up by Outloud Events a couple of months ago to do a foyer show for a corporate company . The company was CYTEC , Surface Specialities Trading (M) Sdn. Bhd ..and till today I have no idea what they `do ‘ .

The event was held in The Saujana Kuala Lumpur , and the ironic part was that I was seaching for where on earth was the venue ….and found out later that it was located opposite my humble engineering office where I spend my weekdays . Bah , talk about stupidity and beyond…

The theme of the night was `LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION ‘…and for those of you still in the blur , the night was themed as a `movie’ night …I came a little bit toooooo early for the event as you can see from the next pic .

Even the tables weren’t even set-up yet

After an hour….

The night was a little special for me…You see, I’ve seen many emcees , professional , celebrities …well, you name it . But the particular EMCEE for the night , Jone Bond , takes the term emcee to a whole different level . He sings , he dances , he jogets , he changes his wig , he changes in front of me…Oh well , in events that require something `different’ I’d definitely recommend him .

That’s him , Jone Bond…

With the emotionless Zorro…

Overall , I would say that my show went very well and the organizers were very happy with my performance . They said that they’ll definitely want to work with me again …and that my friend , is worth more than the pay itself . The pictures of me performing are with OUTLOUD at the moment being but they’ll mail it to me by next week . Will update this post then .

I really do think I’m improving with every show I take and still have alot to learn along the way . The last few show’s feedback have been very positive and I hope it will continue on like that …

 
Your performance was very good ! People kept asking me after the show whether or not I was your confederate . I denied everything because I myself have no idea how you read my mind . I would definitely love to have you back .
Mr. Simon Tan
Comitee Chairman of CYTEC’s Annual Dinner

I was called by the organizers of Pack The Dance Floor dance marathon  p24dancemarathon.com  to do a short interlude during their event .

I have to commend the organizers ifor organizing such a great event . I’ve been to many college held events and this was very well organized as well as endorsed by many good( & BIG ) names . I did a short show on stage and then continued partying with the others on the floor as well as doing magic to the crowd .

I came with Kenny Sia after picking him up from his hotel . Blardee hell , the jam was sooooo long that it almost took two hours to the security admissions building in Mont Kiara . Once we reached , we joined up Christien , his wife Lavin , Belinda Chee , Juwita Suwito , and Sarimah Ibrahim at the performers booth .

Christien , Belinda , Lavin , her little son Gabriel and Me

I also met up with Shaz who was super friendly and his friend John . Showed them a few stuff here and there and made many new contacts for shows in the future . Kenny was enjoying himself too …I tell you , when I get the pics of what he did on stage….( pictures of me performing are coming soon from my friend and phothographer Sandra )

Christien and Lavin doing Latin dance on the stage

Juwita gave an extraordinary performance on stage . Fantastic . It has been a while since we chatted . She also brought her mom to the event ( she brings her mom to almost all of her events ) . The last time we hung out was in Perak at 2am in the wee hours doing magic ….Time flies like a speeding bullet .

Shaz , Kenny , Belinda and Me waiting for the next performance

I tell you , the event was great and filled with suprises . While dancing on the floor , I spotted a buffed up guy ( I mean really buffed up wei! ) doing hot salsa dancing with a girl on the dance floor . They were damn good !!! , and the guy’s muscle was buldging all the way!!! Just take a look , he even wore a GOLD’s GYM singlet ! .

I also met Liang personally for the 1st time . We’ve been to quite a number of events together but never officailly introduced ourselves to each other. When he came by , he looked at my tag and said :

Liang : Owh, you’re David Lai . Your student won last night
             bro !

Haha , I know . He was talking about Yvonne . Anyways , we both chatted for a while and were going to work something out for his next music video on MTV , so stay tuned ! Liang  my friend , is one of the most enthusiastic MCs I’ve seen and has a very likeable attitude . He used to break dance professionally too .

Here are some pictures of Liang teaching Belinda how to do a head spin …. It din’t work ..poor Belinda

Kenny , Liang and Me before heading off

Hannah was also one of the performers for the night but we just briefly chatted as I had to go off . It was very late already man . She sang 2 songs and 1 more after the crowd enchored .

A very bad pic of Hannah performing

All in all , I had great fun at the event . thanks so much to Leonard for having me there , Cecilia who took care of my needs and all my friends who accompanied me . Still waiting for the pics from Sandra , but will update this posts soon enough ! Oh ya ,I also saw Esther who was with her fiancee at the event. Congrats for getting engaged ~!

To conclude , It was A great show , made alot of new friends and contacts , plus I had a fantastic time . The moment of the night for me ? …I had three( almost similar ) of these from people I’ve never met ….

` Are you David Lai ? You’re the magician right ? Yeah I saw your BLOG ! Can I have a pic? ‘

I blushed so hard and almost turned to a tomato …People do stumble apon my BLOG ??? haha…WTF??…( blushing )

I just did a show for Apex Security. This is actually the 2nd time I’ve done a show for Apex . Anyways ….
My friend Darren called me up because of a last minute cancelation but I was still in time to do this show. Darren and I used to work on quite a number of shows in the past . Mind you , he’s a `doctor ‘ ( yes a medical doctor ) now , and had been too busy to perform these days . This is the 1st time we’ve met up after quite some time not rubbing shoulders in the magic scene together …

Well, the show was at Menara Apex located in the SATAY land of Kajang . I am so thankful for Quin Li for giving the directions for the hidden menara . Show started at 6.45 pm and we had dinner before that . Food was served in buffet style and the variety was not bad . I tell you I got the suprise of my life when the caterers came up to me and said , ` Hey KAWAN ! ‘ ….. The caterers were the same caterers catering for 2 of my past events . What a small small world . They were my biggest fans for the night and applauded at everything I did ! haha , great guys !

With the annual dinner backdrop

Me and Darren while taking a break

With some of Apex’s employees

With our employer , Mr James .

All , in all ,the show was a great show to say the least . Everything went fine * ( a small exception which I will get into) , the crowd’s response was very enthusiastic , and best of all my client was happy . Just recieved an sms from James

`Good performance , take care  ‘

So I guess it went pretty well . Haha.

Oh ya , on the bad part ….man , if I did vanishing tricks , I would have vanished a bodypart of the crazy DJ that handled the sound system . Everytime me and Darren were performing , he kept on putting the music louder . WTF man ?? . Owh, really lost my voice shouting to fight with the music . Kept on asking him to lower the music but he never listened ! Damn it ! Where is my Strepsils !! Sore throat already !..and I know you know which bodypart I’d vanish !!

A small comment from my employer ,

` I really like you guys for your pleasent attitude . You guys are really very marketable magicians ‘ .
Mr James , organizer of Apex’s Annual dinner