Hiatus

I
will
not
be
posting
for
quite
a
while
because
I
am
in
the
middle
of
an
exam
period.

44th

Singapore's going to celebrate her 44th year of independence tommorow. I don't call it a birthday because she existed a few hundred years ago, and didn't just suddenly materialise out of thin air in 1965! Still, our progress was rapid, and we didn't give up.

Want to know a little more about Singapore?(especially foreigners) Here's some essential knowledge about Singapore, which might come in handy when you come to this island:

Magic, part 2

Well, this is one of the few promises I keep on this blog. Wouldn't want to talk about the wedding I went to last night because many many others would do the same anyway, nothing new...

I'll continue on modern magic. And I'll use the same amateurish source, because I'm lazy to find another one.

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Around the fourth century, magicians were thought to be evil and devil worshippers, and were turned against by Christians. In the Middle Age, magicians were even imprisoned and executed, just like witches. It took about 1200 years before they re-emerged as illusionists, performing tricks without any supernatural powers whatsoever. Eventually, they became entertainers too.