the magician

i met someone interesting tonight at a PR firm's crhistmas party. i have yet to discover who he ireally is though. there i was sipping my g&t when we started talking. after the usual exchange of namecards i asked him what he did as it wasn't very explicit on his business card, "so what do you do?" i asked

"i'm a magician"

my jaw dropped. my first real magician.

"wow that's so cool, you're a magician!!!!!"

"No - i manage Singapore's top 3 magicians...."

"you manage magicians?" i echoed. or at least i thought i did.

he gave me a blank look.

i decided not to ask him again cos i was embarrassed that i wasn't able to hear anything but the word magician coming out from his mouth.

so i changed the topic and asked about the digital SLR he was carrying.

mr x from the tv station comes over to join us.

they do the usual handshakes and card exchange

i stand in the middle.

mr x asks.

"so what do you do" as he searched for a title on the unhelpful name card.

"i..................magician."

there he goes again. talking magician.

i look at mr x. mr x looks at me.

just then some pr person interrupts and takes the magician away.

mr x asked

so what does he do again?

i shrug

"i give up...i only hear the word magician."