Quote:
Never show anyone. They’ll beg you and they’ll flatter you for the secret, but as soon as you give it up… you’ll be nothing to them
-Alfred Borden, The Prestige
This I agree. How many times have you shown someone something, and they immediately lose interest? Part of the world is keeping up the magical illusion. Breaking the illusion, and you’re left with nothing but to deal with numbers.
There is a saying that wushu (chinese martial arts. Some of you Americans know it as Kung Fu) gets weaker with every generation, because every teacher keeps 10% to himself/herself in case the protege decides to attempt to kill the master, then the master can unleash the last 10%.
A simple geometric progression then occurs… Oops. There I go again. Nothing to deal with but numbers.
I think I reveal too much. Gotta shut that gap sometimes. And I have a strange feeling that if I knew the answer to the universe, life and everything (not the ‘42′ variant of the answer), it can answer the question on why australian highlighters have such high alcohol content. You never know if I may come up with a temporary solution. Hmm. Go figure
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That’s why when it came to Wong Fei Hung…the only technique he knew was that “Standing-on-one-leg a.k.a Crane Style”
Hmm… like old Malay silat tales. The Master won’t tell his students about his last powderful move. On the other hand, the sacred move will only be given if the Master is dying or whatsoever and to his best student only.
Itu kami panggil kiasu.
“Ninety per cent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.” -Terry Pratchett
Aoshi-
more like kiasi (scared of death)
Maskawaih-
It’s a pretty asian thing…
Hashie-
I know a lot of one extra fact about a lot of things… that makes magic lose its lustre to me…
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