Magic, at a simplistic level, is the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks. On a greater perspective, it is the power to control Mother Nature, to contain the sun and bring forth the rain. Such is the influence of NTU's Rugby Magician, Jason ‘Rain Man’ Law.

Rugby-Net caught up with Jason as he shared his views on being a magician and his upcoming performance in NTU.

Rugby-Net: “So Jason, do you prefer to be called a Magician or a Magicman?”

Jason: “Damn. Every time I hear this question, I’m like ‘Gawd, you must be friggin joking’. Everyone who’s in the magic bizniss knows that serious magicians are simply known as... magicians! To be a Magicman would imply that I’m a fraud, some kind of children’s birthday party clown performer, which I’m not!”

Rugby-Net: “Whoa cool it man. Don’t bite my head off, dawg. What’s the big deal?”

Jason: “What do you mean what’s the big deal? Heck, the next thing I know, people will start asking me if I indulge in ‘Magick’ too. ‘Magick’ is the trade of the Devil and I sure as hell didn’t sell my soul to the Devil.”

Jason: “Criss Angel, he's a bloody fraud and con-artist man… hope he gets herpes and rots. He probably practises ‘Magick’, so does David Copperfield, David Blaine and Jerry Seinfeld, but not me man. I practise good old magic, one of a dying breed of honest magicians. I mean, just look at me, do you think I’m out to defraud you? You can trust me.”

Rugby-Net: “Err… alright. (Awkward) So how’s it like being a magician?”

Jason: “Life as a magician is really not easy. I thought it’s going to be all fun but man, was I wrong. Some stunts were ‘legally’ and ‘lawfully’ challenging; and when you’re doing things that challenge your life, it makes it even more difficult.”

Rugby-Net: “Legally and lawfully challenging?”

Jason: “You know, smuggling stuff and all. We call it the sleight-of-hand smuggling, that kinda stuff.”

Rugby-Net: “How in the world do you prepare for such feats? I mean, you could get caught by the authorities?”

Jason: “I try to do my due diligence, get together proper preparation and take minimal risks. Just about everything that I’m doing is going into uncharted territory, so you don’t know until the end of the day if you’ve prepared well enough.”

Rugby-Net: “Man, you’re into some real deal.”

Rugby-Net: “You do have some tension with Criss Angel, I assume?”

Jason: “We go kinda way back. I showed him the ropes and he turned his back on me. The next thing I knew, I got a call from my agent and he told me that he’s dropping me from his lineup since apparently, Criss Angel just signed on to his agency. What a fag... Now I need to get a new agent and man, searching Google for an agent is going to take so much work. So I figured, f**k that s**t. I’ll get myself an engineering degree to back me up and they can k**s my a** for all I care.”

Rugby-Net: “Then again, thanks to you… we’ve got Mindfreak to watch.”

Jason: “F**k you man. You trying to pull a fast one on me? Trying to be smart, dude?”

Rugby-Net: “Cool it man. It was a joke. Take it easy. Damn, see? Now it’s starting to rain.”

Rugby-Net: “So about the upcoming performance, what can we expect?”

Jason: “Well, the usual thing. Some levitation, walking on walls, people disappearing and stuff like that. Maybe I’ll throw in some teleportation as well. We’ll see.”

Rugby-Net: “Looks like it’s gonna be a blast. On behalf of Rugby-Net, we’d like to wish you all the… Jason…? Wtf man… Jason...? I swear he was sitting right here. Jason..?”