Have not blogged for a long time again.On a heartier and lighter note...i will share with u the human psychology from a book i read,entitled "the mind's eye".
Today,i will share with u how to create the illusion that makes people experience that they have been somewhere or did something before.More commonly,its known as deja vu.(pronounced dee-zsha-vuu)

• Firstly,the book tells me that the human mind mostly thinks in words and languages.But if we all could use our imagery abilities,our memory will be better.But we express them in words to be understood.hence the contradiction here:Our eidetic ability (photographic memory )is destroyed by words.

Lets do an experiment.Say for example,u introduced me to two of ur close frens.Say i met up with u one day,and after that u met up with two other frens at two different times.And surprisingly,i may have the same fashion style and hair length as the 1st fren after me.Lets just say u met ur third fren later in the day,and that third fren has seen me and is trying so hard to express the fact that he saw me.But in words its just so hard for u to guess.U will be so confused u just did not know which one he or she is decribing to you about.And the more u ask,the more the description,the more u want to just give up.Have u ever experienced that before?

U have heard the saying:"a picture paints a thousand words" true.If i pased by you again on that day,ur third fren would finally go "there!!that one!!!the one I'm talking about."straightaway,in singaporean context,u go "orh...that one ah!!!aiyah u talk so much so actually its that one lah!!"

• the above is just the basic knowledge of creating that illusion.Now for the real thing.First of all,dun try to talk so much.e.g:"Do you know what we did that day?u know what is deja vu?its the familiar feeling that we did something before at someplace or somewhere."

This can definitely put people on high alert,and they may prematurely start to figure out what you are up to.Before long,ur own plot is exposed.

• Secondly,dont re-enact the same events at the same place.It will definitely hook up the person's memeory.instead re-enact the same sequence of event,at e different place with say,the particular fast food chain that u and ur fren had eaten at, earlier in another place.

• Thirdly,the key events must be there,it doesnt matter if the sequence are a little messed up,so long as they are not so messed up ,its ok.To u urself u will know clearly what are the main events.and one more thing,it helps if u can remember what u wore on that particular day.And wear the same thing.(u r most probably treating ur fren like a victim of coma who just woke up and suffered memory loss!!!)

Lastly,just be natural.When frens go out,sometimes one takes the leadership of having the other one to follow and accompany around,and vice versa.Dont try to force ur frens to go to a certain place when it seems so far away.rememeber the first and second points,as this can help add an air of familiarity yet some tinge of disorientation.They may start to feel that what u are wearing looks quite familiar at a particular time,and are doing the same things,the only thing that they are unaware of is that the place has changed.It can feel really weird.But only u know the answer.TRy it,and tell me the results.Re eanct somehting that happened a year ago,somehting that u can vividly remeber,including what u were wearing.Dont do it one week or one month later,as the event itself is still fresh on the person's mind.Depends on how strong the person's memory is.

Ahhhh...aint that playing on their eidetic ability?*

(this article i wrote was inspired by Criss angel's critcially acclaimed tv series,MIndfreak,in which he did the wine barrel escape,and in between shots,he made a couple experience deja vu.)