Cecil Lee

Dear Jen, It is best to go for clay coloured roof tiles or even red/maroon. There was once, a client who used to have clay coloured roof tiles. Because of the numerous leaves that had fallen on the roof, and algae growth on it, the roof `turned' greenish. Fortunately, this house `looks like a crab' or has a profile of a crab. The owners became very successfully and prospherous. However, the owners subsequently got the roof cleaned and things was not the same again. The green algae grown is akin or symbollic of `wealth accumulation'. Overall, locally and overseas, it is common to find green roof tiles especially for temples. For a house tht has e.g. blue or grey roofs; blue or grey actually represents the water element; and if the owner truly does not want to change the colour of the tiles, then, it is best to paint the external walls of entire house or maintain the external walls to white colour. At least, this would achieve a two `productive cycle' flow of water and metal (white). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Hoa Luong, 1. Besides Shapes and Form Feng Shui, the other form of Feng Shui is the Compass School Feng Shui. 2. In this aspect, the Compass School Feng Shui consists of both Eight House and Flying Star Feng Shui. 3. Usually, when applying Feng Shui, as mentioned earlier, both Shapes and Forms and the two compass schools i.e. Eight House and Flying Star Feng Shui is used. And usually and for practical reasons, how suitable the hosue is to a person (in general) should be based on e.g. the Eight House. 4. After having covered all the above points of consideration under Feng Shui i.e. Shapes and Forms and Compass School; we often then use Ba Zi for the interior of the home. 5. Therefore, a practical approach is: 5.1 Do a Feng Shui audit based on the above two known compass schools. Next, apply personal Ba Zi e.g. apply the Ba Zi binding element of both partners for e.g. their bedroom / living / dining room area. For for each family member occupying a bedroom, it should where possible harmonize with their ba zi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Thank you for the description of the condo. 2. Your situation seems rather unique. 3. Frankly, there is no current reference to your situation i.e. whether it is good or bad Feng Shui to have an interior that is distinctively sloping. 4. The only parallel to your situation is that some Feng Shui practitioners have advised their clients to get their contractor doing the flooring to gently slope the floor in the living room i.e. from from the main door down towards the middle of the room. This is not obvious to the household. 5. The purpose is literally, with the hope to `catch' wealth. 6. In my opinion, this is just an idea and from past observations e.g. of houses been advised to do so, there is really no distinct advantage nor disadvantage for this. 7. Therefore, in your case, if the slope is minimal, to me, it seems OK. 8. Overall, (if you can) try to check out how well the past owners (tenants) were doing when they stayed in the house. However, if there are situations where there may be a problem, then, one may have to reference it in relation to the birth chart of the house e.g. house built or major renovation done during that period. Personally, if you and your family feel comfortable with the current situation, this is fine. Warmest Regards, Cecil

A company dealing with metal is considered as under the Metal element. Metal colour is considered as gold or white. As metal element goes well with water element, this company makes full use of the two elements: Metal : circle, white Water : blue and black. Did you manage to find all four of the items mentioned above? In this picture? In the picture, did you manage to see:- a. blue colour? (clue: the company logo) b. circle? (clue: the company logo is circular) c. black? (clue: the wordings of the company is in black) d. white? (clue: the background colour of the signage is in white). Under the five elements concept, water and metal are harmonous elements under the productive cycle.

Please see attached pictures. Fortunately, the new Parkview Square (European style) building is not directly at the front of The Gateway. Else, it would become the demise of The Gateway. The electronic street directoy of The Gateway site. Note: The new Parkview Square building is not yet updated under this URL:- http://streetdirectory.com/new_sd.cgi?product=&company=&detail=&start=&xt=&yt=&x=30903.9000&y=31242.9800&level=6&xyfile=&circle=&star=1&heading=THE%20GATEWAY,%20152%20BEACH%20ROAD%20(189721)&areapostal=189721&zonedetail=

These photos of Gateway building was taken from an office located in one of Suntec City Tower building office. Sorry for the poor pictures as these pictures were taken thru the window of Suntec City tower office. The earlier pictures in the first forum message was taken from the `front-paranomic picturs' of the building. While this set of pictures are considered as the `back' part of the building. In my opinion, some cases, there were some people who belief that some of the units were `haunted'. From my personal experience, some businesses did not do well there. In the past, there was also an Apple authorised retailer called Tricom Pacific which had occupied the ground floor of the East wing... it folded shortly afterwards... P.S. These three pictures were taken by me 5 years ago. I never published them until today. Again apologise for the poor quality as the digital camera I had used was an `old' Sony one - good enough at that time, but not now.

Dear All, These are some of the preliminary pictures taken of `The Gateway' Building complex. It comprises of Two blocks: One at the East, the other at the West. In my opinion, two blocks have bad Feng Shui. More about it later on...

These pictures are of the views of the temple

Pictures of the buddhist temple at Sims Avenue: 1. This temple has two elephants instead of the usual pair of lions. 2. Motifs include: the Swastica sign of Buddha; patterns on the walls and even specially designed grille...

Flat shaped buildings belong to the earth element....

These are two views of a main door. Where half the common area wall `smashes' the main door. Plants in such a case can be used to neutralise this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sio Cheng, 1. It is not advisable to place a fish tank in a bedroom based usually on `commonsense approach' be it Feng Shui or otherwise: 1. As a bedroom is usually suppose to be a place of rest or `yin location'. 2. The other situation is that if the bedroom is not well ventilated, a medium sized fish tank may need e.g. weekly cleaning or maintenance - depending on the type of food given to the fish -- where the fish tank may need to be cleaned. Since you are only placing a small fish tank, perhaps, more like a bowl, there should not be much of a problem. If it is well maintained - clean and not much `fishy' smell coming from it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Based on what you had mentioned, the newly insatlled lamp post does not seem to be a threat. A threat is where, if one stands at the window or door and looks outwards directly ... and if it slices into the house, this may be a problem for those staying there. Usually, if there is a `leak' in the house, it may not necessarily come from the `L' shape house. As `L' shaped houses need not necessarily be affected in this way. Most probably, there are other leaks in your home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Phil, It is quite common to have staircase(s) close to the centre of the house. So far, if one read thru the messages under this forum, there is no direct issue of a staircase at the middle of the house. Usually, if there is a problem, it is due to multiple issues. For a staircase, however, it is preferred that the steps are covered e.g. no opening or hollow between each steps. A mirror can also be used at the staircase landing to direct flow of Qi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, 1. In the past, coconut trees literally litter the coastline of Singapore island. 2. Nowadays, there are few if any public areas with coconut trees. 3. The rationale is simple: if a coconut fruit were to fall directly on one's head; especially an infant or a child, it may be fatal. It is said that even coconut fruit that bounced e.g. on a hard surface, may accidentally `hit' a child or even an adult's head with major consequences. 4. However, the superstition or what one wants to call it is that it is said that a coconut fruit is (suppose) to have eyes. And `it' tries to fall down - avoiding say a person. Perhaps, this is true? Well, I do not have the statistics to prove otherwise. And for most of us, there is simply no worry i.e. more likely, one gets into say a vehicle accident or even remotely got bitten by the shark. 5. Nevertheless, perhaps to `solve' this problem or reduce it, this is why in some instances, dwarf coconut trees are planted. This dwarf coconut tree is found along Telok Blangah Crescent, Singapore. There is also a row of dwarf coconut trees found at the East Coast, Marine Parade. 6. The Durian fruit If you do a search in the internet e.g. at yahoo.com for the `durian' fruit, one can see that it is a green fruit with lots of spikes. It is also said that a durian fruit also has `eyes'. And it `tries' not to fall on to a person. However, even if in the remote event that it falls and hit a person; because of the condensed spikes, it helps to lesson the `blow' i.e. creating a buffer e.g. hitting one's head and the mass is slowed down and absorbed by say the head in a larger area. Contrast this to a smooth rounded coconut, where if should it ever hits a person's head, the force or impact is concentrated at one location - perhaps leading to fatal concussion. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. This lesson is on Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. 2. For the lay person, it is not easy to apply the Four Symbolic animal concept i.e. green dragon on the `east' and the white tiger on the west. 3. Thus, if you have followed several of my recent messages; you find that, realistically, YOU can also on your own, sensibly have a feel of whether a property has `leaks'. 4. If so, if you have not committed in the purchase or lease, can have the opportunity not to take up the `offer' no matter how attractive say the rental price is! Cavet Emptor or let the buyer beware! 5. To recap, several of the recent case studies that I had posted in this forum looks at a simple issue: If you stand outside of the landed property or office space/industrial space; Check out: 1. Are there slopes? Or is there a slope to the right or left of the property? 2. If possible, go to another highrise building close-by to observe the landscape of the site and landscape. Please refer to the attached paranomic case study. 3. In this picture, can you see the markings: `A'; `B' and `C' ? 4. In this picture, marking `A' is actually the shop front which I had posted earlier in this message thread. Where, this shop front is in disrepair and totally vacant. 5. Do take a careful look at the picture: You should be able to see a gradual slope from point/marking `A' (this run down vacant shop with bad feng shui) down to `B' (Standard Chartered Bank, Johor Bahru, Malaysia) and down to `C' Esso petrol station. NOTE: In addition, take a look at the picture: there is a vertical road which is also sloping. As cars are also right hand drive, literally, wealth from `ABOVE' flows down to Esso, Johor Bahru. By positioning, it's MOUTH, Esso, receives wealth both horizontally and vertically. One can thus say that Excellent sites always invariably receives automatic wealth at the expense of others. Good examples are past examples of : The Meyer Place, The Sterling etc... We can confidentally say that in such situations, there is indeed a Quantum Leap in LUCK! 6. If one looks carefully, you can see a distinct profile of Esso station's roof. Much like a `MOUTH' collecting wealth. 7. Apparently, the vacant shop marked `A' has a major leak. And it failed to fix the leak. Next time, if you either find a house (landed property) or a shop front, do look carefully. If you had committed to a property; and if it has a slope, perhaps, you should seek professional Feng Shui help in such a situation. I hope, this example, will help you further identify leaks.

In this paranomic photo, you can see, at a distance, a profile of some of the towers of Suntec City, Singapore. This mega Shopping centre, office space and exhibition/convention hall uses, a smooth skin of reflective tinted glass covering it's skin. Considered as a defensive `posture'. To find out more about past postings of pictures of Suntec City, try to do a SEARCH for it under this forum.

In Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, scanning the environment is important. A simple example is that there can be a threat from reflective glass commonly found in high rise buildings. Such reflective glass - firstly from the reflection of the sun, may divert light or `glare' into another building. An example is shown here. The blue tinted reflective glare of this building known as Wisma Alsagoff reflects and many such buildings are typical examples. In addition, this building towers over another building shown on the right of the picture. In Hong Kong, a noticeable example is the Bank of China building. It has both pointed edges and reflective glass covering the entire building. In many instances such buildings utilise `self-defence' e.g. protective tinted glass facade and poison arrows in the form of either sharp corners, acute angles, triangles or a combination of both.

This figurine shows a dragon on green jade pearl on an ingot. It is suppose to be symbolic of `wealth collection'. More commonly, since many want to be convinced that there is a wealth corner; a Feng Shui practitioner may most likely `identify' a site. And perhaps, the customer, get hold of one of such `wealth retention or collection items. Warmest Regards, Cecil

The laughing buddha: Display items are symbolic. Usually, the figurines are smiling, plum (fatty) - to signify prosperity... If one look carefully, one can notice the buddha resting on two volumes of book. This signifies also a "well read" man. more to come...

In our next installment, do look out for this...

Dear Beng Chiang, If you have a scanned image, feel free to sent it directly to: support@geomancy.net or you can simply FAX it to: Country code / fax number as shown below:- +065 64829570 Please include your email address. If you can do so, I can help you determine the direction e.g. using marking `A' to `B' to help guide u in determining the compass direction. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. Additional points:- 2. At this time, if one use a Feng Shui ruler to measure any of the HDB flats, one will notice that they are all Feng Shui friendly ie. width and height. 3. The 5 room `point' block flats shown earlier are usually 25 storeys high. 4. In addition, many of these 5 room flats and 1 / 3 room flats are typical of earth element. 5. They are typically mass produced and the entire block consisting of 100 units x 25 floors are squarish = earth shape. Perhaps, signalling stability for both the people staying in them and for the country. 6. Under this attachment, you can generally view flats usually 14 storey high. In this single block, one can find a mix of 1 room / 3 rooms and 4 room flats. The 4 room flat units are usually at the ends of each of the block. 7. Again, these flats are generally considered as `Earth element' because they are flat, rectangular. 8. Under the picture attachment: 3-room-70s-5.jpg, can you see laundery visible from the flats. In many of such blocks, one can literally see cloths hung at the `back' of the house... Did you manage to see the clothes hung -- up and dry?

Dear All, 1. Back down memory lane... 2. In the early 1970's the government public housing arm known as: Housing and Development Board (HDB), built many what is known as " Five-room flats ". 3. Generally, during this period, approximately 90 percent of the entire population either lived in " 1 room, 3 room, 4 room or 5 room flats". 4. The 5 room flats were at that time, meant for the `lower to middle income' earners. And typically is also called a point block flat. Please see attached pictures of these 5-room flats.. They look nearly the same all scattered over the Singapore island such as older housing estates in Bedok, Telok Blangah, Holland Road, Bukit Merah etc... 5. The slightly higher middle income; who could not qualify for such public housing were given the opportunity to purchase/live in what was known as Housing and urban development flats or known as HUDC flats. These HUDC flats were generally between 1,300 sq feet to 1,500 sq feet. The earliest HUDC flats are: Braddel Heights, Laguna Park, Farrer Park. Nowadays, these are often known as HDB Executive flat. But majority are much smaller. And HDB Executive flats are never found in `matured' estates. 6. Typically, these flats are 99 year lease. And many of them around 30 years old or generally have lease of approximately 65 years or less. 7. Please see a sample of the attached layout plan: HDBtypical5roomtype.jpg Why is it called 5-room flat? 8. If you notice carefully, all bedrooms + study room is counted as a room each. And the last addition is the living/dining room. 9. A FIVE ROOM FLAT Thus a typical 5 room flat consists of:- ONE master bedroom TWO additional bedrooms (bedroom 2 and 3) ONE study room ONE living cum dining room. This makes a total of 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = " 5 rooms ". Note: the kitchen, toilets and service balcony are considered as NOT rooms. 10. Thus you can guess that a Four Room flat has:- ONE master bedroom ONE additional bedroom (bedroom 2) ONE study room (or bedroom 3 either way) ONE living cum dining room. This makes a total of 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = " 5 rooms ". Attached please find the typical arrangement of a such a 5 room flat. Notice, the placement of bedroom cabinet(s), bed etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, Locally,(in Singapore) I understand that some Feng Shui practitioners have actually asked their clients to place pairs of kirins. For example, a pair of large bronze ones were placed outside both main entrance. And all over e.g. outside the windows of e.g. the various bedrooms, study rooms etc.. For those, who had these pairs of kirins and found that they constantly have frequent quarrels or disharmony of the home, should remove them totally. Frankly, kirins do not belong inside or outside of one's home. It is like inviting Sha Qi (or bad qi) into one's home. Warmest Regards, Cecil