Cecil Lee

Dear Vijay, In my opinion, there are many other factors that can influence the sale of your house. Overall, the main factors are: 1. Location, location, location. 2. Selling price & market conditions. 3. Luck factor - however, there are said to be many forms of luck. Chinese divinity uses Pillars of Destiny (map out Heaven's luck) and try to increase this. 4. For Feng Shui, if there are salient or good points of the house under Feng Shui; one may try to `sell' this as value added - provided the buyer can be convinced about Feng Shui and good points about it. Sometimes, if the house is not so good, this can however backfire. 5. For a new good house, you can try out the Good House report at www.geomancy-online.com. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cindi, If you can the layout sketch in a paint program, much the better as it does not turn out well in text. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Nina, 1. In my opinion, using `fixed' Ba Gua template is not proper FS concepts. 2. However, I have taken the opportunity to marked out the `centre-point' of your house. If you are using Compass School Feng Shui methods such as: Eight House of Flying Star, you can take a compass reading (refer to house1a.bmp) and `aim' the compass towards the main entrance. The compass reading will determine the direction of your main entrance door. 3. For the second part of the `L' shaped layout, you can super-impose the map to this other half. Warmest Regards, Cecil P.S. Please download attached file.

Dear Sarah, Thanks for bring up an interesting point. Yes, usually the question that it (slanted roof) is considered `inauspicious' has been brought up. But not how much `damage' it may cause. In my opinion, an overhead beam would be more inauspicious then say a slanted roof. I have audited several homes with slanted roof ranging from it in the bedroom area to the study room. Some of the rooms have the slanted roof away from the bed or study. While some rooms have it away from the study (chair area where one sits). Based on my personal experience; I feel that: 1. it depends on whether how long one spents at the sector (with the slopping ceiling). 2. if for example, the bed or study chair is away from the sloping ceiling, there is no impact. 3. But from several cases, I had audited previously, i.e. Para 1 senario, mostly, it is only `minor irritation' or quite minor `problems' associated with it (subject to how much time one spends there). Minor irritation in terms of some `hiccups' or minor stumbling blocks (in life) but not major ones (so far). I still keep in touch with a few clients who have this slanted ceiling and is still observing how much impact it has or if any. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, You can make use of the following tools to help you find the best direction for the main entrance door: manual method: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm computerised method: Best to read thru some of the information in the above site first. Eight House report under http://www.geomancy-online.com Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, Thanks for your advice. I did a search engine and came up with the URL for the home site of "Home Plan Pro". You can find out more about this software from their URL: http://www.homeplanpro.com Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Dear Wasis, You can make use of the Singapore virtual street directory map at this URL: http://streetdirectory.com NOTE: The `cut and paste' of the URL below MAY not work. You should go to the site first and use the SEARCH feature to type in either the street e.g. Waterloo Street (Location A) and Smith Street (Location B) and zoom in or out of the map from there:- I did a search for Location A as:- (Waterloo Street area) http://streetdirectory.com/map.cgi?sizex=400&sizey=400&ismap=1&x=30186.1752& y=31479.5516&level=7?294,292 And Location B:- (Peoples Park) http://streetdirectory.com/map.cgi?sizex=400&sizey=400&ismap=1&x=29176&y=294 33&level=7?78,118 You can also use the virtual map to have a peek at other locations in Singapore or type in any of the names I mentioned earlier. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wasis, For purchase of Ba Gua mirror(s), 6 coins etc... Here are the suggested locations:- LOCATION/SECTOR A Buildings/Landmarks:- 1. Fu Lu Shou Complex 2. Albert Complex 3. Housing and Development Shops facing (opposite) the famous " Kwan Im Tong Hood Che Temple - located at Waterloo Street. 4. Housing and Development Block 405 (just opposite the Bugis MRT). 4.1 In fact, Para 1, 2, 3 & 4 are within walking distance of one another. 4.2 Do look out for `open air' shops `surrounded' by Albert Complex, Fu Lu Shou Complex and Kwan Im Tong Hood Che Temple. 4.3 There are many `open air' shops especially in the evening. LOCATION/SECTOR B Another location is `Chinatown'. It is worth visiting the following shopping centres there:- 1. The stretch of Eu Tong Seng Road in particular:- 1.1 Peoples Park Complex 1.2 Yue Hwa Bulding 1.3 Chinatown Complex/ New Bridge Ctr. 1.4 Terrace shop houses along - Temple Street, Smith Street, Sago Street, Sago Lane. 2. Currently there are construction work carried out for the North-East MRT (where there is a MRT station and some inconvenience. But other than this, you could get hold of the location map and perhaps plan your route to visit the terrace shops located at Temple Street / Sago Street Lane / Pagoda Lande and walk to Chinatown Complex and New Bridge Center then use the overhead bridge to cross to Peoples Park Complex / Yue Hwa Building. 3. Ba Gua mirrors: 3.1 If you can, you could buy the Ba Gua mirror with the two Door gods attached to the top of the mirror. 3.2 What is the purpose of the Ba Gua used for? Mostly there could be used for two purposes: Some belief that: 1. To ward off evil. 2. To deflect sha Qi. As mentioned above, a Ba Gua mirror with the two door Gods attached to can to some practitioners used to supposely to ward off evil. And serve a dual purpose of deflecting sha qi if there is a mirror on it. 3. I mentioned in the past, I chanced across several situations where two main doors of separate houses faced each other. The two doors were separated by around 1 metre or less. 3.1 In the above situation, one owner placed a Ba Gua with a `normal' flat or convex mirror in the centre of the Ba Gua above the main door. 3.2 The other owner `retaliated' by placing a full convex mirror on his door. The convex mirror is suppose to deflect the bad sha qi of the neighbours. 3.3 Usually, the convex mirror is used or more commonly used in the homes. 4. In the west, especially if you meet `western' FS practitioners - some would condone the `effectiveness' of the Ba Gua mirror. You can find out more info on Ba Gua's under this URL: Ref: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/pakua.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ann, There are various softwares, where one could try to draw a layout plan:- 1. The most popular is using Microsoft Word and it's built in line art feature in the software. Some users had uploaded the file in word .doc with the sketch of their layout plan. 2. Other paint programs and saving the file as either: .jpg .bmp .gif The above are equally popular formats. 3. Scanner Alternatively, ask a friend for assistance to help you scan it using a scanner and saving it into a floppy disk. (After you have sketched a proper layout). 4. The images you usually see under the Picture Tours were mostly scanned by me using any popular scanners eg. HP scanjet or Canon scanners. Just any other brands would do. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Carol, Apologies, I am unable to comment on `bagua placement' as it is not a proper form of Traditional Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Jeanette, 1. It is good to understand that, as a guide, a missing corner should be one where there is a 33.3 percent missing `area' in a specific sector. Here, the home is sub-divided in 9 equal divisions or a 3 x 3 grid. 2. It is good to examine, whether it is really a missing corner or a protrusion. As different `treatment'/intrepretation is used. 3. If there is a missing corner in the home and the house is a: 3.1 Landed property If it is a landed property, an outline of the `missing area' or boundary can be created outside the house. A top-view will then show that the missing area has been outlined by a boundary. The boundary can be shrubs, fencing or layout on the grass / concrete floor. One can also place pots of plants to form the `missing' outline. 3.2 An apartment/flat/condominium house One way is to install mirrors on the wall(s) to negate the `missing' corners. Some FS practitioners recommend; the placement of a wind chime. However, this should be done with care (after proper assessment). Else, one may use trial and error FS. Otherwise, there are fewer remedies for this. As for "family side" or "creativity side", this is not widely used in Traditional FS. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Some FS practitioners, asked their clients to hang wind chimes outside their entrance door, this year. A windchime (or subject to more detailed site analysis) can be hung at bad `yellow' earth sector i.e. the sector with bad earth #5 this year. However, as this is quite general; it should normally be looked at in relation to the 20 year Flying Star of the year. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Suzi, Appreciate if you can elaborate more about the `pooja ghar'. Is it a figurine/statue. And what signficance / does it represent. Regards, Cecil

I have visited the site below and is equally horrified by the cruelty to these poor cats! -------- Start of message ----- Subject: Please save the Bonsai Cat Subject: Pls sign to stop : Bonsai Kittens Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 22:30:13 +0800 If only those people will spare a thought for these poor cats. Imagine what if we are the one being kept in those bottle? Sighz ...... To anyone with love and respect for life: (I don't know how people can be so warped to do a thing like this and act as if it is a normal treatment of animals) In New York there is a Japanese who sells "bonsai-kittens". Sounds like fun huh? NOT! These animals are squeezed into a bottle. Their urine and faeces are removed through probes. They feed them with a kind of tube. They feed them chemicals to keep their bones soft and flexible so the kittens grow into the shape of the bottle. The animals will stay their as long as they live. They can't walk or move or wash themselves. Bonsai-kittens are becoming a fashion in New York and Asia. See this horror at: http://www.bonsaikitten.com. Please sign this email in protest against these tortures. If you receive an email with over 500 names, please send a copy to: anacheca@hotmail.com From there this protest will be sent to USA and Mexican animal protection organizations. If you send this to your friends: Use the copy/paste method in an NEW email to keep this readable.... 1.-Ana Check Mexico, D.F.. 2.-Manolo Alert Mexico,D.F. 3.-Alberto>Huerta Mexico,D.F. 4.-Manuel Gutierrez Mexico, D.F. 5.-Marco Zapata Madrid 6.-Teresa Morato Mexico,D.F. 7.-Ximena Goyenechea Mexico, D.F. 8.-Larissa Lara Mexico, D.F. 9.-Marina Arencibia, Venezuela 10.-Ana Maria Carvajal, Venezuela 11.-Edgard D'Angelo, Venezuela 12.-Claudia Marquez, Venezuela 13.-Derek Ludovic, Venezuela 14.-Rodolfo Placencia,Venezuela 15.-Marbella Caceres, Venezuela 16.-Maria Cristina Caceres, Venezuela 17. 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Dear Ann, Please goto the conference (just above this) under the heading: User Discussion Session (User to User). It is the `fourth' message in there. If you still have problems finding it please let me know. Warmest Regards, Cecil

The purpose of bringing up this (unverified) story is that, it is always good to check on the `past' history of the place you are intending to buy especially if it is for sale at a very (very) attractive price. One way is that we could perhaps check with the neighbours .... ------ Some comments -------- Don't know how true this story is!!!! Scary! ----- Extract of unknown article ----- I still remember when my office phone rang, my wife was on the line saying that she spotted a maisonette (a two level flat/apartment) in The Strait Time and it was in Jurong West Street 42 Block 547, Singapore and the price was attractive!!. So we arranged a viewing with the agent and bought it on the spot!. A little bit of history I'm going to mentioned so that if you came across similar case do consider carefully. When we viewed the flat, we found that it was renovated extensively and we were told that the owner only stayed for a short while and moved out. When their rented shop unit from HDB arrived, they move to stayed upstairs the unit. Indeed, we did found that it was true when we went over to the shop to placed a deposit and signed the sale & purchase agreement. But we found out later that the owner had the shop all along and they moved out for some reasons. As the owner had bought the flats from Housing and Development Board (a statutory board that provides housing for majority of Singaporeans) direct, they can't sell the flat yet(5 yrs rule) so they moved out to a rented flat and later rented a shop unit. I came to know from neighbours later and that more that 10 families had came & went during these time. So please checked with the surrounding neighbours before you purchased a flat which now I learn. Ok! Now I will listed all the incidences happened during my two and the half years there. 1) As you know, maisonette go two levels, all the rooms are upstair. As I was watching TV in the hall, I used to see several times a black shadow darting at the stairs. 2) One night after watching TV alone, I think it was about 2.00am and I was walking past the stairs to go upstairs to sleep, I heard a voice(very clear) calling me "Papa!" once and instinctively I turn my head to my left where the voice came from. My whole body went cold when there was nothing there at all!. My wife and only daughter were sleeping soundly upstair. 3) It was in the afternoon, my wife was washing her hair in the toilet upstairs. As she was sitting on the stool bending forward holding the shower above her head washing her hair. Suddenly, she felt that someone gave her a hard push above her head. She unable to see that time coz her eyes was covered with shampoo. Then immediately, she open her eyes and call out to my daughter. She found that my daughter was indeed downstairs playing in the hall all the time. 4) It was when a new neighbour moved in next door and when they came over to get to know us. My wife was at the gate chatting with them. And my daughter and I was watching TV in the hall. The next evening after dinner in the hawker centre, we met them in the lift. Then, during our conversation, they mentioned, "Where is your boy?" We told them that we only got a daughter but they insisted that they saw themself, my daughter in the hall watching TV and there was a boy at the staircase playing and he was about 5 yrs old!!. Both husband & wife saw that!. 5) There was one evening at about 10.00pm. I was having my bath upstairs then when I turn to face the wall behind me, I got a shocked!! There was a transparent figure like a human (don't know gal or guy) moved from one wall to another!. I was shaking like a leave and naturally used the hot shower spray and spray to that direction. Nothing happen at all so I quickly rushed out. 6) This last one is the final straw we able to take before we moved out to our private apartment which happened the tenancy just expires.(Please note: can only sell after two & the half years for resale flat due to HDB restriction on home speculation). I forgot to mentioned that all this time during the night when we are sleeping in our locked master bedroom, we always heard noises like someone twisting our room handle and trying to open the door. I did checked many times to no avail. Ok!...One evening after watching TV, we all went upstairs to sleep. As we entered our master bedroom, I wanted to switch on the TV in the room to continue watching the program. We all got a shock! There was a pair of deep lighted shinning blue eyes on the TV screen. The TV was not even switch on!!. Just to make sure is not a fault, I even pull out the plug from the socket!!. The pair of eyes was still there!!. So all of us rush to the second guestroom and locked ourselves inside. Both my wife and daughter are crying like shit. I was also shivering but had to put up a brave front. While they fallen asleep later, I stayed up till morning. Guess what?....We moved that morning!!. This is a true incidences witness by three of us! Take care when hunting for a home.

Dear Sonia, I took quite sometime to reply to your mail because, with the limited information, that you have provided below; it is difficult to `pin-point' your problems. An `L' shaped house need not be all too bad. In fact, if one is using Feng Shui, there are many types of analysis. What you have mentioned is focused only on a specific sector and in the interior of the house. Please see below:- If you have a bathroom door between your bed, one can place a side table and a table lamp on top of it. Under Feng Shui, it symbolises a `partition' between the two. If you feel uncomfortable with the two mirrors facing each other, a `cheap' alterative is to place a opague film or even some nice posters on each of or one of the mirrors. For marriage and other factors, if one is using Feng Shui or Chinese divinity methods, a holistic way is to apply many of the FS / Chinese divinity methods. As mentioned in other forum messages, the level of use of FS depends on each individual. Some of us would like to go `deeper' or some of us, just stop at the basic Feng Shui and use our `sixth sense'. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Deidre, If your daughter is frequently getting injured or sickness, most likely if a Flying Star chart is done, there should usually be bad #numbers such as #2 or #5 in your daughter's bedroom. Please see below:- Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ali, Under one of my websites http://www.lovesigns.net - In the above site, you can find that a Rooster is characterised as:- Overview of a Rooster:- Roosters have keen sense of observation and likes to be noticed and flattered. It is not easy to fool a Rooster and they make good trouble shooters. They are conscious of their appearance and what they wear. What's good? Funny, witty, brave, enthusiastic, efficient and honest. A Rooster person is very intelligent, a good thinker and has an excellent memory, alert and organised. They are intelligent, entertaining and strong willed but generous to friends. Roosters are clever at finance, confident and an outstanding performer. They make great hosts and enjoys entertainment. They always keep their promises. What's bad? Roosters are boastful, easily critical and have their strong opinions. They are Notoriously picky and easily misunderstood. Paring best avoided with Rooster:- Rabbit, Dog and another Rooster partner One can also find out more about the Rabbit at the site.. However, finding out and `learning' about these `traits' may lead to `auto-suggestion'. If one continues to find out more of one's characteristics - described above, it may perhaps end up with a person adopting some of the characteristics. On the first page of http://www.lovesigns.net , I have this quotation: "The nature of love is one of the great mysteries of life. One way you can improve your relationship and love life by understanding one another's personality." Alternatively, if one believes the characteristics of say a Rooster or a Rabbit, one can perhaps understand each other's characteristics and one's own characteristics better. The above is based on basic Chinese Astrology as it only takes into account a person's year of birth. In fact, I believe there are many couples with excellent marriage lifes even if the Astrology says that they are `incompatible'. Try to make best use of your situation for a win-win situation for both of you. And since we are on this earth for a limited time, have more fun, happiness, trust and respect for each other. Equally important is a good listening ear. Warmest Regards Cecil

Dear Alice, A windchime can be used without an attached crystal. A windchime can be used especially if it is used against a bad earth element i.e. #5 or bad earth / bad yellow. A windchime (especially if it metallic) can help to reduce the impact of the #5. If the porch falls under the influence of #5, then it can be used there. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. In general, it is best to determine which location is the kitchen in? 1.1 If the kitchen is located at the South (compass direction); then overall, a stove/cooker is able to face a water position. The consideration here is that South = Fire element and a stove/cooker can face a water position (to cool down the `south' / fire sector). 1.2 But if the kitchen is at the North (compass direction): then it is advisable as the Feng Shui book suggest; not to let the stove/cooker face the water position. Here, since North = water (the fire of the stove/cooker can easily be `extinguished'. For other sectors, in my opinion, if there is not much choice, Para 1.1 can still hold here. If there is really not much you can do, then close the toilet door when not in use. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Alice, I must sincerely apologise as I am unable to provide advice based on *Black Hat Sect* type of questions relating to "illumination bagua" or "wind bagua". If you have a sketch of the specific room, I can take alook based on Shapes and Form theory to see if it is optimized for the above. Otherwise, I am really not much use in " Black Hat Sect aka... type of modern ideas. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Arthur, 1. In order to know which cure to use it is very important to determine whether a person is a weak or strong earth. 2. Geomancy.Net's calculation takes into account 4 main pillars (day, month, year and hour) plus House of Life and House of conception to determine your final element. 3. Here, based on how your elements combinations and clashes the proportion and changes in strength for the elements will affect whether you are a weak or strong earth person. 4. If you have used the Pillars of Destiny v8 and above to determine that you are a strong earth, then you are strong earth, as it takes into account many factors before coming to that conclusion. 5. For weak earth person:- FIre and Earth are used to strengthen it. For strong earth person:- Metal - exhaust strong earth Wood - destroy strong earth Water - destroy fire which is the production element for strong earth. This happens also to be Strong Earth's wealth element. 6. Therefore, a cure or enhancement is different for a person who is `weak' or `strong'. 7. These are three ways to help reduce strong earth. However, depending on your current situation. You can use a combination of these elements. 8. A strong earth is usually made up of either lots of Fire / Earth or both. So usually the way to cure it is to reduce the Fire or Earth directly. 9. So usually the recommended cures are Metal being the strongest way to reduce Earth directly, Wood to destroy earth (but in the process it also creates Fire, so this is considered a double edged cure). Water (indirect cure which attacks the Fire which produces Earth, and also it is a wealth provider for Earth). Frankly, it is not advisable just to know one's element e.g. earth. But as you can see from the above explanation; there can be lots of difference when applying cures or enhancements for either a weak or strong earth person. Warmest Regards Cecil

Dear Phyu Phyu, Based on your description, it looks like if your house is much higher than the back, usually it is not affected by the dead end. In addition if you have bushes inbetween the house and the dead end. With `proper care' of the slope to avoid soil erosion is ideal. In my opinion, you need not do anything at this stage. However, if there are sufficient lighting (external) this would be great. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Rosaline, Under Flying Star, one should look at the interaction of the #mountain / #water and base # for each sector. :"Depends on Star 5 and Warmest Regards, Cecil