Cecil Lee

In Asia, the two most common uses of the BaGua Mirror are: 1. To deflect `Sha' Qi or poison arrows. The next use is as follows:- " A resident confidently mentioned to his neighors and friends... : My alarm is almost FREE! "

Dear Regina, Where possible, avoid purchasing a triangle plot of land: 1. Yes, it is usually considered inauspicious. 2. It is difficult to maximize the plot of land. 3. The attached illustration to this message shows a `clearer' picture... An exception is as follows:- Conference: Photo Tours of Interest (with Pictures) Topic: The best units in the Sterling Condominum Project Date of message: 12/29/99 As promised, I will explain why the top most units of the Sterling condominum are excellent apartments even if they are triangle in shape and seems to have protrusions or `missing' corners. The single picture (below) shows the two top most units in the Sterling Condominum project. The two top units:- 1. Are at the apex of the housing project. 2. They are situated at the top most elevation. The condominium is on a gentle hill slope. 3. If you look closely, each master bedroom is at the apex of the housing development. Symbolically, this implies the `top person', or CEO or the person who is "always at the top." 4. The two units are `joined' together like the palms of two hands in a `receiving position'. 5. Although the lift well is next to the main door, it is well contained in a solid concrete block. The benefits of the two units both with double 7's outweight this `minor' factor. 6. The unit on the right is bigger and enjoys the best Double 7 (especially since its base star is in sync with the mountain and water star. It has one of the best double 7's around. 7. The units at the base of the condominium are not as good as some of them have toilets that are close to the centre of the house. Please be patient... 1 graphic (size is 76k).. loading... Can you visualise an image of the palm of the right and left hand? (In the red outline below?) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Regina, Where possible, avoid purchasing a triangle plot of land: 1. Yes, it is usually considered inauspicious. 2. It is difficult to maximize the plot of land. An exception is as follows:- Conference: Photo Tours of Interest (with Pictures) Topic: The best units in the Sterling Condominum Project Date of message: 12/29/99 As promised, I will explain why the top most units of the Sterling condominum are excellent apartments even if they are triangle in shape and seems to have protrusions or `missing' corners. The single picture (below) shows the two top most units in the Sterling Condominum project. The two top units:- 1. Are at the apex of the housing project. 2. They are situated at the top most elevation. The condominium is on a gentle hill slope. 3. If you look closely, each master bedroom is at the apex of the housing development. Symbolically, this implies the `top person', or CEO or the person who is "always at the top." 4. The two units are `joined' together like the palms of two hands in a `receiving position'. 5. Although the lift well is next to the main door, it is well contained in a solid concrete block. The benefits of the two units both with double 7's outweight this `minor' factor. 6. The unit on the right is bigger and enjoys the best Double 7 (especially since its base star is in sync with the mountain and water star. It has one of the best double 7's around. 7. The units at the base of the condominium are not as good as some of them have toilets that are close to the centre of the house. Please be patient... 1 graphic (size is 76k).. loading... Can you visualise an image of the palm of the right and left hand? (In the red outline below?) Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Do not `overindulge' in Feng Shui.

Some Feng Shui practitioners list out the `cons' of keeping a fish tank: 1. What happens if the fish dies? 2. To some practitioners, water is like wealth. So pouring away the water in the fish tank (for example: maintenance) is like pouring away wealth.

If you or your family members is falling sick often, most likely....

Dear Anon, 1. Most companies in China depending on their origin either has a 5 1/2 or 5 day work week. 2. Usually, the Multi national companies, offer 5 day work week. But some have gone into alternate Saturday offs. 3. It would be interesting to note, prior to China opening up their economies, some Chinese firms or companies have long lunch breaks as long as 2 hours. 4. Where, like the Mexicans, the employees get to sleep during the lunch hours! Usually, this is not often the case in the cities. But in rural China, it is still much the practise. Thus, this would be a culture shock for busy executives who intend to shift their operations to China at one time. 5. A few studies had been conducted and it was found that some companies nowadays even encourage their employees to take `cat naps' of 5 to 15 minutes. Which was said to increase their mental health and attention. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Usually, the traditional Goldsmith shops have the four types of gold. Actually, it has to do with the mixture of gold and their pureness that gives the gold different colours. Thus the `four types of gold'. This is a common practise of the Teochew dialect group. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Yes, the circular incense is quite huge. 2. There are several sizes available. The `smaller' ones burn for an hour or so. For the larger ones as seen in the picture, they burn around several hours. The time taken to burn depends also on the atmosphere. If it is hung outside and quite windy, it would burn much faster. 3. Usually, the temple guardians burn these candles. As they can be quite smoky, for this temple, it is burned outside the temple. Furthermore, this temple has quite a small and congested interior and not possible to burn so many incense inside the temple. It can become quite `smoky'. Actually, when I wrote the earlier message, I mentioned `longevity'. It is not the actual word but to give a sense that unlike a straight incense, it burns quite long thus `longevity'. It is like the Chinese, going to the restaurant and on a birthday occasion order `longevity' noodles. I was trying to bring out this point. Some call it a `stack or twirl' as when it is placed flat, it looks like a twirl. This type of incense has been used for a long time even in olden days. In Malaysia, it is quite common to find mosquito repellents in a similar twirl. These are placed on the floor and lighted up at night to `scare' aware (the fume) the mosqitoes. Usually, the guardians of the temple would light it up instead of the visitors. But it is certainly an interesting sight at night:) Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. The `kum' (orange) phonetic sound is `gold'. Thus, many Chinese homes purchase this plant which bears these tiny `kum' or gold. 2. The 15 days is because, Chinese New Year from the first day to the last day lasts 15 days. 3. The 15 days coincide with the full moon and one moon cycle. 4. For those who are rich, would after all the "gold" has dropped, as you had mentioned, discard the plant away. The fruits are purposed nurtured by the nursey to bloom during this period and normally, although they can be eatened, but because of decorative reasons and the amount of fertilizer that went into the plant, it would not be adviseable to do so. 5. As mentioned above, usually, the `rich' would buy them. While for others, they felt `wasted' to throw the plant away and kept the plant. More often, they buy only once and seldom buy a new one during the Chinese New Year. Unfortuantely, most of the time, the plant seldom blooms afterwards. Warmest Regards, Cecil

For those who are not aware what `painting of eyes' look like, can click on this link: (It is based on the ceremony before the burial of a coffin). Only for those who are interested, here goes http://www.geomancy.net/slideshow/painteyes.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Check out this link to view the pictures of the God of Wealth (commonly also known as God of Fortune). http://www.geomancy.net/pics/teacups/index.htm For those who are new here, if you have the time, feel free to browse thru the pictures under: http://www.geomancy.net/slideshow/index.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil