Cecil Lee

Dear Chan, Nowadays, because of the poor success after following such books, many people are disillusioned with Feng Shui. The following are the main considerations: 1. Usually, from my opinion, if a person has stayed in a house for more than 3 years and the situation is much the same; one cannot expect a Quantum Leap in Feng Shui. 2. Here, most of the time, there is either poor Shapes and Form for the house or the house is unsuitable to the person or a combination of both. 3. In addition, if one is frequently sick or have problems in the house, usually certain sectors of the house is not-balanced. 4. Imagine this: Many of us are too concerned or have been wrongly advised to concentrate on "enhancers" (whether they are beneficial or not). However, if there are `leaks' or imbalance in a house, no matter how much we enhance, if it is a boat, water will slowly but surely pour into the boat. If one is not careful, the boat will eventually sink. 5. In my opinion, such books comes close to Kindergarten Feng Shui and is a rich source of Fast Food Feng Shui. 6. In my opinion again, I feel that such authors are not doing anyone a favour. In fact it is a pity as it gives authentic Feng Shui a very bad name and `after taste'. 7. I believe it is real sad that even if the author makes money but if we look at it carefully, you not only had to spent money buying the book, but spent quite a tidy some buying eg. the three legged toad and other `enhancers'. 8. There are many Feng Shui concepts and principles and what we can do for the majority of us is to apply those principles that work for most people, in the `hope' that it will work for us as well. 9. Even if one approach a doctor, they will aways say or give a percentage of chance that it will or will not `work'. 10. In quite a lot of messages, I mentioned that the most `potent' Feng Shui school is the Shapes and Form. Here, if one is blessed with an excellent home, one can have a quantum leap in LUCK. Thus, there are many people, who bought a nice home and prospered, and never ever knowing what Feng Shui is. 11. For those who are `less fortunate' e.g. frequently have sickness or constantly have misfortune in the home are good candidates for the use of both Shapes and Form and Flying Star Feng Shui analysis. 12. For those, who live a life of work, work and work and play, could try to use Feng Shui to find out more of their Earth Luck. And use Pillars of Destiny to map out their Heaven's Luck. By knowing the Heaven Luck, one can try to change some of it. 13. If all the above sound too difficult to follow, there are two considerations: 13.1 One may seriously consider employing a competent FS practitioner or 13.2 Take time to understand each Feng Shui theory and try to apply them as realistic as one can. 14. There are two types of Book Authors. The good author focus on letting people understand the concepts and highlight the strenghts and weakness or what are the tools used to cure or enhance. But never recommending `Fast Food' Feng Shui to anyone. 15. The sad case about the author you mentioned is that, instead of focusing objectively on just the principles and concept, in my opinion, the author `leads' people to apply Feng Shui without due regard to proper Feng Shui. 16. We have to remember that too little knowledge is a dangerous thing and the sad thing is that when people are `in trouble', we end up looking to the wrong type of help. Authentic Feng Shui, does not necessary mean spending money to buy enhancers. It is also not Fast Food Feng Shui or kindergarten Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cheui May, By taking the sector, North is water, this is one of the usage under a another theory known as Ba Zhi Feng Shui. However, there is some disadvantage with this theory. It is because, for those who are not sure about this application and simply take North is water thus assume that it is suitable to a person is not 100 percent correct. As there are many other factors to consider e.g. clashes, triple combinations, twin combinations, harm, punishment, self-punishment and the 24 mountain element. If all these are not taken into account, the Ba Zhi Feng Shui is as static as using the Eight Aspirations theory where SW is romance etc... If you really want to use this theory, wait till we officially launch the latest Ba Zhi Feng Shui module which Robert will so as he has already complete the major revamp of the site and features. Do look forward to this new module is available but not yet ready for launch. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Hi Everyone, This message is a follow-up, part II of the exhibit in the Fuk Tak Chi Museum. It has some interesting exhibits about Chinese culture. If you have the time, do "drop-by" this URL:- http://my.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/imagefolio.cgi?direct=Chinese_Arts_and_Crafts/Singapore_in_1800s_to_1950s

Dear Anon, The best example would be Taiwan. Many Chinese fled to Taiwan from mainland China after the near defeat of Nationalist Army defeat is a good example. For other overseas Chinese, in the past, prior to the Communist rule i.e. many Chinese wanted to seek better pastures overseas. Thus, many Chinese immigrated to neighbouring countries like Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia in the hope of making money. Many Chinese, the poorer ones would make money and remit it to their loved ones in China especially in the 1800s to 1940s. Many Chinese are thus very successful in their adopted country. Majority of them control vast empires of commerce and the wholesale, middleman and retail outlets. One good example is due to first `mover advantage'. In Singapore, there is one such millionaire who came to Singapore from China with just a tincan suitcase. He built an retail empire. Many Chinese, started off with a retail outlet. Because of their first mover advantage, managed to become agents or sole agents of famous brands. This is how they started their road to success in business. Frankly, in everyone's mind, majority of Chinese normally are more concerned with success in business. Thus, this goes hand in hand in democracy as opposed to the previous extreme Communist idealogy. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Not all Chinese adore eating of exotic or endangered food. It may be `common' in the past, but today, these food are less consumed and rarely found unless one makes a conceited effort to search around. I am not too sure of what health properties eating monkey brain brings but rather, most of the exotic food eaten is based on belief that it either vitalises or eating tiger (certain parts) is considered to aid in sex life etc... Unfortunately, some Chinese love to eat dog's meat etc... As mentioned above, `normal' or `common' Chinese people do not eat or subscribe to these. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, There is indeed some validity to this idea. The traditional belief is that the East represents the dragon and the Yang side, while the West symbolizes the tiger and the Yin side - especially in a large macro environment. However, in modern times, this is less relevant concern to smaller spaces such as a home apartment. The impact of sleeping on one side or the other is minimal. What truly matters now is not the position in which one sleeps, but rather how to maintain a successful marriage. Understanding theoretical concepts is futile if it does not contribute to a lasting and fulfilling relationship. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Kaushal, 1. More importantly, if your home has a `missing corner' you should understand what the missing corner represents. 2. This URL shows the missing corner and its significance:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/building.htm 3. Yes, a missing corner can be `extended' by using mirrors to `increase' its depth. However, this does not necessary mean that it is the wealth corner. But rather, if a sector or area has missing corners greater than 33.3 percent; it is considered a missing corner. 4. Where possible, the location that you are placing the mirror should not be an inauspicious Warmest Regards, Cecil

The Fuk Tak Chi Temple, which has been turned into a museum is said to be the oldest temple in Singapore. There are over 61 pictures in Part One of this series. The URL link is:- http://my.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/imagefolio.cgi?direct=Temples/Singapore/Fuk_Tak_Chi_Temple_Museum A further 80 pictures will be added to this resource. The new pictures will include items of that era (period). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Generally, dragons are considered the most Yang of all the Chinese zodiac animals. But usually, what we have are simply figurines and there is certainly "no danger" keeping them in the South. For example if you have a display shelf, and you place a dragon in it. However, were possible as dragons `need space' it is best that they be placed facing clear space and looking out of the house or window. This is just a belief (only). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Yes, this is true because of two reasons: 1. If the weather looks dark, some consider it inauspicious to a FS audit. Furthermore, if it rains, this is not the best time of day to do the audit. 2. Lighting strikes. It can be quite dangerous standing on a piece of land and one may even be strike by lighting. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, Overall, this subject can be a `controvesy' amongst FS practitioners. The controvesy arise also because: All of us do not relate to the same size or dimension of a fish tank. This has more to do with the Yin and Yang concept. Normally, it is best to make a bedroom more Yin. This is why, a FS practitioner may advise their client not to place a plant in the room. This is because a plant is growing and thus creates " Yang " than Yin. For a Fish Tank, one can still place a fish tank especially if it is a small one. Some people may have large fish tanks in their bedroom and feel comfortable with it. While others may not. It is the same as a mirror next to one's bed. Some people may feel uncomfortable having one directly facing them in the bedrooom. While others, feel `comfortable' with it. Thus, not all human beings are homogenous, we are made up of varing degrees of `tolerance' and outlook, thus, such things should be personalised to the person. Or asking some questions or later finding out the differences. There is no hard and fast rule to this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Steven, Please see below:- Generally these are simply beliefs. And subject to various comments for and against it. It is best not to rely too much on the words of Fish Shop owners. Unfortunately, because of the spread of such beliefs, many people do take the `information' provided seriously. Here, one should see if there are any `hidden' agenda. Arowana fishes, depending on their size and `breed' are not cheap. Thus, the potential to make more profit exists selling such fishes against even popular but cheap fishes. If one can sell us a Mercedes Benz, the profit to be made may be much higher than buying a cheaper car. Selling Kois are popular because, they can be quite costly depending on the breed again. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Chris, Priority should be given to sleeping in a good sector. Only after this is taken care, then it would be nice or a bonus to sleep with the head facing a good direction. If one is unable to sleep in a good sector, the `consolation' is to sleep facing a good direction. BUT, all these should be taken into consideration only after one has considered the Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui. For example, it is best not to sleep on the same wall as the toilet bowl even if it is one of our good or excellent sectors. Feng Shui is a holistic approach and the bedroom should not be considered in isolation. It is more important to`fix' any problems associated in the house than to focus narrowly at one sector of the house. Do not adopt a myopic or tunnel vison approach to Feng Shui. Many of us, seemingly focus only on one sector and hope, hope, wish, that things can turn out right. Or wait for the sky to fall down to earth. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Heather, 1. First priority is to try to place the bed in a good position based on Shapes and Form School of Feng Shui. 2. Here, where possible, the bedrest should have a good support and other considerations based on the above. I believe, there are already quite alot of resources on the proper placement of beds under Shapes and Form School. 3. Thus, one must remember that it is certainly `nice' to be able to place the bed in one of our good sectors but this may not be possible either due to the layout of the bedroom or even if we do so, all areas (sectors) of the bedroom may be in one of our bad sectors under the Eight House Theory. 4. My advise is to ensure that your bed is placed in a `good' position under Shapes and Form. 5. Depends on your whether you want to go further or not to evaluate your house such as using the Flying Star is entirely up to you. The benefit of the Flying Star is to help check the sector e.g. in the bedroom and if there is an imbalance, you can help to neutralise it. 6. If there are inauspicious sectors in the bedroom under Eight House, it is nice to steer further away from it. But if you can't one has to be realistic. There is not much more one can do, unless one finds another bedroom. 7. If one has a partner, it is best for the partner with a `better' intangible force/sector to sleep closer to it. While the partner sleeps further away. 8. Furthermore, the bedroom is but one of just the many other considerations to improve the home under Feng Shui. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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Dear Elena, Yes, it is very common for people to ask for their immediate office to be Feng Shui-ed. Most of the time if it is the CEO or a manager, they do have a room to themselves. Here, if it is the case, this would be `easy.' Most important thing to remember is to use the Shapes and Form School. Even if it is an individual table, one should always consider using Shapes and Form. Here, for the Manager's room, make sure that his back is facing a wall or never have the door opened to his back. He/She should also have the desk supported on one side of the wall. Next watch for poison arrows and overhead beams. Considerations such as this are the most important. Next, you can then use the Eight House to let him/her face a good direction. (if possible). Remember that if one should always use Shapes and Form no matter what form of assessment is done. Other theories can subsequently follow. If it is an office area and if the entire office is reasonably large e.g. 1,000 sq feet or more, one can do a Flying Star Chart to assess the sector where the person occupies. Then if there is an imbalance in the sector, see if one can place a `cure' (discreetly) in his/her partition. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, I believe, th Sung dynasty Chinese poetry and painting associates the horse with military greatness. The horse also symbolises courage and strength. The galloping horse represents engery, perserverance and speed. Thus overall, the hourse has many auspicous meanings and thus, featured widely even under the Sung dynasty. In fact, the horse, turned out to originate from the west and brought into China since as early as the Shang Dynasty period. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. In ancient China, camels were used as `workhorse' mainly to transport salt between China and Central Asia especially through the harsh Gobi desert. 2. Actually, the Chinese do not have a good impression of the camels as they considered it a lazy animal. 3. Only during one of the dynasties i.e. Tang that art and artwork on camels arise. Otherwise, it has always been an `uninteresting' animal as compared to the Dragon etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Yes, this is true based on Chinese Astrology, taking into consideration, a person's YEAR Chinese Astrology chart. Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/love/cdragon.htm Under the above link, where possible, pairings `best avoided' is between a dragon and dog:- "A mismatch. There is a serious clash of personalities. The problem is that both have strong characters and unyielding character. There must be compromises and sacrificies but it is hard to relate to each other and there will be no communication between the two and tempers will fly. There will be constant bickering and the relationship may be short-lived." Need to work real hard on the above relationship. General Chinese astrology takes into consideration only a person's YEAR chart. Usually, a more thorough analysis is to use Pillars of Destiny as it considers not only the Year, but the Day, Month, Time of birth. A more powerful analysis includes House of Life and House of Conception. Here, because of more combinations involved, triple combinations may surface as compared with only the basic comparison. Traditionally, in the past, rich families, hire a geomancer to calculate the compatibility of both partners using this method. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. So far, if I can recall, no Chinese, who represent China has got a nobel prize. Anyway, I may be wrong about this. 2. One interesting thing to note thou is that in one of my books, I believe it was the Applied Feng Shui book, I mentioned that because of the Chinese hexagram or 8 x 8 combinations, one Nobel prize winner mentioned that he attributed his discovery to this: 2.1 This is where he jointly discovered the DNA structure which is based on 8 x 8 or the 64 hexagrams. 2.2 Another person said that the same 64 hexagram lead to the discovery of the binary numbers in computer language. 3. Chinese which has more than 4,000 year civilization, has quite an amazing number of discoveries but these are `ancient' ones. So, anyone out there, wants to study more and perhaps, use some of these tools to get a nobel prize? *Joke* Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Sharks fin soup is indeed a delicacy amongst the Chinese. 2. It is a tedious task to boil the sharks fins in broth until it becomes soft, yet `cruncy' (I hope I said this correctly). Sometimes, crap meat is added to the soup. 3. On other occassions, it comes concentrated with a `lump' of sharks fins. Depending on the quantity and restaurant, it can costs as much as US$30 or more for one small plate of this delicacy. 4. Usually, the restaurants buy the sharks fins in bulk and as they can easily be `kept' e.g. dried, they can be boiled whenever needed. Contrast this with the meat of sharks. Shark meat like other fish meat, need proper storage. 5. Sharks meat tastes more like a `normal' fish so, it is thus not considered a delicacy. Some `exotic' food restaurants do serve sharks meat. Since they are not popular, they are not often eaten. Chinese prefer "quality" fishes like the Groupa instead during Chinese dinners. 6. Nearly, every `quality' Chinese dinners especially wedding dinners in fine hotels or even the lesser known hotels serve sharks fin. 7. More gruesome `tales' (true storys):- (For those who the gore, please stop reading this) 7.1 In a Chinese documentary show, this poor live fish, has been (I am sorry if I said it wrongly or `expertly'), took a life fish, wrap the head (keeping the fish alive). Then cooked its body in hot oil. He turned the fish around and cooked the other side. So, the fish was presented to the dinning table, still gasping for air. I could not stand it but, the dinners can without any conscience, eat the fish and see its mouth moving. 7.2 Monkey's brain. What happened here is that the poor monkey was placed in a cage, imobilised. The skull of the monkey was removed and this special table is such that the monkey's brain pokes out of the table. The monkey's brain is served `live', to the dinners. I have not participated in Para 7.1 or 7.2 but after writing, this, indeed, had not gone for lunch, today. Warmest Regards, Cecil