Cecil Lee

Collyer Quay is the opposite side of Raffles Place; overlooking the sea.

A procession marching towards Commercial Square (1900's). Today, this square is Raffles Place.

Location: Paya Lebar / field opposite City Plaza(2013) NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN... Have you seen so many tablets each with an offering each to a Hungry Ghost? This setting has something like 1,000 tablets+an offering each to Hungry Ghosts. Zoom closer and one can see the rows and rows of offerings.

This was a past case where Blk 268D stack #171 facing Blk 269C TOP, last year 2012. In the attachment; as the master bedroom is a stone throw away from Blk 269C; for practical reasons; day curtains has to be installed in the Master Bedroom.

From a Shapes and Forms point of view; it is highly unusual for a development to have blocks that face each other in this manner. Please see attachment: Blk 268D with Blk 269C Punggol Sapphire. On paper, it seems pretty bad as I had been to a unit/stack at Blk 268D looking towards Blk 269C's stack. They are pretty close and seems at logger-head with each other. From a practical side; onmost days; both such stacks would enjoy their fair share of wind = windy if windows are opened.

Like they say: " a photo tells a thousand words...." These early photos 1900'sof boats in a quay gives us what is known as "Boat Quay, Singapore" today. Did you see a photo of a bullock cart in the 2nd photo? In those days, all bullock carts are pulled by twin "engines" i.e. two buffalos each. Talk about "horse power" in the west. If motor vehicles were invented in the East or Far East today; instead of measuring car's "horse power"; Here in the Far East, we could be talking about the measure by "buffalo power" i.e. My car has "235 buffaloes" (buffalo power!) And the photos show that Singapore was no sleepy village...

Coolies resting in both of the photos. Usually, the place to rest is their rickshaw. Similar to what is today. Many taxi drivers rest in their cabs..

10 Common Misconceptions of the Names of Places in Singapore Is Ang Mo Kio ?ang mo kio? (tomato)? Or is Holland Village named after the Dutch community in Singapore? Are there any links between the new Chong Pang estate and the old Chong Pang Village? Let?s find out more? 1. Ang Mo Kio Tomatoes are called ?ang mo kio? (Caucasian?s brinjal) in Hokkien, which probably led to the misconception that the name of Ang Mo Kio New Town was named after the fruit. However, no tomato farms were ever recorded growing in the old Ang Mo Kio vicinity. http://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/10-misconceptions-names-of-places/

More old Malay Kampong scenes

Having frequent: Conflicts, quarrels, disputes and legal problems? Blame it especially on Flying Star number #3.

Punggol Emerald Sales Brochure: Site Plan and Floor Plans punggol-emerald.pdf However, for Fernvale Grove; really what a pity; the architect placed the multi-storey car-park (MSCP) next to or as a buffer between the estate with the Sengkang Riverside park! The architect should have swopped the MSCP with three blocks: 472A, 472B, 472C and 471C. See sample illustration.

Both Fernvale Lea and Fernvale Grove share the same plot of land. And both developments (site/ neighbourhoods) are considered as being parallel to the "grain" of the land. And most of the blocks follow the contours of the road i.e. parallel to the road and plot.

HDB Punggol Emerald has a neighour: Treasure Trove Condo to it's right. And another neighbour: HDB Punggol Sapphire. Some NE facing Stacks at PDB Punggol Sapphire: 267A, 267B and 267C have sharp corners from the uncompleted development HDB Punggol Emerald (Estimated TOP 2014) pointed towards it. It is quite a concern for some of the stacks in Punggol Sapphire. When Sapphire TOP a few years back, I could see the outline of the foundation of Punggol Emerald especially stacks 266C, 266D and 265Dsome of the corners pointed towards HDB Punggol Sapphire.As shown in RED arrows. However, many of the purple arrows (aimed towards) Treasure Trove condoeither missed it's mark or are too far to be considered as a potential threat.

Sorry this is beyond Free Advice. Reference: Can or Cannot Buy: http://geomancy.sg

4 bedrooms By ranking of Cityvue @ Henderson In my opinion, by far this development has one of the most number of considerations. And the considerations can be found under "Legend" in the attachment.

HDB Compass City Vue @ Henderson are standard flats with a total of Five (5) Blocks. Majority of the flats are either North / South facing. With a fewer that are facing West and East. Majority of the flats faces towards this development's 4/5th storey multi-storey car-park. If so, for such stacks, best to get a unit higher than 6th storey (if possible). Else the rest of the flats face the road(s) : be it Henderson or Tiong Bahru Road. From a Feng Shui point of view better stacks are those that face South 2 (S2) facing especially for the East Group persons.

Review of CityVue @ Henderson: By ranking of 3 bedroom types at CityVue @ Henderson

Review of Twin Fountains EC By ranking of 3 bedroom types

By Ranking of Lush Acres 3 bedroom suites.

A Malay fishing village

Old Serangoon Road

In the past, it was known as the main gate to the government house (today it is called Istana). Today, you can still see the same gate: entrance to the Istana guarded by several policemen carrying sub-machine guns along the orchard road / side.

A rubber plantation in Singapore in the 1930's. Rubber tapper at work

Singapore used to have a zinc mine in the 1920's to 1930's.