Cecil Lee

Dear Anon, When drawing a map or physically at the moment, it is not feasible to move the "qi of the centrepoint" since this is suppose to be the centre-of-gravity. Looks like you have to live with this wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Ideally, this is not good. But, I know of many new developments or a few developments that are already 4 to 5 years old with a toilet above the entrance e.g. Corporation Drive townhomes. But, fortunately, better Feng Shui was practised to redress any other leaks. In my opinion, a toilet above is not the best. But, it can be considered as one major leak. Therefore, if possible a home should not have more than 3 or more of such leaks else it may give riseto problems. Usually, also, it is best that the home "fits" the ba zi of the breadwinners. If so, thesewould lead to fewer leaks. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Glen, One should take it more as a decoration. More importantly, when planting a tree, avoid having it slice thru-into any of the windows of the home or the main door. A test of this is to stand inside the home i.e. at the window looking out or the main door. The lone tree should not be in direct view of either of the windows or main door. If not, it ends up as a threat to the home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Havingred roof tilesis acceptable. As it is close to the orange or clay tiles we commonly see on a roof. When we have a red roof tiles, it does not really mean that the roof is totally considered as a fire house. This is because of other interactions e.g. the colour of the exterior walls. For example, if the colours of the exterior walls are white: Then under the destructive cycle of the Five elements concept,white = metal element. And here, fire is used to destroy fire. The end result is the production of "wealth." Thus,it is acceptable to have red roof with white exterior. In a second example, what happens if the exterior walls are cream or beige or yellow? These colours cream, beige or yellow = earth element. Here, it is equally acceptable. Since under the Five elements concept, fire helps to fuel earth. Thus a harmonious combination. If you can my point, generally, the roof tiles should interact with the exterior walls. Thus another harmonious set of colours are Green exterior walls with Red roof. = OK or acceptable. But if the exterior of the house (walls)are painted blue, then the roof should not be red. A total mismatch. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear David, Thanks for the sketch. 1. For the lamp post, since it is at the edge or perimeter of your unit, it does not seem to be a threat. 2. For the cluster of thin trees, this is OK. 3. But for the single 1 tree, it pose a threat. Fortunately, since it is at one side or overlooking one side glass panel, it is simple to "correct", since most of us use a set of curtains and often, the curtains can be drawn to just block the view of this lone tree. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Weiqi, Shapes and Forms Feng Shui:- Yes, if possible, it is best to avoid having a water position at the centrepoint of the home - as this may affect one's finance. (Shapes and Forms consideration. Flying Star Feng Shui:- This is especially so for Period 8 homes or homes born, or had a major renovation done on or after 2004. Under Flying star Feng Shui, the base star at the centre-of-the-home is #8. And since this is an auspicious mountain star "earth" element: a water position, here will inevitably drown the auspicious #8 for the period. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, From your sketch: 1. The specific property is not at the "worst" end of the cul-de-sac. 2. Imagine a "knife", it's edge or blade slices more distinctly to (especially) the opposite propertyof Para 1. 3. However, at a cul-de-sac, no matter where a home is, where preferably, the main door should not be direclty facing the cul-de-sac. Where possible the main door is often at the side of the home or a car park leading into the home. And the main door is e.g. on the "left side" of the home. This is to make sure that there is no "possibility" of any threats to the main entrance. Besides the above, of-course usual things like drainage? The drainage such as a large drain behind the house is not that auspicious, is there any lamp post slicing the main door or windows.... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, Yes, this is one option. But from past experience, it may not be that effective especially with regards to the Flying Star Feng Shui. Since, often, the facing direction is the frontage and the sitting is directly opposite this. It has more to do with the Eight House theory. Where, we can kill two birds with one stone. For example, if the main door is at NE. Tilting it, to the favourable direction of the breadwinner is good - chiefly if we apply Eight House theory. For Flying Star Feng Shui, often, it is the location with most light or wind activity - and this is where we should determine where the "mouth" of the house is based on where the entire plot is "facing". Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear David, Yesterday, I posted a reply to a question on house hunting i.e. a user is interested in a second floor or storey unit. From a Feng Shui point of view, one should consider if there are any "threats" if any to the unit. The threats could be simple things like a landscaped garden tall thin trees like palm tree(s),or a garden lamp post slicing into any of thebalcony, bedroom windows,bedroom balcony sliding windows. Therefore, the greatest threat would come from these and sometimes even walk-ways that has a shelter. Especially if the roofof the shelteror even a club-house roof - could sometimes slice lower floors. Therefore, the major threatscomesgenerally, from such directions. Usually in a condo i.e. facing pool, it isinevitable thatwe would have to face another block. Usually,this is quite common. Besides this, each facing directionor main door or facing or sitting direction for each unitcan be different.And thus, feng shui influences such factors. Other issues (usually non-Feng Shui) could be: 1. white ants or termites. Often, after a few years,without proper care some homes may be affected by termites especially lower floor areas. 2. In Singapore, often developers give a warrantly for1 or 2 to some 5 years on termites. But, nowadays, they do not give warrantly to "flying termites" those thatliterally fly into our homes and eat up our wood furniture etc... 3. Besides this, especially if one's home is facing a pool, often if we do not draw curtain or blinds, our home may "light up" like a christmas tree andothersiders can simply peer into our home. 4. Overall, there are few developments in Singapore that are 4 or 5 storey high. For example, Seletaris condo (freehold) is one good example where there are many ground floor units with their own Personal enclosed space or P.E.S. 5. Even, yesterday's reply i.e. many high rise apartments such as Ballota Park also do have ground floor units. 6. But, again, not from a Feng Shui perspective, in Singapore, it is common to find, upper floor neighbours throwing down cigarette butts and ashes and other "u.f.o" un-indentified-flying objects". Actually, if one chose a good development, a ground floor unit, is the next best thing to living in a landed property. This year, so far, even developments like The Sterling condo, has units that have PES, still available - because these overlook e.g.the entrance to the car park etc... In Singapore, areas to be extra careful of termites are: Pasir Ris area, St Michael's estate / whampoa, Bedok reservoir etc.... There are lots, lots more areas infested with termites especially if one lives very close-by to a canal. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ronald, Under Feng Shui, one possibility is based on symbolism i.e. especially in many instances where the door knobs "meet each other". Simply place a red dot e.g. at the key hole area on each door. Here, symbolically, when one close each door, "one could thus see "eye-to-eye" with each other. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Currently, the best units atGardens are those facing the main gate (pool) such as Blocks 3 or 7. These blocks are not affected by the temple. For example, the units under these blocks (facing Sin Ming Walk) are NE facing and very auspicious under current Flying star. If possible, avoid Block 1. And Block 9 (Winter) because of the afternoon sun. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Master Lee...Once again I turn to you for your honesty on the subject of feng shui. I've written in the past and respect your advise...... Thank you. Sincerely, Lee Waterman 25 February 2004 Respected Sir, Thank you a lot for this informative forum through which I have gained knowledge of trying to balance the elements in sector through flying star fengshui. I was fearful of flying of stars to period 8 but going through your forum eased my worry. Jagmukesh, 5 February 2004 " Found out this site not too long ago. Thank you and i really like your web site."Cindy Wong, Singapore, 20 September 2004

Dear Michelle, 1. Yes, looks like both units are affected by the afternoon sun. 2. Generally, usually it is the physical look at the prison that makes some uncomfortable. For example, the ballota park condo, where, the access road to/out ofthis condo is facing the prison "gate", even to the extent that I have clients asked me whether it is acceptable to have a prison so close-by. 3. To be truly honest, this is not a major issue. However, it is wise to choose an apartment that does not have a view of the prison. For the simple reason that future re-sale of this apartment can be pretty bad or no takers at all. 4. Otherwise, living close-by to a prison is of no issue. 5. For lower units, one has to extra careful of the landscaping of the condo. There are instances where palm tree(s) are planted such that when one looks out of the balcony or bedroom(s) facing it, there should preferably not be 3 palm trees. 6. As this is symbolic of holding three joss-sticks as those found giving respect to the dead - bad luck, here. 6. It is often very difficult to get the developer or Management corporation to remove it. The only last resort (I do not want to seem cruel is) to buy a bottle of bleach, and poison one of the trees. 7. Another cruel method but has severe repurcussions is to attach termites to these trees! (Joke). 8. Generally, these are my comments (without looking into the specific layout plan nor flying star chart of the specific home). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, 1. Frankly, since no two homes are the same; one thus cannot simply equate all foreclosure homes as having bad Feng Shui. 2. For some people, unfortunately, if they have business problems, this could in some ways be unrelated to the Feng Shui of the home. For example: bad business model - non-viable business or simplypoor marketing, planning etc.. 3. Therefore, not all foreclosure homes are the main cause of some person's problems. 4. However, once we know that a home was earlier foreclosed, we could apply Feng Shui "aggressively" to check on the home Feng Shui. 5. Here, even in an existing home; without foreclosure, we should also try to check for any "major" leaks in a home. 6. Often, from my experience; we face problems because either our Ba Zi (luck periods are no good) or in addition, for a home; there are more than 2 or more major leaks in a home. 7. Some of the major leaks are: 7.1 The land or the home seems to slope downwards i.e. the frontage of the property is higher than the back 7.2 Location of toilets e.g. a toilet that is above the main entrance or a toilet at the main entrance or frontage of a home 7.3 During the change-over of qi, flow from Period 7 to Period 8, some homes are afflicted by bad Flying stars. And these need to be corrected. 7.4 It is not favourable to have a large drain running parallel to the side of the property and also a large drain behind the home. 8. Do check the centrepoint of the home. A staircase, such that it is close to the centrepoint or a toilet at the centrepoint or a stove at the centrepoint is again a negative point for the home. 8.1 In your description, even if the staircase is close but not at the centrepoint, it can still be classified as one major leak. 9. Besides this, often, the home does not match the Ba Zi of the person or breadwinner. Most homes cannot afford more than 2 or 3 major leaks. And if uncorrected or worse cannot be corrected, will often lead to financial distress. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Ovidiu, Holistic Feng Shui takes into account many various factors which also includes the external environment. Primarily, a Feng Shui practitioner should use various tools or techniques to access the home. For example, often, most of us think that the most critical factor is the interior 4 walls of the home-itself. But a proper Feng Shui audit would include:- External environment assessment using Shapes and Forms Feng Shui: The landscape and the site The site and the building or home Here, both Shapes and Forms and Compass Schools: Eight House and Flying star is used. Thus, it would generally be naive for us to come to a complete conclusion after only using the Eight House theory. The above and other factors need to be taken into consideration. Other things include: checking for "leaks" in a home e.g. a main entrance door open directly to the balcony or opening etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear CJ, Frankly, there is no right or wrong answers, here. On a macro level, often, a developer or owner of the entire building may have it checked. Thus, a macro level Feng Shui is done e.g. the facing direction of the complex. Especially for landscaping of the surrounding land area of the complex e.g. water feature, landscaped rock / formation. In many instances, if one is merely a tenant, and hires a FS practitioner, then often, a FS practitioner may perform a micro level Flying star analysis instead of just taking the facing direction of the entire building. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cecil, Thanks for being a wonderfully helpful guy that you are! Really appreciate your patience! Amy Forum User 24 August 2004 Dear Master, I was studying feng shui for the past four years from various books written mostly by western authors. When I went thro' your website I realised that whatever I learnt was not accurate. Many of my doubts were cleared by information from your site and the promptly replied e mails. I am grateful for the assistance from you. Thank you once again for this wonderful site. Thnking You, Yours sincerely, Sulochana Iqbal 31 August 2004

Dear Michelle, Since you had mentioned that although the roof was put in Dec 2003, however, since the internal organs of the home have yet to be ready by then i.e. ready in 2004, it would be best to use the Period 8 chart. As you have also not even moved-in yet. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, 1. In my opinion, what you had mentioned is not exactly true in all situations. 2. Since no two situations (or homes) are exactly the same, therefore, an appropriate term should be " It depends". This is also called situational approach towards reviewing each homes. 3. For example, I know of many homes in a cul-de-sac that has been properly "configured". For example, even if it is at a cul-de-sac, the frontage is usually a long driveway towards the "inner" part i.e. the main entrance or home is right "inside" this cul-de-sac. 4. In the past, I had posted a sample case study of a home at the cul-de-sac - somewhere close to Woo Mun Chew Road, Siglap, Singapore. 5. It is always best never to put a number behind each significance eg. T junction = 1 etc... 6. Becareful! This seems to be very common such as all Chinese are Yellow (chicken) or all blacks are..... 7. For example, I know of many cases in the educational field: for example, this boy at age 14 frequently fails his English paper. But one cannot simply place him last all his life! His boy later, works hard, and came out tops later in life! Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Robert, Thanks so much for replying to my E-mail, all the advices and insights are worth much much more than the minimal money I paid. Thanks again for your help, and I will keep you posted for my progress. Yours Sincerely, Michelle Guo September 11, 2004 Hi Cecil, " Firstly, you have a very comprehensive website that is packed with so much info. It is very informative and it must have been a challenge to do so much.... " " Thank you so much for your reply to my questions. I am grateful to you for sparing your time our of your busy schedule to be so precise in your answers." Warm Regards Janalin Tan freelance writer Home Concepts Magazine, Singapore 18 June 2004

Dear Pam, Please refer to my previous message on this. Yes, Feng Shui does not know which is the facing direction. But rather, as mentioned in the earlier message, suppose if the living room or areas of activity are concentrated here, or there is a patio opened out from the living or even family room. These sort of activities, that make it pronounced that the home is facing the back. And where imagine, once we close the main entrance door, literally, we are not over looking this part of the home. But, concentrate our family activites at the "back". Usually, this should be planned inadvance when developing the home. But once developed and if happens that the living room etc.. are not placed here, than no-need to talk about it anymore. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, Please see below:- Generally, based on your description - i.e. comparision between these two homes, I would say your description of the gold-dust or the second home seems better:- Under commonsense approach to Feng Shui, also, this is quite rare, but -- remotely, if something do go wrong such as a land slide, then, such a home is not ideal. Land slide may never happen here, but there is always a remote possibility that cannot be discounted. Another sha qi or not favourable aspect of a home is to make sure that it is not exposed to elements - or "gale force" or strong winds. The wind coming to the property should in most cases, be "gentle type" as opposed to continous strong winds. Hope, you can understand what I mean, here. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Danny, 1. The key to applying Flying star Feng Shui is to see where is the "mouth" of the house. Or the location where there is e.g. most light coming into the home. Or if one has a habit of often opening the main door, sometimes, this can be the facing direction, also. For example, SW1 under period 8 enjoys very good sum-of-ten Flying star feng shui etc... As usual, you must find out or learn more about this theory to benefit when you do up your home. Or do consult a fs practitioner on this matter. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, From looking at the Pepperwood, personally, I would not buy this home since the entire facade is fully "exposed" . In my opinion, I personally feel uncomfortable - if I were to buy this home even if the poison arrow i.e. to me it seems low traffic but, if it is a road leading towards other homes, then, I would seriously think twice about it. Since there are limited choice i.e. you have asked me an opinion as to whether this or Ashwood, I would personally feel more comfortable (last resort) purchasing Ashwood instead -- BUT, if given the choice, I would not do so unless the lamp post is relocated away from the house. The lamp post is a "stubborn obstacle" - which I really feel uncomfortable, looking at the picture. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Pam, Yes, generally, Pepperwood is considered at a 'T-junction". But the good news is that it is like a "hello kitty" type of t-junction. Or a very mild - poison arrow. Since relatively, it would seem that few cars other than the owner vehicle pass thru this road. Especially if vehicle traffic is minimal, there is no major issue since as you had mentioned, the main door is set deep in. For the Ashwood, it is better to view the top-view or helicopter view of the homes vs the cul-de-sac. (I cannot fully grasp the situation as I cannot see where most of the home's main entrance/ windows if any that are facing the cul-de-sac "knife". To side track a little: In my country, all homes have literally either a fencing or brick walls and a locked gate! As mentioned above, the greatest threat to a home is thru "openings" such as the window(s) and/or main door. And if the main door or windows are away from the cul-de-sac shaped like a knife or blade, then it would be safe. Recently, there is another question on cul-de-sac with pictures of house no: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 etc... and whether are they inauspicious or not. Perhaps, you can do a SEARCH in this forum to look at the illustration and my comments on each of the house. Once again, many thanks for posting the pictures. They are very useful in understanding what you had written Warmest Regards, Cecil