Cecil Lee

In my opinion, having been to many new home launches, this year; frankly, I don't really have a good feel for one development: Riversound Residences at Sengkang.. My grouse is mainly on stepping onto the land and it's Shapes and Forms... I believe, the development which is surrounded by three major roads, have very few units that are "acceptable". In my opinion, the units that may be considered are those facing "inside" e.g. pool facing otherwise... hmmm...

As always, the key success factor is : THE FORMS DETERMINE THE STARS, THE STARS DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN A HOME. A worked example of the combination of the application of both FORMS (Shapes and Forms) and Stars (Flying Star facing direction analysis)... Nowadays, this is the trend of the smart.... A thorough analysis includes many things: 1. Afternoon sun consideration 2. Pavilions where wakes (for the dead) are held 3. Any poison arrows (Sha qi) in the form of lamp posts; sharp edges of neighbouring blocks 4. Flying Star facing directions of each of the potential stacks or units 5. White Pollution from road noise, bus stops etc... 6. Potential missing corners or kitchen at the NW sector (dreaded Fire at Heaven's gate) Even at the Can or Cannot Buy Feng Shui stage, even a small development like this may take as long as 4 to 6 hours of pure analysis. In life, there are simply no short-cuts; unlike a recent posting that seems so convenient that says automatically the cai wei or wealth sector is "diagonal" ..... And conveniently may be asked to purchase commercial Feng Shui stuff..

The newly launched Parc Rosewood condominum at Rosewood Drive have several layouts that are not up to par with good Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. It is considered as a major leak if the toilet is NEXT to the main entrance area. Let's hope that the unit has no further leaks... Predominately, the units are either facing North or South.... In each of the three sample layouts, the toilet is highlighted in YELLOW (next to the main door) In addition, in many instances, another flaw is that the stove is in direct view of the main door... You guess it!

Nowadays, developers are hearing their clients. As many clients feed-back to the developer that under Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, it is considered inauspicious to have the main entrance door directly facing a toilet in this SOHO project. Well, guess what! The developer has listened and will in fact, make minor changes; which in Shapes and Forms Feng Shui a world of difference, here....

Appreciate if you have the time, spent time to read or re-read Para 5 of my last message.

Further to what I had mentioned: 1. Common sense says that: if one has the opportunity to ask these sites: what is their rationale for saying that cai wei is always diagonal to the home. And follow-up with: Have you heard of e.g. Compass School of Feng Shui: Eight House and Flying Stars. 2. The practitioners of Flying Star School(s) say that they can confirm whether the diagonal location is the cai wei or not. And if one plots a flying star with 15 different permutations; it is not possible for anyone sector in the home or office to be auspicious every 15 times... 2.1 Go ahead, if you dare, go ask such a question with those who based on the diagonal "thing". 3. In my opinion, 90 to 100 percent of the time; these people would use diagonal location as the cai wei.. WHY? If they identified your cai wei; most likely you will be conned or rather they have a better choice to sell their products. 4. Versus, coming to this forum; and you were told: you must plot a flying star chart etc... 5. Therefore, in my opinion; I strongly believe; the faster, one is enticed into knowing their cai wei (real or unreal) the higher the potential for impulse buying or greet beget greed ... by being asked to purchase lots of rubbish commercial products. 6. Go and do your homework.. And let me know if these sites don't sell feng shui products.. 7. I believe, often, we humans can easily be conned, or enticed, when a carrot is dangled in-front of us: The cai wei is always diagonal... vs... the stick approach which means you have to jolly well do your homework to extract out the correct info.... 8. Another example is: How many of us have to slog hard to pass a proper examination? Result: a proper diploma and degree and post graduate degree. 9. This type of cai wei at diagonal is like those Degree Mills that entice us to buy their degrees or even doctorate! After getting this type of qualifications; not only will it get one into trouble for false declaration of academic qualifications; can do harm and even give bad repute.. and this type of "wealth " is unreal... 10. Frankly, the location of a cai wei or wealth position does not just drop down from the sky. 10.1. Thus although Feng Shui is about trying to enhance a location that has cai wei. Correspondingly, one must ask find places of imbalances and fix it.

These are some considerations: 1. Based on the Flying Star Theory, and based on the yearly timely stars: yes, the location that you indicated is suppose to be the water wealth location. 2. Based on the Concept of White Tiger, Green Dragon concept; West symbolises the White Tiger. 3. Thus, to be on the safe side; the water feature should not result in a "hungry" tiger's mouth. Thus avoid placing a pure circular water feature or bowl at this location as a precaution against having it symbolise the hungry mouth of the "white tiger". 4. For the location, it is preferred that the perimeter of the water feature is rectangular to avoid it like Para 3. 5. As usual, a good water feature should have all five elements: http://fountain.geomancy.net Para 2.1 to 2.12 (a ball or circular object within a rectangular holding tank, here is fine or ok). 6. Attached, showing the water wealth location #8 at West sector this year. 7. Based on a most recent posting.. some user said that the cai wei is at diagonal... for this layout plan... it does not seem or may not seem TRUE if we consider the Flying Star Feng Shuiwith the most important current water star#8. Which is located at West.Which is directly in front of the "main door" and not diagonal....

Another way of looking at it is:- 1. In Feng Shui, if one looks at it carefully, the main consideration is: the FORMS determine the stars... 2. Here, in many homes, generaly the Feng Shui is acceptable. Thus, if some one says the cai wei is diagonal to the house, based on statistics and probability; usually 50 percent of the time, it is already may be a good sector. So, by coincidence, if happens to be the cai wei then the kindergarten type of practitioners can say that they are correct. 3. In many of the past illustrations: Nowadays with the Compass School: Eight House (uses one's year of birth) and Flying Star (timely stars); this school implies that if you are using "our school" your Feng Shui is equivalent to using the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI scan)... Vs an X-Ray type. Reference: http://wiki.geomancy.net/wiki/Feng_Shui_Triage: look under 3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scan) Vs An X-ray resource 4. Thus if a person needs to go for say a brain surgery: would you rely on a doctor only using X-ray (x-ray has a problem looking at tissues like the brain unless there are splinters e.g. bones scattered in it)... vs MRI scanning? 5. Same thing, here...

You wrote: a. Ways to improve on my financial condition. Am staying with parents at Jurong West. House main door sitting at northwest. My bedroom door also at northwest. Sleeping position - head on southeast, leg at northwest. Other than shifting to a suitable house, what is the most effective way to enhance it? Feng Shui is a holistic approach. And since you are an occupier or treated as a tenant even in your parents home; there is very limited scope of enhancement given that yours is a tiny room. I believe, you did mentioned to me that your parents are against having a Feng Shui audit. And in the sample attachment, Micro Feng Shui is about mapping out the entire layout of the home and looking at ways to fix leaks and enhance wealth - not just in the space of say your bedroom. You wrote: b. As for the yearly auspcious date report, would like to know the method to calculate the auspicious timing as well? i.e. my favourable element is wood and fire, how can I know in advance on the timing element? We always believe in using technology; and yearly auspicious dates is an excellent candidate for the use of modern computing power..... If one uses the dinosaur method to compute... frankly, no need to do anything else. This is 2012. Not 1945....

Yes, understand. In fact, there are still some geomancers purely practising: North = career sort of thing. As I had always mentioned: 1. If it is sounds so good, it does not mean it is true all the time. 2. Look at us human beings. Although we all are called Homo-sapiens; how many of us have the same finger prints or even identical iris blood vessels. 3. Another way of looking at it is: 3.1. There are Feng Shui that range from Kindergarten type to more advanced ones... 4. Based on both the Compass Schools of Feng Shui: 4.1. Eight House = has clues as to where is an individual's prosperity etc.. 4.2. Flying Star = clearly has models that shows what are the significance of numbers e.g. from now to 2023: #8 = current prosperity. 5. There will always be websites that practise "Kindergarten" type of Fung Sway. 6. As I mentioned above, what happens if under Flying Star: the diagonal info is not the "correct cai wei".... Flying Star based on timely stars may refute the findings: by coincidence, there may be some instances where perhaps, diagonal happens to be the cai wei.. BUT it is NOT every single case. That's for sure. 7. Frankly, if you want to go and practise Kindergarten type of Fung Sway.. no one is stopping you. 8. If there are lots of Chinese websites that ask us to eat grass; will you want to also go and eat pure grass? Much like the herd of sheep. If one sheep jumps over the cliff; all others follow. But, as an intelligent human being... why should we be so foolish to do so. 9. Most likely, if you check these sites; they also practise wholesale selling of commercial products in the name of Feng Shui. Aka.. bull-shit..

Some claim that Matilda House which will be incorporated into a treasure trove condo is haunted..... With so much construction around it: beside the development is the HDB Punggol Emerald and many other under construction flats; I am sure, even if there are any ghosts; they would find it unbearable and perhaps.. run to near-by completed Punggol Sapphire units?

An interesting resource about Matlida House:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_House

Many of the units within the Punggol Field, Punggol Emerald neighbourhood have poor Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. Especially units that; when one stands at the main door; can directly see the rubbish cute of the entire block. Or, the corridor is dim and dark leading towards the main entrance doors. Does not seem to have good Shapes and Forms i.e. unable to properly accumulate good qi at the frontage or Ming Tang (no Bright hall effect)

More photos of the "unfriendly Punggol Emerald" blocks that are like porcupines aimed towards some blocks of Punggol Sapphire: 276A, 276B and 276C Punggol Field, Punggol Sapphire

I know, many consider it not gloried to see a rubbish compactor. In the early morning, prior to an early morning audit; at a newly TOP HDB precint at Ang Mo Kio Ave 1; one of the block's rubbish compactor was left opened and brightly lit.... The rubbish truck would back up to the compactor and unload the rubbish .... Here.. goes...

This new model Jaguar spots a rather unusual figurine on the dashboard. It should be most likely for "protection". There is Saint Christopher, this is most likely a GOD or deity of Chinese transportation... DId you see the figurine in GREEN? A green "genie" of sorts? Some of the photos were taken on different days. The photos with the TWO mandarin oranges was taken during Chinese New Year. Mandarin Oranges x 2 represents gold. And the two mandarin oranges were exchanged during Chinese New Year...

I believe, the lock for this condo: newly TOP Trevista; is at a rather low height. Most likely even young children can open the doors and most likely, built more for the Asian sized person. Just imagine if one is of tall built, may even have to bend down to access the key hole... hmmm.... Alternatively, it is about empowerment. The parents empower a toddler even at the age of 3 or 4 onwards to open the doors....

Location: along Kampong Bahru Road (opposite Singapore General Hospital) Most likely an architectural firm or a designer's firm... Both functional and beautiful!

You wrote: I have to choose between two office cubicles at work in 2 days and I need help in selecting which one to get. One office cubicle has a big column or pillar right next to the wall panel of the cubicle that when I sit down in front of my desk, I could see the column that goes up to the ceiling behind the wall panel, but this cubicle has good privacy. In my opinion, based on the Holy trinity of luck: two of the luck factors are: Feng Shui (Earth Luck) and Human factor. Here, as you had mentioned, the Human factor wins hands down for the above. Many offices use rounded columns if so, there should not be an issue. and often due to false ceiling; it is also a no issue as these false ceiling and not often the support beam. For a rectangular or square column then the edge of the column isa threat. But if one has a cubicle partition, again, this is often a non issue; unless the column is behind one's seat and the corner if any aimed at one's work desk.

You wrote: "As what I know from the Door 45 degree toward corner of the Hall is the Cai Wei(Wealth sector). which Corner? A or B as i stated on the plan or is it true that Door 45 degree toward the corner is a Cai Wei?" I can only say this: If it sounds so EASY, it must be really be true, right? Where did you hear this grand-mother tale from? In my opinion, this was one of those tales I heard long time ago; i.e. in the 1970's where Feng Shui is rather rudimentary and lots of hocus pocus. So do you want to go to that era and live in it? Alamark! We are in the 2012 period. If you approach someone who is well read or even intermediate Feng Shui knowledge... Such Fung Sway can fool a child, but ...... (sigh..)

1. Please see attachment for the centrepoint. 2. If one wants to D.I.Y. got to jolly well plot a Flying Star Chart of the interior. 3. Here, after you have plot it, not only can one determine where is the cai wei but also what type e.g. networking, relationship #8 mountain; #8 water wealth location etc.. etc... 4. Thus, Cai Wei or (Wealth sector) can't fall down from the sky. NOR, you post a simple one line statement and expect our Cai Wei to drop down from the sky sort of thing.

These are some considerations: 1. In theory, under the Five Elements concept: 1.1. Wood fuels fire. 1.2. adding fire to fire 2. In general, Geomancy is considered as belonging to the wood element. There are lots of description with regads to Geomancy. And it range from "Healing" to "growth" - much likea tree suppose to grow etc.. 3. Adding Fire to Fire. 3.1 One of the key description of the Fire element is sales or marketing.. Hopefully, if you should venture into this field; don't be corrupted and end up going the lucrative way of selling products in the Name of Fung Sway. 3.2 There are lots of examples; in my opinionof Geomancers or book authors that if you trace their path; often in the begining go for authethic tradtional Feng Shui. But, thru the years, end up finding lucrative ways to tag commercial productsin the name of Fung Sway. 3.3 This is why, we see lotsand lots ofcommercial products in the name of Fung Sway. And to add insult to the Fung Sway injury;in thelate1980's who would have thought that things like crystals and especially the term FENG SHUI Jewerly appearing in disdain - adding insult to the term Fung Sway. 3.4 Anyway, for a weak fire person, adding fire to fire is not as "productive" asadding wood to fuel it. 4. Thus, my advice is to anyone venturing into Feng Shui; please don't be tempted in this area. Unfortunately, the saying goes "GREED begets greed". It is also the willing person (buyer) who fuels the demand). More: How did all the Great Feng Shui Masters of the Past Learn & Practise their Feng Shui? 5. The key success factors are often: 5.1. PASSION 5.2. Which country is one IN or LOCATED? In the Far East, there is a huge market as well as there is a huge demand for Feng Shui especially or automatically driven by local (Chinese demand) In overseas e.g. if one is down under in Adelade for example, one may have to use a fly swatter more often than not... and sit there waiting for the fly to come into one's mouth. But yet, the fly is too smart for this. 6. The term Geomancy A Geomancy centre is one about birth to death. And it ranges from birth (Selecting babies name(s) to Feng Shui.. and even yin Feng Shui for the dead).

These are some considerations: 1. For a house considered as belonging to Period 7; if one plots it's 20 Year Flying Stars (correctly); this chart would not change even if we enter into Period 8. 2. In Period 8, the most important "wealth" or "immediate" wealth stars are #8's. 3. While #9 is known as the future prosperity star. 4. For a Period 7 house; between 1984 to 2003; at that time #7 was the current prosperity. Today, please refer to Para 2 above. As we are now into Period 8. 5. Not to be confused with one's building as belonging to Period 7 or Period 6 or even Period 5 etc.. Regardless of this; why is "Flying stars 2012 chart" called this way. Simply; it applies to any building, plot of land or interior regardless of it's period. Even a home that was born under Period 1, 2, 3 and 4 etc.. can utilise the 2012 chart. 6. In Flying Star Feng Shui; 2012 stars are often called "TIMELY" stars. And this is or should be the exact meaning of it.

Source: Today, Friday February 10, 2012 New York ... The ancient Chinese...

In all business, we see large elephants being crippled.. In my opinion, this one MAY be fatal or one day adopted by someone else.... SONY, be careful; you are still too big; but it is in my opinion a matter of time. Sometimes; FUNG SWAY is not a cure all....