Cecil Lee

Dear All, These are some of the preliminary pictures taken of `The Gateway' Building complex. It comprises of Two blocks: One at the East, the other at the West. In my opinion, two blocks have bad Feng Shui. More about it later on...

These pictures are of the views of the temple

Pictures of the buddhist temple at Sims Avenue: 1. This temple has two elephants instead of the usual pair of lions. 2. Motifs include: the Swastica sign of Buddha; patterns on the walls and even specially designed grille...

Flat shaped buildings belong to the earth element....

These are two views of a main door. Where half the common area wall `smashes' the main door. Plants in such a case can be used to neutralise this. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sio Cheng, 1. It is not advisable to place a fish tank in a bedroom based usually on `commonsense approach' be it Feng Shui or otherwise: 1. As a bedroom is usually suppose to be a place of rest or `yin location'. 2. The other situation is that if the bedroom is not well ventilated, a medium sized fish tank may need e.g. weekly cleaning or maintenance - depending on the type of food given to the fish -- where the fish tank may need to be cleaned. Since you are only placing a small fish tank, perhaps, more like a bowl, there should not be much of a problem. If it is well maintained - clean and not much `fishy' smell coming from it. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Based on what you had mentioned, the newly insatlled lamp post does not seem to be a threat. A threat is where, if one stands at the window or door and looks outwards directly ... and if it slices into the house, this may be a problem for those staying there. Usually, if there is a `leak' in the house, it may not necessarily come from the `L' shape house. As `L' shaped houses need not necessarily be affected in this way. Most probably, there are other leaks in your home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Phil, It is quite common to have staircase(s) close to the centre of the house. So far, if one read thru the messages under this forum, there is no direct issue of a staircase at the middle of the house. Usually, if there is a problem, it is due to multiple issues. For a staircase, however, it is preferred that the steps are covered e.g. no opening or hollow between each steps. A mirror can also be used at the staircase landing to direct flow of Qi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, 1. In the past, coconut trees literally litter the coastline of Singapore island. 2. Nowadays, there are few if any public areas with coconut trees. 3. The rationale is simple: if a coconut fruit were to fall directly on one's head; especially an infant or a child, it may be fatal. It is said that even coconut fruit that bounced e.g. on a hard surface, may accidentally `hit' a child or even an adult's head with major consequences. 4. However, the superstition or what one wants to call it is that it is said that a coconut fruit is (suppose) to have eyes. And `it' tries to fall down - avoiding say a person. Perhaps, this is true? Well, I do not have the statistics to prove otherwise. And for most of us, there is simply no worry i.e. more likely, one gets into say a vehicle accident or even remotely got bitten by the shark. 5. Nevertheless, perhaps to `solve' this problem or reduce it, this is why in some instances, dwarf coconut trees are planted. This dwarf coconut tree is found along Telok Blangah Crescent, Singapore. There is also a row of dwarf coconut trees found at the East Coast, Marine Parade. 6. The Durian fruit If you do a search in the internet e.g. at yahoo.com for the `durian' fruit, one can see that it is a green fruit with lots of spikes. It is also said that a durian fruit also has `eyes'. And it `tries' not to fall on to a person. However, even if in the remote event that it falls and hit a person; because of the condensed spikes, it helps to lesson the `blow' i.e. creating a buffer e.g. hitting one's head and the mass is slowed down and absorbed by say the head in a larger area. Contrast this to a smooth rounded coconut, where if should it ever hits a person's head, the force or impact is concentrated at one location - perhaps leading to fatal concussion. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. This lesson is on Shapes and Forms Feng Shui. 2. For the lay person, it is not easy to apply the Four Symbolic animal concept i.e. green dragon on the `east' and the white tiger on the west. 3. Thus, if you have followed several of my recent messages; you find that, realistically, YOU can also on your own, sensibly have a feel of whether a property has `leaks'. 4. If so, if you have not committed in the purchase or lease, can have the opportunity not to take up the `offer' no matter how attractive say the rental price is! Cavet Emptor or let the buyer beware! 5. To recap, several of the recent case studies that I had posted in this forum looks at a simple issue: If you stand outside of the landed property or office space/industrial space; Check out: 1. Are there slopes? Or is there a slope to the right or left of the property? 2. If possible, go to another highrise building close-by to observe the landscape of the site and landscape. Please refer to the attached paranomic case study. 3. In this picture, can you see the markings: `A'; `B' and `C' ? 4. In this picture, marking `A' is actually the shop front which I had posted earlier in this message thread. Where, this shop front is in disrepair and totally vacant. 5. Do take a careful look at the picture: You should be able to see a gradual slope from point/marking `A' (this run down vacant shop with bad feng shui) down to `B' (Standard Chartered Bank, Johor Bahru, Malaysia) and down to `C' Esso petrol station. NOTE: In addition, take a look at the picture: there is a vertical road which is also sloping. As cars are also right hand drive, literally, wealth from `ABOVE' flows down to Esso, Johor Bahru. By positioning, it's MOUTH, Esso, receives wealth both horizontally and vertically. One can thus say that Excellent sites always invariably receives automatic wealth at the expense of others. Good examples are past examples of : The Meyer Place, The Sterling etc... We can confidentally say that in such situations, there is indeed a Quantum Leap in LUCK! 6. If one looks carefully, you can see a distinct profile of Esso station's roof. Much like a `MOUTH' collecting wealth. 7. Apparently, the vacant shop marked `A' has a major leak. And it failed to fix the leak. Next time, if you either find a house (landed property) or a shop front, do look carefully. If you had committed to a property; and if it has a slope, perhaps, you should seek professional Feng Shui help in such a situation. I hope, this example, will help you further identify leaks.

In this paranomic photo, you can see, at a distance, a profile of some of the towers of Suntec City, Singapore. This mega Shopping centre, office space and exhibition/convention hall uses, a smooth skin of reflective tinted glass covering it's skin. Considered as a defensive `posture'. To find out more about past postings of pictures of Suntec City, try to do a SEARCH for it under this forum.

In Shapes and Forms Feng Shui, scanning the environment is important. A simple example is that there can be a threat from reflective glass commonly found in high rise buildings. Such reflective glass - firstly from the reflection of the sun, may divert light or `glare' into another building. An example is shown here. The blue tinted reflective glare of this building known as Wisma Alsagoff reflects and many such buildings are typical examples. In addition, this building towers over another building shown on the right of the picture. In Hong Kong, a noticeable example is the Bank of China building. It has both pointed edges and reflective glass covering the entire building. In many instances such buildings utilise `self-defence' e.g. protective tinted glass facade and poison arrows in the form of either sharp corners, acute angles, triangles or a combination of both.

This figurine shows a dragon on green jade pearl on an ingot. It is suppose to be symbolic of `wealth collection'. More commonly, since many want to be convinced that there is a wealth corner; a Feng Shui practitioner may most likely `identify' a site. And perhaps, the customer, get hold of one of such `wealth retention or collection items. Warmest Regards, Cecil

The laughing buddha: Display items are symbolic. Usually, the figurines are smiling, plum (fatty) - to signify prosperity... If one look carefully, one can notice the buddha resting on two volumes of book. This signifies also a "well read" man. more to come...

In our next installment, do look out for this...

Dear Beng Chiang, If you have a scanned image, feel free to sent it directly to: support@geomancy.net or you can simply FAX it to: Country code / fax number as shown below:- +065 64829570 Please include your email address. If you can do so, I can help you determine the direction e.g. using marking `A' to `B' to help guide u in determining the compass direction. Warmest Regards, Cecil

1. Additional points:- 2. At this time, if one use a Feng Shui ruler to measure any of the HDB flats, one will notice that they are all Feng Shui friendly ie. width and height. 3. The 5 room `point' block flats shown earlier are usually 25 storeys high. 4. In addition, many of these 5 room flats and 1 / 3 room flats are typical of earth element. 5. They are typically mass produced and the entire block consisting of 100 units x 25 floors are squarish = earth shape. Perhaps, signalling stability for both the people staying in them and for the country. 6. Under this attachment, you can generally view flats usually 14 storey high. In this single block, one can find a mix of 1 room / 3 rooms and 4 room flats. The 4 room flat units are usually at the ends of each of the block. 7. Again, these flats are generally considered as `Earth element' because they are flat, rectangular. 8. Under the picture attachment: 3-room-70s-5.jpg, can you see laundery visible from the flats. In many of such blocks, one can literally see cloths hung at the `back' of the house... Did you manage to see the clothes hung -- up and dry?

Dear All, 1. Back down memory lane... 2. In the early 1970's the government public housing arm known as: Housing and Development Board (HDB), built many what is known as " Five-room flats ". 3. Generally, during this period, approximately 90 percent of the entire population either lived in " 1 room, 3 room, 4 room or 5 room flats". 4. The 5 room flats were at that time, meant for the `lower to middle income' earners. And typically is also called a point block flat. Please see attached pictures of these 5-room flats.. They look nearly the same all scattered over the Singapore island such as older housing estates in Bedok, Telok Blangah, Holland Road, Bukit Merah etc... 5. The slightly higher middle income; who could not qualify for such public housing were given the opportunity to purchase/live in what was known as Housing and urban development flats or known as HUDC flats. These HUDC flats were generally between 1,300 sq feet to 1,500 sq feet. The earliest HUDC flats are: Braddel Heights, Laguna Park, Farrer Park. Nowadays, these are often known as HDB Executive flat. But majority are much smaller. And HDB Executive flats are never found in `matured' estates. 6. Typically, these flats are 99 year lease. And many of them around 30 years old or generally have lease of approximately 65 years or less. 7. Please see a sample of the attached layout plan: HDBtypical5roomtype.jpg Why is it called 5-room flat? 8. If you notice carefully, all bedrooms + study room is counted as a room each. And the last addition is the living/dining room. 9. A FIVE ROOM FLAT Thus a typical 5 room flat consists of:- ONE master bedroom TWO additional bedrooms (bedroom 2 and 3) ONE study room ONE living cum dining room. This makes a total of 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = " 5 rooms ". Note: the kitchen, toilets and service balcony are considered as NOT rooms. 10. Thus you can guess that a Four Room flat has:- ONE master bedroom ONE additional bedroom (bedroom 2) ONE study room (or bedroom 3 either way) ONE living cum dining room. This makes a total of 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = " 5 rooms ". Attached please find the typical arrangement of a such a 5 room flat. Notice, the placement of bedroom cabinet(s), bed etc... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear All, Locally,(in Singapore) I understand that some Feng Shui practitioners have actually asked their clients to place pairs of kirins. For example, a pair of large bronze ones were placed outside both main entrance. And all over e.g. outside the windows of e.g. the various bedrooms, study rooms etc.. For those, who had these pairs of kirins and found that they constantly have frequent quarrels or disharmony of the home, should remove them totally. Frankly, kirins do not belong inside or outside of one's home. It is like inviting Sha Qi (or bad qi) into one's home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

There are many variations of Ba Gu mirrors with the Fu dog picture in the middle of `protective' Ba Gua's. Attached is one of the many such Ba Gua mirrors with the Fu-dog bitting on a pair of swords (symbolising a pair of fu-dogs - on guard position. Erh... faithfully [loyally]guarding the house).

Further to what I had mentioned earlier, here are two pictures of lion/fu dog types where they symbolically BITE on a long sword. Under the attached picture (below) bagua-mirror, to create an illusion of a pair of lion/fu dogs, one notice that this Ba Gu bronze mirror has a picture of the lion/fu dog biting on a pair of swords in each direction to symbolize the pair (two lion/fu dogs). In the second picture: lion-fudog-type.jpg, Can you see that although the colourful figurine is biting a long sword, YET, it is smiling? Did you see this? I hope you do:) These pictures had been posted earlier and these two extract pictures, will make it easier to understand what I had written earlier. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Mimi, 1. I am very glad that you are continously learning more about the interesting art of Feng Shui. 2. As it is, learning never ends:) 3. In traditional Feng Shui, there actually two main (pairs of figurines) i.e. either the use of:- 3.1. A pair of Kirin 3.2. A pair of Stone lions or Therefore, one may have to second guess that most likely, the Fu dogs is associated more with the `Stone Lions' then the kirin (which may inadvertently disrupt harmony within the home.) Please refer to the information below for more about the Lions. Overall, between the kirin or the Lion, it is best to go more for the Lion. (And Fu dogs perhaps, can be considered a "close relative" of the Lion. Or used more as guard dogs/invite good fortune.) Although some modern Ba Gua or figurines do have each of the Fu dog with their mouths grasping a pair of long sword. If one looks at the Photo Tours and at the various Ba Gua's shown in this section, one can find e.g. a Fu dog grasphing a long sword with it's teeth. This can be considered as a symbolic guesture of `guarding a home'. A bit later on the Fu Dog. 4. The Kirin The kirin looks like a dragon with a unicorn horn on it's head. Usually, they are made of brass - metal. Please NOTE that it is not good to place large (pair) of kirin inside the home as this will usually lead to frequent quarrels within the home. If possible, large kirins should best be avoided in the home. 5. The Stone Lions The Lions usually come in three materials:- 5.1. Metal element: A good example is HongKong and Shanghai Bank which uses bronze lion. Since it is in banking or metal element, bronze lion are used symbolically to a. Guard the bank b. to provide good fortune for the bank. 5.2. Earth element: Stone lions that are usually made of cement plaster, granite or marble. In many Chinese locations, a pair is placed outside the entrance to the building. For example, in the past, I had taken photos and placed these photos of some buildings in Singapore e.g. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Ngee Ann City (Shopping/Office complex) and even several temples. I had written some description of each of the lions in the past. 5.3. Wood element: It is common to see either dragons / kirins and even lions carved in stone on temple roofs. The sole purpose is symbolically to protect against evil. 5.4. In general, as mentioned earlier typically Stone Lions in general comes more closer to the Fu Dog than the `fierce' kirin. One can perhaps say that the Fu Dog is for `defence' while the kirin is for `attack'. For a home, it would be best to AVOID the use of the kirin. If used wrongly, can bring Sha Qi to the homeowner. Much like the concept of placing a Ba Gua mirror facing inwards of one's house. The larger the kirin, the more damage, it can give. Please see below:- If the house is too elongated, chances are, if one were to take compass readings at the front, middle and back, there can be instances where, the compass reading may skew for such a house. In the past, I had the opportunity to visit Sarawak, Malaysia. And there were ample opportunity for me to visit `long houses' or houses where there were many families staying in an elongated house. Taking compass direction can be a tricky business here. To side track a-bit, if one purchase a professional compass such as the Finland made Suunto branch e.g. their SuuntoPilot or other models, try to purchase one that is `balanced' for your region. Altogether, there are actually Five compass zones. In the equator e.g. Singapore / Malaysia, here, we use a compass that is balanced for zone 3. In America, Russia and northern hemisphere, go for professional compass balanced for zone 1. Compass balanced for zone 5 is meant for Austraila. While compass balanced for zone 4 is rougly for South America etc... It is my advise that it is best not to place Fu Dogs (close cousin of the Lion) on a pedestal. Especially large pairs should not be elevated or placed on a pedestal. (If possible). However, if they are placed on e.g. the pillar of the gate, they should (in my opinion) be much smaller ones. It is not the best, but, honestly, some people, perhaps find comfort in placing them in their home. From an asthetic point of view, (or commonsense approach), it would certainly odd to see an overly huge pair of Fu Dogs perhaps not proportionate to the pillar support also. Do these go there or In most cases, where possible, the pair of Fu dogs (Lion equivalent) should be `plum' and if possible, have similing faces. This is considered the best. However, no matter if they are smiling or have a serious expression, usually, these two pairs have an open mouth. And it is always not advisable to having open mouths facing into our own homes. Here, it can be considered as `sucking' luck or wealth away. Thus if they are facing the neigbhours, especially if they stand guard facing into the neighbour's house `aimed' towards the main entrance, it may not be good for the neighbour. As mentioned eariler, a pair of Fu dog or lion is meant to stand guard at the house. E.g. the main entrance. Where possible, if they are big, should not be placed on a pedestal or e.g. gate pillar. For the neighbour, if they were to open their main entrance door or even at the gate, and can view the pair of lion, this would indeed be a threat to the home. An option for the neighbour to subdue, this pair of Fu dog (or lion) assuming that they are either in White (stone) or bronze, the neighour may have to hang a red banner (much like those of some Chinese house). In some Chinese house, they hang a red banner above their main entrance to invite auspicious luck. But in this case: If the stone fu dog or lion is white or bronze (metal):- The fu dog is said to be of the metal element. (Since metal is either white in colour or made of metal). Red symbolise the fire element. And under the Five element concept, Fire element is used to subdue metal making the `pair of fu dogs into `scatty cats'. Appreciate that you do not post any of the above information especially to other forums as, in the past, I often, found some of these sites to be poorly moderated and full of either `rubbish' or often `spoilt egos' or with people with their own hidden agendas. Unfortunately, this is my `lasting impressions' of these sites; till today. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, Please see below:- If one have a major renovation done on or after 22 January 2004 (the start of Lunar New Year 2004), then, this would change the birth chart of a house. Is it advantages to switch to a new period or `new' birth chart of the house? 1. Birth chart of house under Period 7 (1984 to 2003) For example a house with main door at S1 (165 degrees), the main door has a #7 mountain with #7 water stars (it is more advantages if the base is #1. But in this case, there is a #2 at the base). #2 can be cured with metal e.g. placing six coins. 2. But in Period 8, i.e. after 2004, Lunar New year, there is no longer an auspicious #7 with #7. And if we do a major renovation, the main door has a new birth chart of #9 mountain with #7 water The preference is if one can, try to have the house under Period 7 and try to avoid hacking down walls in such a situation. In the above example, if the current Period birth chart is more auspicious than that of period 8, it would be more advantages to try to keep the house to a period 7 chart. In all Feng Shui, the most important consideration is the Shapes and Forms of the house. If a house has good or excellent Shapes and Forms, even if one may not be as suitable to the house; one still have a comfortable `safety' zone to live `happily' in this house. But if the Shapes and Forms is average or below average and if the interior of the house has leaks (some can be fixed/some cannot), coupled with the house not being suitable to the owner, then, this can become a serious issue. Some leaks that can be `easily' fixed are e.g. the main door opens directly with a straight path of qi exiting out of the window e.g. in the living room. Some leaks cannot be easily fixed are e.g. a toilet next to the main entrance etc... Generally, a house with excellent Shapes and Forms coupled with it's ability to draw wealth at the expense of it's neighours can have lots of buffer to sustain good wealth. If your house is no bigger internally 4,000 sq foot, it is relatively not effective -> feasible to divide each room into 8 sectors. However, one can do this but, in my opinion, not particuarly useful. But if one's house is as big as e.g. the White house or a large mansion or castle, then, one may consider doing so. Warmest Regards, Cecil

This paranomic picture was taken on an aerial bridge showing part of the Parco Bugis Shopping complex. It has a unique blend of circular glass facade (see above) allowing light into rows of `old style' shopping units - which predates to the individual shop houses of the 1950s to 1960s era. Besides this, Bugis area was formerly famous for transvities that frequent this bugis area in the 1970's. Now due to redevelopment, gone forever. Although this location is not strategically located in the most recent hub of Marina shopping or the old Orchard road shopping area, because it is served by the Bugis MRT, this is indeed a popular hive of activity. It seems one can hardly get a seat at the airconditioned food court almost anytime of the day.

TAke a look at the advertisement sign hung on this unsold house. With the picture of the agent next to `FOR SALE' if one got it wrongly, looks more like the agent is for SALE instead of the house!. It is common in Singapore to find housing agents placing a photo of themselves with the house for sale. I don't think you find this in your country?