Cecil Lee

Dear Yang Ming, 1. In my opinion, even if we are unable to keep a distance of 2 feet or more, it is not a worrying concern, as symbolically, we can still keep smaller distances. 2. In many of the previous queires related to the same topic as yours, there are many people who have also faced same problems and even a distance or gap of a few centremetres is still ok. 3. Depending on your layout plan, where possible the kitchen should not be too close to the door, if the knobs on the stove point towards or out of it. 4. The main objective of this `exercise' is to try and keep the warmth in the home. It also depends on the compass direction of the kitchen. If the kitchen is situated in the fire direction or South, then it is still ok to have the situation as mentioned by you. The sole purpose is the concept of trying to keep warmth.. in. If the kitchen is in the north, then, it would be better for the knobs to face skywards. As north is considered a water position and `cold'. Therefore, if your kitchen is not in this location but elsewhere i.e. east, south, west etc... then it is still ok. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Tony, Usually, in most instances, each home or sector can be influenced by `seasonal' Feng Shui. Here, most probably, the wrong set of `stars' either congregate at your bedroom or a combination of some bad stars are around. Most likely this is the case. And depending on the combination of stars, it may be the monthly or yearly star combinations. Or alternatively, it has been a known fact that watercoures or even water close-by could emit minute traces of e.g. positive ions. Which is not beneficial to the body. We call this `invisible' vapours. While negative ions are beneficial, positive ions, similar to this situation in the long term may not be ideal:- Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/art-under.htm The chances of sleeping close to water positions / pipes need to be look at on a cautious side. If your bed is next to a toilet wall, ideally, try to sleep further away. If this is physically not possible, then try at least to keep a gap between the head bed and the toilet wall. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, If your bedroom is in the East and that your house has been either built within 1984 to-date or any major renovation of an existing home within this period, most likely, the house will be affected by this " Five Yellow " star. The cure usually depends on the Flying Star Feng Shui analysis and the direction of your main entrance door direction. Under the Flying Star Feng Shui, there are a total of 24 directions. And a house main door depending on its direction can be situated at anyone of the 24 directions. Most of the Period 7 house have a compounding problem where the 20 year flying star may have " Bad Five Yellow " and coincidentally, another Bad Five Yellow `resides' at the same location. In most situations, the cure would range between placement of one 6 rod metal windchime to a combination it with 6 coins. Warmest Regards, Cecil

As a service to the community, each of us can: 1. DO NOT CONTACT THE CON MAN. 2. Forward the mail to ABUSE @ Service provider. For example:- In the above, since the CON MAN uses lycos, sent (FORWARD) the entire mail usually to the ABUSE@ In this case: to abuse@lycos.com -- Reply from Lycos -- From: Lycos Abuse Reporting Subject: Your message of Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:46:57 GMT Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:49:59 -0700 (PDT) This is an acknowledgement to notify you Lycos has received your spam complaint. For complaints regarding Lycos (Angelfire, Tripod)-hosted homepages, please forward the spam to antispam@staff.angelfire.com . The following address is a valid mailbox served by Lycos: alhsule@lycos.com We have entered your complaint about the above. Make sure addresses are reported correctly by forwarding reports to spam@lycos.com and include "SPAM COMPLAINT", followed by the spam-sending email address in the subject. If you desire a personal reply, put "REPLY REQUESTED" at the end of the subject. Thanks for taking the time to report spam to Lycos. Lycos Customer Support -- Do try to take the effort to FORWARD the CON MAN's mail to the respective abuse@ or if it bounce back, re-sent it to " postmaster@serviceprovider.xxx -- Stop these people from doing more harm to unsuspecting persons.

This site exposes such e-mail fraud:- http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/abacha.htm From the 419 Coalition web site are these tips: The Five Rules for Doing Business with Nigeria 1. NEVER pay anything up front for ANY reason. 2. NEVER extend credit for ANY reason. 3. NEVER do ANYTHING until their check clears. 4. NEVER expect ANY help from the Nigerian Government. 5. NEVER rely on YOUR Government to bail you out. From: alhaji suleiman abubakar Subject: Urgent Solicitation Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:27:49 +0200 ALHAJI SULEIMAN ABUBAKAR. Lagos, Nigeria FAX NO: 234 1 7594693 PrivateAddress:suleiman_abubakar1@consultant.com or suleiman_abubakar1@mail.com ATTN.: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR / C. E. O. REQUEST FOR URGENT (CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP OF THE TRANSFER OF US$45,560,000.00 (FORTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). I hope this letter will not embarrass you since we have not had any previous communication. I got your reference from your country's trade department under private enquiry that is not related to my aim of writing you this letter and went further to have it confirmed by the Nigeria Exports Promotion Council(NEPC). I, on behalf of my other colleagues from different Federal Government of Nigeria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards the transfer of the above stated amount into your bank account. This fund arose from the over-invoicing of various contracts awarded in my parastatals to certain foreign contractors some time ago. We as holders of official positions in various parastatals, were mandated by this new civilian government to scrutinize all payments made to certain foreign contractors by the past Military Government and we discovered that some of the contracts they executed were grossly over-invoiced, either by omission or commission. Also we discovered that the sum of $65,560,000.00 (Sixty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand United States Dollars Only) was lying in a suspense account, although the foreign contractors were fully paid their entitlements after executing the said contracts. We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount be transferred (for our own use) into a bank account provided by a foreign partner, as the code of conduct of the Federal Civil Service does not allow us to operate foreign accounts. However, we have succeeded in transferring some of these money, precisely US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) into a foreign account in GENEVA (SWITZERLAND). But unfortunately, the provider of the account has severed all forms of contacts with us as he has refused to adhere to our earlier mutual agreement insisting that the total amount be paid into his nominated bank account before disbursement will take effect. If for US$20M (Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) we are not compensated, how can one guarantee full compensation on remittance of the balance of US$45.560M (Forty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand United States Dollars Only). We are therefore seeking your assistance based on the balance amount of US$45.560M, which can be speedily processed and fully remitted into your nominated bank account. On successful remittance of the fund into your account, you will be compensated with 25% of the amount for assistance and services and 5% set aside for expenses contingency. This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our SENSITIVE POSITION we cannot afford a slip, I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. We will avail you with our identities as regards our respective offices, when relationship is fully established and smooth operation commences. I am at your disposition to entertain any question(s) from you in respect of this transaction, so contact me immediately through the above private email addresses( Presidency & mail) and fax number for further information on the requirements and procedure. Please note that the DEAL needs utmost confidentiality and your immediate response will be highly appreciated and we will use our own share of the money to establish a lucrative business in your country. Please you should contact me immediately with your private fax and telephone numbers where further details in respect to this transaction would be sent to. Yours truly, ALHAJI SULEIMAN ABUBAKAR.

YES / NO / NOT SURE? .... Find out....

Note: The full edited Case Study is found here:- http://sg.geomancy.net/about/location-mainpage/location-mainpage.htm This is a continuation of Part I: Site location of Geomancy.net office and Part II: Case Study of Geomancy.net Office. (These postings are also in this same conference. Just a few messages below.) This picture shows the walk-up entrance to our office. You will also notice the greenery that often attracts birds and butterflies. (Sometimes the dreaded .... honet bee). But often the honet bee does no harm; in-fact, they help polinate the plants and flowers in our garden. In addition, there are lots of flowers growing and usually, it is good to grow plants - and auspicious if they do flower... In addition, the plants in the office environment grows well... And we really love to look at them while we sometimes take breaks in the garden... There are actually more plants such as Curry Leaf plant, Bay leaf, Parsley, Pandan Leaf and many other herbs. These are quite therapeutic, especially after completion of our audits, talks and also answering to Help Desk and the website. One unfortunate thing in Singapore, is that because of land scarcity, there are limited areas to choose both work and play. I believe, if you are in the US, this is really nothing... I do agree... We do hope to share with you, our environment, as I type.. I can hear the lovely sound of birds and butterfly coasting in and out. One secret ingredient in Feng Shui is the plants. With plants, we often get birds. And nature is the best form of relaxation. Life is short so, we have chosen a lifestyle, away from the hustle of urban traffic and the `rat race'. One day, if you do visit Singapore, you can even drop in for a swim! with me!

Note: The full edited Case Study is found here:- http://sg.geomancy.net/about/location-mainpage/location-mainpage.htm This is a continuation of Part I: Site location of Geomancy.net office. Refer to this same conference in a few most recent forum message. 1. As promised, here are more pictures of why this location was chosen for Geomancy.net's office. 2. As mentioned in the earlier e-mail, the office is located in Yio Chu Kang, a sub-urban area. This location is considered as the one of the most auspicious locations as it is the only `Cricket' land in Singapore. In the paranomic view (attached), you will find:- 2.1 The office location is actually in a Resort Condominium location. 2.2 This creates the ambience for both Robert and myself to innovate and work in a serene enviroment. 2.3 Unlike other competitors, we decided on such a wholesome living, in the mist of greenery, full resort living, swimming pool etc... We feel that work and play can come together! 2.4 In the picture, you will notice a basin like location. 2.5 You will also find that the roof of this development is pretty good because we chose it as it provides protection e.g. triangular roofs pointing outwards. 2.6 We are also at the ground level and a walk into our office is like in the picture shown in Part I. 2.7 The water position in the pictures: You will see that it is water flowing in to-wards the development. In fact, we totally enjoy our new environment! Warmest Regards, Cecil

No choice, this is the `better' location for me!

Dear Yew-Meng, 1. Overall, the chief concern of the White-Tiger is in-effect symbolism. 2. Here, the worst senario is to have a water position "above it". Especially a circular pool or pond. 3. One can than imagine, the `flat' pool of water as simply the open `hungry' mouth of the tiger. This is inauspicious as it `needs food' or nurishment. 4. As for the underground electricial cables, in my opinion, I feel that it is not a threat at all. The White tiger is not exactly bad. We are more concerned with it's upper part of the body i.e. the head (especially it's mouth) that can do the most damage. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Shapes and Forms in relation to the landscape although is easy to understand e.g. dragon and tiger embracing... It is much harder to apply it! As this caricature suggests.... Some of us may simply not see the picture at all!

Swot a fly? How did he do it? Why must he do it? Oh Why? Where? What? Hey! You asked too many questions.... click it now!

Contrary to popular belief, Flying Star Feng Shui not only able to fix Health / Misfortune problems. It can also help fix sectors that have legal entanglements or quarrels...

Here is a picture of the Hyatt Hotel taken from another building (Lucky Plaza). The Hyatt Hotel is a famous example in Singapore of the `Castle Gate' Theory. Here, the main lobby (entrance doors) are tilted 45 degrees towards the road. You can also find the resources on Hyatt Hotel under our Photo Resources site:- http://www.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/mypictures.cgi?img=0&search=hyatt&cat=all&bool=and&x=13&y=5 Do click on the miniatures for a full view to understand the tilting of the doors. Enjoy!

Under Pillars of Destiny, there is an analysis where you can know:- a. Your career with WEATLH or b. Career with POWER. Which is yours? Find out under http://www.geomancy-online.com This guy... finds it to be TRUE!

Usually, a square or rectangular shaped room is good... but NOT this ONE! HEY! What is the difference? Check this out!

Overall, a painting is considered auspicious if:- 1. If it has animals in it: The animals must not seem to be ferocious, hungry or stalking a prey. 2. The animal figurine must also not look like they are under-nurished. (A bit plum is good). Look at this `auspicious' painting... what do you think?

Dear Lloyd, In many instances, a bedroom over a garage is not an issue - related to sleep or health problems. Ideally, you may have to check the direction of your bedroom location. If this is a Period 7 house, currently sectors that has health related problems are at either East or South or other sectors depending on the compass direction of the main door - Flying Star theory. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Wendy, 1. Thank you for your drawing of your layout plan. 2. In terms of the Shapes and Form (position) of your table and office furniture layout it is acceptable. 3. However, can you elaborate more on the large piece of glass at the back of your chair? Are there any blinds or curtain behind you? Usually, it is not good Feng Shui to have a full height glass behind your desk as it implies no support. Or backing. In many of such situations, a back (side table) would normally be the most effective cure for a full height glass section behind you. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sonet, 1. In my opinion, there is a general concensus amongst many well known FS practitioners that the Southern Hemisphere `debate' is not an issue in Feng Shui. 2. This is because, many of the theories deal with the foundamental in Feng Shui such as:- Yin and Yang concept; The Five Elements Concept; Shapes and Form Feng Shui. 3. These three areas totally do not depend on the `compass school' of Feng Shui. 4. The only area that Shapes and Form School has is simply the use of pictorial to describe each directions with e.g. an animal sign. Such as East (Green Dragon) or West (White Tiger). All these if one understands properly is simply the use of pictures or illustrations to better describe a situation under Shapes and Form Feng Shui. 5. The only contention anyone can try to bring up is on the Flying Star or Compass School Feng Shui. But, no one can concretely prove that one should change the directions under this school. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Anon, 1. Feng Shui is all about increasing `luck'. 2. The best approach is the use of `holistic' Feng Shui to try to increase `luck' in many compartments or sectors. Here, the most common set of Feng Shui theories are: 2.1. Shapes and Forms 2.2. Compass School (Flying Star & Eight House) In my personal opinion, I feel that Shapes and Forms Feng Shui takes a large chunk of the percentage of luck of a location or house. 3. Many of us have taken examinations (one time or the other). And in all examinations, weightage of marks is given to each section of an examination paper. 4. In my opinion, Shapes and Form Feng Shui can have a weightage between 50 percent to even 90 percent. (Depending on the type of building or location). 5. Thus, 50 or 80 percent of the TOTAL marks is a significant `chunk'! It means a pass or even failure. 6. Thus, what is the use of getting full marks even in one section e.g. Eight House / East/West group. If the total score within this section accounts for only a measly 15% or less of the total marks. (Not forgetting Flying Star may take up e.g. another 15 to 20 percent of the marks). 7. Even if we get the Eight House 100 percent right, we still fail in our examination (to improve luck). 8. To move or not to move? It would again depend on Shapes and Form Feng Shui. Ideally, we should give priority on Shapes and Form Feng Shui. For example, it does not make sense to place the bed next to a toilet wall even if it seems to be the MOST favourable sector under Eight House. Or move our bed to the bath tub because it happens to be the best sector. All these does not make sense at all. Therefore, if one has no choice, already stayed in a house, then try to maximise as much marks from other areas of `Feng Shui' or Ba Zi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yang Ming, 1. Yes, under the Eight House Theory or also known as the East/West Group of persons, it is advisable that an East person should occupy an `East house'. 2. For an East person, therefore, a favourable house is one where the main door is located at either:- EAST, NORTH, SOUTH or SOUTH EAST. 2.1 From the above, one will notice that if one looks hard enough one could find a suitable house where e.g. the main door is located in the East. 2.2 And because bedrooms always often `scattered' around other locations, one possibility is to look for houses eg. Main door = East Master bedroom located in North or South or South East. or Main door at either North, South or South East while the bedroom is located in the East. 3. This (the above) is the ideal situation based on the Eight House or East/West Group of persons theory. 4. We should place the Eight House Theory as under " NICE to HAVE ". What is meant by NICE to HAVE? Overall, no matter how, the house should favourably have good shapes and form. Realistically, if we have a plot of land to build a house: And if the house has a hill with compass bearing at the EAST and there is clear space at the WEST, logically speaking, we should (MUST) build the house with the frontage at the WEST. It is not ideal to have the main door at the EAST (mountain side). Here, if built wrongly brings calamity or bad luck to the owners or residents. Thus, we may perhaps, see if we can consider e.g. having the main door at the side of the house. How about South or North side? And can we have the masterbedroom situated at EAST? 5. Overall, the East/West group can be used to determine how suitable a house to the individual or breadwinner. Warmest Regards, Cecil