Around Singapore

The landscaper must have placed lots of love to Ensure that the creeper plants have a foothold on the ropes with individually cut wire meshes... By itself looks like an art display...

This conCAVE mirror was placed outside a "missing" corner of a home..

A walk around of a new upcoming home... Something has to be demolished... then rise again.. For privacy.. location undisclosed.. hint: somewhere in SGP

A dragon figurine seats on top of a home's boundary wall.. perhaps to guard it....

A dragon pillar or (Totem pole). With a dragon encircling the entire pole...

A Joint venture between Mitsui Fudosan and Hong Leong Holdings. One North Gateway Condo is located in District 5 and has a total of 165 units.

Not exactly. This apartment's frontage is facing a lift in Bukit Panjang. No wonder... it looks like a jungle...here

This is truly a lover of his/her car....

Durian Talk A fully grown durian tree located along Yuk Tong Avenue / Jalan Jurong Kechil area Have you ever encountered a durian tree? If someone merely strolls by, they would likely not recognize it as a durian tree. This tree resembles any other roadside or angsana trees. Were you able to spot the durians? They are quite small in comparison, unlike the large Thai durians. Another site where durian trees may be located is at Gerald Drive, which is off Yio Chu Kang Road.

Chinese believe that the gates of hell is opened up during the Lunar 7th Month and ghosts are allowed to wonder on the earth. To ward of bad luck, this is an inauspicious month for marriage, moving house, travelling etc... I took a few pictures of a group of taxi drivers celebrating the Chinese 7th month Hungry Ghost Festival. In 1999, the 7th month started on 11 August and ends on 9th September 1999

I always love a simple design and function. When you got mail; the Red flag will "shoot-up" and shout "YOU HAVE MAIL"

This is non-religious nor Feng Shui... A confectionary shop in Katong places a pair of cute boy and girl resting ... at a floor (in-front) of the payment counter...

A picture perfect Malay HDB ground floor unit @ Woodlands

This picture shows circular steps radiating outwards to ward of poision arrows or sha. This is similar to the Ming Tang or a circular pool of water outside a building radiating outwards. Similarly, one can cut a piece of carpet to be placed at the Main Entrance door to ward of a poision arrow. Warmest Regards Cecil

Case Study: This home has a very practical and functional window design at their flat/unit with living room windows sharing the common corridor of a HDB flat. The home owners changed the existing sliding windows by "splitting it into two. With the lower half being frosted. Has to anything to do with Feng Shui? Not directly. It has more to do with common sense. For example, if one is more likely to open the windows because of the split windows; this means that the home can be more airy and allow for better ventilation within. As compared to a home owner that always closed all their windows facing the corridor for fear that someone could peep in or for p…

1. Most of us have seen ba gua mirrors placed above a door. 2. Today, I walked pass this apartment and was surprised to see one of the "largest" ba gua mirrors placed above a certain home's entrance door!

A huge gigantic roman guard? Really?

This row of shop houses at Havelock Road is only about: food, food and more food. Need something else? Get lost... go elsewhere, please

Did you see the greenish scenic mural? Close-by is the Bedok Market:-

As you have seen earlier in an earlier posting " Popular Chinese Decorative Figurines: Fu Lu Shou Fu - Prosperity Lu - Luck Shou - Longevity There a complex in Singapore, named after the above. It has a `mural' of the three Gods. You can also guess that Fu Lu Shou is one of the most popular Three figurines found in a Chinese home. It comes in different materials: From porcelain material, wood, gold plated, marble, jade and more. Placed in the home for good luck. By the way, the stretch of road along Queens Street, Albert Complex and around Bugis has lots of religious Shops that sell Feng Shui stuffs. If you are around this location, you can also visit the Kuan Im Temple…

There is something special in this HDB estate. For example, it does not costs much to add this to the hard to see lift buttons overlay. Making the difficult to see buttons clearly visible: Looks classy: Functional table with Chinese chess set overlay + easy to wipe stainless steel table-TOP:- Location: Canberra Road flats facing Sembawang MRT station:-