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Dear Everyone, Enclosed please find a word document file with some pictures on a typical House Warming Ritual.

This word documentation lists out steps with pictures on : Finding or estimating the compass direction of the main door direction of an uncompleted house or apartment. The objective of this document is: How to find or estimate the main door direction from a typical layout plan from a property sales brochure. Warmest Regards, Cecil Lee

Note: The full edited Case Study is found here:- http://sg.geomancy.net/about/location-mainpage/location-mainpage.htm Dear All, 1. This is a mini tour of Geomancy.Net's office location. 2. Why is the location chosen? Geomancy.net is located in a low-lying, basin location. In Singapore, this location called `Yio Chu Kang' is particularly auspicious. One Feng Shui Master even mentioned that it is Singapore's "Only Feng Shui cricket' land that is active and wields great supernatural power." Overall, this location is considered very auspicious. 3. This is the first paranomic picture from the inside of Geomancy.net looking outwards. 4. In the paranomic picture, you can have …

Enclosed please find in MS word format, a typical Hokkien Wedding Custom. For the modern Hokkien some of the practises are not practised today. However, the essence of the custom has been recorded for information. If you find some of the customs appropriate for you, do apply them! In the word document, there is reference of the " double happiness " Chinese wedding symbol. You can find out more of this symbol here:- http://www.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/mypictures.cgi?img=0&search=happiness&cat=all&bool=and&x=13&y=15 Warmest Regards, Cecil

In a recent forum message, a Singaporean had asked about drop-off points curving into their block of flats. During one of my audits of new Housing and Development Board (HDB) - i.e. government built flats which numbers around 80 percent of the total housing needs of Singaporeans. I taken this set of photos showing the common type of curve-in drop-off points. In my opinion, there is really no `Sha qi' issue for flats close to this drop-off point. In addition, this type of drop-off point is located within the small `private' road of the estate. And does not pose Sha Qi. Warmest Regards, Cecil

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 - a…

Part I - Case Study of Inauspicious Layouts =========================================== 1. Type of Flats: Housing & Development Board, Singapore (Government Built Flats) 2. Locations: Block 272A, Jurong West St 64 and Block 271D, Jurong West St 24 3. Enclosed please find two sample layout plans from designs found in these two flats. 4. Availability: Currently for Sale 5. `Threats' related to these two layouts:- 5.1 Riddled with major missing corners 5.2 Toilet at the center-point of the house (imply financial problems or money cannot be easily retained) In this first part, overall recommendation: Don't Buy. (There are other better layouts to select... Try to Avoid) Wa…

1. Type of Flats: Housing & Development Board, Singapore (Government Built Flats) 2. Location: Rivervale Crescent: http://streetdirectory.com/mapsize2.cgi?x=35956.0052&y=41479.5271&level=6 (Lower right hand side of the map where Block 158A is shown facing the CHONG GHEE Temple. 3. Cluster of Flats in Blocks: 158A, 158B, 158C, 158D 4. Availability: Singaporeans getting their keys in phases. 5. Attachments: 2 photos of the Chong Ghee Temple 1 photo of drive-in at Blk 159A (next to carpark at Blk 160) Remarks:- 1. Many Singaporeans will be getting their keys to units under this block. And the most frequent question asked is: Will the temple affect my home? 2. Ove…

If the Main Door is important to you, I am sure, this article will be of interest to you. Please read on..... Note: In case you want to visit the Property Developer's Website featured in this article here is the URL: Visit Wing Tai Asia - Property In my opinion, Wing Tai Asia, is a `new kid' on the block with regards to it's Property Development scene in Singapore. Their core business is related to "clothing" and is still today. *JOKE* Erh...Perhaps or maybe, they should simply stick to it! Source & Credit: The Straits Times, Singapore 18 April 2002

1. How true is this statement? 2. Well, if you ask me in Singapore, this is very true! In the attached article, you can find out that Singapore families queue up 4 nights in a row just to book a government apartment. 3. In our culture, we hear this term in our daily life: The Kiasu Singaporean. 4. Meaning of Kiasu: Hokkien for "afraid to lose". eg Kiasu Singaporeans will camp overnight for free stuffs. Or in this case.. camp overnight to "book" or buy something... like property? 5. You can also take our `local test' to see whether you are equally considered as a "Kiasu". *JOKE* Can you fit the Singaporean image? Check out this url: http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/pcm/stress/Ki…

1. This painting is by a very famous Chinese painter by the name of Xu Bei-hong. 2. Xu Bei-hong, born in 1895 and died in 1953. Nowadays, this paintings are much sought after by collectors. And many forgeries of this painting is floating around. 3. For many Chinese businessmen, they love to place a painting of galloping horses. It can be 6, 8 or 9 horses. 4. Here, these businessmen, would normally place the painting on the same wall as the Main entrance door. 5. This symbolises, the horses, galloping out of the main entrance door, to get more business. 6. Do note that the horses do not face inwards of the door. 7. Please note that I am suggesting that you go out and go b…

This artwork can be found at the reception lobby at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. It shows the ancient Chinese Physician: Hua Tuo cure Kuan Kong for his wound on his arm by a poison arrow. (During around BC 106-225).

Dear All, In Hong Kong, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation HQ building took a desperate attempt to place two cannons. Hong Kong Feng Shui practitioners spare no efforts to use `black' feng shui on others. Even in Singapore, some buildings were built on `black' Feng Shui e.g Suntec City. Warmest Regards, Cecil

For a house which has sloping back and in this example with a major road at it's back, such retaining brick walls are ideal. Notice that the retaining wall(s) are of sufficient height.

In my opinion, this condo has bad layout plans. These are recent pictures taken on Sunday, 30 June 2002. Two of the pictures showing advertising for unsold units. TOP was in 2000. These units are 2 years old.

This house at the `T' junctions avoid having it's main entrance facing it. It makes sure that there are few openings if any (allowing the threat of sha qi).

1. The house is shown under the picture as `the house under threat'. 2. Characteristics of the problems associated with this house:- 3.1 If you follow the red arrows, you will find that the house sits on a slope. Here, if one is not careful, wealth can leak from this house both from the main entrance (which is on the side of the house to the neighbour's white (coloured) house. 3.2. In paranomic view picture, you can find three markings of addition all three neghbouring houses shown as marking `A', `B' and `C'. These three houses have multiple poison arrows attacking the house.

Dear All MAKING USE OF THE PRODUCTIVE CYCLE UNDER THE FIVE ELEMENTS CONCEPT Case Study ========== 1. This shop's owner / centre-point of shop display lacks water element. 2. In this example, this VCD/DVD shop placed a tall `S' shaped water feature. 3. This `S' shaped water feature has water bubbles rising to the top of this transparent `S' curve. 4. In Hong Kong, it is quite common to see such a monument in buildings to activate `water feature'. 4.1 This is where, a similar `S' curve as seen in this picture is made of metal e.g. Chrome/stainless steel or gold plating. This is placed on a stone pedestal. 4.2 This monument would thus represent:- Metal element: Since the `S…

In my opinion, I personally do not like the colour scheme for this new block of government public housing. Personally, I feel that it is a mismatch of colours especially white with apriot. Furthmore, the wall relief reminds me of the design found on water tanks above the roof tops.

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 …

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

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