Around Singapore

A building with such angular corners is not Feng Shui friendly... This block of private apartmentis along Yio Chu Kang Road - just before Phillips Avenue.

The pictures shows the common Malay style roofs. These roofs tower over the car-park behind the Geylang Serai Market and Food Complex: http://www.rednano.sg/sfe/allsearch.action?allsearch=true&view=map&querystring=1+geylang+serai Some of the apartments in either of Housing & Development Board (HDB)flats: Blocks 412, 414,416 will be affected by thetriangle roofs of the Geylang Serai Market and Food Complex. Picture tells it all. Photos taken fromnearby Joo Chiat Complex.

1. I belong to the old school where all my cars must be installed with:- 1.1. Mud-guard for both front and rear of the car 1.2. Side mouldings to protect the body of the car 2. My wish? 2.1. How I wish all car parks are installed with friendly "Parking Blocks or Wheel Stops". 2.2. My wish came thru when I went for a Feng Shui audit at the Fontaine Parry condominium at Poh Huat Road. 3. The developer installed a "mud-guard" friendly "parking block or wheel stop". 3.1. Such that even if I were to roll my car wheels touching the parking block, my car's mud-guard does not scrape the "parking block". 4. Any way, this is only a dream as unfortunately, I don't visi…

Many advertisement flyers are thrown on the floor in this rather "dirty" void deck in a HDB flat in Taman Jurong area

1. Last Saturday, an existing client who had recently sold their condominium unit and bought a landed property. 2. He asked me whether should he change his main entrance door position? As he felt that the main gate should not open directly towards the main entrance door. 3. Please see attached illustration showing: Layout Plan A and Layout Plan B. 4. These are the considerations:- 4.1. Contrary to my client's belief, especially in Singapore; especially for terrace houses; in my opinion 50 percent of all such terrace homes have either their main entrance directly facing the main gate (as shown under Layout Plan: A). 4.2. And the rest of the 50 percent of all terr…

Found this sign above the payment counter of an Indian restaurant along Yio Chu Kang Road..... " In God We Trust All others pay cash"

1. This water feature was taken sometime in the 1950's. It is 60 donkey years ago! 2. Can you see the miniature hexagonal pavilion? Such Chinese pavilions are very popular in the past: and comes in all shapes e.g. circle; square; hexagonal and octagonal pavilions. 3. Today, such water feature cum landscaping is close to obsolete unless it is a purposeful theme park type of structure. 4. Although such pavilions ting can be found in temples; these pavilions are equaly and not exclusive to temples or religious places. As such structures can be found in Chinese theme parks and gardens - to provide shade and shelter. 5. On the ri…

1. The photo showsmy 3rd uncle who is actually taller than 6ft 6inches. 2. However, if we use a conservative estimate that he is 6 feet high; I measured this coconut tree and it is approximately 60 feet high!

1. This water feature is in "orange" colour. 2. Under the Five Elements concept: Metal element = circle (e.g. the circular ball design of the water feature); and orange can also be considered as "gold" colour or metal element. 3. This follows the tradition of exchanging oranges when some one visits a home. And the two dialects: Cantonese : Kum or mandarin orange sounds like GOLD. While the Hokkiens call it : Kim = also gold. While "Peach" colour is pinkish and belongs to the Fire element (Fire element - red, pink or purple).

This flowering plant since 1960's is one of the most popular decorative plants during Chinese New Year. It's plume of flowerscomes in two vibrant colours: Rich Chilli Red and Sweet (Sunflower) Yellow colour. It belongs to the Amaranthaceae family of plants and it is commonly called : Plume Celosia. Again; during Chinese New Year; the Chinese like auspicious red and yellow comes as bright as the season of spring. As Chinese New Year is also known as the Festival of Spring - celebration.

The owner of this house uses these items:- 1. The Ba gua trigram on the outside of the concave mirror is to ward off evil. 2. The charms with the mao pi is also meant to ward off evil. 3. The greatest threat for a neigbhour facing such an apartment (apartment door face to face) is the concave mirror in the middle of the ba gua mirror. The intention of such a concave mirror is to "suck wealth".... 3.1 There are many versions of such a mirror: some with the Chi-lin in the middle; some with the flat mirror; These are purely to ward off evil. 3.2 some Ba Gua's with the convex mirror are to deflect poison arrow(s) or sha qi.

1. This special design lamp posts can be found along the stretch of Lor H Telok Kurau Road. 2. The lamp post seemingly looks stylish; but yet hides an ugly truth: Under symbolism in Feng Shui; it is not good for homes to face the "twin pointed" archer's arrow-heads aimed towards the opposite house! 3. A design ... from Feng Shui point of view that went the "wrong way" to the dogs!

This intricate Jade Flower and fruit basket appeals more to the Cantonese dialect group and to the european market....

An unsual combination of delicately carved jade cabbage with a pair of pekingese dogs. The pekingese dogs is also known as Lion dogs. And this is one of the most popular ancient breed of toy dogs from China. These dogs are a favourite amongst the Chinese Imperial court during the Ching Dynasty.

1. Chinese consider certain coins as an amulet to ward off evil. 2. The fish symbols on each of these amulets signify : abundance as the Chinese word of fish "yu" means just that! And fish symbols x 3 means wealth and every year - abundance of wealth!

Reference: http://www.geomancy.net/resources/theories/fs-tortise.htm The Legend of the Giant Tortoise According to ancient Chinese legends, a giant tortoise surfaced from the River Lo in central Chinaaround 4,000 years ago. The ancient Chinese found a pattern on a tortoise shell (refer to the extreme left picture above). There were circular dots of numbers on the giant tortoise that were arranged in a three-by-three nine grid pattern on it's shell. The pattern of numbers on the giant tortoise in any given direction i.e. horizontal, vertical or diagonal all add up to a total of 15 (refer to the middle picture above). This is equal to the 15 days in each of the 24 cyc…

This is a very easy to grow especially just plant into the ground and "forget" about it!. It does not have flowers.. But, it's natural reddish colour is spectacular! Those that get the right sunlight will turned a beautiful maroon with chilli red tones or hews in it's leaves. Little sunlight and it turns light brown to even dull "blood clot" red that looks like rust coloured plants. Chinese love or consider red colour auspicious. This is why, this person, landscaped the public walkway outside his home with lots of "red variety" plants. This plant's scientific name is Cordyline fruitcosa and it belongs to the Agavaceae family.

1. This plant has very attractive small "bite" sized bright red coloured fruits encasing a seed. 2. In my opinion; best to avoid like the plague especially if there is a newborn around in the home. The fruit is poisonous! 3. The common name of this plant is the "false rattan". 4. It's scientific name is : Flagellaria indica and belongs to the Flagellariaceae family. 5. This plant originated from many parts of the world: Taiwan, South East Asia, Polynesia, Australia and even Tropical Africa. BEST KEEP AWAY FROM THE YOUNG!

AnEagle is a symbol of power & strength to the Chinese. And a lone eagle is symbolic of a lone hero fighting for justice.

Jade figurine with old man, hulu and storks: this figurine with stocks signifies a SMILINGold person wishing him long life.

Nice scenes from my hotel room in Grand Hyatt, Beijing - 2009 visit.

One more picture of the type of advertisements in lifts of newly completed government housing board flats...

1. It depends! 2. I was walking towards Neil Road, Singapore and took three close-to successive photos: 3. The first photo was at the traffic RED light (at the head of) Neil Road. Here, you can virtually see 5 empty taxis; circled in RED. 4. Next, I immediately took another photo: 2nd photo and there was another4 empty taxis behind these 5 taxis. 5. I immediately took another 3rd photo and amused at seeing another 7 empty taxis! 6. Wow! At certain locations and times of the day... what a hard luck for these taxi drivers. 7. A recent article in a Singapore newspaper said that unlike regular workers; these taxi drivers start work being in "debt". For example, th…

Elephants are revered in Thailand. And considered a workhorse in India. Elephants symbolises great strength and astuteness (shrewdness). And an animal of high moral standards... Recently... we hear of a prominent golf legend....let's hope his home does not have this twin elephants on any of his home's porch pillars... as only those with high moral standards aka.. elephants should ever display them. Thus for those who is considered loose... please forget about placing these items!