Fengshui 风水

Is Li Chun 立春 today

2012-02-04T11:18:00.000+08:00

Today will mark the official taking over of new Zodiac animal - Dragon. Here I would like to wish everyone a Happy Dragon Year!

I was told that such thing will only happen in Li Chun 立春......Egg stands by itself! Give it a try! Please note that egg must be placed on the Ground floor.

Field trip photo (Part 4)

2012-02-03T04:48:00.000+08:00

Can you spot anything?

Field trip photo (Part 3)

2012-02-02T09:18:00.000+08:00

A row of shops facing an incoming road. Can you spot anything?

Dragon baby already? Not yet...

2012-01-29T11:38:00.000+08:00

This morning I read this interesting article about Dragon baby from The Sunday Times, it was reported that babies born before Li Chun is yet to be a Dragon baby. As I have shared in my previous articles, babies that are born after Li Chun are then considered as the next zodiac animal for the new year.

Okay, hope with the article from The Sunday Times, everyone has a clearer picture on Zodiac animal. Happy 人日 to all of you! Happy Birthday!

Field trip photo (Part 2)

2012-01-27T09:00:00.000+08:00

The man on the right is standing outside a well-known pastry shop located in a suburb. Unless you are a local or a regular customer, if not, is not easy to locate this shop. So what is the selling point in this pastry shop? Why is so popular and business is blooming? Has it got to do with fengshui?

Stay tuned for more photos.....coming soon.

Field trip photo (Part 1)

2012-01-24T08:38:00.000+08:00

On the second day of Chinese New Year, I would like to wish everyone "心想事成，万事如意".

Today, I would like to start off a new season of photos that are related to Fengshui issues or places that I believe (in my own opinion) that Fengshui remedy has been used. These photos that will be posted here, were taken during my last few overseas field trips. I hope that by posting these photos here, everybody can learning something about Fengshui, and benefit from here.

Okay here we go. The first photo that was taken a few months back. Can you spot anything?

Do stay tuned for more photos.........................! Cheers and happy new year to all!

Best regards

Francis

A wet start on the First day of Lunar New Year

2012-01-23T02:49:00.001+08:00

Today marks the first day of Lunar New Year and it started to rain when the clock struck at midnight. What does this wet start mean? Will it bring more "wealth"? Or will it bring more water for this year? Well, we will know the answer towards the end of the year.

Okay, Let me wish everyone 新年快乐！身体健康！万事如意！

Cheers
Francis

Happy Lunar New Year!

2012-01-21T19:48:00.002+08:00

Fengshui-sg.blogspot would like to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year. Hope that this Water Dragon will brings alot of goodies and good health to all of you!

Cheers
Francis

2012 Forecast - The year of Dragon

2011-12-19T07:38:00.000+08:00

When comes to year of Dragon, our birth rate tends to inch higher as reflected in our past birth rate records. So will next year - year of Dragon, brings us more good news rather than just only higher birth rate?

Next year 2012 is a Ren Chen Nian 壬辰年, which means that Heavenly Stem Ren 壬 (Water) is sitting on Earthly Branches Chen 辰 (Earth). This Ren 壬 (Water) is Yang water, which is often regarded as moving water in bazi methodology, so in this aspect, we can imagine that moving water is flanked by surrounding Chen 辰 (Earth). And let's hope that the earth surrounding the water can hold it well, if not, chances are; we will be seeing another episode of flooding silmilar to Thailand flood in 2012! Since there will be so much water for next year, business relating to water may bloom!

It is believed that Chen 辰 (Earth) is often regarded as 墓 mu (Grave) for Ren 壬 (Water). And one of the Water element characteristic is intelligence. As such, there is a possibility that a wise leader may leave us!

Lunar New Year will start early next year, the first day of Lunar New Year falls on 23 Jan 2012. And the best timing to seek for blessing on the first day of Lunar New Year will be between 12 mid-night to 1am. Or between 3am to 7am.

In case you are still wondering whether the Water Dragon year will commence on the first day of Lunar New Year. Well, in the actual fact, the year of Water Dragon will only commence on 4 Feb 2012, Li Chun 立春 at 1822hrs instead of 23 Jan 2012! So any babies that are born before 4 Feb, Li Chun 立春 are still belong to the year of Rabbit rather than year of Dragon!

The auspicious date to commence work for next New year will be on the fifth day of Lunar New Year, 27 Jan 2012. However, if you are born in the year of Snake, you may want to avoid using this date!
For those who are born in the year of Dragon, Goat, Dog and Ox are deemed to have offended Tai Sui 太岁.

As for health aspect, one may want to pay special attention to the followings : liver, bone-related issue, ear, bladder, and productive organs.

The positive energy star in 2012 will be located at West sector. And romance star will be located at East sector.

Last but not least, I wish everybody Long Nian Xing Hao Yun 龙年行好运 and Long Ma Jin Sheng 龙马精神！

Note : Above article is written based on yearly heavenly stem and earthly branch. A person's luck still depend very much on each own individual's bazi. If you want to know your future well-being, please consult a professional Ming Li Shi, master for advise.

The power of Qi Men Dun Jia

2011-12-16T11:26:00.003+08:00

Needs an answer? Qi Men Dun Jia can help. Above is this morning chart, time between 9am to 11am. Chart shows that one should not do anything during this period of time, if you were trying to do something, chances of failure would be high!

Latest property cooling measure

2011-12-10T03:26:00.001+08:00

Latest property cooling measure and here is the headline that was reported in yesterday Straits Times.

Is so hot - Bedok Condo

2011-11-22T10:56:00.001+08:00

Saw this interesting article from STOMP website, is about the yet-to-launch condo at Bedok, a large crowd has formed prior to the official launch. To find out more, you can click on this http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/824962/large_crowds_at_bedok_condo_launch_students_paid_to_queue.html.

Watch out for this space - Forecast for 2012!

2011-11-08T13:58:00.000+08:00

Yes, 2011 is coming to an end. So what is going to happen in 2012? To find out more... ? Watch out for this space! ~ Coming soon.

Out of town

2011-09-25T07:16:00.001+08:00

New kids on the block!

2011-09-14T13:44:00.003+08:00

This photo was taken from inside a room. Wondering does this photo give you any kind of "feeling".

Some new flats near Ghim Moh. The appearance of these new blocks look like private estate to me.

River

2011-09-10T08:01:00.004+08:00

Visited Bishan Park yesterday. And I must say that the man-made river is really impressive! Looking at the surrounding and the design of the river, it gives me a tranquil feeling. With such a lovely green envirnoment, I bet green lovers would love this type of place!

Now, it makes me wonder, will this new added feature makes the price of the flats soar? Well, we will know when the time comes.

Have a great weekend ahead!

Using Qi Men Dun Jia to find an answer.

2011-08-23T01:08:00.004+08:00

Have you ever experience such a situation before? When you were planning to do something, or planning for a change, and you were not sure whether you should go ahead with the plan? Well, you can seek an answer from the chart!

Let's look at one example, a chart taken from yesterday, 22 Aug 2011, time between 5pm to 7pm.

In this chart, it shows that Ba Men (Eight Doors) are in its original position, which is also known as Fu Yin. With such configuration, one should stay put instead of making changes! But there again, not all Fu Yin chart means that you can't do anything! There are things which are suitable to carry out in such configuration! Is just like date selection, some auspicious days are not suitable to wed but that does not mean that you cannot carry out other activities!

Did you know?

2011-08-19T00:58:00.000+08:00

Did you know that an experienced face reading master can tell you a person's character by looking at that person's face?

Is another bloodshed day for Dow Jones!

2011-08-19T00:38:00.000+08:00

Gosh! I just received a call from a friend, he was telling me that Dow Jones had just shed another 400 points! And he continued to say that tomorrow would be a lousy day for our STI.

After hearing what he said, I was thinking how the stock market direction going to be? Using Qi Men Du Jia, this is how the chart looks like.

For those who know QMDJ, what do you think of the chart? Is this a good chart or bad chart?

Slope does affect fengshui

2011-08-10T19:48:00.002+08:00

Recently, I saw some new property launches with some slopes on the vicinity. In my heart, I wondered how many people (buyers) would take slopes into consideration? Or buyers are just too busy calculating how much loan they can get?

Is true that pricetag is always an important factor to consider when comes to buying property. Let me ask you a question, if a house faces a upslope in front and the selling price is low, say $900 psf, Freehold property and is located in Rest of Central Region (RCR), will you consider?

Well, for those who have studied Fengshui before, anything that is higher than 1inch is considered as "Mountain". In fengshui, we would like to see Ming Tang (No obstruction) in front of a house. Anything that is in front of the house that is considered as "Mountain" will somehow affect the "Qi" entering the house.

Apart from upslope in front of the house, you may want to take note of slopes around the house, slopes that may look innocent to you may bring different effect to your house fengshui. So good luck in your house hunting!

Stock market continues to plunge

2011-08-08T13:23:00.003+08:00

At this point of writing, our ST index has shedded 146 points or 4.86%. Looks like we are facing a correction now. For those who have missed my 2011 forecast, you may want to click here.

Something interesting....

2011-07-30T08:08:00.000+08:00

Visited Terracotta Warriors at Asian Civilisation Museum recently and I spotted something interesting - The tomb layout plan. Look carefully, you may spot something interesting!

Is all about properties!

2011-07-03T08:58:00.002+08:00

Lately I have been visiting showflats, to view some of the latest launches. Most of the showflats I visited were packed with people. Anyway, just to clear the air, I was there not to buy, just tag-along with my friends to find out more about properties and its surroundings. After all, properties are somehow "linked" with fengshui in my own opinion. Without these properties, there is nothing to talk about Yang Fengshui.

Okay, let's put Fengshui aside, let's talk about properties. But before we move on, first I have to state that I am not a Property Analyst neither I am a Property Agent. Therefore, if you choose to continue to read, please read it at your own discretion!

One of the factors when comes to buying a property is location. If you are buying for investment purpose, location, in my own opinion, is an important factor! Usually tenants would choose to rent a place that is convenient, for example near to city, near to workplace or even near to MRT station. However, I have to agree that there are still handful of tenants would choose a place that is secluded.

Talking about seclusion, last year I visited one showflat, that place was like out of nowhere. And I remember that there is no amenities around, the nearest MRT is like close to 1km away or more and not many bus services go to that location. That place really requires you to own your transportation. Despite having all these factors, that project was 100% sold out on the first day! The point here is that location may be a consideration factor but if you are buying it for own stay and transportation is not an issue. You can still go ahead with what you like!

The next thing that you want to consider is whether that project is a Leasehold or Freehold. There are people that I know, will only opt for latter as they feel that is value for money. However, there are some, who are buying for investment purpose will not be bothered by that. But you may want to pay attention to the pricetag between the Leasehold and Freehold.

When comes to buying a property, the question that you need to ask yourself is how much loan to get? And how many years of loan? At this point of writing, mortgage loan interest rate for 3 months SIBOR is at 0.5% and 3 months SOR is at 0.292%. With such a low current interest rate, no wonder it looks attractive to buy a property now. But bear in mind, low interest rate is not here for forever especially if you are planning to get 40years of loan. So when you do your sums, please take that factor into consideration.

As on how much loan to get, this depend on your commitment. Whether you have existing car loan, mortgage loan, study loan or other expense to take care of? Assuming that you do not have any loan to service, a general guideline will be 35% of your salary to set aside for your mortgage loan. And not to forget, with our last cooling measure, if you have existing mortgage loan, you will be eligible for 60% loan only.

So is this a good time to buy a property now? Well, is all depending on your needs! Whether you need a roof over your head? Or if you are buying for investment purpose? In the case of investment, then you really need to understand the supply and demand factor!

To wrap it up, buying a property is a long term commitment. So if you are planning to look for one, do your sums first. Good luck!

Disclaimer : Readers should read it at your own discretion.

Are you going to spend money soon?

2011-05-28T20:28:00.000+08:00

Did you know that by looking at your own face, you will be able to know whether you will be spending money for the next 2 weeks?

How to check? Is very easy, just look at your nose tip. If you spot any "red spot" or any pimple in that area. Well, be prepared to spend some money soon!

Give a try and feedback to me! Happy finding!

Choosing an auspicious date to start renovation.

2011-05-27T20:28:00.002+08:00

During my younger days, I always wondered why people were so fussy of picking an auspicious date to start renovation. Back then, date selection was something least important to me, but my preception started to change when problems started to surface, not once but many incidents.

Let me share one of my experiences when I was working as a Project Manager. There was one project site which had a fengshui sitting on "Tai Sui - 太岁 " position. At that point of time, I already had fengshui knowledge and I knew that it was an "offence" to carry any form of activity in such position.

As that was a rush project, we had not much choices but to start work immediately, and we could forget about date selection. I knew that problem could arise if we were to carry out any work in "Tai Sui - 太岁" position, so what I could do was to give "special" instruction to my contractors - that no work was allowed in "Tai Sui - 太岁" position till further instruction from me.

At that point of time, I was handling two projects at two different sites, hence I could not put much attention to that project which had the "Tai Sui - 太岁" position. To cut the story short, when I finally got the chance to visit the site, I got a shock of my life! My contractor did not heed my instruction, they went ahead to build partition (dry wall) on that "Tai Sui - 太岁" position. And that dry wall was almost done when I saw it. Guess what happened next? We were told to tear down the whole partition!

Despite that the project had very tight construction schedule, we did not have any chance to convince my client to keep that partition, and we had to tear it down! If only my contractor had heed my advise to delay that construction on that portion, such thing would not have happened! Or an auspicious date was chosen to start our work, maybe that problem could have avoided!

Birds

2011-05-19T08:10:00.000+08:00

I always enjoy looking at those birds that fly near me. Maybe is their chirping sound attracted me, or maybe I just like the way they are, free and have alot of freedom. Fly to where ever they want to.

For those who have studied yi-jing, you may want to intepret the sighting of little bird flying towards you. What does that mean?

Qi Men Dun Jia - Is this property a good buy?

2011-05-18T01:48:00.000+08:00

This Qi Men Dun Jia (QMDJ) analysis was done a few months back, it happened that someone consulted me whether the property she was looking at, was a good buy?

Based on the time she asked that question, I plotted the QMDJ chart using my PDA, the answer to her question was : property was good, possible that property price would increase, and she could buy despite that she had worries! True enough, she bought the property.

Now, three months after her purchase, she is sitting on paper gain if we do not take 4 years Seller's stamp fee into consideration!

If you are still wondering, how did QMDJ tell the answer. Well, you may want to consider to learn this art?

Property hunting

2011-05-17T22:22:00.000+08:00

This photo shown here is one of the recent property launch in the eastern part of Singapore. To be frank, I quite like this project as it has a great overall view of the reservoir. (Note : this is without taking fengshui factors into consideration.) And I have to say that is rather a rare project, how many houses can you find that are built so close to a reservoir?

For those who do not mind about location and if you think that you need alot of water element in your bazi, you may want to take a look here?

Okay, good luck in your property hunting!

A hostel that supports Green

2011-05-17T20:28:00.004+08:00

Tree in Lodge is a hostel that supports Green movement. In this hostel, you will find only environmental friendly products or materials used are recycled. The reason for doing this is to reduce the damages to our environment.

So if you have overseas visitors who are supporters of Green movement, please share with them on this unique hostel that supports GREEN. Here are some photos of this interesting hostel. For more details on this hostel, please click here.

Tree in lodge.

Photos that were taken by the business owner. I was told that it took him 2 years to cycle from Europe to Singapore!

Nice and cosy environment.

Important GREEN messages.

Affordable rate, nice and clean place to stay!

I am back!

2011-05-17T01:08:00.000+08:00

First, I would like to apologise to my readers who have emailed me. I am sorry that I could not reply you in time, guess I was too engrossed in Japan earthquake situation that I did not update my blog and check my emails. And the hot topic General Election also caught my attention, I was busy trying to analyse the end result using Qi Men Dun Jia.

Now I am back....I hope that I will be able to update my blog in weekly basis so that I can make up to my avid readers who had been waiting patiently for my reply.

For those who are keen to know more fengshui or any courses, you can email me. I will reply you as soon as I can.

Last but not least, I wish all Buddhist a Happy Vesak Day!

Best wishes
Francis Lee

Donate to Red Cross Singapore

2011-03-21T04:59:00.002+08:00

Hi all

Red Cross Singapore is appealing for donations to help Japan Tsunami victims. If you can help to contribute, please check out at Red Cross Singapore website for more details.

Thank you.

祝大家新年快乐！

2011-02-02T12:38:00.001+08:00

www.fengshui-sg.blogspot.com would like to wish all readers a Happy & Properous Lunar New Year!

祝大家新年快乐，万事如意，恭喜发财，身体健康，兔年行好运！Huat Ah!

Property report

2011-01-30T23:58:00.000+08:00

Saw this article from Straits Times,click this url http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_629964.html

I wonder what does that article mean? Hmm...... Maybe you want to shed some lights?

Wet Lunar New Year?

2011-01-30T01:28:00.001+08:00

These few days, there have been alot of downpour. And Lunar New Year is just barely four days away. Now it makes me wonder, are we going to have a wet Lunar New Year for this Rabbit year? Will the rain continue till Lunar New Year period? Is this rainwater going to bring us a lot of wealth? Or will this wet Lunar New Year lead us to the opposite effect of last year?

As for last year 2009, the year of Tiger, I still can remember clearly that the Lunar New Year period was hot and dry! And Tiger year brought us a lot of surprises such as heavy downpour during our so called "Summer" period and flooded our Orchard road. Apart from that, we also witnessed so floodings in many countries.

So I hope that this wet Lunar New Year will not lead to drought during our Summer period, if not, I really can't imagine what is going to happen next. But I do hope that the rainfall will us alot of wealth. And I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers A Happy Lunar New Year, hope that Rabbit year will bring you tons of good luck and wealth!

Another new cooling measure..

2011-01-14T23:48:00.001+08:00

Yesterday news came as a big surprise for many of us - The fourth property cooling measures over a 2 years span!

Is this latest property cooling measures in line with 2011 forecast ? In that article, I have illustrated when grasses are growing too fast and too tall - trimming is needed! Thus, this will lead to correction!

As we just started 2011, so will there be more correction? Well, we will know very soon.

Good luck!

Is this property a good buy?

2011-01-13T20:03:00.002+08:00

Question : Is this property a good buy?

Answer : Chart shows that property is good, can buy. But chart shows changes, looks like some other buyer will make the offer to buy the property first!

Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 6)

2011-01-08T17:58:00.002+08:00

In this last part of 6-part series, thing that you may want to watch out for is cooling tower. I know some of you may not know what is cooling tower. Not to worry, I will not confuse you with a lot of technical terms here.

Cooling tower is part of air-conditioning system which is normally used in commerical buildings. Cooling tower - as the name has suggested is a tower installed with a big fan to cool the pool of condenser water that goes through this tower.

As the condenser water is used in a recycled process, thus this process must be properly treated. In the event that condenser water are left untreated, it may lead to alot of complicated issues which may arise later on.

When a cooling tower is in operation, usually it will generate alot of noises. So if you are a person who like to live in a quiet environment, I bet you will not want to live near to a cooling tower!

On this note, I will end my 6-part series on 'Thing that you may want to watch out for' here. Hope that you will find the information useful to you. If you have any feedback, please feel free to drop me a message or email.

Thank you. Do stay tuned in my blog, I will bring more good stuffs soon...

Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 5)

2011-01-07T22:48:00.000+08:00

In this part 5 of 6-part series, thing that you may want to watch out for is exhaust duct.

Recently, I visited one particular unit, which is located on top of a exhaust duct. When I was there, I could smell of cooked food blowing out from the exhaust duct despite that unit is located at mid floor.

It may smell nice at that point of time, but I would not want my clean clothings or my house to smell like a restaurant! Not only that, the exhaust fume may contain oily residues which may invite unwanted guests such as cockroaches or rats to the house.

So if you happen to encounter a unit that is located above the exhaust duct, you may want to pay more attention to the wind direction as well. Good luck in your house selection!

Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 4)

2011-01-06T21:38:00.000+08:00

In this part 4 of 6-part series, thing that you may want to watch out for is lift. Having a lift right in front of your doorstep may sound convenient. But in Fengshui approach, having a lift facing your door is just like having a mouth opening and closing in front of you! Thus, in fengshui, it deemed to be inauspicious.

If we put fengshui aside, having a lift in front of your doorstep, what are things to expect are:

1. Sounds of lift door opening and closing
2. Lift breakdown alarm

If you are choosing your next property, you may want to pay attention to the lift location! Good luck!
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Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 3)

2011-01-05T07:18:00.001+08:00

In this part 3 of 6-part series, thing that you may want to watch out for is your house roof if your unit is located at the highest floor.

You may want to take note of the followings if you are planning to buy the highest floor:

1. Check if there is any water tank on top
2. Good water-proofing system

Below is a photo which I took recently, this building is more than 10 years old but look at the roof of this particular unit, there are signs of water leaking from the roof. So having a leaking roof over your head is something which you may want to avoid! Good luck in your house hunting!

Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 2)

2011-01-03T20:46:00.001+08:00

In this part 2 of 6-part series, thing that you may want to watch out for is drain. Be is a small drain or a moonsoon drain. If there is a drain around your property, you may want to take note on how the water flows - direction.

In Fengshui water theory, it is believed that the direction of water flow can affect your wealth. Having the water flowing towards your property is better than water flowing out from your property. But wait, this is based on assumption that the drain is big enough to hold the water. Imagine this; if the drain, which is close to your property, is not able to hold the water? Well, most likely you will get floods! And flooding may lead to property damage! Thus, your wealth will be indirectly affected!

Apart from flooding, what are things which you can think of - that a drain may bring? Well, smell and pollution. Yes, drain water can bring smell and pollution issue if not properly maintained. On this note, I would like to urge everyone to take good care of our drains so that such smell and pollution problems will not arise.

So before your next property purchase, you may want to pay more attention on its surrounding. Spend more time walking around the property area first, this will save you alot of troubles in the future. Good luck!

Thing that you may want to watch out for..... (Part 1)

2011-01-02T16:28:00.000+08:00

First, I would like to say Happy New Year to all! Hope that last year was a fruitful year for you. And I hope that this year will be even a better year for you!

Of late, property sector has been in the limelight because property prices keep rising and that does not stop any one from buying new property at new launches. Since property is something which the whole town is talking about. Now, let me share with you what are the things that you may want to watch for before buying a property. In this 6-part series, you will get to see photos of things that I would watch out for.

Here is the first one.....

Construction site.

Having a construction site around your property may somehow affect you. And this depend on how close the construction site is and where it is located. Putting Fengshui aside, you may find that noise generated from such site may affect your daily life as well. Apart from that, you may find alot of dusts around you which requires you to do more cleaning than usual.

So if you are planning to buy a property which is close to construction site, you may want to take note on the above-mentioned issues before you sign the Option to purchase.

Good luck! Do stay tuned for part 2 on Things that you may want to watch out for.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-01T01:06:00.003+08:00

I would like to wish all my supporters, readers and clients a Happy New Year! May this new year brings all the joyous to you and your family! Happy 2011!

Cheers
Francis

A new shopping centre at downtown

2010-12-28T07:58:00.001+08:00

Not long ago, I saw a news report, from our local newspaper, that newly opened shopping mall in downtown area did not attract much crowd. So curiosity caught hold of me, I told myself that one of these days, I would visit this mall.

Finally, I got the chance to visit this mall on boxing day. See the photo above, this is what I saw on that day. Maybe if you have the time, you would like to visit this mall?

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-24T23:15:00.002+08:00

Here, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Happy Dong Zhi (Winter Solstice)

2010-12-22T10:38:00.000+08:00

Today marks Dong Zhi (冬至）, is also a time for family to gather and enjoy a bowl of Tang yuan (汤圆). Here http://www.fengshui-sg.blogspot.com/ would like to wish everybody a Happy Dong Zhi!

Forecast for Year of Rabbit 2011

2010-11-29T12:38:00.001+08:00

2010 has been an eventful year, I wonder is it because Tiger being the fiercest animal out of the 12 Zodiac animals that caused everything to swing one end to the other? First we witnessed our global economy was like taking roller-coast ride, from high to low and low bounced back to high, I bet the ride must be a thrilling experience for some of you out there!

For the last 11 months, we had very unusual phenomenons too! We had heavy storms during our summer period which was supposed to be hottest months yet we experienced the wettest months. On top of that, the shocking news must be the floodings in Orchard road, a place that we would at least think of. And due to the heavy downpours, alot of basement carparks in many parts of Singapore were turned into huge pool of waters.

Apart from the heavy downpours, the strong winds also uprooted alot of trees in our history. So was it liu nian 流年, Metal on top sitting on Wood that caused so many trees to uproot? If you have read my last year forecast, you might have noticed my illustration - imagine an axe chopping a tree. On this note, can you still recall the Downtown East and Bukit Panjang incident, where young men were slashed? Again, Metal Geng (Metal weapon) attacking on Wood Mao (Bone)!

Having said that, I also mentioned that possible conflict and fights during the year of Tiger. At this point of writing, the tensions between North and South Korea has yet to ease. Let's pray hard that the tensions will not escalate into something unpleasant!

Other events that took place during the last 11 months are:

Uncertainties in US economy and Euro Debt Crisis

Floods and landslides in China

Strong Earthquarke in New Zealand

Tragedy struck HK tourists in Philippine

Japan experienced the hottest months

Election in Australia and Myanmar.

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Next year 2011, is a Rabbit year.

Rabbit is known to be very gentle animal except this gentle animal is well known for producing a lot of offsprings, so will this Metal rabbit brings us more babies in 2011 and boost our birth rate?

So what is in store for 2011? To begin, let's start with the first day of Lunar New Year.

The first day of Lunar New Year falls on 3 Feb 2011 but please take note our cute little rabbit is still not ready to take over till second day of Chinese New year. Thus, year of rabbit will only officially take over on 4 Feb 2011 at 12.32pm. Therefore, babies born on the first day of lunar new year is still a baby Tiger.

2011 is Xin Mao Nian 辛卯年, which is known as Metal Rabbit year or Golden Rabbit year. The Heavenly Stem which is represented by Xin 辛(Metal) is sitting on top of Earthly Branches Mao 卯 (Wood), this terminology of Metal sitting on wood is similiar to 2010 Geng 庚 (Metal) Yin 寅 (Wood) except that 2011 is Yin Metal and Yin Wood while 2010 is Yang Metal and Yang Wood.

In Bazi books, Xin 辛 metal is described as fine jewellery. But I bet to differ, now let's imagine Xin 辛 metal as a pair of scissor while Mao 卯 wood as grasses. If you allow me to let my imagination run wild, what you see next is grasses are growing too fast and they become too long (tall), so question is : what would you do? Trim it of course! So will this trimming lead to correction? Maybe after this trimming, you will be able to find some jewels among the grasses!

Using Flying Stars for next year, we will see Flying Star 7 resides at central palace while wealth star 8 is located at North-west sector. For those who wish to have more wealth luck, you may want to activate your North-west sector!

Do pay special attention to East and South sector, as bad energy stars are located there. Ideally, one should not activate the bad energy stars in those sectors. You can consider to place some metal objects to reduce the bad energy effects.

Romance star is located at South-west sector, this is a sign that more matured women may tie the knots next year. As for people who are born in year of Tiger, Horse and Dog, you may find romance luck in 2011.

The four Zodiac animals that are deemed to have offended Tai Sui 太岁 are as follows: Rat, Rabbit, Horse and Rooster.

San sha wei 三煞位 is located at West, so ideally one should avoid having your back facing west. For those Zodiac animals who have deemed to be offended Tai Sui next year, you should avoid facing (looking) East and your back facing west at all costs!

To wrap 2011 forecast, I would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year, may this new year brings you good health, happiness and prosperity!

Note : Above article is written based on yearly heavenly stem and earthly branch. A person's luck still depend very much on each own individual's bazi. If you want to know your future well-being, please consult a professional Ming Li Shi, master for advise.

Let's have peace!

2010-11-23T23:10:00.003+08:00

Just read this news from asia1. The report is about North and South korea. Hope that there will be peace soon.

"Fishbone"

2010-11-21T18:20:00.000+08:00

Can you find the antenna on the background? Antenna is also known as "fishbone" in fengshui. Is facing an antenna good or bad? So what can be done to solve this?

Hong Kong latest cooling measures

2010-11-20T17:58:00.000+08:00

Yesterday Hong Kong introduced latest cooling measures to cool their red-hot property market. With these latest measures, hopefully prices can be well managed. To read more on their latest cooling measures, you can click here for Channel News Asia report.

So which country will be next to introduce cooling measures?

Will you.....?

2010-11-20T17:05:00.006+08:00

This morning while I was driving, I saw a new housing development which is located next to a light rail track. I asked myself this," Will I choose to live next to a railway track?" Now, to make this topic interesting. Allow me to ask you this question, " Will you choose to live next to a railway track?"

Before you answer the question. I must agree that living close to a train station is definitely convenient! And not to forget alot of time is saved on walking to and fro the train station!

So let's hear from you. All comments are welcome!

Oct sales data

2010-11-15T20:18:00.000+08:00

URA has just released the private property transaction for October has rebounded from September figure, the Oct data shows that 1,058 private units were sold excluding Executive Condominiums (EC). If the figure were to include EC, the figure would be 1,587!

So I wonder, are we going to see higher transaction figure in months to come? Or more cooling measures?

Well, you may want to read this earlier post.

What is next?

2010-11-15T00:48:00.000+08:00

Now, we know that property market is still hot. So will this lead to more cooling measures in 2011? Find out in my 2011 forecast...do stay tuned!

Property Market is still HOT!

2010-11-12T14:48:00.000+08:00

Gosh.....our property market is still HOT despite the latest cooling measures which are meant to cool our hot property! Alot of people are still buying, just look at this week new launches, alot of new units were snapped up in a day! This is amazing! Even the new launch in the west has set a new record high!

So what is going to be next? Will there be another new record high? Or more cooling measures? Well, we will find out soon.

For those who have been following my blog, you may have read my earlier postings about property. For those who have not, you may want to click the links below.

Reasons for you to buy property?

Showflat and case study

The demand is still there

Is getting more exciting...

Will there be more cooling measures?

Good luck!

Year 2011

2010-11-07T16:08:00.003+08:00

In Year 2011, which Zodics animal is likely to have better romance luck? Watch out this space....more to come...Stay tuned!

Shanghai Expo

2010-10-31T22:33:00.002+08:00

Time really flies! This photo was taken last year September. Shanghai Expo Site was still in the midst of construction. Today, 31 Oct 2010 marks the closing ceremony for Shanghai Expo 2010. Is a pity that I did not have the chance to visit the Expo.

Well, to compensate the "loss" maybe I will plan Shanghai trip again to visit some of the places which I did not visit in my last trip there.

Year of Rabbit

2010-10-25T07:18:00.000+08:00

Soon....we will be welcoming the year of Rabbit.. So what is in store in the year of Rabbit? To find out more, just stay tuned in this blog and welcome the year of Rabbit with a big bang!

Another new measure

2010-10-18T17:53:00.002+08:00

It was reported that Property cooling measures introduced in Aug 30 seem to have worked. And property transaction for the month of September did show sign of slowing down after the cooling measures.

Now, here is another point (Source : Channel Newsasia Website) which you need to know if you are planning to buy or sell a HDB flat. Good luck!

Technical Recession in 2nd half of 2010

2010-10-18T17:46:00.002+08:00

To understand the outlook of our economy in 2nd half of the year, you may want to read this news article Technical Recession in 2nd half of 2010 from Channel Newsasia. Looks like this year is indeed a challenging year as highlighted in my earlier article "What is in 2010?"

Reasons for you to buy property?

2010-10-18T06:57:00.000+08:00

Saw this interesting article from Yahoo News. An Award-winning property agent shares his reasons on buying property now.

Well, to buy or not? You still have to make your own call! Good luck!

Should I buy? Or should I wait? Use Qi Men Dun Jia to find out

2010-10-11T06:49:00.003+08:00

This question : whether to buy or not, has been bugging me for days. Instead of letting this question to continue to hunt me, I have decided to use Qi Men Dun Jia to find an answer!

The chart reveals that I should NOT buy. And it shows that I should wait.

Will I get the job? Using Qi Men Dun Jia to find out (Part 2)

2010-10-11T06:31:00.003+08:00

This is last monday Qi Men Dun Jia chart, is about a job interview. Look at the chart, will the job-seeker gets the job?

To find the answer, first look at the Kai Men. From the chart - Kai Men, it shows that the job-seeker is aggresive! Knowing that the job-seeker is aggresive. Next, we can try to find out how the interviewer feels about the job-seeker. And it shows that interviewer was "disappointed" by job-seeker!

So what is the reason behind the disappointment?

Going holiday? Why not check Qi Men Dun Jia first?

2010-10-10T18:26:00.004+08:00

If you are planning to go for a holiday and you are not sure whether is this the right time to go as safety is always your top priority. Why not check Qi Men Dun Jia (QMDJ) first? In QMDJ, if a chart shows Fu Yin (just like the one below).

In this instance, you should consider postpone your plan. A Fu Yin chart usually spells that holiday may not be enjoyable! So instead of letting your holiday spoil your mood, why not stay put first?

Showflat and Case Study

2010-10-05T23:48:00.007+08:00

Despite the property cooling measures in Aug 30, property showflat are still flooded with potential buyers. And this particular project located in North-eastern part of Singapore caught my attention recently. Before I start talking about this project, I have to agree that this project really have many plus points to begin with.

Firstly, this project is located near to mrt and all it takes is 3min walk to reach MRT station. There are not many projects which are walking distance to MRT. With such conveniences, I bet this is one of the major pull factors.

In addition, there are amenities around that area. Just a stone's away, you can find supermarket, clinic and 24-hrs coffeeshop. Or if you prefer to shop in air-conditional mall, all you need to do is hop into North-eastern bound train, it will bring you to the shopping mall which is just one stop away!

And the most important thing is the selling price, based on current hot property market, the indicative psf is not considered high if you were to compare with other similar projects. With so many pull factors, of course I am being attracted to this project.

Below is the sketch of the site plan. 'A' in the sketch denotes the first block that is nearer to the main Entrance.

Now, let's put all the Pull factors aside. Let's touch abit on the fengshui aspect.

This project is North-east / South-west orientation. In fengshui period 8, it is believed that houses with such facings are considered auspicious.

Another point noted from the site plan is right in front of the main entrance is a curved road.

Side view A-A shows that there is a gradual slope on the existing plot of land. As I do not have the full detail of this project, in this sketch I could only assume that the buildings would be built based on current condition. Therefore, I cannot comment much on this aspect till project is completed.

In an ideal condition - the slope (ground below) should be filled up to the same level with the road surface.

To make this case study interesting, now let's look at the site plan again. This time, please look at the site plan in a different view. Using macro view (or helicopter view), can you see anything interesting?

Still cannot see anything? Well, not to worry. But before I continue to demostrate what I have discovered in the site plan. Maybe you want to try again? Now, let your imagination run wilds! Can you see anything?

Okay, I shall continue from here. In the next photo, you will see that I used a highlighter to highlight those blocks. Can you see that there is a Trigram in those blocks?

Now, let's remove the outline in the site plan. This is what you get. (See photo below)

For those who have studied fengshui, you would have recognised this symbol (Trigram). This is Li Trigram (aka Li Gua).

In fengshui, Li Gua is represented as Fire element. In this case, where this plot of land sits on South-west, facing North-east direction. Both directions are considered Earth element. With this Li Trigram (Fire element) in the centre of this project.

In the cycle of (element) birth, it means that there will be fire to support the Earth element. In fengshui, we prefer elements to produce (support) one another rather than having elements clashing one another.

Isn't interesting to discover this Li Trigram in the layout? Now, it makes me wonder whether is this coincidental or this design has consulted some great masters? Anyway, do more research if you want to! And happy fengshui-ing!

Disclaimer : This article is written purely for readers who are interested in fengshui subject. The Author accepts no liability of any kind for any losses or damages caused, or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly, from using the information contained in this blog.

One word of advise to all property buyers, please conduct your own research before your next property purchase.

Watch this space....

2010-10-04T10:18:00.001+08:00

Watch this space...2011 forecast will be out soon.

What is in my mind? Qi Men Dun Jia will tell you!

2010-09-26T21:41:00.006+08:00

Just a moment ago, before I started to blog my earlier post on the Use of Qi Men Dun Jia to find an answer. I was pondering whether I should look at Qi Men Dun Jia chart to find some clues on our private property prices: will our private property prices continue to heading north in the next few months or will it do a U-turn to head south?

The amazing thing about Qi Men Dun Jia is; it seems like is able to read your mind. When I saw the chart, true enough, the chart reflected the question which was lingering in my mind - property!

Back to the my earlier query, chart shows a lot of good (auspicious) stars around. Look like private property prices are unlikely to soften in the next few couple of months.

Use Qi Men Dun Jia to find an answer

2010-09-26T21:22:00.003+08:00

What I like about Qi Men Dun Jia is the ability to find an answer to the question asked. Take this chart for an example, the question asked was related to property - some Property Agents were eyeing for a new property which was completed recently, they offered a high price to the house owner.

So did the deal go through? See below for answer

Answer : Chart shows negative answer, and Property Agents would end up disappointed.

The demand is still there

2010-09-16T12:55:00.001+08:00

A snapshot - today Straits Times headline "Sale of new private homes fairly strong". So looks like Hungry Ghost month did not deter buyers from buying houses. Anyway, it has been always a myth to think that buying houses in Lunar Seventh Month (aka Hungry Ghost Festival) is inauspicious.

Another snapshot - Sibor has dropped to a new low! At 0.51%!!! Wow... so does low interest rate means more buyers? Or low interest rate will attract more buyers? Well, looks like buying trend will continue....?

If you are interested to know more about property news, here is another news report from Yahoo news

Is getting more exciting...

2010-09-12T22:38:00.000+08:00

Just received a news that a new condo will be launched soon. This new condo is very unique in certain aspects: Firstly, the buildings have unique feature which you cannot find here. Secondly, it will be one of the tallest condo (Hint: 36-storey) in that area. Thirdly, this is a 99 Leasehold (LH) project and the breakeven price for this condo is believed to be in the range of S$1350 to S$1450 psf. So how much will developer market this new launch for a 99LH project?

Is always interesting and exciting to know the development of our property here. With the current cooling measures in place, will such measures really cool the heat? Is this new project going to kick off smoothly just like the recent launch? Will buyers snap out the units as fast as the recent launch in Eastern part of Singapore?

I know some of the readers out there may start to wonder why lately I have been posting so many property related issues? Isn't this supposed to be a Fengshui blog? And what has it got to do with property? So am I a Property Agent or what?

Well, I am NOT a Property Agent but please allow me to explain: The reason why I am interested in property is because property is somehow related to Fengshui. Why I say so? Let me quote you an example; assuming A lives in a house which is 25 year-old and next to A's house there is an empty plot of land. And there will be a new project (Condo) coming up. Imagine yourself as A, what do you think will happen? Will your fengshui change due to new project (Condo)? Think hard.....

And the answer for the above is YES! So that's explain why I am always interested to know the latest development.

And here is one Fengshui tip for you : Any changes in your surrounding will somehow impact you! Good luck!

Will there be more cooling measures?

2010-09-11T09:09:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, the showflat at Eastern part of Singapore was packed with would be home buyers. This shows that people are still very keen to get a private property despite the recent cooling measures which were introduced barely 2 weeks ago.

Looking at current situation with cooling measures in place, developer is still able to achieve such good sales record, it makes me wonder will this lead to more new launches in days to come. Or will more good sales record lead to more cooling measures? We will know soon.....

Looks like the heat is still on....

2010-09-08T23:45:00.005+08:00

Just read the news from Channel Newsasia, it was reported that a private preview for new property launch at Pasir Ris has sold 80% of the 200 units released.

After reading that news, the first thought that came to my mind was developer has achieved a remarkable sale result despite the cooling measures which were introduced not long ago. This shows that demand for property is still strong.

Now that make me wonder whether there will be more cooling measures within the next 6 months?

Looking at Qi Men Dun Jia Chart at 1145pm on 09 sep 2010. More talking points on our ever-lasting hot property soon!

Fengshui sighting

2010-09-07T23:49:00.001+08:00

I was at one of office buildings when I saw this tiles layout, the sharp corner is pointing towards the entrance. What do you think of the tiles layout, will this will cause fengshui issue?

Will Fengshui Change?

2010-09-06T21:22:00.002+08:00

Question : Will Fengshui change?

Answer : Yes!

Question : What are the reasons for the change?

Answer : The likely cause would be; Yearly star change, change in Fengshui period and external factors.

Question : Is there anyway to preserve a good fengshui?

Answer : Get it (your property) check on yearly basis. Any change in external environment may cause adverse effect on the Fengshui. Apart from that, a transition in Fengshui period may cause changes too! At this point of writing, we are still in Fengshui period 8 (2004 ~ Feb 2024).

People are still buying....

2010-09-05T21:18:00.000+08:00

A recent news article from Channel News Asia reported that home buyers are still buying resale private property. And it was reported that data from URA shows resale private property make up of 50% total private property transaction. The rate of changing hands is growing faster now and an increase of 30% since 2007.

So look like everybody is still confident that our economy will continue to grow despite that USA unemployment rate has hit to 9.6%.

So what is your view on this? Will property price continue to rise? Or there will be more people buying private property?

Location, location and location.

2010-09-05T21:06:00.001+08:00

Your Property Agent or friends may have told you that when come to looking for a property, is important to factor in the location. This same theory also apply to (retail) business as well. So when come to shop location, is important to look for a place whereby human traffic is high.

But wait a minute, is a business (shop) location really that important factor? Not 100% true. I have seen some restaurants or shops which are located in Ulu (isolated) places yet their business are doing very well! And on top of that, I have to say that some of those places that I have visited are not even accessible by public transport!

Apart from location, another important factor which one may want to take into consideration is that particular person's bazi. If a person is in good luck cycle, whatever things he does, luck will be always on his side. And not forgetting Fengshui is another option which one can always use to enhance a person's luck!

Property is still hot!

2010-09-04T21:55:00.003+08:00

Just heard from the news that property showflat is still flooded with potential buyers despite the new cooling measures which were introduced on last Monday. People are still flocking to buy since they cannot buy HDB flats? Or people are just going to showflat to crowd the place?

Well, the answer will be out in next few days. Next week, there will be another new property launch (in the East). This new project is meant for the mass market, so most likely we will know whether the cooling measures have any effect on any would be buyers. Do stay tuned in this blog!

Another example of Qi Men Dun Jia Chart

2010-09-04T21:51:00.004+08:00

Someone asked me a question on 01 Sep 2010 at 1040am. I plotted the Qi Men Dun Jia chart using my PDA. And this is how the chart looks like based on that timing.

So is this a good chart? Maybe someone out there can share your view?

When a White Tiger is strong.

2010-09-04T20:48:00.001+08:00

If you have read my earlier post, I mentioned that in Fengshui there are 4 Celestial animals which are known as Green Dragon, White Tiger, Red Phoenix and Black Tortoise. Out of these 4 Celestial animals, ideally a White Tiger should not be stronger than Green Dragon.

When a White Tiger is strong, usually ladies tends to have "power" or hold higher authority than men in the house or office. So is this a good sign? Well, this all depend on how you look at it!

Will the new property cooling measures help?

2010-09-01T22:52:00.005+08:00

For the past 2 days, the hottest topic in town has been on the property cooling measures, the measures which took effect on 30 Aug 2010 seem to be out to curb those speculators.

In fact, property guru are expecting our property price will be most likely going to soften in the coming months. So curiosity gets hold of me, I checked Qi Men Dun Jia at 1030pm this evening to see whether property prices will be heading South soon?

Using Qi Men Dun Jia chart above, property is represented by Sheng Men. In this chart, Sheng Men 生门is located at original Jing Men景门 position. Based on this chart configuration, looks like property price is unlikely to tumble in this short period of time! Maybe prices will remain as what they are till November or December, that is when the "winter" set in. Maybe then, prices may change...Well, we shall wait and see....

Breaking News

2010-08-30T09:11:00.005+08:00

In my last posting, I mentioned that today between 7am to 9am would be a wet day. I also mentioned things may happen.

It rained today at 7.45am but luckily it was not a heavy rain.

Another breaking news - Measures to cool private property market were announced at 8am today. Now it makes me wonder whether it has got to do with 4 pillars (Bazi), The Earthly branches, Chen Zi Shen (辰子申), forms the Three Combination - San He (三合) .

Which I have explained in my last posting that it is believed that when these 3 Earthly branches meets, they turn into water. And in additional to that, the day master shows ren (壬) which is also water. So water to "cool" the Hot property? Guess it could be a good news for people who want to buy their 1st property. But may not be a good news for property investors.

Below are some of the snapshots from Straits Times newspaper.

Wondering....

2010-08-24T10:45:00.008+08:00

While I was searching for some auspicious dates, I saw this interesting 4 pillars (Bazi) which falls on 30 Aug 2010, Monday, time from 7am to 9am.

The Earthly branches, Chen Zi Shen (辰子申), forms the Three Combination - San He (三合) , it is believed that when these 3 Earthly branches meets, they turn into water. And on top of it, the day master shows ren (壬) which is also water. I wonder will this day be a wet day? Or more things to expect on this day? Hope that is not something bad....Well, we shall wait and see.

A shocking news!

2010-08-24T09:52:00.007+08:00

This morning I got a shock when I saw the Headline in the paper, it was reported that few tourists from Hong Kong were shot by a gunman in Philippines. As far as I can remember, those tourists were still alive when our local news reported this yesterday evening at 6.30pm (Singapore time).

If you want to know more about this news, you may want to click on this CNN website link.

Based on the news reported in CNN website, it says that the incident happened at 10am, when the gunman hijacked the busload of tourists. Using that information (23 Aug 2010, 10am), the 4 pillars (Bazi) is as follows:

For those who have learnt Bazi and Date Selection before, from the above 4 pillars (Bazi), see what can you find? (Answer can be found at the bottom)

1. 三刑 San Xing (Three Clashes) - 巳申寅

2. 危日 Wei Ri (Danger) - Refer to Tong Sheng

3. 五不遇时 Wu Bu Yu Shi (5 Inauspicious Hours)

Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Re-visit

2010-08-22T20:08:00.001+08:00

A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Marina Bay Sands. Today, I re-visited the place again, the purpose of my re-visit was to see the "river" inside the MBS with water this time, this river resembles Suzhou - Zhou Zhuang river. Guess, I am sort of missing Zhou Zhuang. Maybe is time for me to pack and re-visit the real Zhou Zhuang again?

Anyway, here are some photos I took today.

Look at the structure! What does it look like?

A flower?

Wondering when will I get the chance to see the water flowing inside the building? My second visit but water fountain is still not functioning. Wondering why? Or maybe someone can tell me the reason?

Have you ever wondered why there is such a "river" here? It is building design? Or for Fengshui purpose? For your information, in this photo, the background at the second level is the passageway leading to the casino entrance.

The YOG flame which is near to MBS. Beautiful!

Understand the 4 Celestial animals in Fengshui

2010-08-18T22:58:00.000+08:00

If you have read fengshui books, you may have come across the 4 celestial animals, namely : Red Phoenix, Black Tortise, Green Dragon and White Tiger.

Did you know that these 4 Celestial animals can determine a house fengshui? And if you are wondering how to find these 4 Celestial animals, is by looking at the house external surroundings. Surroundings are usually interpreted as 4 Celestical animals. If you were to stand inside a house, looking out from the house on your left will be the Green Dragon, the right is White Tiger, the front is Red phoenix and the back is Black Tortise.

Ideally, a house should have good solid backing. Having a good backing means that the Black Tortise is strong, which is good as this may help you to suceed in things you do.

A clear opening space in front of a house is a good welcome sign, as this will allow Qi to flow into the house. On top of that, a good fengshui should have a strong Green Dragon as this will help to bring wealth. Ideally, a White Tiger should not be stronger than Green Dragon as it will cause more harm than good.

Is Friday the 13th!

2010-08-13T08:53:00.002+08:00

Today is Friday the 13th, conjunction with Lunar seventh month 4th day. So is today going to be as bad as what they claimed? Well, we will see....

Property Index

2010-08-09T21:59:00.003+08:00

I was looking at the property index chart and I was wondering whether our property index chart is forming the Double Top formation just like Stocks chart? Or is the rising property index bringing us to the next high level and forms the well-known Head and Shoulder formation?

Well, maybe some Technical analysis experts or property guru out there can advise us? Can our property index be used for analysis, just like Stocks chart?

Regardless the outcome of the analysis result, for those who are buying property, do remember to do your sums! Good luck!

YOG - Youth Olympic Games

2010-08-08T09:48:00.005+08:00

An exciting moment of the day. Caught this touching moments, see photos below.
I saw a line-up of coaches and alot of noise could be heard. Wondering what was the commotion all about?

Is the YOG - Youth Olympic Games. The coaches are loaded with supporters, they are waiting for the Youth Olympic Flame to pass by this stretch of road.

See alot of supporters with big blue banners are heading towards the Youth Olympic Flame passing point.

Youths were happily dancing.

With more dance minus break-dance.

Look at the energetic youths! Happy I suppose..Or excited? After all, is once in a lifetime event.

Let's put all hands together to welcome the Youth Olympic Flame.

Cheers to YOG!

Finally...here come the much awaited Flame.

The hero with the flame!
Hello everybody... Famous for a moment.
Another torchbearer saying hello to supporters and passer-by.
Next better player?
Another shot of big welcome. If you are interested to know more about the Youth Olympic Flame's route, please click here.

Okay that's all. Judging from those photos which I took, I guess I need to do some work-out soon. I simply could not catch up with the runners pace and that's the reason why you get to see photos showing their back only, so sorry about that. Okay, signing off as unofficial photographer. Have a good Sunday!

Low interest rate to stay

2010-08-07T20:28:00.001+08:00

Saw today newspaper, it was reported that SOR and SIBOR rates have fallen sharply. With such attractive low home mortgage loan, rates for 3M SOR at 0.32078 and 3M SIBOR at 0.55361, will that attract more people to buy property?

Well, maybe that's the reason we got to see so many people flocking to the new launches lately.

Nevertheless, if you are planning to buy one property soon, is important to do your sums first before signing the S&P or OTP.

Good luck!

Billionaire

2010-08-07T07:48:00.000+08:00

Guess everyone wants to get rich, hopefully one day can become Billionaire. So how to become rich? And so can everyone becomes rich? Well, enjoy this song first... Billionaire by Travis Mccoy from Youtube.

Happy National Day

2010-08-07T07:26:00.000+08:00

2 more days, we will be celebrating Singapore 45th birthday. Guess most of you may have heard of this NDP 2010 Theme song "Sing for Singapore" by Corrinne May. For those who have not, do enjoy this beautiful song. Video clip from Youtube.

And have a great Super long weekend!

Auspicious Date

2010-08-04T23:11:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow 05 Aug 2010 is an auspicious date. Good for new property launch, good for moving into new house, good for ground breaking.

Best time will be from 11am to 1pm. Good luck!

Shanghai

2010-08-01T17:36:00.001+08:00

For those who are thinking of a holiday and going to a far place is out of question. Then you may want to consider Shanghai as your next holiday destination? Shanghai is just 4 hour flight away. Okay, to generate your interest in Shanghai, here are some of things that you can do in Shanghai:

1. Cheng Huang Miao 城隍庙
Visit the old streets in Cheng Huang Miao, you will be amazed by the beautiful building structures.

In Cheng Huang Miao, you will have to try the famous Xiao Long Bao (Steamed buns), the restaurant is known as Nan Xiang.

2. Huangpu River 黄埔河

Walk along this stretch of Huangpu river, it will lead you to famous lookout - The Bund.

3. Pu Dong 浦东
If you enjoy beautiful skyline, then Pu Dong is a place that you mustn't miss. Standing here, you can see The Bund. Please note that the lights at The Bund are off at 10pm sharp, so if you want to enjoy the beautiful view, you have to be there early.

4. Qi Pu 七浦

Ladies are you ready to shop? And if you are looking for latest fashion wears, this is place that you must visit. You will find all sorts of clothings here and I can bet that you will love this place! Just a note : watch out your belonging! This place can be very crowded!

5. Nan Jing Dong Lu 南京东路

This whole stretch of Nan Jing Dong Lu is filled with shops and shopping malls. You can Shop here for at least one whole day. If you are tired of walking, you can hop into one of those trams, it will bring you from one end of Nan Jing Dong Lu to the other end.

6. Xu Jia Hui 徐家汇

For a different shopping experience, you may want to visit Xu Jia Hui. This place is quite different Nan Jing Dong Lu as Xu Jia Hui caters to a different segment. You can find cheap electronics devices here. Major departmental stores can be found here too!

7. Tian Zi Fang 田子坊

If shopping is not your cup of coffee, why not have a seat at Tian Zi Fang and enjoy a cup of coffee? You can find very old buildings here, the ambience here is very different the outside world. For those who like photography, this is the place for you! Alot of photographers flock there just to take photos. Do visit Tian Zi Fang during daytime and night fall. Both will give you a different kind of experience!

8. Zhou Zhuang 周庄 (Ancient Water town)

If you prefer historical buildings that were built during Ming and Qing dynasties, then you will have to visit Zhou Zhuang at Suzhou. Is about 2 hour bus journey from Shanghai Stadium.

Things that you can do in Zhou Zhuang are taking a bumboat ride (lasts about ten min) which costs about 100RMB (approximately S$20) per boat. One boat can seat up to 7 passengers. So you will save more if you have 7 persons in your group.

In Zhou Zhuang, there are alot of Ke Zhan 客栈 (Inn) along the river bank so if you want to have a different taste of your holiday, then staying in a Ke Zhan is a must!

Try the famous Wan San Di 万三蹢 (Trotters) in Zhou Zhuang. It was believed that one of the rich merchants in Zhou Zhuang served this famous dish to the Emperor who visited Zhou Zhuang. The Emperor liked this dish very much and he asked what was the name of the dish. The rich merchant did not want to offend the Emperor so he came out with this dishname, Wan San Di.

Note : I never tried trotters before. In fact, I did not even dare to taste one before but after trying the Wan San Di in Zhou Zhuang, I fell in love with it!

9. Xi Tang 西塘 (Ancient Water Town)

Did you watch the Mission Impossible III? Well, if you did and if you want to know where they filmed it. Well, visit Xi Tang, you will have all the answers there! And who knows, you may enjoy part of the action too!

Things to do in Xi Tang :

1. Visit the buttons factory and see how buttons were made using shells in the oldest days.

2. Walk along the narrowest passage-way in Xi Tang. Only 2 Adults are passable at any one time.

3. Search for the smallest bridge in Xi Tang. (See photo below)

10. Zhu Jia Jiao (Ancient Water town)

There are close to 6 water towns in the vicinity of Shanghai. If you do not like long journey, then you may want to visit Zhu Jia Jiao? This is the nearest water town from Shanghai and is within Shanghai precinct.

Additional information - According to Xin Ming Ri Bao 新明日报 on last Friday, it was reported that airfare to China is expected to increase by 30% during Sep to Oct period. One of the reasons is because Shanghai Expo is still ongoing, therefore increased in airfare is unavoidable.

(Source : Xin Ming Ri Bao)

Well, be prepared to pay S$1,200 for SQ ticket to Shanghai during Sep to Oct period. See newspaper table below. But please do not stop yourself going to Shanghai just because of the high airfare. There are lot of things that you can do in Shanghai apart from those items listed above. And I believe that you will love the place like I do.

(Source : Xin Ming Ri Bao)

Have fun if you are planning to go Shanghai soon. Cheers!

Is selling like hot cake!

2010-08-01T17:09:00.004+08:00

Saw the new launch in our Straits Times yesterday. It was a full page advertisement! A few days ago, it was reported in our local paper that this project was selling like hot cake! And the average selling price is S$1150psf based on the newspaper report. So curiosity got hold of me, I went to visit that showflat, which is located at Serangoon Road Ave 3.

Got myself a copy of their brochure. Lately, most of the launches did not have any hardcopy at all, mostly e-brochure.

Here we go, the layout plan of the project. A U-shaped layout which makes it very unique. On top of that, if you were to imagine yourself standing at balcony, you will get to enjoy very nice view (Unblocked view). Guess which unit will I choose from the layout?

After visiting the showflat, now I know why the project is selling like hot cakes. Well, if you want to know the reason? Go and view it. Cheers!

Sound of a Toy - Story by J Tan

2010-07-26T23:31:00.001+08:00

Recently, I wrote Sound of a Toy and Sound of a Toy (Part 2), and after which, I received quite a number of interesting feedback from friends and readers. I even received one very constructive suggestion from one of the readers. Nickname "Professor" suggested that by removing the battery from the toy should be able to solve that problem. Well, if you have experienced similar problem, maybe you want to consider that suggestion from Professor?

Okay, recently one of my friends who read my blogs, she have this story to share. This happened 5 years ago when my friend lived in Executive flat in CCK, for those who know where is CCK. Anyway, CCK is not the main point in this story and please do not think otherwise about CCK.

The toys in one of their rooms would at times created noise by itself, similar to that incident which took place in that article "Sound of a toy". And according to my friend, the noise would happen during daytime and at times, in the middle of the night! Scary right?

So I asked my friend what did she do after hearing that noise, guess what she told me? Well, she thought it was some kind of insects could have triggered off the toys to play by itself and well... she did nothing to stop the noise! Gosh, I was speechless after hearing her explaination. Maybe being ignorant is not a bad thing after all? Imagine how would she react if she knew that it was more than insect that could have triggered that!

And that's not the end of the story. Her 1-year-old son would refuse to accept (take) the musical ball (toy) and he would protest by crying out loud! The strange part was, her son would stop crying when the musical ball was removed from his sight. After a couple of attempts, my friend found it spooky and guess you would know where the musical ball (toy) ended up to.

Talking about spooky story, here is another reported story reported on Monday Wan Bao. See photo.

The headline says," Nephew cried when stepped into the house and whole family had nightmare. House is haunted?" To find out more detail, go and get yourself a copy of that paper.

Ever rising COV prices

2010-07-25T20:18:00.000+08:00

Saw yesterday Straits Times Headline, it says,"Resale HDB flat prices hit new high". It was reported that median cash over valuation (COV) is at a record S$30,000 in the 2nd quarter.

After reading that piece of news, I wonder when will this ever rising COV will stop rising? Well, time will tell... Just wait...

C-sect or natural birth?

2010-07-21T22:48:00.000+08:00

For married couples who have kids, you may be familiar with the terminology of C-sect. The term C-sect is is a short form of Caesarean, which means an operation or rather a small cut on a woman's womb to allow a baby to be born.

Whenever someone asks me whether is good to opt for C-sect. Well, I would reply, "Why not?" By choosing an auspicious date or bazi for the baby, and believing that it will bring good life for the baby. I do not see any harm trying it.

But of course, not everybody would agree with me. Well, like what I always like to say, one man's meat is another man's poison. Maybe when you learn to see thing in a different preceptive, maybe then you would agree with me. Till then, good luck!

Get a job through Face Reading

2010-07-19T18:38:00.003+08:00

This evening, Xin Min Wan Bao, reported an interesting news. It was reported in the paper that one particular airline started to hire new Stewardess through an unusual "interview" - face reading. Only applicants with good face features were able to make it through the "interview". Apparently, the "interview" must be conducted by Face reading masters.

So what is the reason behind this? Well, the airline believes that Stewardess with good face feature will ensure the flight safety! A creative way of hiring....After all, the airline is not wrong, having a good face feature means good luck too!

If you want good face feature, start to think positively! With good face feature, soon you will find good luck on your way. Good luck!

Another new launch today

2010-07-19T08:26:00.001+08:00

There will be another new property launch today. Please do not ask me why the developer chose today to launch. But what I can tell you is that this new launch is going to be another sell-out. Why?

Simple answer, too many buyers are eager to get a piece of rooftop over their heads. And the pull factor to this new launch will be the low quantum. Price starting from S$4xxk onwards only. Guess is too attractive to resist!

Another flood yesterday

2010-07-18T23:17:00.004+08:00

Well, by now you would have probably heard or read the news that yesterday heavy downpour had flooded our tiny island again. This is third flooding within the last few weeks.

Have you wondered why there are so many floods lately? And why are we having such heavy downpour despite that now is not raining season? Well, maybe is time that we should sit down and think. Did we upset our mother natural? And now is the pay-back time?

Maybe we should start to save our earth now before it is too late. So hope that every reader here can do your part. Save our earth now!

Is Developers' market

2010-07-18T22:39:00.004+08:00

Looking at present property market, I will say that now is Developers' market. Despite property prices have gone up so much yet it did not deter buyers from buying. And because of the strong demand, no wonder developers are smiling all the way to the bank.

Well, how long will this strong property market sustain? Time will tell.... do stay tuned in this blog to find out more.