Feng Shui works!

Sometime this year, just before Chinese New Year, I did a consultation for a businessman who wanted both his office and home analysed and corrected. He also wanted them to be feng shui changed to Period 8 buildings (2004 - 2024) as they were built in Period 7 (1984 - 2004).

He was a model client who followed everything to the tee, resulting in a big boost in his businesses, including the business of his daughter who had her company located inside his company. Immediately the chi in his office flowed better and projects got underway much smoother and obstacles disappeared from their paths. They also had much more enquiries and business deals - so much so that he had to turn some offers down as there were just too many to handle.

I was really happy for them but did tell them to sell off their office building when the price was right; and to purchase a new one built in Period 8 as this existing office has a missing south corner which will deny the company recognition and fame luck.

Well...well...whaddaya know? They got a really good offer recently, and are in the process of relocating to new premises. Of course they have hired me to do another feng shui assessment of this new building too :)

But before all that selling and buying took place, their good feng shui luck saved them a huge sum of money! A new project had been confirmed for a certain large sum of money but their
client's lawyers kept making small boo boo mistakes in the agreement documents, thus, delaying the signing of the contract, one day after another for a total of 3 days - thereby, delaying the signing of the contract by both parties till...........the day of the massive petrol hike in Malaysia that sent thousands into late night queues at all petrol stations.

So. Another budget was renegotiated between my clients and their client - saving my clients a loss of hundreds of thousands of ringgit.

Nature of their business? Logistics.

Feng Shui isn't magic, it's also not house maintenance!

Humphmm....today's post is about how many people do not understand what feng shui is about. It is an anceint Chinese science that teaches you how to apply living skills to better your health, wealth, happiness and harmony. It is also about how to subdue afflictions in your home and work enviroment.

It is not magic and it does not repair and maintain your house!

I am saying this because I get so many kooky customers who ask me strange questions like....

I bought a new car, can you give me a set of numbers to register the car with that will come out in gaming sessions and bring me lots of wealth? Or the latest....this lady walks in to ask if we have anything in the shop that will stop the leaks in her roof tiles or her pipes(?????) She said, no matter how many times she gets someone to repair the leaks, somewhere else will leak.

I told her to go get good experienced plumbers! *&^%$#@!!

Or that other one who walked in to ask if we had anything for her to wear/carry that will stop her looking at feng shui things in her house. ???????? I really don't know what she meant - is there someone who is over-enhancing their house with feng shui items or is she seeing more than she should each time she walks into her house? (She is currently pregnant).

Close your eyes baby! Close your eyes!

Slow down! Life's passing by so quickly!

Omigosh! You mean it's been almost 4 months since I last wrote a blog. Doesn't life zip by when you are growing ol...er...more and more mature?

Let's see now, what has happened since December 2007 - Been absolutely busy with peak period for feng shui (From November to June, especially before the Chinese Lunar Year). It's that time of the year when everyone's rushing to purchase enhancers and remedial items for the forthcoming year. Also the peak period for feng shui consultations and paht chee readings (8 Pillars Readings). This year of the Rat is good to most people except the Horse-born, who is extremely afflicted this year. I can't even remember how many Horses have already dropped by to complain about their health or accidents and how there has been obstacles in their path at work and in life. Better be careful than sorry....as they always say...prevention is better than cure. Whatever it is, I am a Horse born so I would rather be 'Kiasu' (Afraid to lose out on) as the Singaporeans say, than sorry.

So here I am, armed to the teeth with all..and I mean...ALL kinds of remedies and cures. My sifu said that there is no need to worry when you are protected. So mind you, I try not to jingle too much as I strut about! Psst.....I have several amulets clipped to my bra, am wearing a pendant, mantra rings on my fingers and mantra earrings on my ear lobes besides clinging and clanging items on my hand bag and dangling from my rear view mirror! Don't laugh! So far I am doing well....business has improved 5-fold this year and my seniors are even asking me if I am really a Horse-born!

I am also convinced that the 9-Dragons Plaque I hang behind my chair is spicing things up for me. I couldn't afford a 24 k gold-plated one so I bought a Copper/Lacquer one. It is not for sale, not at any price because it brought me so much good business! I hung 2 (large & small) 24 k gold-plated 9 Dragons plaques in my office in front of me (On display) and I am happy to say I have sold out all my stock! I just ordered some more because a new shipment just arrived. It's a case of 'Better grab them as they come' because we never know when they will be available again.

Last week when I visited my head office for a meeting, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a huge 24 k gold-plated 9 Phoenixes Plaque!!!!! It was there for approval from Her Worshipness the Esteemed Feng Shui Master. I told the staff at the office that irrespective of what she decides, I WANT THAT PLAQUE!!!! Just imagine having a 9 Dragons AND a 9 Phoenixes Plaque hanging from my wall! THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE GOOD FENG SHUI!!! Man, I would give my right arm to secure one of those!

Did you know that hanging or displaying a picture/art/plaque/painting/figurine of a Phoenix in the front part of your office will bring extremely good business luck irrespective of what you do or sell? Also irrespective of what gender you are (Don't be fooled by ignorant people who tell you that the Dragon is male and the Phoenix is female.). They only take on a male or female role when there is 1 Dragon and 1 Phoenix together as when they signify a marriage.

My Sifu said in the beginning of this year, that the Dragon-born has had good luck last year, even better luck this year and THE best luck next year in 2009. So, if you are a dragon-born, note this - when you have 3 years of great luck, and you know how to make the most of it, you've got it made. Make hay while the sun shines, no matter what career you have, 3 years of opportunities and knowing how to harvest it will set you up for life.

Everyone else should piggy-back on the luck of the Dragon, even its astrological enemy - the Dog-born. Go on, display lots of dragons in your house or office - be they single Dragons or 9 Dragons - just make sure they are majestic-looking and not dull, tired or worse, faded. Everyone can 'tumpang' the luck of the Dragon but if you are a Rooster-born or a Rat-born, it would be even better as the Dragon is the 'Secret Friend' of the Rooster and one of the allies of the Rat. Display a handsome-looking Rooster or Rat figurine gazing on the 9 Dragons plaque to maximize tapping into your good luck!! 9 Dragon Plaques can be hung up in any direction but best facing the front door to draw-in-the-wealth or behind your chair to lend you powerful support!

Back from Space

Hiya folks! (I don't know how many more of my friends are still coming in here, considering that I have not written anything for almost 3 months!!! I am sure many have given up checking in here for updates!)

Recently I found out that quite a few of my friends and acquaintances have been dropping by to have a read, most of them via my good friend, Patrick Teoh's link. So, I made it a point to refresh my blog tonight or I'd be given up for dead.

Yes, I have been busy. Busy moving, cleaning, unpacking, displaying and selling. I've moved into a premium shop space from the mice-infested kiosk where I started my business 2 years ago. I must say it took a helluva lot of hard work, feng shui AND prayers to get to where I am now.

Tonight, I write yet another feng shui story. A true story. Another 'I've hit rock bottom and decided to give it one last attempt to improve my life using feng shui'

This is my own story......

A few years ago, life got so tough that it was a challenge to even pay for necessities like petrol for the car, repayment of installments and even food for the table. I am not ashamed to say that one day, I woke up from a 40 year old luxurious dream world. One that had a small family living in a humongous luxury bungalow that looked like it was taken straight out of an interior designers' magazine. One which had 5 bathrooms for 4 people, 4 cars for 4 drivers, a better stocked bar than some hotels, landscaped gardens, two waterfalls, 3 maids and where black granite floors were so polished that it reflected the knickers of silly mini-skirted girls. That life included birthday presents of BMWs on 2 consecutive years, a gift of a TWO pieces of prime land, luxury holidays abroad thrice a year and limitless shopping sprees as long as I could walk!

Who says that money can't buy everything? Whoever coined up that phrase couldn't have been very well-endowed (Tsk tsk! I meant - endowed with $$, NOT boobs!). Be realistic! Money CAN and DO buy a heck of a lot. Take for example - If I am fat and rich. I can PAY to make myself slimmer. If I am rich and old or rich and pock-faced, I CAN have enough of designer facials, skin treatments and heck, even plastic surgery to obtain a lovely complexion that is wrinkle-free. If I am ugly but rich, I CAN make myself appear beautiful! (Think: Nina Wang) The smell of luxury CAN get you almost anywhere. Trust me. If I am rich and eccentric, there will always be hoards of people who are waiting to get to know me. And the ultimate would be if I am filthy rich AND beautiful, there will always be enough of homosapiens who will be more than willing to bend over double to accommodate me.


Believe me when I say that living down is real and very very much harder to do than to live it up. And yes, it is true that when you laugh, the whole world laughs with you and when you cry, you cry alone....(...and all that jazz)

Things got so hard that I even had to turn down invites to coffee (In case I was expected to shout for the bill) and I had to turn down dinners (As I could not afford to 'bring a bottle'). All my friends can attest to that. I know that not accepting invites is no big deal but I am only using these examples here as a description of how bad things were for me.

As fate would have it, I happened to have signed-up and paid for a course in feng shui (Been self-studying for donkey years before that), and later, I took another and another and yet another advanced course. Using my acquired knowledge, I corrected my own feng shui, balanced out my living and working environment and improved my networking skills. In just three and a half years, challenges got smaller and smaller and things began to turn around.....not only for my husband and I but the lives of my sons got better and better too - and they don't even live with me!!

One thing led to another and as I became more and more knowledgeable, my life became better and better and yes, the good life that seemed like history for me now looks like the beginning of an even better future!

I applied all the advanced feng shui taught to me by my master to improve my life and my home. I paid careful attention to details when I set up my shop; and designed many ways to manifest my business luck. I activated all the auspicious flying stars in my home and shop and suppressed all the afflictions which resulted in a ten-fold increase in retail sales and even generated a waiting list for consultations!!!

I did everything personally. I displayed my merchandise in all the correct places. Every single detail of my shop was taken into account. I even hand-made invitations to my opening ceremony - this brought on enthusiastic energy thick with goals, targets and ambition. I hired a good lion dance troupe and even designed their choreography for them. I bought Mandarin oranges from 3 rich countries - USA, China and Argentina and had the lion dance roll these oranges into my shop to symbolise 'Gold rolling-in to my shop'. I invited my good friend, the Crown Princess to officiate at the event in order to activate 'Wong Hei' (Royal energy); and also had a representative of my parent company present to bring on 'Seng Kong Chi' (Success luck). I invited all of my VIP friends to lend my shop 'Choy Hei' (Prosperity energy) and most importantly, chose a Sunday for the event so that the mall where my shop is located, will be chock-a-block full of people to give my new premises that much needed and all-important 'Yan Hei' (Mankind Luck) and 'Yeong Hei' (Yang Energy). Refreshments were deliberately oversubscribed to signify abundance.

I activated the Wealth Spot in my shop with water and magnified my Popularity and Relationship area with huge slabs of natural crystals and business took off and blossomed!!

Therefore, whenever you come in here and see that I have not updated my blog, it doesn't mean that I have wilted away....it means that business has continued to be so good that I have no time to write :)

Bad times for many people

I don't care who says that there is no inflation and I don't care who claims that everyone is doing well because these past three months has been very quiet for many many businesses. Retail is badly hit, my florist's husband had to get a job to supplement their income and even the cinema complex in the mall has had to postpone the screening of an Indonesian movie 4 times because there just wasn't enough viewers to justify the expenditure of air-conditioning! All shops and malls are so quiet as nobody is out buying. The resultant domino-effect is affecting more and more businesses each day. Even the Bak Kut Teh shop and the Rojak man are complaining that they cannot sell all their prepared food.

And so it goes that one of my casual customers came to see me today....(I was told that he hovered around for sometime yesterday but did not approach me and I did not see him.)

He was one sad man who didn't know what else to do anymore. He is convinced that the house he moved into a few years back, has very bad feng shui and it is getting worse and worse. And why shouldn't he? His business is bad, he finds it hard to collect payment and the man has had three road accidents in 2 years!

He broke his leg in the last accident and was laid up for a long time. Ever since then, he has not been able to pick himself up from the doldrums. Money is so tight that sometimes he cannot even afford tuition fees for his kids. He said that tears would run down his face when that happens. As he spoke to me, his eyes turned red and teary. Honestly, I get so wishy-washy when I see a grown man cry! (Sssshhh......NEVER let my husband know this or he might use it as his secret weapon!)

I totally empathised with him as I myself had gone down that road not so long ago. I don't know if it was a coincidence or if fate lent a helping hand, but that was when I happened to have signed-up for a formal course on feng shui. With the knowledge I acquired, I used feng shui to pick us up from rock bottom!

Now, just two years down the road, we are still not exactly on par with Bill Gates or Donald Trump, but at least we have a business and a consultancy that is fast picking-up! And from trading from a kiosk space, we will be moving into a proper shop next week :)

Do not underestimate the application of feng shui. When used correctly, its effects are very powerful and speedy. Many people gaff at this ancient Chinese science but when one is truly at wit's end and when all means have been exhausted; that's when they turn to feng shui as a last resort. Many of my clients come to me when they are at this stage, just like the man today. *Sigh*

The demand for feng shui consultations goes up when times get bad. In the past 2 weeks, I have been hired to do 7 consultations from one end of the country to the other!

Yes, I am still alive!

Hi Guys!

Yes, I am still alive and kicking. I know I have not updated my blog for almost 2 months now...Omigosh! You mean it's been THAT long?

What have I been up to? Well.....*Drawing a deep breath..*

I have attended two advanced courses in feng shui...Been working 7 days and 7 nights because I can't seem to find any sales assistants (Can anyone? Almost every shop at the mall when I am, have a notice stuck up at their door looking for staff, I have done 7 diagnostic consultations zooming up and down the highway between cities, I have hunted down and found, and negotiated, and then worked hard to raise money for......to....move into a new shop! YES! At last! WE ARE MOVING! We are moving into a better shop with enough space for an office where I can see clients in private, sneak-in forty winks, eat in private and work in private!

So. I thought I'd better put up a posting before everyone thinks I have fallen off the face of this earth just cos the ancient Chinese who worked out all the feng shui formulas, thought the earth was square (Flat actually, but the feng shui symbol for earth remains a square till today) BECAUSE.....after this week, I shall have to travel to Kuala Terengganu twice, Kuala Lumpur twice AND THEN....pack-up the whole shop all by ourselves (Hubby and I), cart all them boxes to the new shop's little office to be locked-up whilst we supervise the electricians, carpenters, carpet-ters (???)AND apply for all the necessary licenses, sign boards, electricity..*pant pant huff puff* I feel tired just thinking about it!

That is part of the reason why I have not written anything in a while. The other reason? That's because I have not been anywhere, not done anything, not heard anything nor said anything interesting for awhile now....'cept for....my dear friends Bernard and Niko visiting from Normady, and all we did was eat, drink, laugh, make merry, wake-up, drag body to work, close shop, eat, drink, make merry, eat, drink, eat, drink.......

It's really tough you know...all that eating and drinking...but hey! SOMEONE HAS TO DO THE DIRTY JOB!!!

Royal Birthday Party

I've just come home from a royal birthday party.

It wasn't half as successful as it was last year when the dress code as a theme was a casual white shirts/blouses and blue jeans. I will now attempt to describe this evening.

This year's theme and dress code is all black or all white, not black & white together, so most of the er...more matured guests (like me) were in black whilst the younger generation (children/off-springs) were dressed in white. This created a really formal and sombre atmosphere. Being a royal party in Malaysia, many of the guests were wearing tudungs which created even more black because then, they were black from head to toe! Luckily there were lots of sequins and diamonds to add much needed sparkle!


The decor was creative but long strands of mother-of-pearl discs hanging from the ceiling separated dinner guests seated at long tables all night long. There were only two very long tables for more than 150 people. All along the tables, there were short fat black candles on high iron-black candelabras, dripping its black wax onto pieces of white tiles placed on white table cloth. In between the candelabras were square glass vases with a single bunch of tiny apple-green chrysanthemums each. Chairs were either covered in black or white cotton. Transparent apple-green voile were hung from ceiling to floor and a single black and white painting hung on stage in place of a backdrop. All guests were seated directly opposite each other at the very crowded long tables. This create confrontational energy all around.

More guests turned up than expected and seats were over-subscribed. Right from the start, there were a few sour-puss faces as some guests had nowhere to sit and it took the staff a long, long, long, long time to set more places. The narrow and long function room was too cluttered with people and chairs and decoration and the buffet line. The long strands of mother-of-pearl discs successfully divided the party and blocked everyone's view of everything.

Show time was an entertaining Chinese guy who was very talented and very funny and he made some of the guests perform funny dances on stage. Everyone enjoyed his act and finally, the ice was broken and laughter was loud from all around and there were hoots from the kids. This was the one reprieve to the otherwise sombre evening. Oh...and some of the teenage royal off-springs sang very well. I swear one of the young men sounded exactly like Patrizio Buanne!

The food was glorious and the guest list oh, so distinguished, but more than half of the guests left after the show, probably for greener pastures to continue Saturday evening. I'll bet if the decoration was better feng shuied and a little bit more auspicious, the party would have taken off as it should have....after all the effort put in, and everyone would have partied till the wee hours of the morn and my mind wouldn't have kept on thinking all night long of the Chinese phrase....'Choyyyy!'