Tuesday, December 10, 2013

TRAVEL FENG SHUI - Chiang Mai City 2



In our family trip to Chiang Mai city, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Hotel. We are happy with our stay and even glad that we had a chance to communicate with the hotel General Manager who is also a Penangite.

While my stay in Holiday Inn had been brief and also most of the time we are out on excursion and shopping. Even with such schedule,I still managed to have a brief analysis of the hotel Feng Shui.

On the left wall of the front facade

 The hotel from the information that I have gathered, is more busy now compared to previously. And some attribute it to some changes in the interior that was done in the hotel. The most obvious is the standing Lord Ganesha statue that is facing the main doors of the hotel.




Some of the readers will now have questions in mind, what does Lord Ganesha has to do with Feng Shui?


Allow me to explain this case study. The hotel has 2 main doors in the front, on the left and right.



The hotel front facade faces almost North. Thereby one of the main door is facing directly NORTH while the other is more of a NORTHEAST.

By having Lord Ganesha, in the center hall of the hotel, actually it has strengthened one of the door to be considered as main intake of Qi. And it happens that this main door where Lord Ganesha statue is facing is the NORTHERN door.

View from behind Lord Ganesha statue, looking at pic you can see the other entrance on the right.

 Hotel industry belongs to element of Metal and Water industry. Before the installation of Lord Ganesha, the hotel had equal intake of Qi from 2 main doors which is a mix Qi, after the installation, the primary Qi intake has been established on the Northern door. Whereby creates more traffic flow and business for the hotel.

Some who like to study Feng Shui theories and in constant search for Feng Shui complex formulas will be thinking " WHAT ?! That's it?, no need check the Flying Star 飛星, Water Exits 出水位, Landforms 地形, Xuan Gong Da Gua 玄空大卦?"

Knowing when to apply what is the most crucial skill as a Feng Shui practitioner. Being able to find the most effective leverage point to influence a Feng Shui setup is called a Skillful Feng Shui practitioner.

Of course more can be done for the hotel in terms of its location and interior.

Nevertheless they have correctly installed the beautiful Lord Ganesha together with 4 other elephant statues in their main hall from a Feng Shui perspective.


Sunday, December 1, 2013

Paul Walker - Fast and Furious BaZi?



As a fan of Fast and Furious Series. News of his death came as a shock. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/paul-walker-dies-crash-report-article-1.1533786

Normally I do not analyze Hollywood members BaZi, but I have decided to have a glance at his BaZi to find if there is any hints of it happening. Dying at the age of 40 at what can be said as the height of his career is really tragic.




Born 1973, September 12 his BaZi chart is below (time unknown)

 Even without confirmed time, we can deduce that he has a STRONG METAL 強辛金命 chart. Best fit time would be 11am - 1pm base on his bio. Strong Metal using Water and Fire Element. Some may argue why FIRE, as Xin Metal 辛 is yin metal and fire is usually not suitable. Actually not the case, from Qi perspective, you will only be able to use what is available and given. Preference only comes when there is a choice.

 His rise to fame agreed by many was in 1999 Varsity Blues. http://www.biography.com/people/paul-walker-21044993?page=1 

Paul in Varsity Blues. Photo from fanpop.com

1999 the year itself is 己卯 within the major luck of 戊午 (1995 - 2005).  Combo of Major luck stem with his Year Pillar, form Fire propelling him to movies and out of from TV series. Wood appearing brings more money opportunities. The combo of major luck period of 1995 - 2005 with year pillar, is transformation fire. No doubt FIRE is a strong driving force for his career.

2001 release of F&F 1, paves the highway for his career in Hollywood with strong 午 Fire branch influence from major luck period.


His luck period change in 2005 to 丁巳 (2005-2015). His rise to fame was already set through 3 F&F movies (F&F 3 was released in 2006 丙戌 Bing Xu year - strong Fire year). However from 2010 onwards, the shift of Qi in his chart has slowly change from 丁 Fire Stem influence to Si 巳 Branch Fire influence.

Si 巳 Branch originally Fire Qi, meets with half Frame of metal elements in his year and month pillar 酉 You Metal in Month and 丑 Chou Earth. Together these element solidify into a Strong Metal Frame.  This year 2013 癸巳, again the branch of Si 巳 appeared and further double up the metal influence in his chart. As a Strong Metal person, gathering of more Metal Qi in his chart is not good news.

CLASH of Traveling Star

巳 Branch is considered a Traveling Star located in his 丁巳 Major Luck Period and also 2013 癸巳Stem and Branches, Hai 亥 Branch in his DAY Pillar also a Traveling Star. Hai 亥 and Si 巳 meet is considered a clash of traveling star.

2013 November Month Pillar is 癸亥. Therefore 2 sets of clash happening simultaneously in his chart. His current major luck period 丁巳, the stem also clash with Self YEAR PILLAR 癸丑 and 2013 癸巳.

With so many clashes occurring in his chart, for this year and month - incidents will definitely happen. Clash of Traveling Star also indicate vehicle accidents. Water and Fire clash 癸丁 indicate explosion. The car he was in not only crash but went up in flames as well.

Can it be avoided? Well no point of discussing that, when the event has already happened. But his end was not written in definite terms on his destiny chart because GUI 癸 Water is still available and have not totally terminated from the chart.

He definitely will be missed in future Fast and Furious Series. May he forever Rest in Peace...



 

Monday, November 25, 2013

TRAVEL Feng Shui - Chiang Mai City



I was in Chiang Mai on 17-20 November for our family vacation. Even though on vacation, there is much Feng Shui to talk about and explore.

with wife and kids at Chedi Luang Temple


Arriving in Chiang Mai city airport for the first time, the first thing that struck me was the beautiful mountain that is near the city. As a Feng Shui practitioner, it is one of our occupational habit to look at mountains and rivers!
Chiang Mai city has a beautiful Broken Army Mountain 破軍山 behind its city. It is almost as magnificent as the one in Yuen Long , Hong Kong.
View of the Mountain at the back of Chiang Mai City

Chiang Mai Province is
a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna (1296–1768). Only later it was integrated in the formation of Thailand from Siam.

As our tour brings us around the city, and with explanation from our excellent local guide. The city does owe its history and also current development to this single magnificent mountains and the qi it bestows on the city.

I come a San Yuan Feng Shui 三元地理 lineage. 三元 San Yuan means the 3 factors which is Yin Yang 陰陽, Direction/Location 方向/方位 and Timing .

Whereas San He 三合風水 are more concern with Yin Yang陰陽 and Direction/Location.

If you are interested to know more about my lineage, I have written and article about it in 2007 http://gkham.com/content/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=27 in rebuttal towards a certain writer mis-informed idea and history towards what San Yuan Lineage is truly about.

Often newbies are mistaken to think that San Yuan Feng Shui is the same as San Yuan Flying Star 三元飛星, San Yuan 三元in Flying Stars means Upper Period 上元,Middle Period 中元 and Lower Period 下元

San Yuan Flying Star is an off-shoot branch from San Yuan Di Li, using the combination of Later Heaven Ba Gua 后天八卦 as way of analyzing the events of a particular Feng Shui setup (if you don't know what I mean, don't worry, in simple terms it just means that San Yuan Feng Shui is NOT San Yuan Flying Star).

So what makes Chiang Mai city enjoying its good Feng Shui currently? It is the magnificent Broken Army Mountain 破軍山. As I have briefly explained, in San Yuan Feng Shui there is a strong emphasis on Timing. Meaning that even though landform formations may be good, it does have a timing to it. Whereas San He Feng Shui system does not place emphasis on this factor.

Chiang Mai Province most notable prosperity was 700 years ago, then it experienced a period of decline and in this 20 years or so, it has become prosperous again. Why?

In San Yuan Feng Shui, we classified Mountains/Landforms under 2 Periods which is Upper Period and Lower Period. Each period will last for 90 Years.
Broken Army Mountain belongs to the Lower Period mountains 下元山, which will only exudes prosperous influence on Lower Period timings. Currently we are in the Lower Period until 2043. I believe it had also prosper in between all the Lower Periods in the past.


Then what happens in the Upper Period? Having a Lower Period landform in a Upper Period timing will only enhances its negative factors.

What are Broken Army Mountain's negative factor? Well as the name implies, some of its factor will include war, violence and brutality. If you research Northern Thailand's history, it has long conflicts with Burma (now known as Myanmar). Even elephants are used to engaged in the battles between 2 countries.
The Broken Army Mountain is also classified as a Metal Element. What makes Chiang Mai Broken Army mountain strong in Qi is also its location. It is located in the West side of the city. This fulfills part what we would call 9 Stars Return Landform Formation 九星歸位. However Chiang Mai only has 1 of the Mountain in the correct location, nevertheless its influence has made Chiang Mai now known as the Culture Centre of Thailand. Main economy for Chiang Mai is tourism, with approx 2 Million tourist a year.
 
Top View of Chiang Mai City. Image from Google Earth. Mountain is located on the West of the city.

Why would I say that it will prosperous until 2043, it is because Broken Army Mountain is also the governing mountain for all the Lower Period Mountains.

 
Photo taken from mid of the mountain at Doi Suthep Temple




Some would then ask, how come only the prosperity of Chiang Mai is evident now and not 30 years ago. The answer is because of 2 factors.

1. Upper and Lower Period does take some time for the landform to exudes strong influence. It is works as what we see on a Bell graph.
2. In previous Lower Period, it may have been more evident and faster, but now looking at flow of Maenam Ping (Ping River) that runs through the city, the flow is very slow. Faster flow increase in the Qi that runs through the city thereby increasing the hustle and bustle activities, however this itself, from my perspective is a blessing, as slower river means a more laid back lifestyle for local community. It also creates people who are more gentle in character and thought.

Overall, a great place to relax, shopping, enjoy the culture and also take in its mountain Feng Shui!

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Double Dragon in Bangkok Chicken Rice Shop !

 Feng Shui for a business. Some like to say that it takes really complex formulas to setup a Feng Shui of a business. Is there any truth to the statement? Well the setup is not as difficult as finding the right location with the pre-requisite factor for a good setup.

I was supposed to write this article 2 years ago, but as usual workload and activities got the best of me.

The Kai Ton Chicken Rice Shop along Petchburi Soi 30 Bangkok, Thailand. This shop opens daily till 3 am in the morning. And the crowd is just amazing.
Photos from http://reviews.noobcook.com/kaiton-chicken-rice/


From the outlook, there is nothing attractive as it only has a usual stall with cooked chickens in front. The chicken rice is very tasty, but more amazing is that the Feng Shui that makes up the shop.
Simple layout of the Kai Ton Chicken Rice Shop

When I was there, after tasting the chicken rice, I have decided to check out what kind of setup that this shop has, that draws crowd in daily from 5:30 am early in the morning till 3:00am the next day!

The chicken rice of course has to taste good, but there must be good Feng Shui setup. If the Feng Shui setup is incorrect to my knowledge and still thriving, then I am the one who should go and re-learn Feng Shui because there should not be an inconsistency. Obviously the shop is having really good business by any standards.

I just turn on my digital compass on my mobile phone, stood outside the shop and looked to the right. The answer was very obvious. The shop have what we call a INTER-TWINE DOUBLE DRAGON Structure雙局龍. The Shop Face NORTH.
Screen Capture of my phone compass

INTER-TWINE DOUBLE DRAGON structure is when 2 direction brings in harmonious Qi that is RIGHT for the business. Therefore the crowd that it draws will be tremendous compared to any normal setup.

The shop does not need any fancy door alignment (there was no door for this shop anyway), water features or even correct water exits.

Flying Star fellas would like to search for double 88, double 77 etc. It has enjoyed good business for the past 50 years! There is no need as required in Flying Star to change door, change roof, change entrance. In fact if you use Flying Star system, you will need to go back to school as it does not match the criteria at all.

The structure in powerful and yet simple, but difficult to find in a cityscape shop house layout.

Feng Shui for a business we would ALWAYS need to create the setup of QI that is ideal for the element of the business. Too many 'consultants' got it wrong by creating a setup base on the owner of the business. That is using residential Feng Shui principle to do a business Feng Shui setup, which often times does NOT work!.

If you want to find out more about the shop and have a taste of their chicken rice visit the link below.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

DESTINY, Your Friend or Enemy?

Every year there are thousands of youth who graduated from top universities and colleges. All with degrees in hand and ready to conquer the world.

Many don't subscribe to destiny and think that with bull head on, anything can be accomplish. Especially those with certain gift of 'speech', thinks that they can sell their dream to the world.

Fast forward 5-10 years, many would have been beaten by harsh reality of 'success' that was not taught in ivy league or by parent. You can't blame them, because they also don't realize and know. Some will take the pessimist approach, just hope that they can settle for a job that is lasting to be call a career. Some wonder what is missing? Still thinking it is some skill they need to get or acquired.

How come the guy/gal who was not very good in school today is sitting opposite them, interviewing and offering them a job? How and Why?

Did you ever asked those questions? What was your answer?

The Answer is the this big machinery or big 'giant' we call Destiny. The day you are born, it is already at work. Not totally controlling but definitely affecting your life in subtle ways. Those who excel in school, often think that it is entirely their own work. Therefore they have totally disregard destiny and luck.

Most parent would like to believe that hard work is the only thing that guarantees their child's future. They would spend thousands and thousands of hard earn money to enroll their toddler to IQ improving classes, Math improving classes and some even blow their credit card to buy all the latest brain improvement courses for their kid. All this while ignoring destiny.

Within school, when the child excels, slowly they too believe, that all the credit belongs to them entirely. When they child finally become a young adult. The word Destiny is totally wipe out from their mind. The only way to succeed in the world is by yourself and that piece of paper he/she deserved from many years in colleges and university.

Very soon, they would meet up with destiny face to face. Often times, its existence is only made known when they encounter failure upon failure in their job, in relationship and also when comparing with their friends or even next of kin.
Image from www.humanillness.com

Many will also choose the path to start their own business. Knowing in their heart that they are smarter, more hardworking and essentially better than others. When business fails to make a profit, the world provide so many factors, to attribute to the failure such as marketing, sales, how to make friends and contacts and the list goes on. Many would only shun, when the word of Destiny is even mentioned.

These are the same people that would pay big hefty sum of money for marketing and making their new business office looks nice and elegant, BUT stingy on the mention of hiring capable Feng Shui Master. When its time to wind up their business, then only they want to hire a capable Feng Shui consultant, at the same time complain about how they could not afford the high fees.

Some went on to their next business venture, digging further into their credit cards and also parent's life saving. Very sure the next one will be their success. Unknowingly, the next venture will also become a failure.


Is there no way to escape Destiny and its claw/palm?

All the examples that I mentioned above, are the character traits of those people have to fight to get where they are in life. And most of them think, that fighting with better weapons (self improvement courses, latest gadgets etc) towards this thing/entity called destiny, then they are likely to win in life.

The SECRET is ACCEPTANCE. If you have not accepted destiny's existence, you would never have a chance to use it to your favour. Just like the environment in Feng Shui, if you have not accepted its existence of the various elements, then you can never use it. However it will continue to affect you regardless whether you believe it or not.


Once when you accept there is this GIANT called Destiny, then you can make friends with it and it will become one of your strongest ally in life. It will be able to tell you in advance the bumps, obstacles, rock, trap and valley ahead in your life journey. No longer will you be walking like a blind person with sheer brute force, hoping to smash your way out of a jungle to reach your destination.
Image from the movie - Jack the Giant Slayer

Through Destiny, it will also customize a blue print for you. To search for what type of environment, what type of house and layout. That home that suits your destiny, will improve you luck day by day harnessing the energy of the environment that suits you instead of against you.

Some of my client make friends with their destiny very early in life, and they are able to end their career and business graciously. Some of them only meet up and accept destiny in their darkest moment in life, nevertheless once they accepted and begin to use it, they are improving beyond their dreams.

Some in their 50's only finally comprehend the existence of destiny, in that case I can only advise them to salvage whatever they can. Of course there are some people, whom in their whole life never need to think about Destiny because they can have all the money in the world, but when sickness knocks on the door, they too will ponder on its existence.
  1. If you are in your early teen and able to comprehend this article. You are 10-20 years ahead of your peers.
  2. If you are into business for sometime and are not making headway, maybe it is time to re-map your direction.
  3. If you have met with much failure in life, then it high time you make friends with Destiny.
  4. If you think none of what I am writing is true, keep this article, you may have to re-read when you meet up with it.
Image from www.whygamesmatter.com

My description may sound like a fairy tale. But I have been working with Destiny and many other's Destiny for the past decade....everyday.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Trusting the Wrong Consultant 2

Received a good news today. It so happens to be the lady that I've blogged about yesterday.

In my analysis, I adviced them that the window of opportunity to sell the business is Aug/Sept period or else they will have a real hard time to recover anything from their venture. And true enough they are able to sell it off. Rejoice ! rejoice !

Original article here:
http://gkhamconsulting.blogspot.com/2013/09/trusting-wrong-consultant.html

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Dear Master Ham,

First, thank you very much. We have managed to sell off our business n keeping our fingers cross that the payment will go thru. I just don't know how to thank you.

I had lost hope of ever selling d business as I had been advertising since May n there was no takers n even serious enquires. I was thinking just to pack up n rent out d place, again there wasn't any serious enquires. My workers left one after another (no matter how much I paid them) I was really at a loss as of what to do and I was hoping that what u predicted would come thru. I worked day n night, with 3 new workers running a 100pax restaurant and if there is not much customers, i could barely cope. When there is a crowd, i worked like a mad dog n went back home numb. To be very frank, I really could not see the light at d end of d tunnel n what kept me going was the hope that your words would one day come thru. Every night, I asked myself what am I going to do n tonight I finally can sleep soundly knowing I have finally found a way out to get my life back.

As we had plugged most of d leakages n its my hope that we could pull thru 2014 without much incident. And indeed when it is true that all is not lost now that I have found you.

Master, thank you. Beyond that I really do not know what else to say, again, THANK YOU.

I hope to see u in 2015.

Yours sincerely,


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Trusting the Wrong Consultant

 I received an email in the beginning of this year from a lady. She informed me that she finally found my email and contact after she googled up her Feng Shui consultant's name on the web.

She has hired one of my student G to do audit for her home and also business. In fact it was a letter of complain and also asking for help. Because according to her, G had convinced them (both she and her husband) to find a shop lot, buy it and do business. And G literally guarantees them that the business would definitely prosper with the help of his Feng Shui skills.

In trusting G, they invested a substantial amount of money to start the restaurant business. Of course the end result did not turn out as G as promised. They are now having a hard time in getting customers, maintaining their staff and making enough to even service their bank loans.

The most IRONIC part of her situation, was that G have informed them that I am his Shi Xiong (師兄) which means both of us are the same generation of student under Master Lau. He did not informed the lady that I am his teacher.

To make things very clear.

1. I have NOT taught anyone in my 10 years of teaching Feng Shui, that they should convince their client to take a loan, invest their money beyond their means to start a business JUST because they could help their client find a suitable Feng Shui premise for their type of business.

2. If you are starting a business, your Feng Shui consultant should have advise you on your luck period and also upcoming yearly luck on whether you have the capability to start a business.

Just because
          your product is superior
          your are the sole distributor
    you have years of experience in the market
    you are a very good cook/chef – everyone says that you food taste like a piece of heaven
    you have good taste for clothing and people would buy you selection
    and the list goes on...

Does NOT mean a thing, when your luck is unable to support your business. When your major luck period is not suitable, the BEST Feng Shui can do is only to help you break-even. Because without the help of Feng Shui, the business would have to suffer early termination.

In her case, I tried to advice her and the 1st thing that I have requested from her and her husband are their BaZi. I did not charge them anything, because they mentioned G was the starting point of their biggest nightmare.

I looked over their BaZi and informed them that if they still want to maintain the business, they must have the capability to sustain it beyond 2014. But coming 2014 will be year of great financial difficulty for them. So best option for them would be to sell the business while there is still value in it to ride it out if they can.

3. When you study in a good university, does everyone in the same graduating year end up serving their community? Good university provides good education – but in a graduating year, some becomes leader of their own community while there are also some that end up as criminal ! The university is not the problem but the people themselves. Just as in this case, G studied with me, San Yuan Feng Shui has 4 Level. ALL students that have studied with me maximum has only reached to LEVEL 3. In essence G has not even graduate yet.
Furthermore, he is lying to his client that I am his peer.

  1. After teaching San Yuan Feng Shui for so many years. In each of their level, I have URGE the students, if they do have the resources and time, do learn up BaZi in our style. Because there are some differences in the way my REAL peers and Master Lau analyse BaZi compare to other schools which are more suitable to implement San Yuan Feng Shui. Unfortunately many students thinks that they already learn BaZi somewhere else and do not need to learn it anymore.

Even as recent as few weeks ago, this lady continues to email me, each time in her email she will write on her disgust, dissappointment and also strong frustration for being duped in by G to start her business. I have already advised her on her business and what she needs to do with it. When you major luck is not supporting, there are no 'cures' for it.

Moral of this case
  1. Check the credentials of your Feng Shui Consultant.
  2. Coming from a good school does not mean they have good ethics.
  3. Before starting a business, check your own luck period for suitability (get a good BaZi consultant).
  4. NO Feng Shui consultant can guarantee you would be profitable when your luck is not supporting. If they do guarantee, please turn around and RUN as fast as you could and hold your wallet really tight.
  5. You should check for LUCK first before checking skills in starting a business. Many people act in opposite way.