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Food for Thought

Norling Earthquake Orphans Fund

July 3, 2010

Hope that you have noticed I occasionally mention Yushu. If you see the left side of your screen, you will notice the picture of some stones with exquisite motifs on them. They are Zees which are replicas of the famous Zees of Tibet. There are many stories about zees. Some stories claim that they are [...]

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Feng Shui and Science

June 17, 2010

We live in a new world. We have new knowledge, loads of information and this makes us think that we are getting smarter all the time. Some time ago, an “old” friend mentioned that there are now many gadgets that are being made to measure qi. These new instruments works on the assumption that qi [...]

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What is the Measure of Success?

June 7, 2010

Is money all there is to it? The measure of success is a big house and a big car. Better still if there is a title to go along. It is all about wealth, isn’t it? That is the measure? True success covers all bases. Everything has to be there before success is complete. There [...]

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Looking for the Feng Shui Secret

May 25, 2010

If we were to ask any feng shui enthusiast whether he would like to know the “real” secret feng shui, I bet we will get a yes. In fact if you were to ask anyone who practices some form of feng shui, you will get the same response. We put aquariums, magic numbers hung in [...]

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Heaven Earth Man of Fengshui – Making Use of Them

May 5, 2010

Fengshui – sometimes when I take a back seat and look at everything again, a few things tends to stand out. These are to me the inescapable part of study and research into this interesting field. We seek out feng shui for very simple reasons, don’t we? Get that career going… get the kids to [...]

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Can I Change my Luck?

March 11, 2010

Sitting back and reflecting, many a time we realize that there is such a thing as fate. All pursue success. But as one old master said, we can know fate but we don’t have to be subservient to it. That man was a master of eight characters. He has seen and observed the fate of [...]

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Simple DIY Life Planner

March 9, 2010

Over cups of coffee at Ikea, the talk turned to life and the challenges that confront us. The subject turned to Bazi astrology and Western astrology. If we were to plot out an eight characters horoscope, we would be able in a subjective way make a prediction of the fortunes like good times and bad [...]

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Why know the reason behind feng shui

February 4, 2010

I just finished reading a forwarded mail about the reason why it is generally safer to eat leafy vegetables as opposed to the beans and gourds. The reason is that gourds and beans are produce which are harvested continuously and chemicals are used in between harvests. There may not be enough time between these harvest [...]

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Dubai Debacle

December 4, 2009

Dubai has made the headlines again. Only this time it was negative news. Hardly a year ago, it was the city to rival Baghdad of the Arabian nights. But this time it fell to the syndrome of human folly, greed, aggression, and if I may say, madness driven by egoism. This burst of the Dubai [...]

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Are Salt Lamps Bad Feng Shui?

November 11, 2009

Rightly or wrongly, salt lamps are a recent addition to the array of feng shui tools. If I remember correctly it was touted as being good for health as it was said to have an ionic effect, that is, they release ions to the atmosphere. These released ions remove pollutants from the air and oxidants [...]

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