Feng Shui CrazyMaking My World A Better One

I was invited to a grand opening of an office of a friend - he just got into the import and export business  - and like anyone who practices feng shui - I had to look around to see if they had good feng shui to sustain the business for a long time - and will he succeed.   His wife who is the purchasing manager uses shoplet coupons for all the office stationary they need - and it was she who had taken care of all other office supplies as well - from coffee maker - to the toilet cleaner that they needed in the office.  And she definitely didn’t spare any change for giving the best office environment to the employees as well - they even had a great kitchenette in the office - in case they need to work late.

I loved that they had a great seating area for guests - and in the sitting area - there was a fish tank with some live fishes in it - the water was cleaned and the fishes looked very healthy.    The wife’s office was simple - and unobstructed  - great for thinking and doing lots of work.  Overall, the feng shui looks great - but I’m no expert  - but it felt good in their office.

We are very lucky - we don’t have tornadoes in our town - but a friend who recently lost her home to a tornado - lost just about everything except for the shirt on their back.  It’s hard to live in a place where tornado can strike anytime - so she wrote and asked me how she can feng shui her environment now she is ready to rebuild her home.

First of all - I told her nothing is more important than the lives of her family - and now that she knows that she may have another tornado in the future - a storm shelter is a must before any feng shui can come in.  Of course, it would be wise to get a professional to come help you with the storm shelter and advise her on what needs to be in the storm shelter should it happen again.  Once a storm shelter is intact - then we can look at feng shuiing her environment.  I think nothing is a better investment than investing on the lives of your family.  Things can be bought again - but lives and health - no way.

My neighbor was just telling me - that after a visit to her son’s college - she was a bit worried that the study room for her son’s class was in the basement of a building.  She asked me if it was even conducive for them to study in the basement whereby there is no sunlight nor fresh air in it.  She worries that it might affect his studies because of the environment he was in.   She also worries that with so many students placed in such closed proximity - he might not be able to concentrate.

Well, that’s easy - I told her - because she could get him some bluetooth stereo headphones and he can use it - to listen to the music he likes and that should help him to block out the noises he doesn’t want.  Plus these days - kids don’t mind the noise around them like we used to - they are of a different generation.  And many studies in college are placed in the basement because classes are bigger now and finding a place to place all students can be a bit challenging and even though they are in the basement - it doesn’t mean that the feng shui is bad.  A neat study like the one above is as conducive as one can get in a college around here - so there isn’t very much to worry about - plus if they are placed in the basement - I’m sure air - exchangers are being used and air cleaners are in place as well as filters - as for sunlight - bright lights above the computer like the ones in the pictures acts as sunlight and are just as good

So my dear friend who owns a store wants to organize her office so that it will bring her more business - and asked for some suggestions.  I went to her shop and office to look around today and realised that she needs more than feng shui - because there were so many paper work lying around the office and store.  But it’s the same at our store and it seems like the men doesn’t like organizing the paperwork - so I recommended document imaging to my long time friend to see if it would work better for her shop and spouse.

With document imaging, her spouse don’t have to worry if he can find an invoice or a fax from a customer or supplier because everything will be in the computer.  By doing that, the mess will be eliminated and that itself is already good feng shui - tidying up the mess and giving the office and shop a new life.  But of course, if she decides on another alternative - she can use that too.  But mostly I think it’s the paperwork of all the things that is going on the store that is causing some stagnant air around her business.  So yes!  if you are like my girlfriend - I strongly recommend a way to keep all these paperwork in order first and then the rest will fall into place.

Now don’t laugh now - it’s true people seek lucky auspicious invitation cards for the success of an important event or function and celebration party.  Why do you think people hire professionals to print out campaign invitation cards or a conference event.  I know my spouse received some Baseball Invitations at the office from an important client’s campaign speech to get him elected for a baseball manager or spokesperson not too long ago.  So yes - when sending out invitation cards for an event - some people also look at the feng shui aspect of it and making sure that the color and graphics are appropriate for a good and successful event.  So if you do get a special invitation the next time - think about how the invitation is designed and the color and then compare it with the usual invitation cards you have and see for yourself how good invitation cards can impact an event even if it was just a birthday party.

Yes!  if you want to be healthy !  take charge of your health - like my outlaw - who was diagnosed with thyroid and is now taking medication and treatment for it.  So when my friend asked me about feng shui for her current health condition because she is suspected to have thyroids too - I told her to check out the hypothyroid treatment austin located in Austin of course - since she is in that area - and then we can talk about feng shui.

Healthy living begins with treatment for your illness and not feng shui.  Feng shui isn’t magic - and moving some things around or sleeping in a different direction will not help treat your thyroid  but a proper treatment center can help you.  So if you have a health issue, please don’t rely on feng shui alone - you really have to see a specialist.

When we first started the business - the spouse’s, no one wanted to give us a line of credit - not even a small loan.  And if you have a small business and just starting out - you know will know that not many supplier/s would give you a credit line too - but can you blame them - after all, you may be a fly by night company.  So when a friend told me about money problems with his estore - I can fully understand it - because cash flow is slow in the beginning.   But unlike us - we didn’t have the option of a car title loans Oregon like my friend did, lucky for him he got a loan against his car title without a credit check - to help him tide over his situation.

So he wrote and asked me how feng shui can help him with his money flow problems.  In which I told him about the remedies that I’ve found worked for us in the past - but also commended on his right decision to use the car title loans instead of getting a high interest loan.  That is why I told the spouse that we must buy a house and car and assets that we can use as collateral in the future instead of begging for money from the bank.  The bank wasn’t as kind to us then - but now that we owned a house - they called us for a follow up on a building we were looking to buy - now had we not owned a house already - and had no collateral - they wouldn’t have been so earnest to help us out.   So my friend was definitely a lot luckier than us - we had to pay so much interest and we are never going back to that again.

Our basement is almost done - just a bit of touch up and we can finally get our family room down into the basement - of course, we also need walls for the laundry room.  The spouse wants to put in  home theater system speakers for the basement and asked me where he should put it - because he doesn’t wanna disturb my “feng shui” .  You see although he doesn’t believe in it thoroughly - he knows that I do - so he doesn’t want to upset me too much.   Anyhow, so the question asked is will having a home theater system speakers affect one’s feng shui - seriously, I don’t think so - so I told the spouse to go ahead and blast the basement all he wants - after all it is his basement right and he should be able to do what he wants with it.

As I watch children going back to school and away for college a few weeks ago - I can understand why some parents have anxiety seeing their kids drive away with most of their things with them in their new found freedom and a car.  My girlfriend from here - bought some new buick lucerne custom floor mats for her son’s car because she wanted to give him the best and like all parents we want the best for our kids.   Which brings us back to feng shui for life - not only for ourselves but also for our children - especially those going away for work and school.

Feng Shui for Life is about welcoming the positive and dispelling the negative - so if you know that your kid didn’t do so well in his first year of college - it’s time to take a look at the area he studies in and the environment he is in.  Say he was in a room that is dark and has no open windows -  now how can someone do well in such an environment right?  and it’s a pretty easy rectification when it comes to that right?  And as for the car they will be zipping around the city in - well - you know what to do - have the mechanic check it out thoroughly - change oil - undercoat the car if you must - and make sure the tires are good and still has thread on them and if you feel wealthy and oblige - you can get them the lovely Buick lucerne custom floor mats  like the ones my g/f bought for her son.  In fact, after seeing the custom mat - I might get some for myself - I do like the Lloyd custom carpet floor and cargo mats.

So a friend who had been following Joey Yap asked me - why a Feng Shui Excursion ? and who are they for?  for his students only or is it for anyone who practices Feng Shui?  Well, truth be told I don’t know who they are actually for - but I doubt he would refused to take anyone who is interested after all - he would definitely welcome another person and another insight.  So I took a look at the itineary and was quite interesting but one thing I know for sure is they did a lot of coverage and walking around - and if I were to take the excursion - i told my friend I would be wearing my enzo angiolini shoes because it is not only pretty and fashionable but definitely a walking shoe as well.

Lots of feng shui sites were covered during the excursion therefore, I’m sure the sights is not only breath-taking but also gave whoever who had taken part in the excursion a glimpse of the amazing landforms in Taiwan.    Lots of good energy - and it would be awesome to be able to go - so I told my girlfriend that the next time Joey Yap has another one of this trip - we should try to go.