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Woah...must be heavy demolition / hackings! The place is like war-zone today right? Got take pictures?

You are welcome! I will write a brief on all profiles and hopefully you know your strength! If I write on weakness and other stuff here, I think the creator will come after my back!

Boiling or cooking using pressure cooker will not overflow. The solid surface top contractor just called and explained alot to me. He also suggested that I train my son's gf to use bigger pots when boiling soup, or use rice-cooker or those cookware with depth deep enough to hold the volume. He explained that the heat will disperse in the long run when cooking and will react with the silicon to produce toxic gas. The cook will inevitably inhale the toxic gas and bad for health. He does not want his firm to be blamed for intoxication! Further, he noted that there should be a rubber lining for the hob to sit on it. But this is missing for the model of the hob which I bought. The worker is coming this Saturday to seal the edges along the hob for me. At the same time, the worker is also re-polishing the solid surface top....sob sob sob.... I will explain this after it is re-polished on Saturday...very paisei.....there are 'eyes' here...

Woah....so many home makers installing glass hobs.....must take the advice of sis Marshy to seal only partially, leave some rooms for the thermal heat to escape!

It will also ease cleaning & wiping as water won't get into the sides of hob. I don't cook, but will boil herbal soup & 'liang teh', so definitely have to seal up the sides in case over-boiling!

Dear Marshy This is a good piece of advice! Before renovation, I have one glass induction hob (never used) and one stainless steel type (frequently used by maid), both were sealed but after a while the silicon glue on the stainless steel became 'burnt' and the hardened residue came off easily. I have in mind to ask the contractor to use transparent silicon to seal only 3 sides of the glass hob, to leave some rooms for thermal heat expansion.

As sis Marshy explained above, there is thermal expansion of the glass material of the hob, and if the heat build up cannot release, then the hob surface will crack, biang! I will write on the above profile & how they relate to each other later tonight...all textbook left at home

Office politics are unavoidable. If my luck is not so good, I keep low profile, ignore all office politiking. I am not interested in joining them. If I am capable and doing the right thing, there is nothing for me to worry at all. That can stab me or whatever they want to do, I won't bleed or get killed! But in FS terms, Looks like you are facing one your inauspicious sector - Huo Hai, or located in this sector. If you are sitting in this Huo Hai sector, available cure is to tap into Fu Wei by placing wooden objects to harmonise the effect of Huo Hai. The above is based on 8-mansion theory. Then, in BaZi theory, there is another method and I will leave to other experts here to advise (like tapping your Gui Ren ).

The MERLION, which supposed to be the Guardian of Singapore River, is now being trapped inside the RED BOX!

We had a feng shui tour last Sunday with my fsm and a FS tour guide, and visited 7 places in Singapore. At one of the stop visiting the Chinese temple along Telok Ayer Street, I saw this building (Hokkien Hui Guan) which is facing directly opposite the temple, with interesting features: Noticed the pass-through area at their lobby: Metal sharp Features along the facade of this building: Most interesting is the Pair of EYES at the Top of the Building: The Chinese Temple (Hokkien Ma-chu) directly opposite the building: More information on our feng shui tour will be shared in my reno t-blog.

To add on your statement, Singaporean women like me are also allergic to kitchen la! Looks like I should encourage and guide her instead, so that she can improve and cook for the family.

My ID called me this morning and told me that he will ask the solid surface contractor to come & seal the hob for me. He said the contractor will explain to me the pro & con, as the silicon will heat up & becomes toxic, and there is heat transmission which will cause the glass hob to crack! That's why they did not encourage to seal up the glass hobs. But if I insisted, then I cannot blame them when the glass hobs cracked while cooking in the future, and I have to sign an indemnity form when the solid surface contractor comes to visit me. I did check with my friend who knows Darren of PlushLiving during my renovation, and he confirmed the same logic too...nobody ever seal up the glass hobs. Has anyone came across this problem? Did you seal up the edges of your glass hob?

Ya lor, lousy MIL....didn't communicate with her. But I would still prefer that she comes and helps to clean up my place, especially my son's bedroom but don't cook like a storm! Now come to think of it, I feel bad for scolding her and 'bing bing bang bang' the pots & pans aiming to throw my anger at her last evening. It was her first time using the neat kitchen and this is due to her ignorance, not negligent as she had cleaned up the surface area & washed the pots. My son had sms to inform me that his gf is taking dinner and has cooked the soup for us. So, I packed some cooked veg & meat from foodcourt except for plain rice which I will cook for them. If I didn't take out the rice cooker from the drawer, I would not have spotted the soup stains underneath the hob.

LOL...so when are going to hang up your wedding portrait? After I get the soundbar & iPad?

Ya lor....nasty MIL... She didn't know that the soup will overflow & seep through the unsealed hob into the bottom drawer. A flaw in the characteristic of a Ting Fire person, quick tempered! Oh...I will text you the info you asked me....and congrats on getting the approval from ah gong to hack the 2 walls.

Hi, Ely1 You can plot your chart, with DOB & time here: http://www.masteryacademy.com/bio2/profile/registerBPS.asp You can also PM me & I can send you a brief analysis. With an "Analyser" profile, there are pros & cons ...because at it's extreme, it is Procastinating! Take the Philips soundbar & an iPad which I'm supposed to get in late January. Then, I thought of waiting for IT show & buy at the show where there are promotions. What happened now? I'm still contemplating if I should buy a soundbar for TV console, or to get an entertainment system & place it in my room. I am also contemplating if I should get an iPad, or a notebook (after I get rid of the old notebook & desktop while moving out last Nov), comparing my preference against usage. Now, I have moved in for 2 months & Im still thinking of what to buy!! Of course I do have weakness for new clothes and they are impulse buys & are still with tags intact, sitting in my wardrobe!! I really admire those forumers like yourself who made it an effort to buy all stuffs while renovation is still in progress. You have really bought a lot of things ready, right?

An evening filled up with frustration! All thanks to that gf of my eldest son! She came over to cook soup for my son. Well, of so many ex-gf, this lady is nice & kind of like the Jane next door who can cook! I know it is inevitable the soup will overflow if you left the soup to boil unattended. She had cleaned up the mess but she is not aware that the soup has already seeped through the hob & dripped underneath the drawer. I have spotted this issue earlier - that is the hob is sitting on the cut-out solid surface top and the edges are not sealed. ID explained to me that without the silicon seal, it looks nicer & most people left it unsealed. But if I want it sealed up, he will arrange it, so any liquid overflow will not seep through the edge of hob. So, when the carpenter came weeks ago, I forgot to ask him to seal the hob. For today's mess, it took me 30 mins to clean up the pots & pans underneath, lift up the hob to clean & dry it. I'm a clean freak & can't help but scolded my son & his gf for making the kitchen in a mess! I asked her NOT to cook anymore!!!

Aiyah...I took some photos of our rain showers but forgot to post them here today. May be tomorrow lah.....

Hi, Ely Lucky for you that you can manage everything by yourself! You are a Super Lady indeed! For me, it was kind of last minute decision to have an overhaul of our unit somewhere in September last year. No time to do research on design, theme, or type of furnitures to buy. The idea to engage an ID was planted when our initial renovation quotation crossed the $50K margin. My son thought it is better to engage an ID to coordinate the reno for us since we are going to spend so much money, even it means paying a few K more. We were supposed to start reno in early November and finished by end December 2010, but it never happened as I was sitting on all the quotations for a while, just like what my BaZi profile predicted, only thinking and thinking but don't know when and how to get the reno ball rolling!! If without our ID to guide me along, I am really lost in making all the decisions!! Problem of an "Analyzer"!! Still Thinking!!

Hi, friends78 Saw your entry in maydream's blog you are extending your invite to me to visit your house when ready The same here, I am extending my inivte to include you to my place on April 10. I know you will be busy with your own reno in progress, but if you can join us, that will be great. I have PM you my mobile number. Do keep in touch!

Hi, jupiter That's absolutely correct to say - we cannot change our birth chart, but we can change how we want to drive our life path - be it in career, wealth, relationship or health aspects. I have your floor plan and now waiting for the information which I requested in my PM to you yesterday.

Oh yes, the next JY seminar in July. I got 2 tickets for only $60 in January. I am giving that ticket to a friend who is interested in BaZi. Is he the same 'Mr Chong' who has a BaZi blog in this forum?

I will definitely be your guest!! If sis marshy is going, I can meet her & go together. We can discuss when they come to my place on April 10. If you can, please join us! I will post this invite in my blog Btw, maydream, looks like your reno is progressing well...except the ah gong delay

Hi, jupiter Dun 'gek sim', isn't it better to 'see' the future & be empowered? Let me illustrate here: You want to drive from Macpherson to visit me at Pandan Gardens. But you just heard from news that there are road closures due to fallen trees. Worst still, there are heavy traffic jam along PIE, CTE, AYE, etc. So, if I insist that you must come over to see me now urgently, what would you do? Would you blame the road conditions & blame your luck? Answer is No. You can plan your trip early, or consider other mode of transport to take to my place. Just like I came across BaZi chart revealing severe illnesses, a weak self. Advice given to these people is for them to go for medical checkup so any symptoms detected early have better chances of cure & recovery. To Be forewarned is to be forearmed!! So, sayang sayang, be happy ok.

People with good Diplomat profile are stern, righteous & law-abiding. They are easy going, relax; desire harmony, peace & have good nature. Other words used to describe Diplomat are uncompromising & unshakeable when comes to upholding their dearest beliefs & principles; so they are not the sort of people whom you can bribe them, coax or cajole against their better sense. Hence, Diplomat profile make trustworthy & reliable Managers & Administrators. Path of least resistance to success: As Diplomat is good at timing, patient able to time yourself, have patience, down to earth, they are good at managing & creating a better system. You will do well taking whatever is useless & transform to make it work again.