Asians love to do character analysis using charts and formulas. One of the most popular methods in Japan that is gaining popularity around Asia is blood type analysis . So do you know what your blood type is? Most people don’t know. If you were born in the United States, they don’t tell you what …
Rice is the staple food of Asia. Plain rice with a little bit of salt goes a long way to stave off one’s hunger and nothing is more simple that the rice ball or onigiri in Japanese. As seen in this photograph, growing rice is back breaking labor and there is great respect for the …
Feng Shui has been practiced for over 2,000 years in China. Yet, feng shui practices are still used today in many societies. So how can such practices be translated into our current lifestyle and society, when life was so different? The best way is to try to imagine how life was back then. What was …
Soup noodles are Asian’s comfort food. Just to name a few, in Hawaii, we have saimin, which has a seafood soup base. It’s such a staple food there that they even serve saimin in local McDonalds! The Japanese love their ramen, the Chinese have delicious wonton min, then there’s the wonderfully spicy Malaysian laksa, the delicate …
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Master Hsu and I are working hard on finishing our book Feng Shui: Truths, Myths and Misconceptions. This article was taken from the book, to give you a taste of what’s to come. So is there an ideal color for a front door? True Feng Shui concepts never suggest one color is better than another …
The old traditional homes in Asia were raised about 2 feet off the ground for ventilation and staying above the cold damp earth. It was customary to remove your slippers in the entry which was at ground level and one would step up into the home in their socks. This custom of removing your shoes …
Change is the new “it” word that has emerged with President Obama. According to the Chinese principles of the Tai Ji, the universe is never static so we are always changing. This is the same for how we live in our society today, nothing stays the same. In the U.S. after many years of material …
Is there such a thing of the Feng Shui of a business name? I follow Form School Feng Shui, which states, “Form defines qi-energy”. So, yes, there is Feng Shui of a business name; we analyze the sounds, meanings and forms which all carry information which we believe will manifest in some shape or form. …
