November 2020

The Star Lifestyle, Malaysians Abroad, Monday, December 09, 2002 By Majorie Chew GROWING up in grandmaster of feng shui  Yap Cheng Hai’s household, you couldn’t help but be involved in the art of geomancy. Or so says Yap’s only daughter Boon. Yap Hwee Boon, now in her 40s, remembers that her father’s habitual “moving things around” was something […]

The Star Lifestyle, March 23, 2005 By Majorie Chew When feng shui consultant Boon Yap moved into her new apartment in Melbourne, Australia, she positioned everything in it according to feng shui principles. All seemed fine for about two years.  She was satisfied that her home had good feng shui but was puzzled why things were at

Home and Furnishing Magazine Feng shui, which literally means wind and water in Chinese, not only has the ability to ensure our general well being but also the power to enrich our lives. According to Master Boon Yap, classical traditional feng shui has a history dating back to more than 5,000 years where the classical

Business Today, Lifestyle Leisure, November 2005Harmonious Balance through Ancient Science The art and science of Feng Shui has often been misunderstood by many and what better way to demystify this ancient science than by having it explained by an academically trained scientist, Boon Yap. With credentials running into pages, having Boon, or Master Boon to

The Star Lifestyle, November 8, 2005Feng Shui MightBy Majorie Chew Halfway through a feng shui course, a woman started weeping. The alarmed feng shui grandmaster later found out the cause of her sadness. The woman was convinced that if she had taken the course earlier, she could have saved the lives of her husband, an in-law and

iSmile Magazine, Cover Story Living in harmony with our environment is good for health. The Chinese have mastered feng shui, the science of identifying and tapping ‘positive’ energy and avoiding ‘negative’ energy from the environment. Good feng shui calculations and analyses can point us to ‘auspicious’ energy for health, money, position, relationship and personal harmony.

iSmile Nov/Dec 2005 – PROFILE Age: 45, singleOccupation: Company Director,Apac BioMed Solutions,Managing Director, Feng Shui For Enriching LivesQualifications: Master of Science (Department of Medicine), University of Melbourne, Australia,Executive MBA, University of New South Wales, AustraliaFavourite food: Malaysian fruitsExercise: Meditation combined with Reiki and martial artsSupplements: Gingko, multivitamins and moreVitamin C when travelling She defies the

TRAVEL Monday, 29 Jun 200912:00 AM MYT The Star The Kham Aid Foundation website provides a guide on what to expect for those who sign up as volunteer art conservators. Although no experience is needed for the wall paintings conservation tasks, volunteers should be “educated, caring and patient”. Kham Aid hopes to get a multi-talented

TRAVEL Monday, 29 Jun 2009 12:00 AM MYT By Majorie Chiew A group of adventurous volunteers took the route less travelled, and was greatly enriched by the experience. AFTER their stint in Wayao, the Kham Aid Foundation’s volunteer art conservators journeyed deeper into Kham Tibet to check the state of repairs of temples on their itinerary.

TRAVEL Monday, 29 Jun 200912:00 AM MYT By MAJORIE CHIEW It was a tour like no other for a team of volunteers who journeyed into the Asian heartland to restore age-old Buddhist paintings . In October 2007, seven volunteers headed for Wayao in the remote western part of Sichuan, China, to resume art restoration work that