Hitec kitchen gadget for the millennium

[fufu_88_99]

Dear cecil,
I came across so many new kitchen gadgets and
home styles for millennium and I would like to
know your views about these. This is in the west.
1. No formal living room instead living room
and dinning room and kitchen all combined in
a huge large space. And I am not talking about studio apartments. Is it good or bad. This is the latest trend.
2. Electronic sliding glass door.
3. Movable walls
4. Water walls. usually one wall of the meditation room or den is with flowing water.
5. Refrigerators with computer and TV installed on the upper part. Located in the
kitchen. Also huge TV in the kitchen
6. Movable or sliding cabinets.
7.Dish washer and oven in one.
I would also like to know how principles of feng shui can be applicable to all these new things which will be popping up with the advancement of technology. Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Hi,
Overall, we do not really need to `worry' ourselves on new kitchen gadgets:
1. The fundamental reason is because if we do not get our " basics " correct all these little or minute issues are over written by " global issues ".
For example, if one lives in an apartment and there is a large building that sent poison arrows to the entire building, this is considered bad Feng Shui.
Or the house is at the Y junction or T junction.
No matter how much we improve the interior of the house, it does not matter as the residents are having bad Feng Shui. The issue here is that they should first look at ways to `protect' e.g. their front door etc..
Nowadays, the focus is on the individual or the person or his interior.
Other than using the most powerful tools e.g. the Shapes and Form and the Flying Star, plus the Ba Zhi of the individuals in relation to their home (Eight House). These are still the most important issues.
Please see below:-

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On 7/28/99 1:44:53 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
I came across so many new
kitchen gadgets and
home styles for millennium and
I would like to
know your views about these.
This is in the west.
1. No formal living room
instead living room
and dinning room and kitchen
all combined in
a huge large space. And I am
not talking about studio
apartments. Is it good or bad.
This is the latest trend.

I agree with you that this is the trend. However, for such homes it is still best to use symbolic Feng Shui e.g. have a table top that `divides' the kitchen from the living room area. For example something like the bar counter.
For the living room, one can still use the living room furniture e.g. a three seater / two sitter seats to act as a divider.
Here, you will notice that we are trying to create an `artifical' wall even if it is low it still acts like a divider. If you have done this, it is still considered acceptable.

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2. Electronic sliding glass
door.

Not a problem. But try to let Qi circulate in the house. If it cannot flow in and out, then it should be `avoided'. What I mean here is that Qi from which ever opening e.g. a window e.g. from the front or the back of the house should preferably be " allowed " to flow from either the front or the side and circulate in the house and allowed to flow out from various areas. This will avoid `dead' Qi as found e.g. in a store room.

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3. Movable walls
This is still acceptable.
4. Water walls. usually one
wall of the meditation room or
den is with flowing water.

This is still acceptable. But best to be avoided by a person of weak Fire element.

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5. Refrigerators with computer
and TV installed on the upper
part. Located in the
kitchen. Also huge TV in the
kitchen
These are still acceptable. Because most of the refrigerators have foam walls that shield them from heat and acts like a wall between the various components.
What I mentioned are general acceptances which we can still `live' with.
6. Movable or sliding
cabinets.

This is ok.

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7.Dish washer and oven in one.

Usually they have separate compartments and these act as symbolic walls.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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I would also like to know how
principles of feng shui can be
applicable to all these new
things which will be popping
up with the advancement of
technology. Thanks.