Fireworks

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Was invited to witness the spectacular fireworks display today.
I didn't know this was taking place at the Esplanade.

Being a member of the Elite Business Club, I have have access to the member's lounge at the top of Penninsula Plaza. There is probably no better place to witness fireworks held at the Esplanade.

But no. I've had enough of this.

I've had a fireworks display hangover since 2002 when I was involved in the management of the holding area for participants.

Many of you may have never heard about this. Let alone think over it. There are thousands of participants in the NDP. Not all of them perform at the same time. So when they are not performing, where are they? Surely they don't arrive 30 minutes before their performance, do their thing, and go home. Where are they?

They are at the Indoor Stadium. Every cue is coordinated to near-perfection.

During the preparations for NDP 2002, I'd seen fireworks after fireworks. I overdosed myself. Its not as spectacular to me as before my NDP assignment.

To make it worst, I live in the penthouse. Every fireworks display can be seen from my house. I'm not interested in fireworks anymore. You won't hear any oooooohhhhh.. ... ahhhhh.... from me. My adrenaline stays in hibernation.

And being witness to so many displays of aerial celebration, I really wonder when will more innovation be put into the displays. To me, the sequences, the variety, dare i say ferosity have never changed since 2002. (I don't take note of these before 2002)

Although the one in-charge may argue that there have been many changes to these since 2002, the point is that they are not noticeable. (at least not to me) Fireworks are visual displays. There has to be visual impact changes. Nothing new have caught my attention. (maybe there hasn't been any technological advances in this area)

NDP 2006 is also the last NDP to be held at this stadium. The National Stadium is going to be rebuilt after this.

Now that I've mentioned rebuilding, there is a sense of inevitability where I'm going with this.... .

Yes! Its the feng shui of the new stadium! I haven't seen a prototype of it. I just hope that its going to be breathtakingly awesome and extravagantly feng shui-ed.

Since we are in a period of earth. It is preferable for the stadium to face an earth element direction. Northeast would be best. The site does not necessarily have to be built parallel to the northeast. Just the facing would do. With the Kallang river nearby, it would also be good for the active water star to be located at the direction of river.

*Feng shui guide: The active water star is an expression of a dymanic energy form that has the attributes of wealth, prosperity, activities, etc.

My estimation is that a facing of between northeast 38 to 67 degrees would put the active water star (from the flying star charts) where the river is. And ... . lo and behold... this is also probably the best chart I've come across. Its a chart where every sector of the site has the presence of parent-string combinations. There is a drawback to this orientation though. It would be best for the facing northeast area to be less active with the sitting southwest to be more active. However, currently the northeast area is where most of the public enter the complex from. This makes it an active area. If this facing is used for the new stadium, the traffic flow should be configured to divert mass entry area to the east or southeast, if not the southwest.

*Flying star feng shui: The parent-string combination refers to star combinations of 1-4-7, 2-5-8, 3-6-9. This harnessess the luck of 9 periods.

There is another facing direction that should be considered for the new stadium. And that is to face southwest since there is a river located there, bringing prosperity to the stadium. However, this orientation also requires the northeast entrance to remain inactive with a facing direction of 203 to 217 degrees. Using this orientation, the north area should have the presence of a significant inactive water feature. A huge blue structure of irregularity can do the trick. The role of this inactive water feature is essential as there is a potential of fire hazards breaking out at the north area with this flying stars chart.

*Feng shui revision: Water traps energy to a more conducive condition for absorbtion by the site in question. That is why you should take full advantage of water that is present on a site. It is generally best for water to be located near the front or main door. This is so that fresh conducive energy will enter the site through the front or main door as they are used most often.

Since we are currently in a period of earth, the architecture should not clash with earth energy. So rectangles and irregular shapes are definitely best avoided. Triangles and pointed roof structures should also be avoided as earth energy would "exhaust" the stadium's energy.

Squares and spherical shapes will be best.

You can read on more about the new stadium's feng shui here.

*Feng shui guide: Different shapes have different attributes to elements. Rectangles are attributes of wood element. Irregular shapes are of water element based. Triangles and pointed roofs are fire element attributed. Squares represent earth. While shperes represent metal.

My best memory of the stadium was in 1994. (or was it 1993) When Stevan Tan put the ball through the legs (lobang!) of a certain Alan Davidson, and crashed in the winner deep into stoppage time. I have no doubt the elements were in Steven's favour that day.

Those were the days....
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