Feng Shui: Vibrant hub

Post date: Dec 12, 2011 5:50:20 AM

Propertiesive: from a Feng Shui perspectPart 217

By David Koh and Joe Choo | December 2, 2011

Our environology tour of the Klang Valley currently takes us to SS2 of Petaling Jaya. This area is one of the more vibrant sections of the sprawling city.

Perhaps the most recognisable "landmark" within SS2 is its commercial centre, where a number of retail shops, restaurants and banks are located.

Clusters of banks are normally a great way to ensure traffic congestion as many people throng these establishments and jostle for limited parking spaces. The high concentration of workers also ensures a good crowd during lunch hours.

By night, this hub retains its vibrancy, thanks to the large number of food outlets, including an open-air food court and several durian stalls.

The commercial centre is enclosed within Jalan SS 2/24, 55, 66 and 75. This rectangle of real estate is located some distance away from the Damansara Puchong Highway, better known as the LDP.

As discussed in earlier articles, the LDP is both a blessing and a bane to the inhabitants here. It provides better access to the area, but is also prone to traffic congestion. From an environology perspective, the LDP also proves to be a challenge.

Wind turbulence

The traffic creates wind turbulence which affects the movement of earth energy in the vicinity.

The road is generally higher than the surrounding properties, and some sections are even elevated. This is akin to a man-made mountain from which earth energy originates.

It is not conducive for properties to face mountains because they will be bombarded by oncoming energy flowing from the top of the mountains to the bottom.

The commercial centre of SS2 is buffered by several rows of houses that are found between it and the highway. These properties are located along Jalan SS 2/2, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73 and 75. The landform here is typically flat, but there is a slight dip at the junction of SS 2/24 and 75 towards Sungai Penchala.

The highway forms a man-made mountain at the SS 2/55 interchange, which is likely to be detrimental to nearby properties. Prior to the construction of the LDP, properties on both sides of the road were on relatively flat terrain, with a slight slope after SS 2/75 towards Sungai Penchala in the east.With the LDP, there is now a new source of earth energy pushing from the northwest towards southeast.Thus, properties that face northwest face direct bombardment by this energy. This is particularly telling on the condition and welfare of homes that face the highway.Even with several rows of houses as a buffer, the effects of the highway-mountain can be seen in the commercial centre, especially with shop-offices at SS 2/66. Businesses here seem to struggle more than their rear neighbours who face the centre of the commercial area.Gradual slope Shops facing SS 2/75 have it good. They face terrain that is gradually sloping downhill. The road is also curved and forms an embrace over a large number of shops. Prior to the LDP, this was a major access road with much more traffic.Back then the shops fared much better due to this vibrancy of movement. Today, a lot of the traffic has been diverted. Jalan SS 2/75 is no longer as congested as before, and the boom time seems to have diminished somewhat. Jalan SS 2/24 forms an elbow against some of the shops on the northwest side of the road.Fortunately, this elbow affects only a few shops. The brunt of this elbow actually goes into an alley separating these shops from the SEA Park police station.

Right next to the police station, the BHP petrol station enjoys the embrace of SS 2/60 and should do well. Generally, properties that face southeast have the best orientation, followed by northeast.

Internal ring road

Within the commercial centre, there is a ring road of sorts formed by SS 2/60, 61, 64 and 67. They form a one-way circle around several shop-offices and a large field where the open-air food court is located.

This is very good landform because the circulating traffic creates an island and traps earth energy within the island. Properties located within this island get to tap into an abundance of gentle and homogenous earth energy. Not surprisingly, businesses within this circle do very well.

The food court in particular, is crowded in the evenings and many patrons indiscriminately double-park here, in plain sight of the police station! Some people just have to eat here and nowhere else, it would seem.

Interestingly, the southeast end seems to be the most popular – it also happens to have the best orientation and direction within the "island".

Is the food really that fantastic to warrant such a response? Are the patrons not turned off by the presence of rats that feed on the rubbish after closing time? Or is the pool of earth energy so compelling that people are drawn to it regardless?

We continue with our tour of SS2 next week.

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