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It was end of 甲戌 1994, on my business trip, I met Si Hui 思慧姐 in 馬健記 Ma Jian Ji, Mong Kok, one of Hong Kong’s oldest bookstore.

I was searching for some elementary BaZi books to learn. My first Chinese Metaphysics book hunt. Motivated by this book I picked up in a Ho Chi Minh hotel about a month earlier – 三元玄空地理學導讀 San Yuan Xuan Kong Feng Shui Guidebook by 黃世評 Huang Shi Ping, (Huang turned out to be from the 13 Family).

Si Hui over heard me asking the store’s staff what BaZi books would suit a beginner. She came over to guide me and it was then I bought my first San Ming Tong Hui 三命通會. As we conversed, I realised to my surprise that she wasn’t a sales staff but a kind samaritan, a neurosurgeon based in USA, who happened to be visiting Hong Kong on a work trip.

Life is very strange. Over coffee, we found out that we are both Singaporeans, our moms were  from Kelantan of Malaysia, we attended the same convent, and, are both Gui Hai born in Shen Month. In fact, she was the only person I met who could tell my Day Pillar just from my appearance.

We became the best of friends. Virtually, we had phone exchanges and numerous engaging emails on life, BaZi, Chinese literature, arts, science etc. We would only meet less than 10 times and once in her lovely San Francisco home.

She was a brilliant BaZi practitioner who inspired me to keep searching for answers but never once spoon-fed me. My mentor and guiding angel in many many more ways than just Chinese Metaphysics.

She was also a top surgeon who lead a department in the hospital she served for 30 years.

A loyal friend. We were so connected that she would call me as if on cue whenever life became too tough, as if she was always by my side.

A loving mother to 3 wonderful souls and a person who never failed to stop and help a stranger in need. A beautiful person.

Starry Starry Night

In 2006, she wrote me an email citing an article with this photo from University of Washington – ‘Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood’. Some researchers found a vast network of dark energies around our Milky Way, much nearer than those thought to be present only billion light years away.

In her wacky warp humour, she wrote:”Hey, our Mother Earth can’t be ‘alone’ with all these masses of dark energies. ………………………..  Therefore, we, the humble rat-race-tunnel-vision human, can’t be alone. Buck up!”

On 2 January, 2010, she passed on from heart failure at 59. She did say it was going to be 丙子. “Combine my Xin sitting on Kong Wang.”.

She broke my heart and those of her loved ones.  We will miss her dearly.

凌晨4時，收到思慧姐仙逝的消息我徹夜未眠。是這樣的空蕩空亡的日子….

丁壬丙己

未子子丑

你每以包容謙遜，溫顏退讓，敦敦導引，悉心對答；未曾怒容相向，未曾針鋒相對。莫不住的感激姐那年引我在術數上開竅。上年又在我對人的劣根性失望得想放棄術數時，和師兄同扶了我一把。

自丁亥年一別，思及吾姐之教，念及當日之情，莫不惶恐慚愧。你愛勸我“人生何處無生機？人生何處不相逢？” 我卻悲覺： ”人面不知何處去，桃花依舊笑春風。”

親愛的思慧姐, 請安息。

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