WHEN JOEY YAP speaks, everyone listens. He commands an audience of thousands at his popular seminars and workshops, and when he's hired for a consultation, you can be sure his clients are all ears.

But don't mistake him for a garden variety Feng Shui master. He is the founder of Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics, of which Feng Shui is one of several components that also include bazi or 'destiny prediction' and qi men dun jia, which is an ancient form of divination. It's not quite fortune telling as one might imagine, as it involves complex mathematical complications and formulas which Mr Yap has distilled into a syllabus that his academy teaches. And he spends as much time trying to dispel the stereotype of Feng Shui as a dubious practice steeped in superstition and black magic.

Business-wise, the 42-year-old Malaysian Dato' has built up a sizeable corporate entity that includes a consulting company of which he is the chief consultant.

Besides having written over 170 books, he has advised and lectured at MNCs like Citibank, Microsoft, Audi and Intel. Which is pretty good for someone who got into Feng Shui as a low-esteem, overweight teenager looking for a way to change his destiny.

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