On the 15th of January 2005, Joey Yap was invited by Alliance Bank to be a guest speaker at their special feting of their valued customers and premier clients. Titled a World of Alliances, this was a different setting with guests seated around tables rather than in classroom fashion. This gave the talk a more personal feel.

Joey Yap was slated to speak for approximately one hour, so he quickly began by clarifying the usual misconceptions on Feng Shui so that the audience would start out on a clean slate. He then delved into the annual Flying Star chart for 2005. Explaining in detail what the effects for the whole year would be, Joey Yap received quite a few candid responses from the audience who were thrilled to hear that there was indeed a practical solution to tap into the Wealth star of the year without a need for expensive products.

And just as Joey Yap was beginning to get into some quick information affecting the various animal signs for the year, time was running short and so he had to wrap it up. Luckily, the Courtyard area was made available and many excited participants followed him outside to ask him for more information on their personal animal signs.

One or two participants were sure they were going to get 'slaughtered' in the year of the Rooster as they were born in the year of the Rooster themselves. Joey assured them that this was not the case and did a quick face reading for them to identify exactly what problems would be of concern to them this year.

It was a very well organized and successful event. The organizers, participants and speakers had a lot of fun.