Before and after -- CEO Suzhou

Before and after sounded very much like a cheap commercial in TV. Yet, this is the only word good enough to describe what I am going to share this time round. The before and after (renovation) of my office.

Oct 2007

Now this was in Oct 2007, basically nothing. Except the ceiling, air cons and one big open spaces. If you think renovating and decorating your house is a lot of work, wait till you need to renovate and decorate an office space. There are much to consider, starting from computer network and power cable, seatings, partitions, color to how to utilize the space and much more. Mind you, a single square foot not use, is a single square foot wasted. And a single square foot are charged into the rental and property management fees every month. Definitely not a trivia decision making.

Jan 2008

And this is the results after many many emails flying all over, non-stop phone calls and repeating cycle of pushing and monitoring and pushing and monitoring of the work and after $$$ paid. Mind you all these are done in less than 1 month. From cement flooring, to cabling to carpeting, partitioning and arrival of the furnitures and equipments. Phew!! Believe me, it is as stressful and tiring as you can imagine.

Finally, I have office to work in. Job well done!

Looking out from my office in Oct 2007

Looking out again in Jan 2008

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
--Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)