I came by the new office yesterday. It was dusty, messy and disorganized, but it was a beautiful space. 3 levels. Showroom, storage and production room in the 1st level. Conference room, admin, design, sales and merchandising dept on the 2nd level. And on level 3, is the loft for boss to “hang out”. What a big different from the cramp space we had before.
Anyway I went back to the old unit - from one end of the shophouses to another - to pick up some stuffs. Walking down from 73 to 11A alone brought back fond memories. How we would go down together to get tidbits from 7-11, for lunch at H cafe (and return to the office stinking of grease), go down to 73 to check out the renovations, the silly but amusing convo we shared when we walk down together, the way we purposely slowed down to check out the interiors of other bridal/design/consultancy offices, the after dinner walk with R down the back street lined with beautiful chinese/peranakan apartments… Those priceless moments.
When I stepped into the old unit, it really saddens me to see it almost empty, cleared of all the clutters and mess that we had already gotten so used to. All the fashion-y books/files/paperwork were packed and tied with ribbons (lol.. excess haberdashery), the framed articles featuring Lady Boss were all taken down. All the others were packed into bags and cartons waiting to be shifted..
I seems to know this place so well, but I don’t think I know it anymore.
I wonder if things would be the same after this month.
