Ngaphandle, lesi sakhiwo esithobekile simbozwe ngezitini ezibomvu ezilinganayo, futhi amabhodi e-teak azungeze amafasitela enza i-cube, okungafani no-Stephanie Zhou.Lapho engena emkhathini, kwenzeka imilingo.“Uma ungena, uzobona lezi zitebhisi zemabula.Ukuqhubekela phambili ngaphakathi, ku-atrium eyinhloko, kukhona ukukhanya kwesibhakabhaka okumangalisayo okukhanyisa yonke indawo yangaphakathi, okubonakala kuletha amandla nokuthula kule ndawo.Ngiyakwazi ukucula, futhi lona uyakwazi ukucula.Ngikhumbula ngicabanga ukuthi lena kwakuyindawo enomlingo ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ngazizwa ngikhululeke ngokuphelele,” kukhumbula uChoo.Isakhiwo okukhulunywa ngaso: I-Phillips Exeter College Library eyaklanywa umufi u-Louis Khan eNew Hampshire, e-USA.
UChoo ungumfundi ojwayelekile waseSingapore, futhi indaba yakhe yempumelelo izojabulisa abazali bendabuko base-Asia.Unqume ukwenza izifundo zobunjiniyela eMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Kodwa empilweni yakhe, wezwa ukuthi kunohlobo oluthile lobuze emphefumulweni wakhe ikilasi lakhe lenkanyezi elalingakwazi ukuligcwalisa.“Ngiyafuna ukubhala izinkondlo, kodwa angikalutholi ulimi olufanele lokuluveza.”
Ngakho-ke, ekuqaleni konyaka wesibili e-MIT, wafunda imojuli yesingeniso se-Architecture ngokushesha.Uhambo lokuya emtatsheni wezincwadi luyingxenye yekilasi.Kodwa yashintsha impilo yakhe yonke futhi yagcwalisa ukungabi nalutho ngolimi lwezakhiwo.Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, u-Choo wasungula uhlobo lobucwebe i-Eden + Elie (olubizwa ngokuthi u-Edeni no-Elie), oluqanjwe ngabantwana bakhe ababili, u-Edeni no-Eliot.Ngaleso sikhathi wayeshiye imboni yezokwakha futhi efuna ukwakha okuthile, ahlanganise okumkhathazayo, futhi enze umthelela ngokuklama.“Ngemuva kokwakha ibhilidi elikhulu, ngalithola lisebenza kahle ngokwezinga eliphezulu,” kusho uChoo.
I-Edene + Elie iyi-ode yesikhathi esinensayo.Ngokungafani nokwenza ubucwebe bendabuko, okuvame ukusebenzisa izinto ezisindayo ukuncibilikisa, ukusakaza noma ukushisela izingxenye, u-Choo nezingcweti zakhe bayathunga, baluke futhi benze ubuhlalu ngesandla.Emnyombweni wesiqephu ngasinye kukhona ubuhlalu bembewu beMiyuki emincane.Isibonelo, enye ye-Edene + Elie's bestsellers, isongo elihle legolide elibanzi elivela kwa-Everyday Modern Collection, linobuhlalu obuyi-3,240.Ubuhlalu ngabunye buthungelwa endaweni ethe ukukhudlwana kune-smartphone.Ubude bobuhlalu ngabunye buyimilimitha eyodwa.“Njengezokwakha, isikhathi nakimi siwulimi.Kuyingxenye ebalulekile yenqubo yokudala.Uma ufunda noma uzama, kuthatha isikhathi.Lapho wenza okuthile ngokuxhamazela, ungase ukucekele phansi..Yisikhathi esingabonakali osifaka emsebenzini wakho ukuze ekugcineni uthole imiphumela emgwaqeni,” kuchaza uChoo.
“Njengezokwakha, isikhathi nakimi siwulimi.Kuyingxenye ebalulekile yenqubo yokudala.”
Isikhathi esichithwe emsebenzini wakhe wezandla senza kube nzima kuye ukukhulisa ibhizinisi lakhe, futhi yile ndlela umsunguli ohlangene u-Leon Leon Toh angena ngayo esithombeni.Bahlangana emcimbini webhizinisi womphakathi ngo-2017, lapho u-Choo efuna abantu abazosekela uhambo lwakhe, futhi u-Toh wayefuna izinkampani ezisebenza kanzima ukuze zenze okuhle.I-Edene + Elie Okwahlaba umxhwele uToh ukuthi ukubonakaliswa kwesikhathi kwaba kanjani umnyombo wobunikazi bakhe bebhizinisi.“Yebo, singaqasha abanye abantu abangu-20 eChina noma sakhe izingxenye ngokushesha, kodwa lokhu kungqubuzana nenhloso yethu yasekuqaleni.Isikhathi esisithathayo ukudala umkhiqizo ngamunye omuhle siwunikeza inhliziyo nomphefumulo, futhi lokhu kuwukuthwebula lokhu ebhizinisini.Izinkinga zengqondo. "Isu liyasebenza.Kusukela ku-Choo ekubeni yedwa umklami, iqembu selikhule laba yizingcweti eziyi-11, eziyi-10 zazo ezine-autism ukuze zihlangabezane nesidingo.
U-Choo uhlonze i-Autism Resource Centre njengozakwethu ofanelekayo futhi waqasha amalungu ayi-10.Abantu abadala abane-autism ngokuvamile banezinga eliphezulu lokugxilisa ingqondo nokugxilisa ingqondo, futhi banembe kakhulu-konke lokhu kuyimpahla ebalulekile yase-Edeni + Elie.Lo mkhiqizo uphinde wabambisana nezinhlangano ezifana ne-Ascott kanye ne-Singapore Airlines, edale iqoqo lobucwebe lenguqulo enomkhawulo eligqugquzelwe isiko lasePeranakan kanye nesithonjana se-kebaya eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Nokho, ukuqashelwa njengomenzi wezinguquko akuzange kudonse ukunaka kwabo.Basathatha isikhathi ukwakha ikusasa, njengoba nje ukubekezela kuyisici esiyinhloko sobucwebe babo.UToh ukufingqa kahle kakhulu: “Uma ufuna ukwakha ibhizinisi elihle, ungahamba ngokushesha.Kodwa uma ufuna ukwakha ibhizinisi elihle, udinga isikhathi.”
Jabulela izinto ezinhle ekuphileni.I-Peak iwumhlahlandlela obalulekile wabaholi bamabhizinisi kanye nomphakathi wezikhulu ukuze baqonde intuthuko yakamuva emkhakheni wezinkampani, ochwepheshe, wezenhlalo namasiko.