Learning GIMP

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freeware for creating and manipulating graphic images that runs on different types of OS like Windows, Linux and Mac. GIMP offers photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is considered to be Photoshop alternative and has been extensively use in professional graphics and film production for graphic design.

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Learning Chinese blogging

Chinese language is my mother tongue. I speak Chinese (Mandarin, Teochew, Hokkien and so on). I write Chinese, I read Chinese. All these are natural to me. However, when come to Chinse computing, it is not something natural to me. I have been avoiding writing Chinese language using my computer for years … It is not really something that I can write easily using computer.

However, when I like to communicate with my friends from China, it is not so natural to write my email in English as English is still not a language that is commonly use in China.

After some thought and also encouragement of my friends, I have decided to start a Chinese blog and hope by maintaining a iTeochew I will write more often Chinese character using my computer. Hopefully by doing so, my Chinese writing using computer will improve gradually.

Joojen introduced Sogou pinyin input to me. This is really a very fast and good free Chinese pinyin software system. You may like to download and give it a try.

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It is time to buy me a better chair @ home

It is time to buy myself a better chair for working @ home.

Always felt back pain after spending about 1 hour on my PC when I worked at home. This is not the case when I was in office.

I think this is a signal to me from my body. A good computer chair is necessary to work long hours at my computer. Right support and comfort is needed.
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