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My first post

So, I have decided to start a blog on my creations.  I feel I should write a bit here.  


Why?

Since teenager, I secretly wished I could be an inventor.  My first ever worked invention, to my memory, was a wearable band for the hand, for me to put colored pen/pencil/highlighter on the back of my hand. I was in university then.  Through all these years working, I still worked through some of the ideas to a product. It would be great to show these ideas to others while doing documentation or log some sort, like an invention journal (ha ha). 


What?

They are not all inventions, perhaps most of them are creations, really.  Some maybe just ideas, some maybe just outstanding problems I need to rethink and come back on later. 


When?

I shall post...When I have new ideas, or a new creation, or maybe when I have a new tool. 


Who am I?

I am working in an information technology service and solution provider company in Hong Kong.  I believe in creativity, where Imagination and Inspiration set me free.  Solving problems is challenging, interesting, and rewarding. Acquiring new skills enlightens me, as it puts me to go on rides of adventure, where the adventure can only be bounded by imagination. 


Of all the skills I have...

  • a bit of programming in java, python
  • Basic Leather-working
  • Preliminary woodworking
  • Piano, ukulele

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