pilot frixion

Couple of days ago, I was thinking to buy Pilot Frixion pens from a japanese website. My main reason was because I haven't yet find the fine tip ones here. But I was wrong. This afternoon I went to Toko Gunung Agung near Tugu Tani and I bought some of them.

There are several types of frixions available in this store. Those with the cap or clickable (knock pen). There are also different types of tip (needle point). The 0.38 point, 0.5 point and 0.7 point. There are also clickable 3-color pen with available color (of the barrel) of black, dark blue and sharp pink. I bought the pink one ;)

These pens are erasable so they're perfect for hoboniching or journaling. It's easy to erase the ink using special frixion eraser on top of the pen. Normal eraser can erase it as well, but it needs like 10 times the effort.

Am really excited with these pens. They're just sooo cooool...

what is washi?

​A small talk with my friend Rita about labels on my previous post, went long in to washi tape. So I thought I should post about washi tape on this blog. (English translation is after the Bahasa Indonesia)

Washi tape adalah selotip / isolasi bercorak. Sebutan "washi" sebenarnya merujuk pada material atau bahan selotip tersebut yang terbuat dari kertas tipis khas Jepang. Lama2, semua isolasi / selotip yang bercorak disebut washi tape juga.

Selain -tentunya- sebagai perekat / selotip, washi tape dapat berfungsi untuk menutup coretan atau tulisan yang salah di buku catatan harian (diary). Penggunaan untuk diary ini umumnya untuk filofax dan hobonichi Selain itu, fungsi washi tape adalah untuk dekorasi. Artikel di buzzfeed tentang washi tape untuk dekorasi ini bisa untuk ide. Contohnya, bagian belakang henpon yg polos bisa ditempel washi sehingga ada coraknya. Pensil atau bolpen yang polos, atau warnanya jelek, bisa dililit pakai washi jadi ada corak ceria.

Di Jakarta, washi tape bisa ditemukan di beberapa toko pernak pernik unik seperti Scoop atau toko khusus craft / kerajinan tangan / scrap book dll. Di toko buku besar seperti Gramedia dan Gunung Agung, juga ada washi tape Expressions dari Scotch 3M (seperti pada gambar di blogpost ini). Sementara washi mt masking tape dari Jepang dijual di gudily Cilandak Timur, Jakarta.​

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Washi tape is decorative tape which can be used to decorate (almost) anything you have. The word washi is actually refering to a special (thin but strong) Japanese paper. However, these days, many decorative tape are addressed as washi tape as well. You can paste it in your diary, to cover hideous color of your mobile phone, or you can use it just to accentuate your laptop or the border of your desk. There's an article in buzzfeed about how to use washi tape for decoration. The use for diary is common among hobonichi and filofax user. 

In Jakarta, washi tape can be found in special shop for craft and hobby such as Scoop. In major bookstore like Gramedia and Gunung Agung, washi tape Expressions from Scotch 3M (like pictured above) are mostly found. However, washi mt masking tape from Japan is sold in gudily, Cilandak Timur, Jakarta.