back to school 2015

Lebaran udah selesai. Bentar lagi udah waktunya kembali ke sekolah atau kuliah kan? Setiap hari kalo lewat depan Gramed Margonda Depok, pengennya mampir. Apalagi pas lihat ada signage Back to School gede banget dan tas Jansport berjejer warna warni. Tapi takut tergoda untuk beli ini itu, padahal duit tiris. Takut tiba-tiba kalap dengan alasan back to school. Padahal kan yaaa...

Kalo mau tau stationery apa yang musti disiapin, bisa dibaca di postingan persiapan kuliah ya. Nah, selain persiapan alat tulis, materi akademik juga musti disiapin dong. Kebiasaan anak sekarang adalah males nyatet. Seolah-olah pen and paper udah primitif. Semua dicatet di laptop, tablet atau handphone. Ada juga yang ngerekam ceramah dosennya di handphone. Well, bad news for those who gonna take my class.. No laptop or tablet on the table. Semua musti catat pakai kertas dan bolpen / pensil. Tulisannya jelek? Belajar! Emangnya waktu SD sekip, nggak diajarin nulis? Sebenernya di setiap kuliah bakal dibagikan handout materi kuliah juga. Jadi, cukup yang penting-penting aja yang dicatat. Trus, semua jadwal (katanyaaa..) udah dicatet di henpon. Tapi, tetep aja ada yang salah jadwal pas presentasi. Hadddeeeeuhhh.. (-_-")

Udah deh, gini aja. Let me give you this printable weekly planner. Semua dicatet di planner itu. Satu semester kan biasanya "cuma" 16 minggu, jadi gampang keep track-nya. Kalo di-print bolak balik, paling cuma 4 lembar. Planner ini berguna untuk reminder sekelompok ama siapa di kelas apa, presentasi sama siapa, kapan jadi pembahas, kapan jadwal bimbingan, kapan kerja kelompok, deadline tugas, dan sebagainya. Oiya, weekly planner ini juga bisa dipakai oleh rekan-rekan dosen juga lho. Apalagi yang tipe pelupa macam saya ini. Kalau ada saran untuk variasi atau revisi bentuk plenner ini, ditunggu komentarnya yaaa... Terima kasih.

panmomo again

Setelah sekian lama absen ngga belanja di panmomo, baru-baru ini akhirnya order lagi. Itupun abis ngecek kondisi dompet yang masih mengijinkan. Tau kaan.. pas banget menjelang masa krisis tanggung bulan, plus takut kalap hehehehe..

Seperti biasa, pelayanannya cepet. Tapi kali ini super cepet banget. Ibaratnya, kemarin pesen + bayar, hari ini barang udah nyampe. Mantep banget. These are what I bought.

Animal Parent-Child Sticky Notes

Sticky note ini berbentuk induk hewan dan anaknya. Soooo cuuute.. Pilihannya ada gambar singa, beruang kutub, pinguin dan koala. Harga satuannya sekitar Rp 7 ribu.. Nggak mahal lah untuk benda lucu macam ini. Nah, kalo beli sekaligus 1 set isi 4 macem itu, harganya jadi Rp 24 ribu (hemat Rp. 4 ribu). Aaaahhh.. kebetulan banget. Emang nggak bisa milih mau beli yang mana, semua lucu.. Yaudah deh beli semuanya aja hihihi...

Stickers

Panmomo lagi banyak sticker lucu. Huhuhuu... bingung deh milihnya. Si Momoi yang lucunya kebangetan itu juga masih ada. Kalo diturutin, pasti pengen beli lagi, beli lagi. Jadinya, beli sticker Molang versi 1 dan versi 2 aja, karena si hamster gendut bernama Molang itu emang susah ditolak hahaha.. Oh iya, sama sticker Bungirl, si cewek lucu berkonde cepol yang lucu juga tampangnya. Pas buat diary yang isinya rada-rada romantis tapi konyol. Berhubung harga satuannya Rp 20 ribu, jadi ya udah dong yaaaa.. cukup 3 macem ini aja.

Notepad Scheduler

Benda berikutnya yang dibeli adalah 1 set square notepad (isi 3 macem) dan 1 daily notepad. Notepad berbentuk bujur sangkar seukuran (gede dikit dari) telapak tangan ini, ada yang untuk mencatat jadwal/rencana bulanan, mingguan, dan checklist sederhana. Harga satuannya Rp 10 ribu, tapi kalo beli 1 set, jadi Rp 25 ribu (hemat Rp 5 ribu). 

Notepad yang bulanan sebenernya agak aneh menurut saya.. garis-garis tebal dan terputusnya terbalik penempatannya. Nggak tau apakah semua cetakannya seperti itu atau saya aja yang pas dapetnya begitu. Anyway, I still can do something about it. Sebungkus notepad itu berisi 60 lembar.. lumayan deh, bisa buat 5 tahun, atau dibagi-bagi ke temen-temen.

Notepad yang weekly plan, bisa dipakai untuk nyatet jadwal sekolah/kuliah, reminder ada PR atau tugas apa aja. Bisa juga buat meal planer untuk ngerencanain menu makan seminggu, trus dibawa di dompet waktu belanja ke pasar. Jadi kan bisa sekaligus inget mau belanja bahan makanan apa aja. 

Kalo yang checklist sih, nggak usah dibahas 'kali. Kolomnya ada tanggal, deskripsi / content dan buat checking kalo udah selesai dikerjakan. Pas juga buat nyatet daftar belanjaan, daftar kerjaan, dll. 

Last but not least, adalah daily scheduler notepad. Berguna banget buat catatan pas lagi sibuk banget di sekolah atau di tempat kerja. Bagian bawahnya ada kolom kosong yang cukupan buat catetan rapat. Harganya Rp 16 ribu. Masih reasonable lah.

Masalahnya adalah.. barusan iseng lihat website panmomo lagi, daaaaannn... ada banyak washi tape baru. Nooooo... what am I supposed to do now? Huwaaaaa....

sakura gel

Few months ago, I bought some gel pens of Sakura. I would actually bought the ordinary gel pens.. but I was in a hurry that I didn't realize some of them were different type. Each type has its own uniqueness. Click on the link as follows for more infos. From the top, it's Soufflé gel pen, Gelly Roll Metallic and the rest are Gelly Roll Silver Shadow. 

Pilot ballpoint pen

Another classic Pilot ballpoint pen. In my days of junior high school, I have exactly the same pen, the green one. I'm not sure if they still continue to sell this. For sure it's getting more and more difficult to find. 

uni-ball style-fit monster university

These days, it's really hard for me to show my loyalty to only one type / brand of pen. I have to say, each of them have at least one interesting fact to share. This time, it's Uni-ball.

Here's the story. When I ordered the Japanese version of hobonichi techo 2015, they sent the agenda along with a silicone tissue holder and a multi-color pen as bonus. At first I thought it's just an ordinary pen. I was wrong. The pen is amazing.. the ink flows so smoothly, feels so light, and you'll have effortless writing experience. I was wondering, what the brand of this multi-pen anyway... So, after looking for a clue, I found the word "uni" on the barrel. I rushed into a bookstore to check if they have the same thing. And yes, so bought a Uni-ball Jetstream multipen. And this multipen has mechanical pencil as well. Superbe.

Well yeah, it was a great pen. No doubt about it. But they also have customized option. You can choose the body and what ink you want to have with. That what they call Style-Fit. So this time, I bought a limited edition of Monster University set. The body is soooo cute and pink. Then I choose 3 unsual colours to go along with. You can have any composition you like. Gel ink, normal ink, mechanical pencil.. any jetstream refill available. The setting-up is also very easy as you can see on the picture.

(1) Twist the pipe of the refill and pull aside.
(2) Take the pen refill out of the pipe.
(3) Insert the refill into the body of the pen until it clicks.

Don't throw away the pipe of pen refill yet. When you don't use one colour much often or you just want to switch one of the colour, just swap it, and you can securely put the other remaining refill into its pipe. This way, you can have as many combination you like and you don't have to wait until one colour run out to change it. Nice.

apologies

Hi there,

Am deeply sorry for this long pause. Haven't got time to update this blog for the past few months. La honte.. what a shame. However, I acquired many MANY things related to stationery, school stuff, cool stores and lunch box thingy. My friends are now aware about my interest in stationery as well. So, from time to time, they offered me some nice little things too. Oh, and I just got back from a short visit to Japan, where I got crazy with all of the stationery. Well, I actually have lots of story to tell and infos to share, huh?

Please bear with me guys.. I can see couple of weeks free ahead me. I will try to catch up with all of those things, ok. Thank you so much for visiting this blog. Comments are welcome. See ya..

handwriting

I love stationery. I love all kinds of writing instruments. I also love handwriting. I know, typing is faster. I also aware that I won't have this blog if I refuse to type on my laptop. But I still love to write using pen or pencil. Well, life goes on. We keep moving forward. Anyway, in some cases, handwriting is good for us. Especially when we learn about something or to memorize better.

Here I share some links to articles about handwriting. After this, perhaps you'll find something interesting about handwriting...

- Handwriting vs Typing on The Guardian
- National Handwriting Day on IBT
- Is Writing Notes by Hand Better Than Typing? on VOA News
- Don't Take Notes with a Laptop on Scientific American
- Why Using Pen and Paper, Not Laptops, Boosts Memory on Medical Daily