what's in my pencil case - 2nd time

My current pencil case is .. tadaaaah.. Nomadic PE-17 !!

This is one of coolest pencil case I ever knew. I have also the famous, best seller pencil case of Nomadic PE-09 --which I don't use--  as I'm gonna keep it until I have a spare to use.

I initially learned about this pencil case from JetPens website. Then, I search the internet about this product which only resulted to get me a headache. Don't believe me? Go to their official website and get lost. I mean, feeling totally lost.

Anyway, I bought them on Tokyu Hands in Tokyo. They were about 1,000 Yen each.

What I like about this pencil case :
1. It holds many MANY pens and pencils.. and other stuffs. As a student, I need to store all the essentials in one place. And... this pencil case is able to do that.
2. It's very sturdy, yet very light. The material seems to be strong enough to hold everything.
3. The colour is very nice.

I think I will also make a haul here. So here goes what inside my pencil case.

- washi tape samples
- pins (we call them peniti)
- page markers and square post-it notes
- a sachet of Optik Melawai wet tissue lens cleaner (for glasses)
- a flashdisk (USB flash drive) with label of my name on it
- a blue collapsible stapler : Bantex
- pencil leads (for mechanical pencil) : Staedler
- some hair pins
- a toothpick (inside white wrapper)
- an eraser : Boxy
- a mini plastic ruler for national exam : Lyra
- a dotliner glue : Campus Kokuyo
- a mini sewing kit : Muji
- a pair of blue scissors with cap : Deli
- a yellow cutter : Olfa
- a pack of peppermints tablets sweets : from a seminar
- a pink correction tape : Faber-Castell
- a blister of paracetamol : Biogesic
- another pencil leads, this one has also colourful leads as well : Toyo
- a Victorinox card
- a plastic ruler
- a peach marker
- a gold Pilot Pop'ol pen
- a yellow highlighter
- a purple Lamy Al Star fountain pen
- a yellow Standard ballppoint pen (blue ink)
- a blue Sharpie (dual tip)
- a brand new blue uni multipen from Hobonichi 2017
- a brown Uni multipen from Hobonichi 2015
- a pink polkadot Uni Style Fit multipen
- a pink Uni multi pen
- a pink Pilot Frixion multipen
- a mettalic purple Bic multipen
- four Pilot Frixion markers (peach, yellow, lime green, sky blue)
- a blue Staedler marker
- a red marker

purple moleskine and others in fuschia

I overspent my budget this month. Not a good thing to do, but I need to have these things. I mean, I have my reason. Listen, all of these things have one thing in common. They're in fuchia-pink-purple color scheme! Well, not good enough for a reason. Okay, I need to replace my tote bag because the handle of my old one has torn apart. Besides, I like this flippy floppy tote and its price is quite reasonable, Rp.159.000,-

 

 

 

 

 

Then, there's this moleskine. Of course I have to buy this planner sooner or later. It's for 2016. Though it was quite expensive, it was hard to resist the color, which I never found for the past few years here. So, I had to let go Rp.220.000,- for it.

 

 

 

 

 

The rest of my acquisitions are key clip and cable/cord wrap. They're not so expensive, around Rp.40.000,- each. If you're wondering where I bought those stuff, you can find it in Kinokuniya Plaza Senayan. Apart from the tote bag which only left one in orange, the other stuff are still available in stock.

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. 

lebaran ramah anak

Lebaran sebentar lagi.. Waktunya untuk bersiap menghadapi serbuan anak-anak kecil yang datang ke rumah ortu. Ada dua hal yang harus diperhatikan. Jika itu merupakan kunjungan pertama mereka dari rangkaian silaturahmi ke rumah-rumah lain, biasanya mereka masih semangat. Lari ke sana ke mari, ceriwisnya minta ampun, minta ini itu, nanya segala macem sehingga ortunya merasa agak terganggu acaranya. Di sisi lain, jika itu adalah kunjungan mereka yang ke-sekian di hari itu, --belum lagi kena macet dalam perjalanan, kepanasan, plus capek dan ngantuk.. bisa dipastikan mereka akan rewel. Anak rewel pasti kelakuannya mantep banget : nangis sesenggukan, jerit-jerit, merajuk minta pulang, nggak mau ini itu, ditanya diem aja, cemberut, muka dilipet tuju, dan sebagainya. Sebagai tuan rumah, pasti merasa nggak enak hati juga. Mau disuruh pulang aja, takut dikira ngusir.. Mau ditahan2, si anak tambah ngeselin.. Jadi, gimana dong?

No worries.. Setiap lebaran, saya selalu siapkan pensil warna / krayon / spidol dan kertas buram di ruang tamu. Anak-anak juga suka mewarnai atau menghubungkan titik-titik menjadi gambar; jadi saya cari gambar-gambar kartun (free printables) di internet, lalu di-print dan di-fotokopi secukupnya. Saat anak-anak itu tiba, mereka bisa langsung menggambar ataupun mewarnai sesuka hati. Bisa juga ditambah permen dan biskuit yang umumnya mereka suka, misalnya Oreo dan M&Ms dalam kemasan mini. Dijamin mereka nggak rewel lagi..

Buat anak yang sudah agak besar, mereka mungkin nggak suka lagi mewarnai. Tapi saya perhatikan, mereka akan ikutan menggambar saat melihat anak-anak yang lebih kecil terlihat asyik dengan aktivitasnya. Bagi mereka, bisa aja disiapkan lembaran sudoku yang mudah atau word search. Hal ini akan melatih kreativitas dan motorik mereka. Murah, sederhana dan mujarab. Hehehehe :p

.:: Useful links for printable materials

Colouring

http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html
http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/

http://educationalcoloringpages.com/freecoloring.html

Connecting dots

http://www.coloring.ws/connect.html
http://www.coloring-page.net/activity/connect-dots.html
http://activities.raisingourkids.com/connect-dot-to-dot/
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/fun-activities-dot-to-dot-892-2-1
http://www.activitypad.com/dot-to-dot.html

Sudoku
http://www.sudokuprintables.org/sudoku-printables.html

http://www.puzzles.ca/sudoku.html
http://krazydad.com/sudoku/

Word search
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/quizzes/wordsearches.html
http://www.superwordsearchpuzzles.com/

http://www.puzzles.ca/wordsearch.html
http://www.puzzle-club.com/free-printable-word-searches-themes1.html

toko abc revisited

Couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to visit Toko ABC in Bogor. As I've mentioned earlier (see toko abc), I really heart this humble stationery shop. So, I took this opportunity to grab everything I need.. especially those colourful writing equipments.

For about 120k in total, here goes the list :
21 pens (various kinds of them, including Penciltic)
3 mini block notepad (doraemon and hello kitty)
3 mini craft paper-punchers
2 sets of sticky page marker
2 clear plastic pouch
1 pencil pouch
1 stapler
1 pair of scissors

colour blocks

So you can't draw, your handwriting is unreadable, but still want to add a little of creative touch on your hobonichi?

Fear not, my friend. Thanks to those grid pages, you can simply fill those grids with some colours, make a row of colour block,.. it's dead simple. In no time, you'll love your hobonichi even more.

quelquechose

 

left : colourful pens and pencil

right : different shapes of stencils

both can be found on my work desk in campus

some of little things to keep me sane