pink moleskine

Hello,

I saw this beauty in one of Tokyu Hands store in Tokyo, Japan. At first, I was thinking hard whether to buy it or not. I have plenty of planners for this year and I don't think they're all well filled in. Anyway.. as you may already guessed, I finally did. 

First of all, the colour. Pastel pink is one of my favorite colour and as far as I can remember, I haven't seen any in my country. Second of all, it's the pocket weekly like I used to have every year. The third and final reason is, it's an 18-months planner. The price is more less the same with the usual 12-months, so I think it's quite a bargain. Besides, I can use it right away because it starts from July 2018.

So far I kinda like it. Yeaah.. I guess because I am already familiar with the size and layout. To write on this moleskine, I am using the zebra hana 3-colour ballpoint pen. 

More pics available on instagram.

blank hobonichi weeks

This year, I tried to swapped my pocket weekly moleskine with hobonichi weeks. The reason I did this was based on those left untouched blank pages on my moleskines. The planner seemed to be abandoned after the first couple of months. So I thought I might be more  motivated when using the weeks since it would be kinda new experience. Apparently, that's not what happened.

As you can see here (above), it's also blank. And it's March. It means, I only filled the pages until February. I just don't get it. I actually like the layout, which is similar to weekly moleskine, dated page on the left, blank page on the right. It's even better, it comes in grids while moleskine is ruled (lined) pages. The paper is Tomoe River, just like the techo, very friendly to fountain pens. But whyyyyy... ??!! Perhaps it's about the size. The dimension was a bit intimidating for me to write something on it. Or perhaps I couldn't find the right pen to fill those pages. I just don't know.

So I guess I will not buy this weeks again. Sorry. I will just keep buying the A6 english planner every year. So far it's the right one for me. And I might go back to the pocket size weekly moleskine again.

hobonichi ukrainian flower

I have this Ukrainian Flower cover for my hobonichi planner A6 since 2017. At first, I bought it with lots of pain (I mean, much higher price) from ebay since it was sold out within 24 hours after its initial release in September 2016. Then, I bought one more from hobonichi official website when it finally restocked. So yeah, I got a couple of this thing. One on duty and one to keep. 

So far, I love it. I put cover-on-cover plastic sleeve to protect it in 2017, then I use the cover as is in 2018. Apparently, the embroidery is good enough to withstands wear and tear. 

Ladies and gentlemen, this is how it looks. The Ukrainian Flower in mid August 2018. 

hobonichi weeks with muji passport wallet

Just after a month passed by this year, I realized that I'm not a fan of the Tembea cover for my hobonichi weeks. It's just like a plain canvas without any cuteness whatsoever. And I felt so damn fool for buying it for JPY 8640 (about USD 77). What was I thinking?! So I started to search for a replacement. Guess what, a Muji passport wallet is the answer.

Priced around IDR 300K (about USD 20), the passport wallet offers more features tho. I bought one without ring binder inside, so the weeks can sit neatly.

Inside, it has everything I need. Pen holder (I put a 3-colour uni-ball jetstream 0.38), yes. Card slots (accomodate 5 cards), yup. Zippered pocket for bank notes (I put my money and stuff), yeah.  It even has a key holder but I removed the clip ring because it would be too bulky. Sleeve slots for those hobonichi stencils, checked. And I put more cards on the sleeve (on the left) using hobonichi card case.

For me, I like how it looks on the exterior. I like the dark blue colour. I like the slot on one side which wide enough to slip on few sheets of papers or postcards. And finally, I like the sleek handle on its spine.

In conclusion, I better think wisely before I spend lotsa money on my stationery obsession.

back again

Hey people,

Sorry for missing in action for a long time. Had a messy life and some things to handle for a while. Now I'm back and will share you some of my story with stationery.

Some of them will include some reviews on hobonichi thingy, my trip to Japan which not so crazy about stationery as the first time, and my thoughts about quitting this stationery addiction.

Talk soon.

2018 planners

When new year is just hours away, and I am ready to face it with 10 planners. So far I have dated and undated, most of them are still in mint condition, haven't got time to set them up. Here we go.

Dated.

1. Hobonichi Weeks. Main planner, mostly for work and study related.

2. Hobonichi Planner (A6, English version) planner. I'm gonna use this as my diary.

3. TH Pocket Diary black.  I will use it for my pak boss schedule and everything related to him.

4. TH Agenda Schedule blue. This is for home related matters, such as daily expenses, bills, groceries, meal plans, etc.

5. Fancy Taiwanese planner. I have it discussed on my previous post here. To be honest, I haven't use it cos it's too pretty.

6. ‎Daiichi schedule check. Will leave this on my desk. Can be double serve as desk calendar and planner.

7. ‎Starbucks planner. Will use it to record my life with my hubby which will be going ten in 2018.

Undated

8. Kikki K personal size. This chunky planner will stay on my working desk, I'll use it for meeting notes.

9. ‎TN passport size. This is my idea book or mini bullet journal.

10. ‎Seyes generic Monoprix notebook. I'm using this to note down everything related to my dissertation / thesis.

colleague's planner - nida

This is one of the happiness of working in education environment. You'll find friends and colleagues who fancy planners and stationery. Most of educators have good planning system, whether for lesson plan, research project, professional target, or simply personal thing ​and household thingy.

I went to my faculty's research centre this afternoon, and met my colleague, Nida, whose planner(s) took my attention.

The purple one is a simple pocket notebook from Maruman Septcouleur series (Japan mainsite). Inside her note, she made somekinda weekly layout, like the bullet journal thing. I was commenting about the brand, about the smooth paper, the colour, about the series, etc. However, her preference toward the notebook was merely because the colour. Purple. :)

She has also prepared for next year. The grey planner is the pocket Daichi weekly planner. I used to buy this (almost) every year. But I got dissapointed because they remove the lines since last year edition. I'd love to have lined pages.. even better in grids. Anyway, to Nida, this planner would help her a lot.

For her writing equipment, she mostly uses Rotring 0.3 and some sharpies.

It's always a pleasure see about what others have for planning. Thank you, Nida !