Moleskine users..

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When was the last time you wrote a personal letter to someone? Honestly,I can't remember...it must be more than 30 years ago when I was at the university. How about you?

What I meant by writing here is when I get a piece of paper(or a notebook) and start writing using my pen(or nowadays ballpen).Typing on the keyboard is just pressing a button and an alphabet comes out in a size and font which one has selected.The only thing personal is the content. What about writing using pen and paper?When I do write,I am actually drawing an alphabet as well as the words as I go along.No standard size and font to follow.It is all mine all the way...

Which is more meaningful to someone who receives a thank you note  personally hand-written compared to an email or sms(text message)?

By the way, there is a growing group of us Malaysians who still enjoy writing with their pen and paper as reported by a bookshop which sells moleskine notebook.Most of us don't write letters anymore, but some of us  do write journals and draw some sketches..

You are most welcome to join us here.Link to our first meeting.

Photo : Thank Honeytar for allowing to use your photo.

Comments

[Izzat]

salam pok dib,
i (still) can't afford moleskine. so i write & sketch in my monologue. they don't produce plain paged monologue like moleskine. making do with what i have, it's still better than nothing. :) i sketch nonsense cartoons most of the time. on sketches, emila yusof is an inspiration...

[Chet]

Izzat - if you do a lot of sketching, you may want to take a look at the sketchbooks made by Monologue.

[Adib]

Izzat,
Yes,I agree with Chet's suggestion.It is not pocket size but a small book size(5x8 inches).I use the blank paper mainly for mind mapping.

[izzat]

thanks. will look it up.

[Yang]

I too belong to the old school in this age, but just like you, also managed to adapt to use the cutting-edge gadgets.
Among the stationery, I remember you wrote something about your pen, but can't quite remember the type.
While growing up in a not-well-to-do family, I was exposed to two types of pen that my father favoured in those days: Parker and Sheaffer. I preferred and fell in love with Parker because of its clip in the shape of an arrow, the type with the old and delicate design.
When I left for further study in the seventies, the people from my village gave me a dinner and presented to me a pair of gold-plated Parkers. I have since lost the ball-point pen, but am still using the fountain pen until today! That's for almost 35 years!

[Adib]

Yang,
Thanks for sharing your experience here.Now,I am using my old Parker Frontier.It reminds me of my late father..
When I was a student in secondary school,I can only afford a pilot.Later ,during my corporate days,I use Mont Blanc.Lately,I bought a Capless Pilot.
My salute to you for using the same pen for the last 35 yrs!!!