My 2009 Diary

2009 Diary-Inside
Originally uploaded by Adibi

Have you decided what diary to use for next year?After flipping through my diary/notebook,I counted only 20 days left before end of the year.How time flies..

I have and mine is like the one you see on the right.It cost me RM21.Talking about our diary,I was caught up in the last decade(late 80's/early 90's) wave of time management diary where we set goals,to do list etc.When I was the director of A&W Malaysia then,I insisted all managers and store managers use the system.

Fast forward to mid 90's,I began to drop paper based diary to electronic diary/organiser using PalmOS PDA(personal digital assistance).After more than two years,starting early 2006,I began to revert to the good old days-just a plain paper diary with a TODO List .Last year,I used a DIY diary using my moleskine note book.Now, I will complete my cycle~20 years.

What is going on?,I asked myself.Is it because I am getting old?May be but I noticed that the new trend among IT people is that they had enough of electronic stuff at work and they just want plain paper and good old pen to write.When something really matters and personal,I want to record them in my paper notebook using a fountain pen! That is cool;-)

Comments

[Pak Idrus]

Adib, I used to write in my diary but of late have seen more blank pages then the written one. I guess blogging took that time off from the diary. Anyway I still write some important event in the diary. I hope the young would write on normal diary.

Have a nice day.

[Akmal]

..or perhaps sometimes what we really need is a short break from all the gizmos and let the finger dance with the pen and papers? :D

[hilmi]

i asked my mom to personally make sure my brother would bring a few moleskins with him whilst his trip to the uk this xmas... :D

[almanar]

Have you not considered your blog as your diary, an open diary? After all transparency is the thing of the day.Even ladies' dresses have gone that way! So let the world see what you do every day, and night too, of course. In fact some bloggers are really doing close to this, writing what they do daily as if the world have nothing better to do than reading their IMPORTANT daily routine. Is this not the 'sign'you write about?

I have my past dairies some of whose entries I do not want to share with anyone ever.

[manal]

Sbb when u scribble /write ur thoughts and all that on those piece of papers, u can just freely adding whatever doodles and many little sketches, ps notes, just about anything no matter how messy the outcome. Its all about ur creativity i reckon so....

[Adib]

To me, diary are dates- centric;like events,meetings,deadlines etc.At the same I do write my TODO list in my diary.However, my personal notes are written in a separate notebooks.Those that I wish to share with others,I post in my blog.My blog is an open notebook of those things that matters to me which I wish to share with my fellow readers.