Moleskine Journal, Loving It!
I’ve always wanted one. And I would have gotten it earlier if I wasn’t too lazy to go to the bank to deposit my payment. Bud could have gotten me one from a US supplier and at a cheaper price too (less than $10 + shipping), but I couldn’t wait any longer. Besides, why look far when we have our very own local Moleskine distributor in the Philippines anyway? ;)
Hence, after exchanging a few emails, and paying BPI a visit (which is just across the street from our office), my very first Moleskine Journal was delivered right to my desk last Friday — the very next day after my bank transaction — much thanks to the guys over at Moleskineph.com.
My first ever moleskine journal
Mababaw lang ang kaligayahan ko. A classic plain moleskine journal (the one “without boundaries”) was all I wanted, something to scribble my thoughts with anytime, preferably something small and handy which I can carry around with anywhere.
Yep, all for the price of 900 pesos — a bit expensive, but worth it, definitely.
I love its simplicity, and now, call it cheesy (or geeky, whatever), the thought that I’m writing on the pages of a “legendary” notebook which Hemingway and Picasso used to own adds up to the excitement of owning one. And the thought that artists from all over the world are writing on their own moleskines makes me feel like I’m one of them. Sheesh, their marketing tactic is really working for me, huh? Hehe.
So my first page reads,
Let’s see if there really is a difference between tapping the keys of my laptop to blog (or clickclacking on my mobile phone to twit), and scribbling on the pages of moleskine to chronicle my thoughts the old fashioned way.
I guess one thing’s pretty obvious — this is raw. No backspaces, no restarts, no escapes, no cancels. Instead of composing my thoughts to form coherent sentences, I let my thoughts compose ME and take me wherever they want to go.
I owe this adventure to myself. Let’s see where these pages will take me.
And I couldn’t stop scribbling thereforth.
While watching a game of basketball during our company’s sportsfest
While listening to a sermon in church
As a classic moleskine journal (the plain one) gets 192 fresh leaves, I have more pages to fill. You might also want to get one for yourself. You know where to go. :)
Jeric said,
September 24, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Got a Moleskine too and lovin’ it! hahah I even painted on some of its pages using watercolor. :)
normi said,
September 24, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
oh yay Moleskin! I recall how you raved about that thing from a previous blog you wrote. Finally you have it! (pero ang mahal kamusta naman yan :p)
Why ask God to take away “the butterflies”? Sydney’s a few more months away, just hang in there. :) But I must agree, it is draining (sometimes)hahaha.
Lauren said,
September 24, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
Your handwriting is gorgeous! I want a moleskin journal too, but I’ll probably get the one with lined paper. *is OC like that*
marian said,
September 24, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
Mababaw lang ang kaligayahan ko. A classic plain moleskine journal (the one “without boundaries”) was all I wanted
–haha riz, mababaw lang kaligayahan ko, a cattleya notebook is all i want/need. harhar. but yeah, to each his own ;) have fun with your Moleskin, balat ng nunal hahaha este Moleskine :)
Tina said,
September 24, 2007 @ 9:32 pm
I have a Moleskine journal here too (won it from PinoyCentric, so it’s free! Yay!), but I haven’t written anything on it yet because I haven’t finished with my last journal. I so want to write on it though. But just a few more pages before I can! That is, if I start writing on the journal again. I should.
I’m also planning to skip the entire Starbucks planner thing (I haven’t touched my 2007 planner in months. Oops. ^^) and just get myself a Moleskine journal, which is a lot cheaper than buying all those coffee to get the stickers. Unless of course, next year’s planner looks good. :P
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jayvee f. said,
September 25, 2007 @ 1:50 am
riz, i have extra moleskine. didn’t know you liked. i could have just given you :) i have the cahiers.
riz said,
September 25, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
I’d love to play with watercolor too but I’m not really that much of an artist, hehe, i dont want my moleskine ruined!! :)
riz said,
September 25, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
I was wondering what you were commenting about — tas haha yung nakasulat pala sa actual moleskine. NABASA MO PA YUN?? Hehe.
riz said,
September 25, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Yay. My handwriting is messy. I guess I prefer the messy look — makes it look more abstract. (Then again, maybe I just found my messy handwriting an excuse haha.)
riz said,
September 25, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
Well, you can always still give it to me. Hehe.
riz said,
September 25, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Free?! Man! Still the best things in life are free. Hehe. I cant wait to see the Starbucks planner too so I know if I should pursue it or not. I wasn’t able to use my last year’s SB planner AT ALL. Haha. All those drinks for nothing!!
Tina said,
September 25, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
I was just lucky then, kaya free. :P Liz won a few weeks before me. Hahaha. :D And yes, the best things in life are free! Hmm…maybe I should just ask for that planner for Christmas, baka may magbigay. :P
Joni said,
September 26, 2007 @ 11:03 am
Yey, nice journal Riz! I see that you’ve completely abandoned your hard-earned Starbucks planner. Onga naman, bulky masyado, hehehe.
Trisha said,
September 26, 2007 @ 8:10 pm
I used to write in a journal. Now I’m too scared to read what I’ve written. Come to think of it – I think I lost that journal already. Oh dear. I wonder who have read it. Eep! :P Ang ganda talaga ng sulat mo…!! :)
Badap said,
September 27, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
oh, wow! i’ve got one too :) ang sarap magsulat no?;)
elle said,
October 3, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
wow! u’re moleskine entries are uber-cool, mine is super bungi…dangling trail of thoughts and what-nots. reading this entry just makes me want to write on my moleskine again, and oh super cheap pala jan sa Philippines ang moleskine…tsk, tsk, i should have bought mine from there. anyway…thanks for the post…u rock!
riz said,
October 3, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
LoL. Ni hindi ko man lang nagamit yung Starbucks na yan. haha.
riz said,
October 3, 2007 @ 5:45 pm
My writing? Hehe. I like it messy. LOL. :)
riz said,
October 3, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
Hehe. I hear Ate Stef’s got a couple of moleskines herself! Yay, feeling writer ako with it haha.
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Jeric said,
October 25, 2007 @ 7:30 pm
I got the “sketchbook” type kasi. The pages are more thick and can stand watercolor. :)
cathy said,
November 19, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
hi riz! i have one too, but lined. how are you na? haven’t visited in a long time and i’m really sorry about that. i’m on multiply na — cathybabao.multiply.com add me if yoiu have an account. hope to FINALLY see you before christmas. take care!
Crystal said,
May 13, 2008 @ 4:29 am
Was doing some research on quality journals, stumbled here. :D (Wala pa-comment lang XD) I received mine last Friday only started writing now (grabe 4:25 AM! Haha!). Inggit ako sa handwriting mo Ate, I already tore six pages kasi di “presentable” sulat ko. Nako napaka-OC haha! Pero buti ka pa very creative ang labas ng thoughts mo, di ko talaga gusto handwriting ko eh! XD
Buti nakuha mo uli siya nung nawala mo, kakamustahin ko si “Ducks” pag nakita ko siya sa Shang, haha!
Crystal said,
May 13, 2008 @ 4:34 am
Eek. Make that twelve pages pala. >.<
RaiulBaztepo said,
March 29, 2009 @ 6:54 am
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
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