Many of us PC users have hardly held a writing pen since graduating from college. Aside from signing checks, credit card slips and filling out forms, that’s probably the only good reasons why I would use a pen. A few days ago I began scribbling some notes on my Searching For Inspiration Notepad from Google (thanks Aileen!) By golly did my penmanship suck! It was an eye-opener. In college I was proud of my nice handwriting. I’m kind of a creative person, so it was easy for me to copy my female friends’ style of writing. Now after spending close to a decade sitting in front of a computer, I’ve lost it! I now write like a doctor! (Check your latest prescription, you’ll know what I mean)
Anyway, as I was searching for something to blog about here, I thought of featuring a notebook. No wait what? Yes, a notebook!

For the past year I’ve been reading in blogging circles about Moleskine. Moleskine (mo-le-skeena) is a brand of notebook manufactured by Milan, Italy company Modo e Modo. Last year, a French investment firm bought the company for 60 million euros. Moleskine is said to have been used by artistic and literary legends such as Vincent Van Gogh (whose moleskine is shown above), Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde and Bruce Chatwin. Bruce Chatwin wrote fondly of his notebooks and his descriptions are the basis of the trendy Moleskines we see today.
I don’t own a PDA and I don’t plan on buying one unless I really need it. While I do have my Google notebook, I think I’m going to purchase a Moleskine soon. I think it’s important for us to go back to the basics sometimes if it means letting go of our computers for a few moments. Yes, going manual can actually be cool.
On the Web: Moleskine Philippines; Moleskine Official; Moleskinerie
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May 17th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I WANT ONE!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 5:51 am
same here! gusto ko rin. kailan ka bili? order tayo isahan para save freight? hehe.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
You WILL become addicted! I have been using these things for about three years now. The paper quality is excellent, and the pages are sewn-in in such a way that the binding always lies flat when open. The little closing-strap-gizmo keeps loose stuff from falling out, and if that’s not enough there is a paper “pocket” in the back that also lies flat.
A warning: you will want a truly fine writing instrument for lying ink on these superb pages. I suggest a Waterman Charleston fine or medium nib fountain pen (I have one of each). The ink just *glides* across the paper in a smooth line.
But now I’m spoiled. That crappy blue-lined notebook paper and barbaric ballpoints are like a punishment to use after three years of Moleskines and Watermans.
-tAE-
November 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
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