Today I went to the opening of the newest branch of SM, its 60th. As it is just a tricycle ride from our place, I had the chance to witness how people flocked to the shopping mall, jostled with the crowd waiting outside. I got curious. There was traffic near the place since a lot of vehicles were turning right to occupy the parking spaces still left open at the SM City East Ortigas Mall. There were high-end shops inside much like you see in their bigger branches. The first thing I went to though was at National Bookstore. This was more organized than their previous one in this same place.
I bought some books for our little one and browsed over their bestsellers displayed at the shelves. I saw books by Lang Leav selling at P799 each. Have you ever had any penchant for pens and pencils? During my college days, I was enamored with colored pens which I used to plot curves and lines, bar graphs and pie charts in my Economics course. I still love collecting them until now. Just this morning, I saw this lovely image on my news feed. I am not sure where it originated but it was such a perfect way to demonstrate how it was years and years ago when personal computers were still unheard of.
We all learned the art of writing words and our alphabets through this, right? The ever reliable pencil with an eraser at the tip. I remember when I was in grade one, we used to write with those black pencils as big as my fingers. At some point the eraser comes off because we bite it during those hard times when we can’t follow instructions from our teachers. Now erasers come in different sizes, in different colors and even in different scents. They look like candies to the untrained eye. The pencil as we know today comes in a protective casing made of wood or plastic and painted in different colors. Those various shapes and colors of sharpeners are a dream too. Despite the modern technology that we have now, this popular writing tool is still being used. It’s our first computer, so to speak.
I love that picture! When I was in grade 1-3 we used pens that we dipped in ink. The pen in the image here was revolutionary. You can’t erase ink easily
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Yes, it’s a pretty picture. Thanks again for the blog visit.
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Will check your blog later. thanks for following me.
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Like Gunnar, I started with inkwells and ‘dipping pens’ at school. I remember being excited by my first refillable fountain pen, (I still have one, but not the original) and I lament the fact that so many youngsters will grow up never using one.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I used fountain pen too, always with a bottle of ink on the side when I was in college. I don’t think youngsters nowadays are that familiar with it.
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I am sitting here reading this, the yellow #2 pencil I use for my crossword puzzle by my side. “The more things change the more they stay the same.”
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I bet you are using Mongol? I still use pencils too until now. Ball pens, pencils, tech pen, whatever I could grab when I try to copy a quote from a book or remember something I have to write.
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Lovely post! I have a specific type of biro that I like to use while my son collects all sorts. His favourite is a traditional fountain pen 🙂 x
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I used to wonder about what biro is. I only read it on novels by Rosamunde Pilcher.
Thanks Samantha 🙂
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Bic biros-the best! I also like Rosamunde Pilcher’s novels 🙂 x
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We have lots of pens here I don’t know what’s best. I use Bic ballpen too, the ordinary one but the Pilot brand is just as good.
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Love that first computer! What a fun post, Arlene!
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Thanks Anne 🙂
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Ah yes, this resonates completely, Arlene. I adore pencils and always have.
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Hi Jean, same here. Thanks for the visit.
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yeah! thats true.
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Thanks for commenting 🙂
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The Russians also love the pencil, I took them into space. http://computerpricepro.com
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Thank you so much george01.
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