Monde des Stylos

Pelikan Hub 2025 was on 24th October, a Friday. Compared to the two previous years, this year's was held in October instead of September. In line with the Ink of the Year, Apricot Achat , each participant who had registered with Pelikan for the event, was gifted a bottle of Edelstein ink as well as a Hub-even themed notepad and postcard, all. nicely packaged in a Hub-event themed gift box painted in the colours of the ink of the year i.e. Apricot Achat.  However, unlike in the past two years, some participants were given different colours of Edelstien ink including Tanzanite , Rose Quartz and Golden Lapis , according to many who posted their experiences on social media after the Hub event. Thus, not all participants in this year's event got the Edelstein Apricot Achat ink as expected, based on their experiences from the prior Hub events of previous years.  I got the Edelstein Apricot Achat in my Hub gift set. But I would not complain even if I get a bottle of ink of differ...

While I have not been updating this blog much recently due to a heavier than expected workload in my day job, much has been happening in my journaling activities as well as in the wider community. For a start, Pelikan Hub 2025 was on 24th October 2025, a little over two weeks ago. In the South East Asia region where I live, we had the inaugural Malaysia International Pen Show (MIPS) held on 27th and 28th September in Petaling Jaya , just next to Kuala Lumpur . The first ever Singapore Pen Show will be happening on the last weekend of November, but I will have to skip this event in my home city because I will be overseas during that weekend. In addition, the Tokyo International Pen Show (TIPS) is currently happening this weekend, 1st to 3rd November 2025. I attended last year's edition of TIPS and it was my first time attending a pen show. What an eye opener! On a personal note, despite a promise to myself to buy less and instead spend more time enjoying the writing instruments t...