The above collage house two Starbucks 2012 planners, one from Malaysia and the other from Philippines. The Malaysian planner comes in a black box and has cream leather feel cover. The Philippines on the other hand, came in a cloth bag and has a wood cover. Being a notebook addict, I could not resist myself not getting these planners. Though I don’t like the planner type pages, I love the cover, especially the Philippines wooden cover. Maybe this will nudge me to using it in 2012. Well, if I don’t use it, I can always hack it with blank pages or ruled pages. By the way, I have down loads of coffee for these planners, just part of the monthly coffee ration. 

I came across this little notebook in Tesco Malaysia and was intrigue to get one to try out. I have been using the Unicorn Colors notebook and found this to be a cheaper version of the Colors. Priced at RM12, it comes in Black and White. It has a hard cover and leathery feel and the size is smaller and thinner than Unicorn Colors A5. There is no back pocket to this Unicorn Privilege and it comes with Memoranda in the front and Telephone & Addresses in the back. The paper is cream in color and a little smooth to the touch. The right side of the notebook is ruled, while the left is blank.  My fountain pen ink sits well without smearing and writes smoothly. The smear through was also less than the Stabilo OHPen and Sharpie Permanent Pen. For the price, the book meets my cosmetic and functionality requirements. My only complaint is that the book is a little small compare to other A5 size books and was a little thinner, means less pages to write on. For RM12, what more can I expect.

We were at Jusco supermarket shopping for Lamy abc that was on sale when I came across this new range of Unicorn Colors Notebook.  It first caught my attention with the range of attractive colors mini notebook.  Ranging from Bright Pink to Refreshing Green, all imaginable attractive colors are available.  I spotted the Black Large notebook that looked like a Moleskine.  Picked it up and the hard cover felt like a mole.

Currently I could only find this notebook at Jusco, despite my numerous attempt to contact the company Unicorn for more details, I dont seam to find this notebook being sold elsewhere.  The notebook came with an Expandable Inner Pocket like a typical style moleskine and it has an Elastic band holding the entire book tight.  The book has 96 plan 80gm paper and it responded quite well with my Lamy Safari.  There were no smear through at the reverse side, nor were they any bleed through to the bottom sheet. The notebook was priced at RM19.90, much cheaper than some of the competitions.

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