Reviews
The Way We Plan 2010
Jan 24th
As you grow older, the mess in your life increases in number. Fortunately, although men haven’t made mechanisms to make these horrific entities disappear, humans have at least made them easier to acknowledge, easier to solve. Thank you, Mr. Planner Inventor. Every December, I’m always excited to plan for the coming year; of course, the activity would be nicer if you have a great planner with you–ready to help you visualize your new life. Moreover, a planner is a secretary that nags you everyday as if it’s not your alter ego.
The Way We Plan 2010 Teaser
Jan 20th
The Way We Plan 2010
The Good, The Bad, The Lowdown: A Concise First-person Review @ www.alpsaguado.com
23 January 2010
A Romantic Agenda
Dec 27th
After some sort of celebration, I already need to face my school chores. Well, that’s a need I refuse to fulfill simply because I’m not in the mood–and my mind and body haven’t achieved a state of enlightenment just yet. But for now, I’m a happy bum. Actually, I’m waiting for my 2010 planner because it will start a spark of gusto and will kick my ass towards my unused study desk. I thought Red Moleskine’s coming to me, but I changed my mind–I’ll settle for the mass-adored Starbucks Planner. Four stickers before possession; not bad. Okay, I did break my words about this thing. But who cares?
It Takes Two Rounds To Tango
May 3rd
I usually read round-per-round post-bout analysis every after Pacquiao’s fight. The reason behind this is not mere curiosity but my relatively short-attention span that I rarely remember what happened in each round or, worse, the fight in general. BBC Sports or Yahoo! Sports are my usual web channels for such articles but I only read brief ones. This kind of length is pretty consistent with what the fight has become–brief.
MoMo Made Chocnut Fab
Feb 8th
MoMo! is our newest tambayan (where you could suck wi-fi and power for free). I never fail to see a batchmate having some MoMoMoment every day. Don’t get MoMo! wrong–even though it has a rather unconventional, seemingly baby-uttered name, MoMo! is the place to be. I’m not good at making food shop reviews (a euphemistic statement for I’m lazy to write things), so I just compiled some photos I took randomly–taking pictures (and uploading them for that matter) is already an involuntary action of my system anyway so this would be relatively effortless.
Inside MoMo!
The red couches are red. Haha.
This is where you fall. in. line.
Group meetings @ MoMo
Pastries. Some are infamous; some are anonymous.
MoMo! Goods
MoMo Blasts, from right to left: Cookies ‘n Cream, Banana-Chocolate, Butterfinger, Chocnut-Choco. UPDATE: I like Mocha Chocnut better!
This is what I buy when I feel that my blood composition is already 87% Chocnut: Mango-Strawberry Smoothie
Speaking of Chocnut, MoMo made it fab! They have products that contain the original Pinoy sweet treat.
Ham, Tomato and Cheese Omellete. This is heaven from an eggshell. Must try!
Banana Nutella Waffle. I hope for a more generous serving of Nutella sauce
Get the S.I.P.! (Super Important Person) Away Card! For every drink you buy, you can get another drink with the same or lower value! We actually abuse maximize the power of this card. *Looks around* This is only a hundred and fifty bucks that you can use for one month. Our card is a communal property for 6 people. Haha.
MoMo!: Food + Drink. You’ll see me there.
The Way We Plan: 2009 Planners Review
Jan 30th
When you are an Organizational Communication student, chances are you are Obsessive Compulsive too. This kind of correlation might be brought about by the formalized theories about writing, organizing, managing, leading and, of course, communicating. Except for these, there are more reasons to be properly organized: Lots of homework, tons of reading assignments, several group meetings per day, numerous professional interviews and discussions per month, different org activities and overlapping appointments that could make you insane. Ergo, we need something to make us organized: Planners/Journals! I have seen a diversity of planners among my friends and I want to share it with you. This would serve like a mini-review too. :)
Design Your Life 2009
Featured owner: Ren
The Good: Only a few own one. The design is really cool (different designs per month!). You won’t get bored writing. And there are also spaces for pictures and doodles that would make it a personalized planner!
The Bad: None! I love my planner, nyaha. If there is one bad thing, I think it would be the cover: Its edges are prone to tearing.
The Lowdown: Get the planner if you like designing and all those artsy fartsy stuff and/or if you are a kid at heart. :)
Belle de Jour 2009
Featured onwer: Nancy
The Good: Discount coupons from really nice and popular fashion shops, restos and much more!
The Bad: So many sections. Information overload and begging for more!
The Lowdown: The perfect planner for the girly you!
This Journal Will Actually Change Your Life in 2009
Featured owner: Nikki
The Good: A professional yet hip journal! It does its job well.
The Bad: I think its pages are prone to tearing. Yikes!
The Lowdown: There’s virtually no boring day with this journal!
Cosmopolitan Planner 2009
Featured Owner: Jel
The Good: I haven’t seen anybody using it so that’s a major plus (unless someone sees this and goes buying one tomorrow! wuuh!). But for a planner not exceeding PhP 500 with a bunch of coupons and girly tips, cosmo’s a win!
The Bad: The space for weekend entries are just one horizontal space each! So many things happen during weekends!
The Lowdown: It reminds me of my Candy Mag Diary back in 2nd year HS (and I loved that one!)
Moleskine Journal 2009
Featured owner: Alvina
The Good: My planner is a Moleskine! And it’s Red! Fanboys claim that Moleskine is like, The Apple of the Planner/Journal World, making it very special. Frankly, I only care for its fabulously minimalist design, good paper and color. <3
The Bad: A whole week is crammed on one page! Pages on the right are left for more notes though.
The Lowdown: Really, there’s no competition. Get the Moleskine!
Tomato Planner 2009
Featured owner: Rish
The Good: The cover is nice–it’s not your typical journal cover. Plus cool discount coupons!
The Bad: The spaces each day are really limited and there are not enough spaces for extra notes.
The Lowdown: A very nice planner with a low price!
Starbucks Planner 2009
Featured Owner: Nash (and Bhea :D)
The Good: I like the quotes! And it’s quite spacious :)
The Bad: It’s not aesthetically pleasing (I didn’t receive good feedback regarding its design)
The Lowdown: It suits me because of its simplicity. I love it!
GoNuts Donuts Planner 2009
Featured owner: Alps
The Good: Really spacious space provisions for each day! A discount card from the merchant!
The Bad: Boring! The paper is like a recycled material. Haha. I think some people would like it though.
The Lowdown: With the market bombarded with girly planners, a GoNuts Planner would be nice for male students like me. :)
There you go :) It took me a while before I got a planner. The GoNuts Planner I have is actually a last-resort option. So many girly planners like girls own the world, shame. Guys have the right to be organized too. Haha. I don’t want to use a generic planner just because it’s too mature for a young boy like me. Lahlah. I should have published this earlier to guide planner-hunters out there, but I think it’s not yet late to get one! Plan to be happy in 2009! :)
