Jump to content

Greetings From Indonesia

ch_rinaldi

By ch_rinaldi
in Introductions

 Share

Recommended Posts

ch_rinaldi New

ch_rinaldi

Posted
Posted

Hello everyone! Greetings from Indonesia!

 

Um.. A word or two about myself? Currently, I am a medical student in a public university in Indonesia. In a very fortunate chain of events, I was able to save myself a couple of dollars (of course roughly converted from IDR :D )

 

How did I start getting interested on fountain pens? The same with other hobbies that I currently have, split-second decision and, of course, with impulse out of nowhere. Though for this one, I'm looking to maintain it for a long time out of necessity since I am going to write a lot of notes etc, might as well enjoy it with every stroke.

 

I can't really say it's the best investment I have ever made... Yet... But after I'm buying one and wrote a lot with it (about 10 pages , I've recently started journaling too...), the difference was NOT subtle at all. Even with a "cheap" pen like Hero 210, it's far more comfortable to write with one than any pens I had ever used up into this point.

 

After about 3 days with my first fountain pen, with some spending money earned doing side gigs, I was able to buy myself a black and golden trim Parker IM in my local bookstore. Needless to say, the relatively high price tag justify the joy, that sheer bliss when writing. Moreover, due to this newfound obsession with fountain pens and how well do they write, I accidentally (and in a positive note of course :) ) was able to enjoy studying more. A win-win solution. I get to save money too, since I'm planning to use my Parker pen for a couple of years or at very least after I can get a job, then probably I'll start collecting pens and write just for the fun of it. Or at very least, I'm going to break my habit of leaving things on the desk out of fear from losing the pens.

 

Looking forward to meet you all.

Thank you for having me!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 18
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • PAKMAN

    1

  • Wahl

    1

  • ch_rinaldi

    1

  • flyboyalif

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

PAKMAN Ancient Artifact

PAKMAN

Posted
Posted

Hello and Welcome to FPN!! Glad to have you as a member!!

PAKMAN

minibanner.gif                                    Vanness-world-final.png.c1b120b90855ce70a8fd70dd342ebc00.png

                         My Favorite Pen Restorer                                             My Favorite Pen Store

                                                                                                                                Vanness Pens - Selling Online!

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sasha Royale Museum Piece

Sasha Royale

Posted
Posted

I am a medical student in a public university in Indonesia.

 

the relatively high price tag justify the joy, that sheer bliss when writing.

Welcome !

 

You have chosen the medical profession. It is noble and honorable pursuit, during which your will witness vast amounts of misery. May you always be able to afford joy.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AndrewPracticing Near Mint

AndrewPracticing

Posted
Posted

Welcome! I can relate to the notion of FP interest seeming to have come out of nowhere. I wish it had come to me during my student days, but we never really stop learning! I hope you get enjoyment and information from this network.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OCArt Donor Pen

OCArt

Posted
Posted

Welcome to our little corner of the universe from a pen user in San Diego. I'm glad you are here!


...............................................................

We Are Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stuck-in-time Mint

stuck-in-time

Posted
Posted

Hello fellow Indonesian college student :lol: I can relate to the tight budget situation. If you've got some spare cash & time, I suggest visiting the antique stores. They sometimes have many kinds of pens at a much cheaper price. Rp. 50,000-100,000. Certainly cheaper than getting them at the bookstores, and a good chance to get some vintage gear.

 

Happy hunting!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Arkamas Extremely Rare

Arkamas

Posted
Posted

Greetings! Careful of that rabbit hole. You could have another 10 pens adopt themselves for you before the year is out. :thumbup:

:W2FPN:

...The history, culture and sophistication; the rich, aesthetic beauty; the indulgent, ritualistic sensations of unscrewing the cap and filling from a bottle of ink; the ambient scratch of the ink-stained nib on fine paper; A noble instrument, descendant from a line of ever-refined tools, and the luster of writing,
with a charge from over several millennia of continuing the art of recording man's life.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Henricum_Tropen Collectors Item

Henricum_Tropen

Posted
Posted

Hello and welcome to FPN, from Cape Town, South Africa

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a [fountain] pen - that is true happiness!


- Winston Churchill



Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 8 months later...
flyboyalif New

flyboyalif

Posted
Posted

he

 

Hello fellow Indonesian college student :lol: I can relate to the tight budget situation. If you've got some spare cash & time, I suggest visiting the antique stores. They sometimes have many kinds of pens at a much cheaper price. Rp. 50,000-100,000. Certainly cheaper than getting them at the bookstores, and a good chance to get some vintage gear.

 

Happy hunting!

hey are you have an idea or a suggest where can i found it in jakarta?

 

Thank you

Link to comment
Share on other sites
apatience Near Mint

apatience

Posted
Posted

Hello & welcome from Melbourne Australia

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts - Winston Churchill

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33582
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26771
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...