So it's a new month, July. American independence day, Andy Murray winning Wimbledon, Macaroni as well as Bastille Day and if I'm not mistaken the nearing end of the northern hemisphere school year (and the start of my second semester).
It's been my mid-year holiday for the past two-and-a-bit weeks. My family along with two others decided to dodge the flocking of tourists heading down to Cape Town by planning a holiday up the east coast to the town of Plettenberg Bay, a seaside town along the majestic South African Garden Route, only to find we were not alone in contemplating an escape from the city. Expecting a quiet escape, we discover all of the people which we wanted to avoid. Nevertheless, we enjoyed a week of cycling, eating, shopping and scrabble-playing in a house along the river secured in a complex with tennis courts which were enjoyed regularly.
It was just the other day when I was walking along the town's main road in order to retrace my steps back to a bookshop which I had visited the previous day. I remembered clearly a stand with quirky note-making books as well as paper pads. You'll understand more if you continue reading. I was desperate to buy something from that stand and would not return home without something. With the 140 rand (14 dollars) which I had on me at the time, I could only afford roughly two small items. So I bought these:
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| Left: a notebook (Waldo Pancake) | Right: a bunch of postets (Knock Knock Stationary) |
The notebook belongs to a brand called Waldo Pancake, a brand specializing in the production of items with witty sayings on them. Whether they're notebooks, bags and other obsolete items, they make you laugh, or at least chuckle silently.
The pad of postets belongs to a brand called Knock Knock Stationary. I don't know how to describe the types of things which they make so I will just show you. In a nutshell, it is a company dedicated to making pointless stationary-related items with peculiar functions and purposes such as the one which I bought, which really cannot be all that useful. However they are quite fun.
Waldo Pancake
Knock Knock
These items you need to see on a large scale so I have not made a larny collage.
Except for the journal, these items are pads of paper. There are many other products which are made by this brand, these are however some of my favorites.
Upon browsing, you will buy something. It's a (new) written rule of life.
Enjoy.
Links:
Upon browsing, you will buy something. It's a (new) written rule of life.
Enjoy.
Links:
Knock Knock
Waldo Pancake (link to their shop and not the actual site, it has a better array of their products)
Cheerio Bumbleheads
Waldo Pancake (link to their shop and not the actual site, it has a better array of their products)



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