I bought these pens on sale, thinking that they would be costlier, but later I found out that they are cheaper if you buy the whole pack of 8 pens for ZAR 38 only where as I paid ZAR 5 for each. They write well and have a nice body design, almost similar to the Lamy Safari barrel and grip section. The cap is a little bit different, but overall looks great. They are available at Mellows F09 Stationery shop in China Mall in Johannesburg. Check them out.
These are really colourful pens with a nice body design. I really loved that they are copied from the Lamy Safari grip and barrel section.
I have showcased to you the whole range of Fountain Pens from Snowhite. This is another Chinese manufacturer that creates really nice products for students around the world. I got in touch with them at the Stationery Expo in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have reviewed a lot of their fountain pens on my channel that you can check in the Stationery Playlist and even search the same on the blog here as well.
Snowhite Fountain Pens are good for the starters and students. They really make fountain pens which write nice and are filled with ink as mostly they are disposable fountain pens. This one was bought locally at China Mall, Mellow Shop at F9 in Johannesburg. The packet of 12 pens is around ZAR 85 only which means that each pen is ZAR 7 only.
I really loved these ones but I have seen better pens from Snowhite. These are the only ones that are available at Mellow in China Mall and the whole range has not yet arrived here in South Africa. The same is available at Ali Express App or maybe Temu but I have never shopped at Temu yet.
Deli Stationery is one of my favourite brands from China. I have reviewed a lot of their products that I generally buy from Mellows, F09 Shop in China Mall, Amalgam, Production Road, Johannesburg, South Africa. I think it's the cheapest there but you can also buy a lot of their products from Value Co Stores. The nearest one I could find is in Fourways Mall but I have never visited them yet. They also have a lot of Instagram contests on behalf of Deli Stationers.
Coming back to these Deli Think Roller Pens that come in this 8-pack variant of different coloured inks. There is regular versions of Blue, Red, Green and Black along with Pink, Turquoise, Purple and Orange as extra variants. The nib tip is 0.5mm and the flow is consistent and good. They are perfect if you can't afford the expensive roller pens from other brands. This set of 8 is around ZAR 60 at the China Mall. I really loved the extra colours as they are really brilliant and I like the ones that gets popped on the paper so that your eyes catches the same.
I bought these Deli Delight 0.5mm Gel Pens in different colours to get various ink colours in Red, Blue, Dark blue, Light Blue, Brown, Pink, Orange, Yellow, and Purple. There must also be Green and black colours, which I didn't see or missed buying from the shelves. These pens are only priced at ZAR 6 each and if you buy 10 of the same colour the price charged will be ZAR 4 each. The same is available from Mellow, F09, F block, China Mall, Amalgam, Johannesburg 2092.
These pens I gave these to my daughter for her arts and crafts and so far for a year or so she has not complained and neither she has finished them. I see them in her wooden pen stand. On my recent trip to the Mellows store, I saw a new version of these kinds of pens in a single pack of 10 different colours. I didn't buy them as I thought I wouldn't have time to review them as I have so many items pending making videos.
This pen is nice in the metallic body design and comes with a converter built in. The suction of the converter is not that strong but the nib is really extra fine. I said in the video it to be similar to Fine in Lamy nibs but it is really between EF and F of Lamy nibs. You can really write in small font with this fountain pen.
This Deli Fountain Pen is available in 3 body colours Silver, Black and Rose gold. This is a great writing instrument from Deli with proper ink flow. Paired with Diamine Ancient Copper I have filled this pen with during my trials of the same. I bought these for only ZAR 32 (around USD 2) each from Mellow Stationery Shop in F09, F block, China Mall Amalgam Road, Johannesburg.
Mellows has opened their second shop in F block - F09 that masters stationery items and has a wide variety of wonderful and unique products not seen anywhere else in the China mall. Definitely worth a visit and I bought these Fountain pens set with cartridges in black colour built into the package for only ZAR 30 which is around USD 1.5.
This fountain pen writes really well and gives a unique fun perspective to your whole stationery collection as well. Recently I bought another version of these pens that I am soon going to shoot the video and share on my YouTube channel.
Thanks for watching all my videos. I went to Mellows F09 Shop in China Mall and found this pencil and fountain pen set for ZAR 30. I wanted to check on these Lead pencils in the form of pens and how they work. Once the lead is gone the pencil is gone too but you can buy the leads separately. The fountain pen is a Lamy lookalike but the quality will never match the original Lamy Safari Fountain Pens. From a writing perspective, the pen flow is nice, the nib is also good and the fountain pens are an easy mechanism if you think about replicating.
Do visit the China Mall and go to Mellows Shop at F09 in the new area of the mall. You will definitely find a lot of new products that you will like a lot.
I bought these Bookmark Aluminum Rulers from Mellows Stationery Shop, F09 in China Mall, Johannesburg for ZAR 14 each (US 75 cents).
I really loved the design and build quality. These are really good quality products from the China Mall. I will be using them in the books that I am reading this year as a physical copy. Generally, I read or listen to all the selected books on Kindle or Audible versions.
The ruler aspect is really great for your Bullet journals as well. Check them out as they come in these two versions with the same price range.
Week 19 has been hectic and loss of health as well leading to some days being on the bed continuously and then getting back to normal is hectic.
1. Launch Events - I attended a YouTube Shorts event virtually and then one Mini Event for the EV research they did with some local companies and students. The same day, I had to go to the Cliff Central event at Acore Lane which was almost finished when I reached as the Mini event didn't finish on time. At the end of the day, we had my employer's town hall event which was really very far almost a 50-60 min drive and it was so cold that day, that it immediately had an impact on me and my health started deteriorating. Again there was another YouTube Creator Event virtually that I also attended so much so that I was not able to attend anything else after the same as my health was not good at all. I think I should not go to events which are not relevant and are not helping me promote myself or my brand or are not bringing me anything in return.
2. Shopping @ China Mall - I bought the iPad cover for my daughter as well as a cover for my Samsung A8 tablet. Now it's way earlier to work or read from the tablets as I have reduced the risk of breaking the screen. Also, I got to know about the Mellows Stationery Store in China Mall, F-9 block which has a lot of amazing products which I totally adore. The only thing is that you have to pay cash but the FNB ATM is right opposite the F-block for withdrawal of money. A lot of products were on sale and there were so many things I wanted to buy but thought of buying them later once they set up the shop fully. The shop has products from crayons, markers, sharpeners erasers, ball pens, fountain pens, gel pens notepads, cutters, diaries to office products, and school bags to a lot of categories for each age and group.
3. Marketplace @ Facebook - Earlier I have never visited the same but don't know how I got glued to the same while searching for fountain pens and then the search widened to include some products that I saw growing up and wanted to get hold of them. I bought some stuff from Facebook that I will have videos on my channel soon from technology products to writing instruments to calligraphy journals. I have spent a lot of money on buying people's used products which in my case is something not that good. Unless and until you really can't afford a new one or the product in question has some emotional value assigned to it, I would say don't ever go this route.
4. Thank You - The week started from 22000 onwards to reach 69000 in total and this has been the best growth so far in the year. I again recommend you this daily habit for sure. Yoga is another one that you can do on a daily basis as well. I am doing my daily Yoga as well. I am seeing the benefits it has on my health as my lung capacity to inhale oxygen has increased so much more and now even if I run, I can come back to a normal heartbeat faster.
5. YouTube Shorts - This month I decided that I will do 5 shorts every day and despite no response on some of the videos, I am keeping up with the trend and finally seeing some results as well. Suddenly, I am getting more subscribers and more views because one of the five videos posted gets some traction and brings in around 2-3k video views. This helps increase the YouTube Shorts revenue as well which is not much but slowly touching USD 1 and I am sure for this month it will cross 1$ for sure.
Health has taken a hit this week and it has reduced the long-form video premieres on my channel but will soon pick up its pace and this year I am sure we will cross 1000 long-form videos in the coming days.
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