I first read of this great gift idea from Sarah’s “This planner. I has it. I LOVE IT” plurk two weeks back. It had a link to the Not the Planner multiply site that just begged to be clicked. 10 minutes of going around the site, looking at the photos of the planner, and reading the creators’ notes had me texting the number and ordering 12 of this for my officemates. See the photos below to understand my “I want one, too!” reaction (hover on the images for captions).
I had a short chat with Chinggay, one of the brains behind the awesome “Not The Planner 2010″ planner and coerced her to share something that fans and soon-to-be-fans of the product may want to know. She said, “Chinggay, Tonet, and the planner’s artist Karl had their first (and only) face-to-face brainstorming meeting in Seattle’s Best.” The irony! LOL
I later found out that Chinggay and Tonet are both from UP Diliman. The entire idea about the planner only started in September this year. I didn’t believe it was possible, either. Such a short time to create something of this caliber!
When I finally got my dozen, I immediately scribbled a note on gift tags and began distributing them to officemates. They said if I or anybody with my personality were to make a planner, this would definitely be how it’ll look LOL. Getting a fix of the holiday coffee offerings of Starbucks I’d understand but going crazy and going to a store at least once a day in order to be the first of many to own an overly mass-produced planner (philanthropic undertones aside) only after owning 17 stickers (of 9 Holiday Specials and 8 from any other coffee drink) I don’t. Way expensive and stressful, not to mention common.
Two years ago, I brought my 2007 Starbucks Planner to an industry convention. I was feeling rather aloof that time and there’s this annoying person who took note of my planner and used it to capitalize on small talk with a “so you’re a coffee lover.” WTF?! That same night, I gave the same planner to my sister. Never again.
So if you still haven’t done your Christmas shopping yet, getting these planners at P320.00 a piece is just a text message away to +63 906 4652191. They can also meet you up at some place convenient (some MRT stations, for example). Panalo lang!
Twitter Updates
14 December 2009 at 11:15 am
YOWN! I love how this hilarious, ingenious, SUPER CHEAP planner makes us all happy. Haha!
14 December 2009 at 11:22 am
Fritz, lovely lovely article and GREAT PHOTOS, i love it =) Thanks for the plug, mahal ka na namin =)
14 December 2009 at 11:27 am
Nukz! Ikakalat ko pa ang balita kamo, di nyo ako mapipigilan! LOL good luck ha and congratulations. Sigurado hihintayin ko to next year!
14 December 2009 at 11:36 am
salamat fritz! may pangexchange gip na ko!
14 December 2009 at 11:41 am
Kung P300 ang limit, magmumukha ka pang galante kasi P320 ang planner! Kahit pa malaman nya sa net ang presyo! w00t!
14 December 2009 at 3:35 pm
OMG I WANT! :(
15 December 2009 at 1:06 am
@Bong: Kamon, don’t frown, you can still order from us! Text mo lang kami sa 0906-4652191 =) dali dali!
15 December 2009 at 8:56 am
Just placed an order for three pieces. Awesome gift idea, thanks!
15 December 2009 at 9:47 am
Dalawa sa binigyan ko nito di na raw nila itutuloy ang pangongolekta ng stickers. Pamatay negosyo ba? Nyahahahahahaha!
16 December 2009 at 11:16 am
Oh please, Starbucks isn’t going out of business soon. This is someone’s negosyo anyway, let’s help them out instead! Galeng!
19 December 2009 at 7:36 pm
agree. panalo ang planner na ito. patok. bumili ako ng 10. at ang mga pinagregaluhan ko, nawasak.
31 December 2009 at 7:30 pm
Wow Fritz. It seems this planner is an interesting collecter’s item. I will get one. Thank you for the heads-up.
Happy New Year Rockstar!
31 December 2009 at 8:51 pm
Ohai, Ms Janette. Patok talaga to, kwelang kwela! Yun nga eh, ako meron tas titignan ko from time to time para sumaya ang buhay hehe Happy New Year!!!
19 January 2010 at 1:34 pm
COUGH PLANNER COUGH COUGH COUGH wala akong planner COUGH