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[acadehmic]

It has been a while! ( I always seem to say this but its true (’: ) 

Here I am, making another masterpost in the hopes that this will help every single one of you :) This time, I will be rambling about stationery because I know it is quite a big topic in the studyblr community and i get quite a few asks about it.

I will try to give some links, but you will typically see most things in your local stationery store (hopefully)

** for muji stationery, i did not link the australian website since you can’t buy online for australia :(

Disclaimer: I personally love pens and stationery, so usually most of my pocket money will go towards that as I feel as if it encourages me to study, you don’t need to have a lot of black pens if one is going to be enough. It all depends on the person :)

Study Essentials (simple with some of my personal thoughts):

Black pen

A black pen is a good foundation for writing you  notes, they are plain and simple and can easily be manipulated (highlighted, underlined or annotated with colours to make specific things stand out)

Pens can come in many forms: ballpoint, gel, or ink pens. I smudge with pens but I don’t like the outcome of ballpoints so I choose gel pens.

Some branded gel pens include: Pilot G-2, Zebra Sarasa & Uniball Signo to name a few

There are so many simple black biros at any store that you can get for very cheap!

Red/Coloured pen

I personally think a red pen or coloured pen is essential for marking or to highlight key/other points and annotating

Some cheap coloured pens are the Papermate Inkjoy, other slightly more costly are the Zebra Sarasa ones, the Pilot Juice and the Muji Gel Ink pens

Some brands like Bic and Papermate have a 4 coloured pen so if you did not want to carry 200 pens, you can save room with 1!

Pencil

Wooden or Mechanical pencils???

I like mechanical personally because you don’t need to sharpen them lol, I use the Muji one but I also like the Pentel twist one (kinda expensive but very sturdy)

HB lead is much lighter/harder than 2B :) (2B is softer, and produces more pigment)

There are lots of sizes, the most common being 0.5mm and 0.7mm (0.5 is smaller)

Eraser

Any eraser is fine, I like the Staedtler ones (but they are expensive so I never buy them lol)

I just get the cheap $1 ones from morning glory (very good quality tbh) there is no need to spend so much on an eraser bc it will end up getting lost tbh HAHAHA

Ruler

Many come in 30cm or 15cm, get the size that will fit in your pencil case!

Great help for maths and art!!

White out

There are many types of white out; liquid, tape and even stickers

I personally prefer the tape version because I hate the smell of the liquid and also I always smudge liquid white out, but whatever suits you!

Highlighter

There are many highlighters out there in the market; the mildliners, the sharpie ones, the stabilo ones, there’s a highlighter in every brand tbh

Mildliners are more expensive and aren’t necessary but I really like them for the diverse colour range

A VERY cheap alternative to the mildliners are the Daiso soft markers (LOVE THESE), they have the same shades (less shades though) are only one sided but they give the same effect as the mildliners for a fraction of the price! bless

If you don’t like the bright neon highlighters; try the Daiso soft markers, the pilot frixion erasable pastel range or even the mildliners if you want to splurge:)

Extras that are not necessary but may be useful:

Scissors

Glue stick/Glue Tape

Stapler

Sticky tape

Sharpener (I use mechanical pencils so never need one)

Common Studyblr cult favourites:

Just a warning that even though everyone seems to love these products, it does not mean that you will, try them out at the store and don’t waste your money because you may not like them! (I wasted money buying the staedtler fineliners cries)

Staedtler Fineliners

Stabilo Fineliners

Mildliners

Pilot Juice Pens

Tombow Brush Pens (quite pricy be warned)

Artline Stix Brush markers (I quite like these but make sure you buy the BRUSH markers if you were planning to do brush lettering as I have seen people buy the wrong type, cheap alternatives to the tombows)

Moleskine notebooks

Muji Gel Ink Pens

Stores:

~ = stores I have bought from

* = I have a discount code which you can save 10% off your purchase: ACADEHMIC10 ! there is also free worldwide shipping c:

Common places for people to buy stationery from include:

Muji [ us | uk | sg ] ~

Amazon

Officeworks ~ (for australians only hehe) (I really like their X brand range btw, reminds me of muji!!)

Aliexpress ~

Ebay ~

Bricks x Castle *

Kawaii Pen Shop * ~

Miss Rosie Shop *

Typo (kinda expensive) [ au | us | sg ] ~

Kikki k (so pretty but so expensive ;;;;;;)

Target ~

Even your local newsagency should sell stationery

Daiso! and other asian stores that are similar :-) ~

Some less common places:

Some studyblrs sell some stationery on carousell, however it is mostly sg studygrams/studyblrs

Notemaker (idk they seem pricy)

DailyLike (sells cute washi tape but eXPENSIVE CRIES)

Etsy

Jetpens (tbh expensive, probably benefits americans more than others)

Your local art store (the ones where I live sell things really overpriced rip)

There are plenty of small and big instagram stores which sell cute things :-))

My personal faves:

Favourites:

Zebra Sarasa Clip pen 0.5mm black

Muji gel ink pens in 0.38mm and 0.5mm (I can’t tell much of a difference between these two sizes for these pens) [ muji us | muji uk | muji sg ]

Mildliners (I’ll link places below)

Commonly seen in my studyspo photos:

the dotted notebook that everyone asks me about is this one (that link is australia only but muji sells a notebook exactly the same!!)

Gridded loose leaf paper from Muji [ muji us (this one is the ruled version) | muji uk | muji sg ]

My bujo

I used to use the A5 version of the dotted notebook but I have ran out

Currently using a Whitelines notebook [ my review here ]

Mildliners... Where can I find them?

Kawaii Pen Shop (Only the Pastel, Cool and Warm pack)

Bricks X Castle (Sells all 4 packs, yes the rare pack!!)

Ebay

Popular (in Singapore and Malaysia)

Kinokuniya

Jetpens

My other masterposts:

chinese masterpost

app masterpost

bullet journaling

maths masterpost

advice for new studyblrs

physics masterpost

chemistry masterpost

studygram: acadehmic

This was severely long and I should have placed a read more sorry :’)

I hope this masterpost helped you if you were interested in what stationery I own and what I would recommend for anyone :)

[thestudypeach-blog]

studying resources masterpost

aim to keep this post updated regularly 

last updated: 28.07.17

you can find my ask here for any suggestions :)

general resources

Chegg (App + Desktop Site)

premade flashcards readily available

textbook discounts

Get Revising 

GCSE (most subjects)

A Level (most subjects)

University (fewer subjects, but a fair variety)

Gojimo (App)

self test exams and revision

general resources (GCSE + High School)

Harwich and Dovercourt High School Revision Support 

most subjects, including art, psychology, and physical education

includes french and german resources, but excludes spanish

M4ths Foundation and Higher Maths Revision Book

gcse english literature resources

A Christmas Carol Text Guide

An Inspector Calls Revision Guide

An Inspector Calls Revision Guide (2)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Revision Guide (Download)

Love and Relationships Poetry Anthology Guide (Download)

Online GCSE English Lessons (Youtube Channel)

Romeo and Juliet Plot Summary and Character Analysis  (Get Revising)

Poetic Terminology Glossary

gcse science guides

Biology (1)

Biology (2)

Biology (3)

Chemistry (1)

Chemistry (2)

Physics (1)

Physics (2)

Physics (3)

(gcse focused) history resources

Crime and Punishment Summary

Crime and Punishment Pearson Resources

The Cold War - Events, Causes, and Consequences (Download)

The Cold War Revision Cards

The Reigns of King Richard I and King John Pearson Resources

Weimar and Nazi Germany Pearson Resources

language resources

Duolingo (vocab and basic grammar for a variety of languages)

German Resources and Past Papers

Memrise (vocab courses for a variety of languages)

Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards

Spanish Vocabulary Flash Cards (2)

Quizlet (flashcards for a variety of languages and other subjects)

past papers (gcse)

AQA Biology

AQA English 

AQA German

AQA Physics

Fast Papers GCSE History

Maths Genie

OCR Chemistry

textbook + revision guide recommendations 

AQA Revision Guides (GCSE and A Level)

CGP Revision Guides (GCSE and A Level)

variety of subjects, on amazon from about £4

Edexcel Revision Guides and Textbooks (GCSE and A Level)

if you are studying from the new 9-1 system (UK), your class textbooks come with a discount for revision guides, meaning you can grab them for just £2.50 each :)

York Notes Revision Guides (English GCSE and A Level)

on amazon from about £4

(as textbooks can be pretty expensive, it’s always good to check out your local library. similarly, the site chegg can offer limited discounts or textbook rental)

[acadehmic]

Hi! , I need help on time management and stop procrastinating. How to motivate myself do homework and revise and getting a better sleep?

helloo!!

i have problems with these too so these i will be helping me lol (especially because it is the school holidays and i have lots to do!)

time management:

time management masterpost

start a bullet journal!! (my masterpost here)

use a planner!! (more structured compared to a bullet journal)

some time management printables:

weekly planning printables

daily schedule planner printables

more daily planner printables

procrastination: (ahh such a problem for everyone ;;)

15 ways to beat procrastination

anti-procrastination masterpost

think about this: what are the consequences of you procrastinating? will you not hand up that assignment and get a “0″? you will be struggling at the end when all your assignments are all together!

can you be bothered to start on that assignment? use the pomodoro technique c:

productivity & procrastination masterpost

motivation:

motivation masterpost

my motivation tag

what will you gain from doing your revision and assignments??

sleep:

you should be getting around 8 hours of sleep per night!!!

how to sleep better

10 tips for a good night sleep

more tips for sleep

stay away from your phone, laptop etc before bed so your eyes and brain wont be awake

mum always told me not to eat after 8pm so then i have time to digest and that my body will not be digesting while i am trying to sleep!

i hope these links and tips help you!!

[acadehmic]

HI THERE! I was wondering if you have anything on learning Cantonese?

Hello!!I’ve always wanted to learn Cantonese myself since it is my mother’s mother tongue but there is not much resources on Cantonese sadly….heres a link to some online resourcesor you can also maybe go through the same tumblr’s cantonese tagi would say watching Cantonese (Hongkong and Guangdong) dramas will help since it will surround you with the language, or if your parents are cantonese maybe get them to try to speak to you in Cantonese?even though i can’t speak it, after being surrounded with it for my whole life, i have developed some understanding of it so surrounding yourself will definitely help!!

other resources:

online cantonese lessons

some cantonese vocab

cantonese tones

cantoneseclass101 youtube

I hope I helped :) Good Luck learning Cantonese!!