As we build up to the launch of Moleskine Passions in Malaysia, we will be posting the videos of each Passions journal on our site. We’re kicking it off with:

Special moments often come with a good wine. To record and organize your personal wine cellar there’s the Wine Journal.

6 theme-based sections to fill in with Sparkling, White, Rosé, Red, Fortified/Sweet and Spirits, 6 tabbed sections to personalize, 10 blank pages for comments and notes, adhesive labels, coloured icons, 3 ribbon place markers and double expandable inner pocket. The black cover is fully embossed with wine icons.

Recipe, Wine, Book, Film, Music, Wellness: 6 journals to collect and organize information, comments, memories, clippings and reviews concerning your very own Passions. Each journal comes with a fully embossed cover, bearing a texture of themed illustrations.

Moleskine Passions will be launched in Malaysia somtime in March. Stay tune for more!

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Well, we are definitely on a Kokuyo-inspired run here. First it was about welcoming the brand and introducing the tape-glue dotliners, then it was the 28-edged erasers and this time around, its another great addition to the dotliner range: A tape-glue that has shape of little hearts!

Aptly named Kokuyo Dotliner “Cute”, now you can have a fancy, ‘hearty’, compact and mess-free glue in hand at all times! Not only is the glue super cute, but it is also refillable!

Daily use of glue is now more fun and cute with the pretty hearts instead of the normal glue. Gift wrapping can be pretty and mess free with Dotliner cute. Envelopes can now be sealed with ‘hearts’. (Even hidden places can have cute hearts)

Dotliner Cute can be spotted at CzipLee in its very own special display:

Yes, its another amazing invention by the Japanese… what can we say – They really love their CUTE stuffs! =)

One of the first new launch of Moleskine this year is the Moleskine Cahier NEW colours 2009: red and navy blue. The Moleskine Cahier journals has always been a perfect notebook for every day usage, always a good representative of the legendary Moleskine design and qualiy. In addition to the standard Black and Kraft colours, Moleskine has introduced 2 new colours for 2009: red and navy blue.

All cahier notebooks are made with heavy-duty cardboard cover with stitching on the spine, which makes them strong. With famous durable acid-free papers, the back pocket for lose notes, and the last 32 detachable sheets, the Cahier hournals can perform perfectly different tasks for everyday use. They are very popular among office users, students, professors, creatives and professionals. Priced at an attractive price point, the Cahiers collection is the perfect way to introduce the Moleskine brand to a wider range of customers.

Cahiers are available in 3 sizes: Pocket, Large and Extra-large and in 3 rulings: Ruled, Plain and Square.

These NEW Colours and the original black and kraft ones are now available in CzipLee! =)

For more Moleskine, visit our Moleskine page.

The idea for this unique shaped plastic eraser is that 28 corners are better than 8.

Kokuyo Co. Ltd., the maker of the Kadokeshi Plastic Eraser, says that when people use a standard rectangular eraser, they always use one of the corners. This is because the pointy-nature of a corner provides them with the accuracy needed to remove errant characters and marks. But when all eight corners of a rectangular erases have been rounded down, the eraser becomes less effective.
Thus this new design gives the user plenty of corners. When one of the cubes on this eraser becomes completely rounded off, you just cut it off, giving you access to new corners. (source: SNP)

Introduced in 2003, the eraser is part of the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and was featured in a 2004 exhibition, “Humble Masterpieces”. The eraser was designed by Hideo Kanbara as an entry in a competition held by Kokuyo. (source:penciltalk)

So 5 years on, a new and colourful range of ‘Keshi-s’ (as they are fondly known to us here in CzipLee) has arrived in store.

Packed in sweet/lolly packs and displayed in a plastic sweet container, they come in 10 different colours and they are now available in CzipLee Bangsar.

For more on these award winners, check out the official website.

The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy in the world. It has had a huge influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu recognized the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations…(source Wikipedia)

This new edition from Penguin Books is part of our CzipPicks for this month:

One of our favourite series of all-time: Habitudes™: Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes kicks off our 2009 CzipPicks:

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For more on Habitudes, visit their very informative and influential site!

J.K. Rowling’s latest book finally concludes the Harry Potter series.

For highlights and review, you can check out telegraph.co.uk‘s writeup!

Take advantage of our Christmas Sale and get your copy today!

A very special exclusive  ‘Just in time for Christmas’ offer from gin&Jacqie and CzipLee.

With great discounts for our CzipCard members and non-members = Perfect Christmas Presents!

Written by a very talented local artist, Chin Yew. The Boy who Love Clouds was officially launched in Kinokuniya on October 12 2008. The book was inspired by a series of 40 paintings that Chin Yew did in 30 days during his run on www.30dayartist.com which he also co-founded with our favourite artist, Ming.

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We also have a very special window display at CzipLee Bangsar for The Boy Who Loved Clouds. Conceptualised and displayed by Chin Yew himself! You can see print copies of some original works on display on the store-front and as you walk in, you definitely won’t miss the very ‘Cloudy’ display of the book! 

Priced only at RM 22.00, it definitely makes good presents ‘Just in time for Christmas!’ 

Support your local artist and get a copy of The Boy Who Loved Clouds today!

Some of the original paintings from the book are still for sale, just enquire at CzipLee!