Generous. Thoughtful. Sincere and Cheerful – Those traits you have In common across.
You give, you give In season and out – Birthdays, Christmas, Festivities – But the ordinary day?… Now, that’s a surprise – with pleasantness, of course!
I won’t pretend that I cherish you, Your gifts and all, A hundred percent. For truth be told: My attitude falls short Of Your steadfast acts.
It is easy, you see, To overlook The familiar and constant, Where contempt is bred.
Yet in moments of silence I muse and I see, That it’s no small matter, To receive and receive.
For what have I got To warrant such grace? Flaws? Quirks? I have in galore – You know, you know – And still give away.
What more can I be then But thankful I am: So thank you and thank you For warming my heart – And if that’s not all, – you enrich my world!
Yes, through your gifts – as I would otherwise not have – I see, touch, smell, Hear and taste Anew and afresh Of the world’s good things.
Blessed is receiving But more blessed to give? What was the Rabbi thinking When he said it like that?
To give is to die, A sacrifice of sorts. But if dying is not living, Then how can you be Happy in pro-choice, ‘Dying’ away?
Love perhaps – As sacrifice no doubt – Might provide the clue To the answer we seek –
Or still perhaps, O Givers across – Teachers, Lovers, Family and Friends – That you can tell us:
I have to admit that my first reception of these pens were like “oh, another hotel pen” – you know those black ballpoint pens (yes, I first received the black version) available on the reception desk often with a cable or string attached for visitors to use (before wide-spread digitalisation) or those found in hotel rooms with a notepad.
To which my giver retorted, “No, they are not! They are special and made-in-Japan.”
So I gave it a second look, and concluded still, “nah, it is ordinary”, until I started using it…
[Admittedly, this is not the first time that seemingly ordinary-looking objects “grew on me” (see The Bag My Friend Gave), and I wonder if there is always an element of hiddenness in the truly beautiful which requires time for the beholder to uncover and see.]
“The grip and feel of the pen actually feels great” was what I found myself thinking after a couple of days of usage. The smooth veneer of the pen is pleasurable to touch, glide – and swirl (if you’re into it too) – and the grip is comfortable to hold with fingers fitting nicely at the pen’s narrower tip. Clicking the pen also felt good in its firmness and slight pushback, and the tip leaves a fine (it has a 0.5mm ball diameter) unique greyish-black trace that does not smudge easily (which is a plus-point I like).
In the looks-department, adjectives such as “elegant”, “sleek”, and “classy” begin to replace “ordinary” in my mind’s judgement of the pen, and with it also a realisation of the increased frequency and duration of my glances, admiring its shapeliness and base colour against the gold trimmings and platings. And so it was in the midst of my enjoyment, that it had to happen:
I lost it.
Not in misplacing it but (this is rather embarrassing:) in swirling my (only) black “Clic Gold” pen out from my hands into the inaccessible recesses of the underside of immovable furniture, to oblivion. A sure case of tough luck, that is.
But – yes, but – as luck providence would have it, I needed to wait just a couple more months before receiving more “Clic Gold” pens from my empathetic and generous friend (who came to know of my dismay), and this time receiving back not only the black variation but also obtaining another colour variant: shocking pink (see below)!
Image Source: My Own
As I surmised and later discovered, the “Clic Gold” range does indeed contain a melange of colours which you can even mix-and-match with (visit here to experiment and see my video below)!
In all, the BiC Clic Gold pens are ballpoint pens suited for everyday usage with an affordable price but more: they remain one of my favourite (if not my favourite) ballpoint pens for its casing-feel, elegant-look, colour-variety, and reliable ink-trace. I highly commend them for personal use and/or gifts! And if anybody ever comments that they’re ordinary “hotel pens”, you can consider responding as such:
“No, they are not! They are special and made-in-Japan.”
*Featured Image Source: My Own
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