Study buddies

MANILA, Philippines - In Nora Ephron’s seminal rom-com You’ve Got Mail, Tom Hanks’ character tells Meg Ryan’s as the school season rolls in, “I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” And because we’re all a bunch of hardcore nerds in these parts, nothing makes our hearts flutter more than the thought of new school supplies. Scouring the hallowed shelves of National Book Store, arguably the mecca of school supplies, we scrounge up some of our favorite pens, notebooks, and paper. Those are the best parts of school, after all. The studying part? Meh.— Margarita Buenaventura

1) Acosta ruler set, (P92.75); 2) Canon scientific calculator, (P1,150); 3) Best Buy journal, (P68.50); 4) Zebra pen, (P22.75); 5) Sharpie marker, (P42.75); 6) Pebeo watercolor, (P259.75); 7) Faber Castell colored pencils (set of 12), (P124.75); 8) Spiral Notebook, (P22); 9) Masking Tape decorative tape (set of five), (P590); 10) Corona Graphing Paper, (P24.75); 11) Scissors, (P37.75); 12) Faber Castell pencils and erasers (set of 9), (P47.75); 13) Moleskine Volant (set of 2), (P950); 14) Moleskine Cahier (set of 3), (P1,170); 15) Scripti Lined Sticky Notes, (P42).

All products are available at National Book Store. Photo by Jelito de Leon