Growing up in Malaysia, we students made the transition from mechanical pencils to using pens in high school. I pretty much hated ballpoint pens due to the incr

Growing up in Malaysia, we students made the transition from mechanical pencils to using pens in high school. I pretty much hated ballpoint pens due to the increased force needed to make ink stay on paper (lots of fatigue when you write 700 word long essays). I grew up using Pilot G1 and G2 gel pens. I finally caved and bought myself a Pilot Kakuno fountain pen while I was back in the motherland a week ago. I doubt I can move back to ballpoint again, but still keep one in the travel backpack just in case I need it to fill up customs forms in the plane.