Abstract: A writing implement includes a hollow tubular barrel having a side wall in which at least one set of two opposite window openings is defined, an optic member received in the barrel and forming a lens portion corresponding to each set of window openings, a sleeve fit over the barrel and having a side wall forming openings corresponding to the window openings of the barrel; and a head portion mounted to an end of the barrel and receiving therein a writing stem that is retractably extendable out of the head portion. With such an arrangement, a writing implement is combined with an optic member for visual observation as a single unitary device to provide advantages of being easily carried and conveniently use.

Abstract: A writing implement includes a hollow tubular barrel having a side wall in which at least one set of two opposite window openings is defined, an optic member received in the barrel and forming a lens portion corresponding to each set of window openings, a sleeve fit over the barrel and having a side wall forming openings corresponding to the window openings of the barrel; and a head portion mounted to an end of the barrel and receiving therein a writing stem that is retractably extendable out of the head portion. With such an arrangement, a writing implement is combined with an optic member for visual observation as a single unitary device to provide advantages of being easily carried and conveniently use.

Abstract: A service system supplies a 24-hour service to assist a traveler such as a traveler to effectively address everyday problems occurring in places where the local language is incomprehensible to the traveler. The system provides the traveler a mobile communication device rented from a local telecommunications company. When a problem arises for the traveler, the mobile communication device is able to contact with a problem-solving center in which operators with ability of speaking different languages play a role of intermediary between the traveler and local inhabitant to help the traveler solve problems.