Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Cocktail Stirrers Part 1

This is one of my unique hobby, collecting cocktail stirrers. It so happened when I was a teenager where disco was the craze back then and the drinks come with all these beautiful stirrers. My friends and I started collecting them and no we dont have to pay for them cause the drinks were paid by the guys...hehehe.

But seems like I am the only one still keeping these fond memories, my friends had discarded them all.

The above cocktail stirrers are my favourite. They were given to me by a friend. On the left has a shape of a kris and on the right is a wayang kulit.

The above are collected during my trip to Bangkok in 1983. Love the beautiful designs on the stirrers.

Closer look at the stirrers. On the left is an image of a traditional dancer and on the right is a four face elephant. (Elephant is the National Symbol of Thailand. Elephants in Thailand have always been a symbol of both power and peace.)
There were be more articles on my collection of cocktail stirrers in my future posts.

6 comments:

Tom said...

I like collectins of some like this... I'm sure one day these will be sought after.. I look forward to seeing more of them.

Anonymous said...

These stirrers are beautiful. Besides the first two, I like the traditional dancer too.

Alexander
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quintarantino said...

Some look just great ... let's get to see more.

alicesg said...

Yes, I love them too cause some reflect some culture of their countries. That is why I still keep them as they are so beautiful. :)

Oman said...

That's different and interesting. I only use teaspoon to stir anything that is on a glass or cup. Beautiful stirrers.

Joy said...

Those are very interesting stirrers!

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