Youth 2011, Chardchakaj Waikawee
Ernest Zecharevic's Kopi O Ais Mural in Ipoh, Malaysia.
“In countries like the Philippines however, sweet, sticky, drinkable liquids in plastic bags make a different kind of sense. Here, buying a bottled soft drink doesn’t get you the drink, only its liquid contents. This means that you have to return the bottle. You can’t take it with you unless you pay a deposit to guarantee its safe return.”
“All the same, there’s something completely unpretentious and laid-back about the method that’s distinctively Asian—the way you really only need one finger to carry it around, freeing up the rest of your fingers to do, well, whatever you need them to do.”
https://www.ricemedia.co/drinks-in-plastic-bags-an-alternative-history/
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https://www.eatingthaifood.com/thailands-one-finger-rule-the-plastic-bag-phenomenon/