One vendor was selling this:
It caught my eye that he was making and cutting them to shapes, on the spot, and that it was made out of plastic liter bottles of softdrinks. It's not really Class A Material, just the fact that it tells so much of Filipino Ingenuity. So what about it? that some Filipinos actually have talent but does not know how to pursue it, does not have the chance to pursue it, does not know they have talent or worst,does not believe in their talent anymore . Whatever goes for you.
This is a you-buy-it-as-it-is kind of marketing. No Packaging, No beautiful polishing finish, just as it is. Its just somebody trying to impress you with something familiar turned unfamiliar and get you to buy at least one. This person's cry of Poverty. As Poverty either forces someone to see things will never get better or to see things differently each time... In this case, the latter. They have turned this plastic bottle into another very different thing. Plus points were the very delicate details.
He was selling this for 35php. I bought it for 25php. We have to give credit for the talent. Mahirap talagang maging ordinaryong Pinoy sa gitna ng Maynila. Kaya sampung palakpak sa ating masisipag na Pinoy. Atleast hindi sila nagnanakaw or nanghoholdap. To think, out of 100 people who will pass him by and see what he is selling, although a big percentage will stop to admire, only a small percent takes time to appreciate a little more to give this guy credit not only for ingenuity but for his hardwork and actually buy one. And mahirap mag gupit the whole day, masakit sa thumb.
This is an ashtray by the way, i just used it as egg holder...because other than my daily breakfast of pollution from smoke belching jeepneys etc etc (during my pedicab ride to the bus station). I am a non-smoker, thank you. :P
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