Malaysian collector Joshua Arulselvan has 700 glasses to drink with

Joshua Arulselvan and his student Hazim showing off his vast collection of drinking glasses.

He may not be a drinker but he is a collector of drinking glasses. You name it, he has it – beer glasses, wine glasses, champagne glasses, shot glasses, crystal glasses, souvenir glasses, branded glasses, even commemorative Merdeka glasses.

“I only drink on social occasions, such as Chinese New Year and Christmas. I’d have many more glasses if I were a drinker,” says Joshua Arulselvan, 58, of Bandar Sri Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, who has amassed about 700 unique glasses. “There is only one of each,” he emphasises.