warning: excessive groupfies ahead. HAHAHA #sorryNOTsorry
Syepmre, group GGSS shot muna bago umakyat. Say kmchi! hehehe
This month, two friends from my church are celebrating their birthdays. And how best to take advantage of your (their) special day? Freebies! Well, at least for them. We'll be tapping into our inner kids as we enjoy Art in Island. I have wanted to go since last year when it just opened but couldn't find the time. Now, I'm more like "'kay, let's just go and cross this off my checklist" hehe the excitement may have died down. With someone's pictures/album of their visit popping out at least once a month on my newsfeed, I thought there's not much to see anymore.
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| What is Illusion Art? |
I didn't know how many paying guests there should be for a birthday celebrator to get in for free. But for those paying, P500 entrance fee is all you need to shell out to enjoy the three (or so) hour tour of the whole place, considering the volume of people of course. And for the guests of honor a.k.a peeps celebrating their natal day the day before/of/after visit are free, just bring 2 IDs for validation. For students, P400 and free for children below 3 ft.
From this point, this will be more of a photo essay. Again, you were warned of our GGSS shots. Art in Island wouldn't have been called the selfie museum for nothing after all, right? :-D We're kinda sucky at posing, though. hahaha
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| Minus birthday girl no. 1. The disadvantage of bringing a camera? You go behind it. hahaha Thank you tia Evz! |
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| We're complete! Look for the nice staff in yellow shirts near the art work. They're more than willing to help even if they had to take the same shot, twice, per camera that is. So in this case, I believe we had about ten.hahaha Nahiya na yung iba ibigay pa kay kuya ung phones e :P |
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| This is how you keep yourself from being eaten i guess. Right, Jo? |
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| I guess if the executioner / dagger thrower is this bad, you'd be this happy, too. |
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| Birthday girl, Jaggy with the kissy fishee. :-* |
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| Since we can't wait for people to clear, this will do. We love you, Olaf! :-* |
Oh, and have i mentioned how to best celebrate the day? Freebies, right? So there, I didn't know we were working on a tight schedule. No, not until it was almost five and birthday girl no.1 said she had a Vikings date with other friends. What??? Okay, it IS your day after all, so i just had to rein in my b*@$#y self and did not complain a lot. I would have loved to try their coffee but time restrictions would not permit that apparently. Oh, well there's still plenty of time to hit the mall for a quick caffeine fix. heheh
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| With the artists. Charot! hahaha |
But would I go again? Maybe but not anytime soon, and not on a weekday, too.
Now, I will RANT...
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| A good example of a "bad example" heh. While some have an afterthought to duck (but still very much in front of the photographer) and still get caught in the picture, this woman just coolly strolls by. |
It maybe our fault choosing to go on a Sunday. I can't speak for the ones who enjoyed the birthday treat. P500 may not be that steep but you definitely want your money's worth, we get that, but some people can be inconsiderate. I/We can wait for our turn on the frames, and were conscious enough when there's already a queue behind us. But it doesn't mean other people also packed on as much courtesy as others did. In three hours or maybe less, you'd lose count of how many times people would photobomb your shot. I was counting loud enough to give hints to a group, who's been on our tail for most of the tour, that i haven't captured the moment yet. And there they were, marathon gunstart position too close to my subjects. What the??? I believe I was polite naman in asking that they move a little but they were deadma. I need some of the staff's assertiveness when they ask photobombers, unintentional and just plain b1$@#y both, to remove themselves from the frame. After all, that's so that the line could move along. But what can you do when some people are simply unconcerned? "Uhmm, 'kay, next painting..." So there's my extra long version of: Go on a weekday if possible, and bring patience.
Nakalabas na, pictorial pa rin
P.S. Happy birthday Yenki and Jaggy! Stay pretty, stay blessed! <3
Art In Island
175 15th Avenue, Barangay Socorro,
Cubao, Quezon City
Open: Tuesdays - Sundays
9:30 am - 9:30 pm
