I remember when I was younger and my birthday was still in the middle of summer. It was hard to find enough friends in town to have what felt like a birthday party. The celebration was always a pool party with some crazy decorated cake that mom had concocted based on my request. Now, I find my birthday is at the start of the school year. This year, I'd already completed a week of in service as well as the first week with students. I have to admit that a Friday full of classes doesn't exactly feel like a celebration! On the plus side there are people around and I was able to gather a small group to go out for some lighthearted fun on Saturday.
It took about an hour for the five of us to get to Quezon City, about 5 miles away - have I mentioned that traffic is bad in Manila? As soon as we arrived at Art in Island, we knew it had been worth it. After all, who wouldn't enjoy giant works of art that are painted in such a way you can get into them and be a part of the story? And Art in Island had two floors of a warehouse full of this.
I was relieved that I had talked several people into coming with me, as it was a lot more fun being able to stage pictures with more than one person - the problem with just having two people is that you always need to have someone to take the picture. And we were even luckier that Katie had come prepared with a bag of props - definitely something that I would expand upon if I go back again someday.
It was definitely a lighthearted 2 hours filled with lots of smiles, visiting a museum that is not what you would typically consider a museum being. To top it off, I got in free for my birthday! A real treat.
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