My tribute to the First Philippine Website for the Deaf

May 21, 2009 in Deaf Experiences, Technologies, web designing
Tags: geocities.com, Gilda Quintua, Hope Hurlbut, MCCID, mccidonline.net, Yahoo Geocities

The first site that I dabbled was the Official Website of Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf which was then called MCCID Online. I can proudly say that in 1997, we were the first school for the deaf, probably even the first in Asia that went online.

First Philippine Animation Magazine to be launched on March 26

March 21, 2009 in Anything Filipino, Special Announcements, Technologies
Tags: MCCID, Lina Valdez, Philippine Animation Magazine, Anima Dreams Inc., Guhit Animation Studio, Animation Council of the Philippines

The first Philippine Animation Magazine will be launched on March 26, 2009 5:00 pm at Central Plaza Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City. Everyone is invited.
Ms. Lina Valdez, Animation Magazine’s Marketing Director explained that,

“The magazine aims to promote awareness about the local animation industry for the general public. It’s unknown to many Filipinos that [...]

How to say “excuse me” when passing through deaf people

March 14, 2009 in Deaf Experiences, deaf culture
Tags: deaf culture, Filipino Deaf Culture, MCCID, Tess Buenaventura

Let’s say there are a group of deaf people chatting down the hallway or any passage where there is no other access in going to the other side except passing through them. Now what would you do? How will you deal with it without being rude and respectful of their rights and feelings? Watch this short amusing yet reality video to find out.

Philippine TV showcased Deaf video commercial spoof

February 5, 2009 in Deaf Video, Technologies
Tags: MCCID, deaf commercial spoof, Abs-Cbn

Here is a video excerpt with English sub-title of the Abs-Cbn Documentary Abs-cbn TV Special “Upload 2008″ aired last December and featured the work of MCCID Batch 2007 students:

Here is the entire Video commercial spoof made by the deaf students and directed by Ervin Reyes:

The TV crew [...]

What’s in a Sign Name? Second Part

February 2, 2009 in Deaf Experiences
Tags: deaf culture, deaf people, fingerspell, MCCID, sign name

Sign names play an integral part of being a deaf and belonging to a Deaf community. You are not “in” if you don’t have a sign name. It’s either you are an irrelevant person from the eyes of the Deaf or you are too significant that a special sign must be assigned to you. Here are what I observed: