My Korean Experience with the Deaf

August 14, 2009 in Deaf Experiences, Travels, deaf culture
Tags: CAP College Foundation, Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry, Eleazar Fancubit, Ervin Reyes, Filipino Sign Language, Hanna Jang, Jerome Marzan, Joanna Teves, Julius Andrada, Juwon Chung, Korean Sign Language, May Andrada, MCCID, World Deaf Mission Conference, Yewon Church

I thought that Asian countries are alike in many ways. I may also equate these perception for deaf communities. But I was mistaken. Probably because of the sign language. Koreans have their own distinct sign language which, I was told, was basically the same as the Japanese sign language.

My tribute to the First Philippine Website for the Deaf

May 21, 2009 in Deaf Experiences, Technologies, web designing
Tags: MCCID, geocities.com, Gilda Quintua, Hope Hurlbut, 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 [...]