Showing posts with label RCDM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RCDM. Show all posts

Friday, May 04, 2018

Sign Language, BIM

Finished the last exam of level 3 sign language on 1st May, life back to normal (or boring) : work and home on weekdays.

Was struggling for few weeks rushing on assignments, outdoor activity with Deaf, story telling, presentation slides and preparation of exam. I was worried,  yet everything had past now.

Grateful and thankful knowing Deaf friends, and learning sign language is not just about the sign, but also Deaf community cultures. Learning new term too, Deafhood.

Deaf, they are minorities, and being oppressed in many way. Can see they are fighting for their rights, to be treated equally in hearing-people dominant society.

I still can't sign and communicate with Deaf well, tend to forget vocabularies, but at least it is good starting point.

Learning is always a long journey,  can't stop.

Thursday, April 05, 2018

Course Works

It is not the worry of how much course work, but rather it is how much BIM signs I can remember.

I am death meat

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

手语。聚会

上星期六参加了课外活动,就是和聋哑人士聚会,认识新朋友,也学习手语。

手语就和学习其他语文一样,就是要应用,不能死背。至少我是需要这样,不然很快忘记,根本记不起来。

本地的手语以前都是借用美国手语,现在才慢慢发展出来马来西亚的手语。毕竟有些名称其他国家是没有的,如roti canai, teh tarik, ABC,等等。

这样就出现不同版本的手语。有些还用着ASL版本的,有些则用新版本的,而双方都说是BIM,bahasa isyarat Malaysia。而我有时要学一些新字时,看了ASL的,再看BIM, 如果是一样的那就好办,不然就一头茫。因为有时用BIM的手语,老师说错了,不是这样。有时用ASL的,老师又说错了。

更可怕的, ASL也在改进手语,有些旧式的已经弃用,但有些人还在用。

在聚会里,有位60岁左右的aunty 知道我是free thinker, 没有宗教信仰,问了我:"没有神,好吗? 头脑里空空。" 我笑着,因为我不知道要如何回答她。要用语言回答已经难,还要用手语回答她,更难。

不过她很有耐心,因为很多手语我不会或不记得了,她就拼音出来,真谢谢她的包容。

他们都会问,你喜欢和聋哑人士做朋友吗?其实我真的没有说喜欢或不喜欢的,我只是和任何人都可以做朋友,不会是因为特殊环境或人士。因为从心里认为,每个人都有我可以学习的地方,都有他强的一面。

人生,是一条永远都要学习的道路。