the Deaf CNY Party

Today (12 Feb 11)

One of our assignment for Sign Language Class is to attend a Deaf event and learn 10 new signs.

Hence, we decided to join the Deaf CNY Party (3pm - 5pm)

We came 1 hour earlier to discuss about the group presentation.

Then at 3pm, we attended the party.

The party started off with Drum performance by the Deaf Beat Club.

Amazing huh! The Deaf can actually play drums! And it was pretty Synchronised!

Later on was Lion Dance followed by Miming by 2 Japanese Mimers!

And the whole party actually ended at 6pm.

Made a few deaf friends at the party,

and learnt quite a lot of new signs.

I'm just so amazed how fast these people can actually move their fingers wei!!!

They did it so fast, we couldn't even register, and had to ask them to slow down :P

And they are all just so friendly :)

Just in case you guys didn't know, Sign Language is not international,

different countries have different ways of signing..

however, it's not really a barrier for these people as expressions are used very often :)

I really think knowing how to sign is super cool! :)

i mean, let's say you want to communicate to someone at a distance from you,

you don't have to shout :P just sign. =D

Learning sign language has kinda like brought me into a whole new world :)

I'm glad i took up this language..

other than.....

the presentation :P hehe.

alright.. back to my hong kong drama :P

ttfn

Sign Language Class #2 #3

Sign Language Class #2

There are two sessions per day (1 1/2 hours per session)

the first session was some briefing on the deaf community, events, Quiz and...our Group Presentation.

oH my...did I tell you how much I hate presentations. =(

never expected presentations when i signed up for this.

And that's the only reason why I love ACCA...NO assignments and NO presentations. heh.

owh well, just live with it huh...

The second session was rather fun tho as we started to learn the ULTIMATE basics..

That is..to sign Alphabets, Numbers, Time, Day, and Greetings.

And that was the time where i felt that my fingers just can't coordinate fast enough :P

haha.

Sign Language Class #3

Today, Esther was busy, so another teacher, Susie, came to teach us.

We learnt quite a lot today, and i thought it would be hard to remember everything.

Actually not quite, coz just as long as you can understand why those signs are sign as they are,

then it's actually not that bad trying to memorise what you've learnt.

Food, Fruits, Animals, Occupations, Weather, Family Members, Objects, and Colours were what we learnt today..

The class can be quite entertaining when it come to signing animals... :P ha ha...

Sign Language Class is really fun..

the only down side is the presentation.. :/

but i guess, Sign language is not all about using your hands to sign,

it's a lot about facial expressions...as you can't use the tone of your voice to communicate.

Hence, that's what the group presentation is all about,

to test and train your expressions..

Well, and that's the end of SLC #3.

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Sign Language Class #1

Don't know what went into me,

but I just decided to join the craze with Eunice

to attend Sign Language Class at YMCA

(Basic Level)

the class commenced last saturday (15th Jan)

but I only started and registered yesterday (22nd Jan)

My teacher is Esther

she can't hear and speak.

and you must be wondering....

How on earth would she teach us?

haha..that was once in my mind too.

The first time when she started the lesson,

i practically stared blankly at her.

i seriously couldn't make heads or tail out of what she was trying to say.

i felt so... 'uneducated' all of a sudden when everyone else were nodding their head.

o.O

anyways for last sat and yesterday,

it was only VGA (Visual Gesture Communication)

means, not formal sign language but only the normal way anyone would express themselves without using their mouths.

Part of the activities were trying to act out certain movies (randomly picked) for your classmates to guess what the movie is.

the harder part was the expressions part..

where some expressions looked about the same..

for example.. Shocked and Surprised!

Ashamed and Shy

the class was quite fun when you see people trying to express themselves.

i was at first...shy and embarrassed to get to the front to act out,

but seeing everyone just going in front and just doing it.

ahh.. who cares lah :P

Trust me,

sign language class is a pretty tiring class,

it's a total opposite from a normal lecture in schools,

where you feel tired and bored and then super excited and energized when it ends

but in sign language class,

you really have to pay attention and trains your attention span

which...my attention span so happens to be short. haha..

either the next class or the class after the next,

we would start learning official sign language :)

will blog again then :P