The deaf boy in the world

The friend that used to sign...
The deaf boy in the world I am not sure what I am supposed to feel about the experience that I had today...I was on-line on the particular site when I got a message from my friend that I used to be neighbor when I was living in Salt Lake City few years ago. He was a good looking young man. He signed beautifully and very smart. He have master in social work when he is only a year older than me....
Language Culture Wed, Sep 17 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I decided to surprise my family by flying down to Arizona...
The deaf boy in the world I decided to surprise my family by flying down to Arizona for weekend. I made my reservation using the credit that I have with Orbitz.com I only have to pay the penalty fee of 130.00 which is not bad at all. I made mistake by tell them to give me the cheapest ticket available. When I got the confirmation e-mail and I was quite unhappy with the times they reserved me a...
Language Tech Mon, Sep 15 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

my experience at choir rehearsal
The deaf boy in the world I decided to join Salt Lake Men Choir. So, I went to the rehearsal to meet with the director, Dennis. Dennis and I discussed about how to make things work out smoothly with me being on the choir. He told me that he wants me to sign for their Christmas concert which the choir is famous for here in Utah. I told him that I need know which songs so I can translate the lyr...
Language Tech Fri, Sep 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Paralympic in China featuring deaf dancers
The deaf boy in the world I was checking Yahoo! News this morning which I usually do every morning with a cup of coffee from Starbuck. I found this clip about Paralympic in China. I have to say that I was very fascinated with Chinese Sign Language also their performance.Enjoy!
Art and Storytelling Culture Fri, Sep 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The clarification of the previous post
The deaf boy in the world I was reading through the comments that people left on my blog. I'll have to say that most people are turned off by the word that I decided to use "rut." I know that the way I used the word make my message come off as harsh. That's the way I use to appeal to people's emotions about MY personal perspective.I basically need to have my processors on everyday because I he...
Tech Culture Mon, Sep 01 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My response to Jared Evans's blog about cochlear implant...
The deaf boy in the world I was reading the blog by Jared Evans about cochlear implant and how the users are "trapping themselves into obsoleteness." I had to chuckle because it shows his ignorance of cochlear implant technology. The one should check the facts before they write anything about the topic. I myself have two cochlear implants and have no regret of getting them. I was informed my s...
Tech Sun, Aug 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My friend and I decided to go clubbing to celebrate my...
The deaf boy in the world My friend and I decided to go clubbing to celebrate my freedom also that I am back home from New York. It was blast and interesting for me at the same time. I decided to just wear my right processor because I hear from that side better than the other side. Wearing two can be cumbersome sometime. I turned the volume to 0 on program 1 which is for everyday use. I could ...
Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Aug 30 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Deaf people and the musics
The deaf boy in the world I was listening to the song by Justin Timberlake and I was thinking about many times when random hearing people would be surprised or shocked that I can actually enjoy musics because I am profoundly deaf guy with implants. I told them that I have implants which helps me to to enjoy the music. It's always funny when people would ask me if I can enjoy musics. Many deaf ...
Tech Wed, Aug 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Understanding Deaf Culture: in search of Deafhood
The deaf boy in the world I decided to read Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood by Paddy Ladd. I got that book about 5-6 months ago at Deaf Studies at Utah Valley University. I got it autographed by Paddy Ladd himself. It has been sitting on my shelf for few months because I basically have no motivation to read it in the first place. But after reading or viewing various discussio...
Audism Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Aug 16 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The power of equalizer
The deaf boy in the world I have been struggling with finding a right balance for me to enjoy the music. Like I mentioned in one of my post that I grew up with a musical family so I learned how to appreciate music. Everything changed once I was implanted. I start to really appreciate the music more but one thing that I were struggling with is finding the right map that I can everything from ba...
Tech Wed, Aug 06 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I had a interesting discussion with my partner. The...
The deaf boy in the world I had a interesting discussion with my partner. The conversation was about when I was with some friends over the weekend. They don't sign except for the one. I told the person to not feel obligated to interpret for me because I hate when people interpret for me unless it is necessary or I ask them to. At the same time, I wasn't wearing my implant so I relied solely on...
Language Audism Tech Culture Mon, Aug 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

After I went through various blogs and vlogs. It got me...
The deaf boy in the world After I went through various blogs and vlogs. It got me thinking for while. First of all, I don't see any point of people blogging/vlogging and being negative about organizations. I remember reading somewhere about most of deaf people being pessimistic more than hearing people. I have to disagree with that statement because I have met many hearing people who are the ...
Sat, Aug 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I know I haven't been a faithful blogger but a lot of...
The deaf boy in the world I know I haven't been a faithful blogger but a lot of things going on this summer. I am really enjoying my life as poor person since I am not having any luck with finding a job that have steady income. I am not complaining because it has been interesting experience for me. Right now, I just have to worry about finding that extra 300 dollars for tuition deposit for my ...
Language Culture Fri, Aug 01 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Low function or high function people?
The deaf boy in the world Right now, I am waiting for client's daughter to call me back to confirm or cancel the appointment. Whole mess was started when the daughter got involved and called me up demanding for details which I provided so she is checking them out and see if it's worth it or not. It seems like the client depends on the daughter a lot. While I was surfing the sites minutes ago, ...
Wed, Jun 04 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The summer of celebration and education
The deaf boy in the world As I was going through my planner, I noticed that I have my weekends planned out for various events and festivals like Greek festival, Turkish festival, and various other festivals. It got me thinking for short while because there are various deaf related events that are going on this summer like NAD in New Orleans, AGBell in Wisconsin, cued speech camps in various st...
Education Culture Mon, Jun 02 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

So I look like a deaf person?
The deaf boy in the world I had a very interesting discussion with group of deaf friends of my mine. (mostly are classmates of my partner, Bradley also are graduates of 2008 MSSE program from RIT -CONGRATULATIONS!-) Somehow the topic of "looking like a deaf person or look like hearing person" brought up was many people thought that several people in the MSSE programs was hearing while in reali...
Tech Culture Sat, May 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I am back from my hiatus due to the move and being busy...
The deaf boy in the world I am back from my hiatus due to the move and being busy with the work and life. Many things have happened lately. One thing that made me think for while is that two of my friends informed me that they have HIV. Of course, I don't care if they have it or not. But one thing they said that they felt ashamed to tell their deaf friends because they are unsure if the friend...
Tech Culture Tue, May 20 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Signs of Hope International
The deaf boy in the world Tonight, I got to hang out with my friend, Curry and we had discussion about the organization that he works for called Signs of Hope International which teaches Deaf children in Ghana, Africa since they don't have good deaf education program. I was very fascinated when Curry explained to me about how the deaf people live in Africa. I was very shocked that deaf people ...
Culture Thu, Apr 24 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

5 years of university
The deaf boy in the world I am graduating from Utah Valley University (the very same one that held Deaf Studies conference) next week. I was working on my Family Law take home exam when I started to think about the services I have gotten from that University. I have used cued speech transliteator, sign language interpreter, oral interpreter, CART, and type well in 5 years... Can you even imagi...
Higher Education Language Fri, Apr 18 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My response to "A Weeping ASL Deaf User."
The deaf boy in the world After reading the post, "A Weeping ASL Deaf User" I was left with unpleasant feelings because of what the post contains also some comments. First of all, I have two implants myself. I am able to take advantage of all three worlds (oral, signing, & cueing) I identified myself as deaf and am proud to be deaf. I fully support all three communication methods. My wish ...
Language Tech Culture Mon, Apr 14 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Raggedy Andy
The deaf boy in the world My mom and I went through her cedar chest today and I found Raggedy Andy doll. Wow! I forgot that I had it and I remember when I was young kid, I would play with it a lot. The story behind the doll was that my great-cousin Edna found out that my parents were planning to adopt a baby. She decided to make a doll to welcome the baby into the family. She gave it to me whe...
Art and Storytelling Thu, Apr 10 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

iVP? Internet Videophone?
The deaf boy in the world I got my MacBook less than 3 weeks ago and I discovered that iChat can be very handy! Now, I use it as videophone with my boyfriend and few friends who have MacBook or any Apple laptops. Bradley (my boyfriend) and I call it iVP just like iChat, iTune, and iPhoto. I heard that you can use HOVRS via iChat. I don't know if that's true or not. It would be wonderful and ve...
Tech Tue, Apr 08 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

The deaf people and music
The deaf boy in the world I was looking through youtube.com when I stumbled across the awesome music video. Even if I am not fan of Marilyn Manson (I am more of Madonna type) But how the person interpret this song is very amazing! While I was watching the clip, it brought back some good memories of when I was younger. I would watch MTV while they feature many good music videos instead of garba...
Art and Storytelling Culture Sat, Apr 05 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My point is...
The deaf boy in the world After reading two comments from previous blog. Obviously, they didn't read between the lines. My point is that everybody are entitled to make decision for themselves and their children without being attacked by others. That includes people who chose to use either one of many options that we have avaiable to us."I tell you..some are deaf people protects ASL and culture...
Culture Mon, Mar 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I had a very interesting discussion with deaf guy name...
The deaf boy in the world I had a very interesting discussion with deaf guy name Phillip. He's graduate of MSSD and I will have to say that he's very interesting person. We discussed many topics like education for the deaf, cochlear implant, and various perspectives of people on certain topics. One thing we discussed was how people would make up their mind about various topics even if they don...
Language Mon, Mar 31 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

I am in Seattle/Portland for my partner for his 30th...
The deaf boy in the world I am in Seattle/Portland for my partner for his 30th birthday. Anyway, I was reading several posts... I have to say that I am very annoyed by one blogger (the name will remains anonymous) and his attempts to make that people with implants or who don't sign at all or very well are ignorant or has done any unspeakable crimes against ASL. I also am tired of his bashing a...
Language Tech Culture Fri, Mar 28 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

Jarom's first vlog
The deaf boy in the world Hello, I want to introduce myself. My name is Jarom. So, this is my first vlog. So, I will add vlogs and blogs. So, thank for watching my first vlog. Bye* I tend to say "so" a lot when I am nervous... WHEW! It took me forever to figure ibooth and youtube out! I am off to Seattle with my partner...
Wed, Mar 26 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post

My thought and feeling...
The deaf boy in the world After reading various blogs on Deafread.com about various topics but I usually don't comment on blogs very much. One topic that I can see that it's still a hot topic.... Cochlear implant....It's well known fact that I am bilateral implant receipent. I had several surgeries for my cochlear implants... Some are not my choice but most are my decision. The decision of goi...
Language Tech Culture Sun, Mar 23 2008 hide this blog flag post bookmark post