Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person

Deaf earthquake victims need our help
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers To my faithful Blog Readers: Last October 15, a Magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the island paradise of Bohol and Cebu toppling homes, schools, hospital and the heritage churches which dated back to 16th century. International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) has been serving the deaf community in Bohol for more than two decades. They have deaf […]
Sun, Oct 20 2013

What Desa Bengkala Taught Me about Language, Access, and...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a re-post from the Facebook note of one of my dear friend Vanessa Urbantke who is currently doing a swell job helping deaf people in Bicol, Philippines. I requested her if I can put it here in my blog and she gladly accepted. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting a small village […]
Sun, Oct 20 2013

Adieu, Ma’am Ellen Castillo…
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Long before the establishments of Deaf Evangelistic Alliance Foundation in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippine Institute for the Deaf Oral School, CAP College for the Deaf, College of St. Benilde and MCCID…  long before the Filipino Sign Language noise and deaf culture recognition… long before the empowerment of the Filipino Deaf…  there is one wonderful woman who [�...
Sun, Oct 20 2013

Deaf earthquake victims need our help
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers To my faithful Blog Readers: Last October 15, a Magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the island paradise of Bohol and Cebu toppling homes, schools, hospital and the heritage churches which dated back to 16th century. International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) has been serving the deaf community in Bohol for more than two decades. They have deaf […]
Sun, Oct 20 2013

What Desa Bengkala Taught Me about Language, Access, and...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a re-post from the Facebook note of one of my dear friend Vanessa Urbantke who is currently doing a swell job helping deaf people in Bicol, Philippines. I requested her if I can put it here in my blog and she gladly accepted. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting a small village […]
Thu, Oct 17 2013

Adieu, Ma’am Ellen Castillo…
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Long before the establishments of Deaf Evangelistic Alliance Foundation in Cavinti, Laguna, Philippine Institute for the Deaf Oral School, CAP College for the Deaf, College of St. Benilde and MCCID…  long before the Filipino Sign Language noise and deaf culture recognition… long before the empowerment of the Filipino Deaf…  there is one wonderful woman who [�...
Thu, Sep 05 2013

Wish list for the deaf
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers For the first time, University of the Philippines, the premier state university of the country gave their college admission test in braille format. Great! How I wish they would also do the same for the deaf. Do we see an examination in Filipino Sign Language format in the future? How I wish? Filed under: Anything […]
Wed, Aug 07 2013

This is a repost from Inquirer.net site. Happy Wednesday...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from Inquirer.net site. Happy Wednesday everyone! Health workers train on sign language to be able to service deaf, mute better By Jocelyn R. Uy Philippine Daily Inquirer 8:52 am | Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 The Department of Health-National Capital Region announced on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, that it recently finished conducting […]
Wed, Aug 07 2013

Miss Deaf Philippines, anyone?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers One of my super duper respected idols in deaf education here in the Philippines, Ma’am Julie Esguerra-Marvin sent our school an invitation to join a beauty contest spearheaded by her school, Philippine Institute for the Deaf (PID). I volunteered to post the invite poster in my blog. Here it is: We would like to invite […]
Mon, Jul 15 2013

Yay! First 260,000 Visits!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Even if having a blog hiatus for more than two months, I still reached another milestone. Today I celebrate my 260,000th visits since I created this in 2008! Hooray! I now have 365 posts, 967 comments, 23 categories and 752 tags. I also have 199 active followers (up from 40), 51 comment followers and  Facebook readers! […]
Mon, Jul 15 2013

Colorful Silence, Filipino Deaf Photographer
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys, may I interest you again with another successful Filipino deaf entrepreneur, Emil Zion Punzalan. As one of the proud products of MCCID, he has ventured into a field where communication is a non-issue and the entire world is his portrait. He was recently featured in Manila Bulletin. I reposted the article below. Colorful Silence […]
Wed, May 22 2013

Make Your Vote Count
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers To all my Filipino Deaf brothers and sisters who will be voting this May 13, here are some reminders and procedures that you may want to know. The sign language presentation is done by MCCID Alumna and one of the best deaf graduates we have, Ms. Dianne Barcelona Salazar. She currently works at Link Center […]
Wed, May 22 2013

Interpreting from a Cellphone
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers One of my deaf students tagged me in her Facebook photo. In one of our House Visits wherein we interview the families of our deaf students in the comfort of their homes, a hearing parent who works in Dubai requested me to interpret her message appealing to her daughter to focus more on her studies. […]
Wed, May 22 2013

Colorful Silence, Filipino Deaf Photographer
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys, may I interest you again with another successful Filipino deaf entrepreneur, Emil Zion Punzalan. As one of the proud products of MCCID, he has ventured into a field where communication is a non-issue and the entire world is his portrait. He was recently featured in Manila Bulletin. I reposted the article below. Colorful Silence [...]
Wed, May 08 2013

Make Your Vote Count
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers To all my Filipino Deaf brothers and sisters who will be voting this May 13, here are some reminders and procedures that you may want to know. The sign language presentation is done by MCCID Alumna and one of the best deaf graduates we have, Ms. Dianne Barcelona Salazar. She currently works at Link Center [...]
Wed, May 08 2013

Interpreting from a Cellphone
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers One of my deaf students tagged me in her Facebook photo. In one of our House Visits wherein we interview the families of our deaf students in the comfort of their homes, a hearing parent who works in Dubai requested me to interpret her message appealing to her daughter to focus more on her studies. [...]
Mon, May 06 2013

Have you thanked your interpreters today?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers One of my Facebook friends and now my “kumare” since I’m the Godson of her baby daughter Dean Nicky Templo – Perez of College of St. Benilde, tagged me in his post about sign language interpreter’s day.  I didn’t know there is one? It turns out that Mr. Joshua Jones, a deaf-blind from Seattle, created [...]
Mon, Apr 29 2013

Government health workers in Metro Manila given sign...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from Business Mirror. THE regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) started on Wednesday training health-care providers on Basic Filipino Sign Language (BFSL) for them to use in communicating and understanding patients in health-care facilities with hearing disabilities. “This is the first phase of our development program for our health [......
Tue, Apr 23 2013

Volunteer to help the Filipino Deaf
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Want to help the deaf? Volunteer now and support Gualandi Volunteer Services Programme. Watch this to know more. Filed under: Filipino Sign Language, Notable Filipino Deaf Institution, Special Announcements Tagged: Gualandi Volunteer Services Programme, GVSP
Tue, Apr 23 2013

Deaf Team Building Experience Video
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys, may I share with you our funny experience trekking the mountain to see the falls and bonded together to enjoy indoor and outdoor games. Filed under: Blogroll Tagged: earthaven eco-community
Tue, Apr 16 2013

Deaf-mute customers to sue resto
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from the Philippine Daily Inquirer written by Ador Vincent Mayol of Cebu Daily News. 7:20 am | Thursday, March 21st, 2013 A restaurant in Cebu City is facing charges after some waiters allegedly made fun of five deaf-mute customers and refused to give them a discount. The five customers yesterday went [...]
Tue, Mar 26 2013

Deaf man, sign language teacher form lasting bond
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all my readers! Sorry for not blogging for more than a month now. Today, may I share with you a post-Valentine love story of a deaf man and his sign language teacher which was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer? I know personally the lady teacher here, Mrs. Beatriz Go. [...]
Tue, Mar 26 2013

deafphilippines.net as Mirror Site
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers I recently copied all the post contents of my blog to my new official home at www.deafphilippines.net. It’s also a WordPress site but uses the Responsive Design Theme. It means, the site can be viewed from any screen size including smartphones and tablets. I want to mirror my blog post just in case I decide [...]
Tue, Mar 26 2013

2012 in review and a happy new year!!!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 57,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 13 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Filed under: [...]
Tue, Mar 26 2013

Deaf man, sign language teacher form lasting bond
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Belated Happy Valentine’s Day to all my readers! Sorry for not blogging for more than a month now. Today, may I share with you a post-Valentine love story of a deaf man and his sign language teacher which was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer? I know personally the lady teacher here, Mrs. Beatriz Go. [...]
Sun, Feb 17 2013

deafphilippines.net as Mirror Site
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers I recently copied all the post contents of my blog to my new official home at www.deafphilippines.net. It’s also a WordPress site but uses the Responsive Design Theme. It means, the site can be viewed from any screen size including smartphones and tablets. I want to mirror my blog post just in case I decide [...]
Sun, Jan 13 2013

2012 in review and a happy new year!!!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 57,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 13 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Filed under: [...]
Mon, Dec 31 2012

Merry Christmas in FSL!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Merry Christmas from your friendly blogger……. Filed under: Filipino Sign Language, Hello from Me
Mon, Dec 24 2012

Bath Soap TV Commercial Deaf Spoof
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers   Guys, here is another short video (with sound) of deaf spoofing a TV commercial of a soap brand here Philippines. The video wasagain  created by 3rd year batch 2012-2013 of MCCID College. Enjoy! Related articles Selecta Kornetto TV Commercial Deaf Spoof (deafphilippines.wordpress.com) Filed under: Deaf Video Tagged: Ervin Reyes, leslie castillo, marvin felomina, v...
Sun, Dec 09 2012

Filipino Sign Language 101
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This a re-post from an Inquirer.net article which appeared last December 1. It clearly explains what Filipino Sign Language is all about courtesy of our FSL Guru, Dr. Liza Martinez. Enjoy!!! What are sign languages? Common misconceptions: Signing is universal. Signing is gesture or only pantomime. Sign languages are based on spoken languages. Sign languages [...]
Wed, Dec 05 2012

Selecta Kornetto TV Commercial Deaf Spoof
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Guys, here is a short video (with sound) of deaf spoofing a TV commercial of a popular ice cream brand in the Philippines. The video was created by 3rd year batch 2012-2013 of MCCID College. Enjoy! Filed under: Blogroll Tagged: daisy jane noble, Ervin Reyes, MCCID, omar jolas lazaro
Wed, Nov 28 2012

Yay! First 240,000 Visits!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Wow! Wow! Wow! I reached another milestone in my blog experience. After 18 posts since July 27, today I celebrate my 240,000th visits since I created this in 2008! Hooray! I now have 349 posts, 883 comments, 23 categories, 729 tags, 40 active followers (up from 29), 46 comment followers and 791 Facebook readers. I [...]
Sat, Nov 24 2012

Filipino Sign Language Bill’s struggle for acceptance...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Yesterday, I posted a Facebook status which says, “…. Filipino Sign Language struggle for acceptance continues… on November 27 at the House of Representatives…. ” This after the very heated argument which happened last November 19 during the Technical Working Group Sub-committee hearing on the discussion about the modification of the proposed Filipino Sign L...
Wed, Nov 21 2012

Department of Education’s Position on Filipino Sign...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Since I can remember, the Philippines’ Department of Education had always been implementing “Total Communication System”/”Signing Exact English” in educating the Filipino Deaf. But now, all I can say that the Filipino Deaf community truly live in exciting times. Here is the official letter of DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro addressed to Congressman Arturo Robe...
Fri, Nov 16 2012

Signing nurses, anyone?
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Happy deaf awareness week everyone! I received a google alert about a good news wherein nurses and other hospital personnel are encouraged to learn sign language. This is a welcome news so that they can easily communicate with their deaf patients. Here is the entire news article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. DOH to train [...]
Wed, Nov 14 2012

Introducing www.deaf.ph
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers We all know that the Internet empowers people. And using the web to champion a good cause gives it a better chance to succeed. Since I am always in support of improving the lives of the Filipino Deaf through technology, I value people and groups who use IT and social media to promote their advocacy. [...]
Fri, Oct 19 2012

What Filipino Sign Language is NOT… a short video...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers With the recent fuzz about Filipino Sign Language and the debate whether to support House Bill 6079 (Filipino Sign Language Act of 2012) or not, let us first have an open mind, understand what this language is and how it will empower the Filipino Deaf. We hearing people have been dominating deaf education since 1907. [...]
Wed, Oct 17 2012

Free hearing aids!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Good news! Rotary Club of Pasig South President Gilbert Magbutay, one of my long time friend and colleague in our university publication “The Featinean” of  Feati University informed me about their project of donating free hearing aids. Here are the details: Rotary Club of Pasig South through their President Gilbert Magbutay will be giving away [...]
Mon, Oct 08 2012

MCCID College offers scholarship grants this second semester
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Good news! A group of employees from the biggest universal bank in the Philippines is willing to sponsor a group of deaf individuals to enroll this second semester. They requested MCCID not to reveal the name of their group nor the company they work for. The group will support the full scholarship grant of deaf [...]
Thu, Oct 04 2012

Filipino Sign Language Bill, a must for the Filipino Deaf
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This week, I received an email from President Rey Alfred Lee of Philippine Federation of the Deaf asking for a more aggressive campaign on the passage of the proposed House Bill 6079 or the “Filipino Sign Language Act of 2012″. The bill was authored by Congressman Antonio Tinio of Alliance of Concerned Teachers Party List. [...]
Thu, Oct 04 2012

FSL advocates with Congressman Tinio
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers
Thu, Oct 04 2012

The Signs of Change Learning Center
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers To my avid blog readers, may I invite you to visit the website of Albay Association of the Deaf – The Signs of Change Learning Center? Here is their official website:  [link] Albay is a province south of Metro Manila. It is home to the famous Mayon Volcano. Their organization offers basic literacy using Filipino Sign [...]
Tue, Sep 11 2012

Pushing the Filipino Sign Language
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from the Manila Bulletin article written by Angelo Garcia. Enjoy! MANILA, Philippines — As the country celebrates Buwan ng Wika this month, a sector of society that has been lobbying for the recognition of the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) is reiterating its call. The Filipino deaf community is currently supporting lawmakers, [...]
Wed, Sep 05 2012

Here is a video of an interview made by Davin Searls,...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Here is a video of an interview made by Davin Searls, Executive Director of Discovering Deaf Worlds (DDW) with MCCID Deaf Coordinator and one of the founders Ervin Reyes during his visit to the old school building in Cubao, Quezon City. The interview was made possible through the guidance of former MCCID trainor and Gallaudet [...]
Wed, Sep 05 2012

Deaf Teacher-Painter Meets his Modern day Good Samaritan
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from National Council on Disability Affairs Website. Enjoy! A local businessman-artist birthday gifted himself as a sudden inspiration, by inviting deaf teacher-artist and 2-time International Abilympics gold medallist Jose dela Cruz, to sketch friends and show his works in his party. As his wish, Jose’s genius easily got noticed, but in [...]
Wed, Sep 05 2012

Pushing the Filipino Sign Language
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from the Manila Bulletin article written by Angelo Garcia. Enjoy! MANILA, Philippines — As the country celebrates Buwan ng Wika this month, a sector of society that has been lobbying for the recognition of the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) is reiterating its call. The Filipino deaf community is currently supporting lawmakers, [...]
Sat, Aug 25 2012

Here is a video of an interview made by Davin Searls,...
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers Here is a video of an interview made by Davin Searls, Executive Director of Discovering Deaf Worlds (DDW) with MCCID Deaf Coordinator and one of the founders Ervin Reyes during his visit to the old school building in Cubao, Quezon City. The interview was made possible through the guidance of former MCCID trainor and Gallaudet [...]
Tue, Aug 14 2012

Deaf Teacher-Painter Meets his Modern day Good Samaritan
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from National Council on Disability Affairs Website. Enjoy! A local businessman-artist birthday gifted himself as a sudden inspiration, by inviting deaf teacher-artist and 2-time International Abilympics gold medallist Jose dela Cruz, to sketch friends and show his works in his party. As his wish, Jose’s genius easily got noticed, but in [...]
Tue, Aug 14 2012

Deaf persons want to be heard come elections
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers This is a repost from rappler.com website written by Voltaire Tupaz. MANILA, Philippines – They heard about the special registration for persons with disabilities (PWD) only a day before it was held, still reeling from the recent torrential rain and floods that hit Metro Manila. But when the sun shone on Saturday, August 11, Azel [...]
Sun, Aug 12 2012

DFA’s Outstanding Employee Awardee is a Deaf!
Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Pers One of my former deaf students, Nonito Visagar Jr., tagged me in a few of his photos. I thought it was just a picture of him and his deaf friends or co-workers having an outing or get-together party. But when I clicked on the photos, I was pleasantly surprised that his was pictures of his [...]
Sat, Jul 28 2012