CODA BrothersHi guys…its been soooooo looonngggg…i met someone today who told me that i didn’t update my blog…SURPRISE, never thought anyone actually read my blog…ok ok, will update it soon….
Hi semua….lllaaammmmaannyyaaaa…saya telah bertemu dengan seseorang hari ini, beliau memaklumkan pada saya bahawa telah lama saya telah lama tidak menulis di blog saya….TERKEJUT, tidak tahu pula ada orang yang membaca blog saya…ok ok, akan menulis tidak lama lagi…
Halo everyone…its been a long long time since i update this blog
Just want to post latest information from CODA International…please take time to read
PS : If anyone want the Malay version, please let me know so i can translate it
2009/07/13
ALOR STAR: If not for their 15-year-old daughter, Azizan Ahmad, his wife Bashah Bahari and their 11-day-old son may have been seriously injured, or worse.
The couple were sleeping blissfully unaware that a storm had ripped away the roof of their home in Kampung Sri Muda, early yesterday.
Blissfully unaware because they are both deaf and mute.
But their teenage daughter, Siti Nur Izani, has no such impairment. She was awakened by a loud ripping sound about 4.45am.
“I knew something bad was going to happen when the storm brought such heavy rains and strong winds.
“When I heard the sound of the roof being ripped away, I ran to the other room and immediately alerted my parents.
“I grabbed my newborn brother Muhammad Adam Syafi and together, we went to seek shelter at my grandfather’s house nearby,” said Siti Nur Izani.
Yesterday’s storm blew off the roofs of another five houses, leaving some 30 people having to seek shelter elsewhere. However, no one was hurt in the incident.
This is a story that i like and it kind of represent myself. Please read and understand me of who i am.
Once upon a time there was a castle in a place called Deafcastle. Now, sign language users lived in the castle, some of whom were deaf and some of whom were hearing, BUT all of whom were Deaf. The children who were, in the main, hearing were bi-lingual and could communicate with the people who lived outside the castle walls. These people were known as ‘hearing’ and used the spoken language of that country. The adults in Deafcastle didn’t much like talking to the ‘outsiders’ because they didn’t understand sign language.
Because daily contact with the hearing world couldn’t be avoided, these Deaf parents taught their hearing children to interpret. Not only that, they encouraged the children to deal with any hearing people that came to the castle drawbridge. The hearing people, even the ‘professionals’ who should have known better, didn’t mind that because they were ignorant of Deaf people‘s ways and norms. So, gradually, the children took more and more control of their family’s life. Nobody really noticed that these children weren’t ready for this. Nobody noticed that they were missing out on their childhood. Of course, the children didn’t know any better and were just trying to please their parents. They grew up being told the awful stories of oppression, abuse and teasing that their parents had endured. When they were sent outside the castle walls to mainstream schools they weren’t prepared for the hearing people’s taunts, abuse and pitying remarks for being different. A lot of the children from the castle couldn’t tell their parents.
After all their parents had suffered enough. Above all though, these children felt safe in the castle. They understood the ways, customs, culture and language of the castle and so of course they felt comfortable! Then, one by one when they were adults, the children woke up outside the castle in the hearing world. They had no idea how they got there and some were so uncomfortable outside the castle they found work in Deafcastle as Social workers, interpreters and teachers.
However, they were unfortunately never allowed to live in the castle again. They could come and go, to work and social events, but the Deaf people always viewed them as hearing people.
THE END (for now)
What I’m asking for is that Deaf people, the Deaf community, inhabitants of Deafcastle look upon as hmfd/coda’s NOT hearing, please. It hurts us that we get discarded because we’re hearing. It’s not our fault that we can hear! We, like you, are Deaf.
Untuk makluman semua, Kem CODA Puskom yang sepatutnya dijalankan di Persatuan Orang Pekak Terengganu, Persatuan Orang Pekak Melaka dan Persatuan Orang Pekak Pahang telah ditangguhkan oleh sebab-sebab yang tidak dapat dielakkan. Saya juga dimaklumkan bahawa penyertaan yang agak kurang juga mendorong kepada penangguhan tersebut.
Saya amat menggalakkan agar warga Pekak yang mempunyai anak-anak yang boleh mendengar dan bercakap dengan lingkungan umur 10 – 17 tahun dijemput hadir.
Sila hubungi Persatuan Orang Pekak Negeri yang disebut diatas untuk mendaftarkan diri.
I would like to urge the Deaf community that have hearing children aged 10 – 17 years old to participate in the camp.
Please contact the states Deaf Association for registration.
PUSKOM (Pusat Komunikasi Orang Pekak) also known as Deaf Communication Centre will be organising a one day CODA Camp at each of its centre. All CODAs from these states are welcome to attend.
Please contact each centre, and to contact the person in charge directly, please SMS.
Happy Birthday to both my parents who celebrated their birthday this month. My dad, Goh Tat Chuen (20 June – 59 years old) and my mom, Tai Chai Yu (23 June – 51 years old). Me and my siblings (Janice Goh Soo Feng and Alex Goh Soo Hai) treat them with a small dinner outside (well not really us but Law Yew Kee, my sister boyfriend). It was very nice and i’m gald we all enjoy it. At the end of the dinner, Alex and Yew Kee actually wanted to pay and both fight over it. It was funny.
Hi semua, baru-baru ini saya telah diarahkan untuk menjadi Jurubahasa Isyarat di Sukan Orang Pekak Malaysia (SOPMA) di Terengganu yang telah berlangsung dari 24 – 29 Mei 2009. Saya telah dimaklumkan oleh CT bahawa saya akan berjumpa dengan seorang sukarelawan yang telah membantu urusetia SOPMA yang juga merupakan seorang CODA. Ini menimbulkan rasa ingin tahu saya kerana saya tidak pernah mengenali CODA dari pantai timur.
Pada awalnya saya sampai di Terminal Bas Kuala Terengganu saya diminta untuk menelefon seorang sukarelawan untuk bertanya tentang bas yang akan mengambil kami. Itulah kali pertama saya mendengar suaranya, dan setibanya di Universiti Darul Iman Malaysia (UDM) saya telah bertemu dengan Najwa buat pertama kali. Sepanjang SOPMA, walaupun Najwa tidak terlibat dengan penganjuran keseluruhannya (beliau lebih banyak membantu Persatuan Orang Pekak Terengganu [POPT]). Walaupun kedengaran komen dan kritikan, namun itu adalah sebahagian daripada lumrah penganjuran.
Apapun, sebagai CODA saya ingin mengucapkan syabas dan tahniah kepada Najwa diatas pengorbanan beliau.
Hi, did you know that 30 April is the day where we celebrate our Deaf parents. Yes, i urged all CODAs who are reading this to note down the date and celebrate our beloved parents. To my mom and dad, i know they are illiterate but hey, i love you guys and deep in my heart there’s no other parents like you in the whole wide world.
HAPPY MOTHER FATHER DEAF DAY!!!!!
Recently i was invited to help facilitate a CODA Camp in Penang, organised by Penang Deaf Association (PDA). Overall, it was a fun and productive camp for the participants. At the end of the day, they are eager to participate in future CODA Camps. Though there few hiccups but was solve and whole programme run smoothly.
I was told but CT (she’s the one organising and my god sister and mother to my god daughter) that she received an email saying the kids (KODA) was being abused by one of the facilitator. I would like to stress here that there no such things happen during the 3 days camo. We’re just instilling discipline among the kids. If it does happen, i don’t think i will just stand there and say nothing at all, then it is ridiculous. Some might say i say this because i’m close to CT, it’s an outrageous statement without knowing the fact.
Why some CODA / KODA were rude to their parents, yes i know. They didn’t really call out to their parents by saying dad or mom or papa or mama. They might just yell Hei!, Woi! and even just shout to get their parents attention. I would like to stress here that it is the people around us that didn’t educate and guide us properly. Even the closest family members does the same thing. There is where we learn from it. So don’t blame us for being not polite to our parents. But, as a adult CODA, i’m responsible to guide and teach the younger one on the dos and dons.
Anyway, good job to CT and PDA in organising the CODA Camp.
