~ PerCusSo ~

Attended the IS workshop organized by the DHHFS. The speaker is Mohamad Sazali Shaari from Malaysian Federation of the Deaf, KL. It’s really a good refreshing one since I last attended the WFD Youth Camp in Brisbane, Australia in 1999. Learnt most of the IS from the “whites”.

Now, little different from the ones of the “whites” because most of the IS are adapted to the Asia. The system remains the same; ~ 5-hand shapes
~ mouth movements
~ picture-picture-picture; no words usage
~ light signing
~ subject-verb grammatical structure
~ heavy usage of classifiers

*FYI: “International Sign Language (Gestuno)” shall be corrected to “International Signs (Gestuno)”.

Just came to know that Mr. Sazali was here to help prepare the deaf volunteers & participants for the upcoming event – ASEAN Deaf Camp 2007 that is scheduled from 21 November to 24 November. He guided them how to use IS on:
~ Proper greetings
~ About Singapore
~ Handling meetings and other matters such agreements (Green – Yes, Red – No, Yellow – Neutral)

For me, I was only there to learn as I like sign languages. And, I have another purpose – to share it with my friends who contribute to the deaf community.
Not only this, but I missed that chance! Dennis asked me whether I was interested about the IS Seminar conducted by Billy Moody. It was in Hong Kong. But too bad, I had my presentation ceremony where I would have marimba. They had clashed with each other. =(

Guess, I did quite badly in IS this time. Hardly using it for a quite long time since 1999. Hmm, perhaps, I can keep “skipping” (in IS translation: practising) on it. Hope that I can use IS to sign out at this event. Due to my work commitments, I am unable to participate in the camp for 4 full days. But I can attend the closing ceremony dinner since it falls on a Saturday. Also, I will be performing there. Another challenge!

JIAYOU!!