Life is created by you only. People, objects, events, and education come into your life and they leave with some kind of mark, but only you as a human being remain. So it’s important to live your life the way you want to. If you find purpose in your life, then you have found peace. I’m writing this letter that I hope hundreds, maybe thousands of people will read, [...]

Deaf Echo has started collecting resources, information, and tips on how to help deaf communities and deaf people in Japan. Most recently, The Nippon Foundation has set up a donations page. Please visit our continually-updated page for more information.

Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). The main event of the day was a visit to the opening ceremony of an English instruction program. See blog part one, two, and pictures for more. Teatime at Umphium is a delicious affair, beyond price. Sitting at a crude, well-constructed wooden table, escaping the rain and mud, Burmese tea, red tea [...]

Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). The main event of the day was a visit to the opening ceremony of an English instruction program. See blog part one and pictures for more. As part of our visit to Umphium, we experienced the opening ceremony of the English Immersion Program (EIP) for the 2007-08 school year. The quiet, excited [...]

Recently, I traveled to Thailand and visited a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). Here is a photo journey through the camp.

For the past two weeks, I have been travelling in Thailand, and here is an excerpt from my writings on a refugee camp that I visited on the border between Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). Resting on the mist-shrouded hills, temporarily, permanently, Umphium is a sprawl of Burmese people, a spread of thick thatch, a sprinkling of roads, veins of mud paths, beating with the slow rhythm of a waiting life. This refugee [...]

One gem emerged from the deaf blogosphere blitz which arose during the May 2006 protests at Gallaudet University. It is Genie Gertz’s video succinctly explaining the complex concept of Deafhood in just a few minutes. When I saw it for the first time, it totally clicked for me. I memorized it and repeated the video to all my friends for weeks thereafter, copying her sign for sign. Of course, in [...]

Five years ago and half a world away, I was part of the cast of “Rustle of a Star,” an original play at NTID’s Panara Theatre. I was pleased to, along with my colleague, to re-enact the timeless Abbott and Costello routine, “Who’s On First?” A heavily condensed version follows: A: Who’s on first? C: That’s right. A: I said, who’s on first? C: Correct. A: What? C: No, What’s [...]