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Archive for February, 2008

Iowa school for the deaf was on TV news as coolest school!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 29, 2008

Check out the link!!!  it shows videos of whats happens in school and what soo cool about ISD, BUT unfortunate, it not captioned…

http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/11771981.html

here is cool “look” it tell you everything about ISD,   http://www.iadeaf.k12.ia.us/pdfs/isdlookbook.pdf

also Iowa school for the deaf webpage has been updated with new look, it soo cool!!!

http://www.iadeaf.k12.ia.us/index.php

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Why going to a school for the deaf a wonderful idea?

Posted by chillygurlz on February 29, 2008

In my past vlog i did about deaf school VS public school, some people were asking me questions…  http://chillygurlz.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/differences-between-deaf-schools-and-public-schools/#comments

One person asked how i felt when Nebraska school for the deaf closed?  I felt, heart broken, lost, sad.  I was worried i won’t see my friends again.   I also was sad that Nebraska lost their own deaf school.  but at least i got to go to Iowa school for the deaf which was only 12 miles from NSD.  i did get to see my friends from NSD, at ISD but some never made it to go to ISD. 

One ask, should it be a LAW that all deaf kids go to a school for the deaf?  i don’t think so because,  some kids really rather go to a public school, some deaf kids are happy being with other hearing students at school.  some deaf kids choose to not sign, they rather be oral or only use cued sign or whatever else. 

Couple ask,  would my kid really benefit going to a school for the deaf?   Yes, depending on situation, my advice, if your daughter/son is struggling in mainstream school, then maybe u should check into sending her to a school for the deaf, it will really benefit her/him, with social skills, more attenion from teachers due to small size classmates.   i used to be really shy in mainstream school and had a hard time with school work. when i started deaf school in middle school, i was doing better with school work and more social and alot less shy. I also became more mature myself at deaf schools. i had more friends too. she/he will have alot of good role models at the deaf school i am sure… i know it can be hard to leave ur daughter/son in a dorm at a young age if u live far away from the deaf school. but it can be good cuz then she will have a full interaction with deaf kids too at the dorm and house parents are usually very good role models and always have something for kids to do and very helpful… so give it a try to send ur kid to a deaf school!!!

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Wife swap tv show on ABC need something!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 27, 2008

I have never seen a deaf family on very many reality shows like wife swap or supernanny or other shows, only one deaf family on extreme makeover home edition.   so  to those who are or have a deaf family, go apply on wife swap or supernanny or other shows so we can show the world, deaf people can do anything and lead normal lives…  i can’t apply to any of the shows cuz i don’t have kids or not married.  here the links to apply…    good luck!!! 

http://abc.go.com/primetime/wifeswap/index?pn=apply    wife swap

http://abc.go.com/primetime/supernanny/index?pn=apply    supernanny

http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=apply    extreme makeover home edition

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My Childhood pets!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 26, 2008

 

Hello all…  welcome to my vlog about my childhood pets…  the first picture you will see,  is a cute puppy in the snow, i just had to show you the picture, although it not my puppy lol…  alright enjoy rest of my vlog…    

alright now next picture is a pic of my cousins dogs, a brown lab dog and a white terrier mix dog.  my cousin and his dad tend to take the brown lab dog hunting with them, the dog seems to enjoy hunting, it a very active strong sweet dog.   the white dog is a sweet dog, i take her and the brown lab dog for a walk whenever i go visit my cousin but the brown lab was a challenge to walk cuz he was soo strong.

next picture,  it a picture of my black lab dog, name Ruby.  she was such a sweet cute dog.  I had her since i was about 3 years old, until i was about 9 or 10.  she passed away from stomach problems or something.   When i was a little girl  about 4 or 5, whenever my family and i went to lake to a cabin, i would be wandering off of the property, my dog Ruby would follow me along to make sure i did not get lost.  Ruby always watched out for me.  Ruby was a sweet, gentle, never bark or bite smart dog.  she also had few litters of puppies too…    she is definitely everyone’s best friend…  I miss Ruby very much… 

next picture, you will see a picture of the mini dachshund that belongs to my friend’s parent.  she is cute and wearing Christmas decoration on her body lol.  her name is Dinky. 

next picture,  you will see pictures of my brother’s cat, name Patches.  we had her since i was about 4 years old, she lived for about 16 years.  cat is sweet,  loves to purr and rub on people’s legs.  she loves to chase mices and hide and sit in sun and loves feeling warm.  course she does not like water.  she loves being outside,  she has brought home few gifts like a bird on the doorstep, yikes.   she meows alot.  I admit, i was alittle mean to the cat when i was very little.  

next picture,  I had guinea pigs when i was about 7 to 10 years old.  my mom did too when she was little.   i love guinea pigs, they are neat. 

next picture,  You know what?  I used to have a pet tiger…  look for yourself, upcoming picture. 

oh oh i was kidding lol…  the one tiger pic you saw was from Nebraska school for the deaf, it a statue.  other pic was at the zoo, i was petting a cub. 

next picture,  you will see pictures of my dad’s dogs, they are Australian Shepard.   They are nice dogs too, i visit them whenever i go visit my dad. 

next picture,   pictures of horses, did i ever own a horse, no i didn’t but would love to.  I love to ride horses.  the pictures you will see, it was at camp taloali, in oregon, it is a camp for the deaf kids to go to.   

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update to my adventurous cross country trip page

Posted by chillygurlz on February 25, 2008

Go check out my adventurous cross country trip to Florida page, on top of my main page.   i just added 6 new pictures on there…  You can see how crowd my van was…

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ASL storytelling for deaf and CODA kids and everyone!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 24, 2008

I found this book called “A cold snap!” by Audrey B. Baird, Illustration by Patrick O’Brien and publishing by Boyds mills press.   I thanks them for giving me permission to read this book to you all.  Reason i read this book, cuz it related to cold winter today and i like winter time.  my nick name is chilly gurlz cuz i like cold or i get cold very easy.  I enjoy reading books to kids and anyone…

 Video part 1

You all might want to turn on your heaters, so u can enjoy the story. 

page 6 &7,  Caution,   put on a sweater to read this book.   don’t leave the door open.  turn up thermostat.   grab an afghan.   Words like balmy, warm, and mild won’t have a chance here.   words like nippy, crisp, and cold own this book.   cold- a shivery word.   it should be written like this  COLD  be careful using this biting word.  it could nip the nose of neighboring nouns.  turn adjectives to ice,  F R E E E E E Z E the whole page  COLD don’t touch it without mittens!

page 8&9,   Everyone talks about the weather,   A teeth-chattering october morning for putting away summer’s belongings.     Everyone in the neighborhood is out.  Seems they’re all talking about the weather.   “Gettin nippy” says mr Roxbury, waving as he passes.  “A snap to the air.” says the UPS man at the curb.   “puts roses in your cheeks.”  says Mrs. Peepshaw on her way to work.  “Need a nose muffler,”  Mr. Rimmer complains on his morning walk.     “chilly one!” calls andy inch, delivering papers.  “Need your long johns today.”  says the mail carrier, stomping his feet.    “freezing!”  barks Mr. Sook from under the hood of his car.  “cold too,”  laughs jesse Daw’s grandpa from across the street.   “Another log on the fire tonight,”  says Mr. Desmond next door.  “Another blanket on the bed, you mean,”  my dad adds, putting away the hose.   “cold air goes right through ya,” says the trash man.   “The north wind doth blow,”  mom says, covering the roses.   “wide stripes on the woolly bears this year,” says my Gram from the door.  “Bad winter ahead. Caterpillars never lie.”

page 10,  Trees and me,  Trees undress in November,  dropping their clothes where they stand.  I wonder if Mother Nature shakes her head and says,  “socks and underwear everywhere!”  like my mother does.      A cold Snap!   Naked trees shivering near the river bridge.   Chimney smoke quivering along the river ridge.  Frosty air shimmering in the river cove.  Chicken stew smelling good on the kitchen stove.

Thanks again to  Audrey B. Baird and Patrick O’Brien and Boyds mills press

Video part 2 

Page 18,  With Crackers, please,   Chili weather!   On the stove, in a pot, cooking-   not in the air, spelled like this:  C-H-I-L-L-Y.   Well, the smell of the chili is in the air,  but only because the air is… well… chilly-   as in: if it weren’t for chilly, we wouldn’t need chili.

Page 20,  Approaching storm,  December. late afternoon.  wind rising. temperature dropping.  sky turns icy, glacier-green.  wind roars in from the arctic.  Weather vane shifts, wpinning west, east, west  hurling out weather with a capital W.  Wild! Wailing! Windswept! Winter!

Page 23,  Come January…,  My feet get colder than anybody’s in the winter, I’ll bet.  How cold?  Colder than watermelon iced in the creek.  Colder than lemonade on the 4th of july.  My feet get colder than popsicles.  Actually my feet gets colder than icebergs, snowballs, and slush all put together!.  But that’s nothing compared to how cold my nose gets.

Page 25,  What Below-zero temperatures mean to me,   5 degrees below zero: wind chill temperature might be 39 degrees below.   10 degrees below zero: bigger wind chill.  Mom turns on radio in the morning for WCCO’s school closings.   I stay in bed, waiting.  Get up! My school does not close.   15 below zero, WCCO says “no morning kindergarten; several private schools closed; buses one hour late.”   Get up! my school isn’t closed.   20 below zero; cco reports many school closings (still not mine); no morning kindergarten; buses two hours late.   25 below zero; all schools close-  even mine!   I leap out of bed and telephone my friends.  no school!  P.S. it’s not fair when we get 25 below zero on a weekend. 

page 28,  Hurry home 15 Below zero,  I’ve got me the chillies, The knee-knocking dillies.   I’ve goosebumps and shivers and bone-shaking quivers.   I’M stiff as a board now from toes to my eyebrow.  I’m aching and quaking so icy i’m breaking.  quick!  pile logs on the fire before i expire.

page 32,  Add it up   A soft feather quilt + a raw wintry night = sleeping, polar-bear warm

thanks for watching my vlog

Thanks again to  Audrey B. Baird and Patrick O’Brien and Boyds mills press

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Chillygurlz being such a goofy gal!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 24, 2008

 

Hello all…  this vlog is about me being silly.  here something good for u to see, (show cookies and milk) yummy.  have ur milk and cookies and watch my goofy video…  (thinking)  what should i do, (just playing with my hands and arms).  (doing frankie’s “dog” signs)  “what are you doing?” “shame on you”   ”bad”  “what’s new?” “thank you for watching my vlog, ok” 

ok lets see how many hats can i put on my hat?  about 8

want see magic trick?  want see me get a quarter?  watch…  would u like my quarter? 

walking into forest of trees, sudden a tree pop up in front and hit into tree.  ouch. 

alright thanks for watching my goofy video!!! 

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Differences between deaf schools and public schools!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 23, 2008

 

Hello all… Hope u all had a good week.. My week was alright… I want to talk about deaf schools VS public schools. My opinions about deaf schools and public schools. Link to list of schools for the deaf, http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/schools-usa.html First I wanted to show you somethings from my childhood, (shows girls scout brownie apparel) I was in girls scouts at age 7 to 9, with group of my deaf friends. I had fun with my friends with girls scout. I also show, Gallaudet banner, I got it from my friend. I have never been there before though but would love to visit one day. I used to go to nebraska school for the deaf, (I show the letter N) I enjoyed NSD but I had to join Iowa school for the deaf after NSD closed. After I left Iowa school for the deaf, I moved to Oregon, I went to Grants pass high school for my senior year. (Shows letter G from the high school. I graduated in year 2002. My high school mascot was, (shows mini flag, it a cavemen) here the link to the school, http://www.grantspass.k12.or.us/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=102

the school was newly built 9 years ago since they torn down the old building. The buildings are awesome!!!Alright now back to my topic about deaf schools and public schools. I used to go to Prescott elementary school with deaf program in it. I liked both, deaf school and public school, depending on situation. Public schools classrooms tend to be big sized like 20 to 30 students, they do have interpreters and plus there is usually a class time where all deaf kids get together like a homeroom and review about the day in all other classes and do fun things, Deaf school tend to be small class, about 3 to 8 students at a time. I like small classes better personally. Public schools, u have to worry to make sure u have an interpreter for ur class, while with deaf school, u already have a teacher who signs. Public schools, u interact with hearing and deaf students and u can communicate however way you want by just talking or talk and sign or just sign. with Deaf schools, You interact with only Deaf / Hard Of Hearing students. It a deaf culture and community at deaf schools also it required that we all sign at the schools. It does depend on some schools though, I know there are some oral deaf school where u only allowed to speak and lip read. Public schools don’t have dorms for kids to stay at after school. Deaf schools have dorms for kids to stay at if they live far away from the school or wanted to stay at dorm to interact with deaf students. Dorms are great, it allow the kids to interact with each other especially deaf kids who only have hearing family. Like me, I am only deaf kid in my hearing family so it was a great advantage for me to stay at dorms to allow me to interact with other deaf kids… So I enjoyed staying at dorm but same time I missed my family too. Some kids at deaf schools are day students where they just go home right after school. At dorms, house parents try to keep us busy by doing different things like going out, doing different things at dorms and we get to go to teen center on campus to hang out with all students. I like both, deaf school and public school in different ways, with deaf schools, I can socialize with deaf students, smaller classmate numbers, teacher signs, so don’t have to try focus on 2 different people, interpreter and teacher at same time. Alright so I would like your feedbacks, comments, or your experiences so feel free to leave a comment about Deaf school and public school. Thanks for watching my vlog…

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A Deaf kid who adopted a big sister!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 17, 2008

Video part one

Video part two

Here are the 3 pictures of me and Maria… 

Maria and Rita in year 1992Maria and RitaMaria and Rita

Hello all…  Here is a story about, this deaf girl who adopted a big sister who signs, as a part of big brother, big sister, little brother and little sister program from YMCA.  here the link about the program,  http://www.hbbbs.org/site/c.nkI2KfMUIvF/b.3512991/

First, i have noticed something this morning, i was not wearing my hearing aid at first so it was all quiet and peaceful.  well as i put on my hearing aid, i heard the birds singing outside, as my door is open to let fresh air in.  so that what alot of us who are deaf miss out, is hearing those birds sing in morning.  that alright, it can get annoying after awhile.  I don’t mind missing out noises like those birds or anything. 

OK back to the subject,  long ago  my mom signed me up to get a “big sister”, at age about 8, but cuz i am deaf, it was made sure that i would get a signing big sister.  My mom wanted me to have a role model.  I went to meetings and had a interview to match me with a sister and waited for a sister.  After while, finally found an match for me, her name is Maria.  She is a nice, wonderful lady and knows sign.  You will also see the 3 pictures posted on my page too.    I was excited about meeting Maria and of course i was shy at first but i liked her right way.  It was in 1992 when i met Maria.  Maria was about 28, i was about 8 or 9.  When we met, we connected and bonded as sisters and i look up to her as my role model and hero.  we always had fun together, we hang out at each other houses, went to the zoo, chuckie cheese, parks, mall, and other fun things together.  Maria had one German Shepard dog and couple of ferrets, they were very cool pets.  It’s wonderful to have her as my “sister” cuz she knows sign, she is nice, sweet, outgoing, smiles alot, happy eyes.  Traditionally, we always went to a pet store near the mall to see the puppies and actually get to pet puppies then when we were done, we went to the ice cream store near by pet store to get ice cream then we walk to a park near by and have fun.  sometimes Maria kinda spoiled me with buying me few little things and doing other things.     I really enjoyed being around Maria, She is the perfect role model for me and she is my hero too.   Maria is also generous, thoughtful, sweet, happy, likes to laugh, person i know of.  

 Well u know what happened when i was about 11 years old?  Maria disappeared out of my life,  I was shocked, sad and kinda depressed about it, i would ask my mom, where is Maria?  so i would search for her in phone book and on Internet for a long time.  I thought maybe i did something wrong.  But at same time i knew that was not true.  But i would never let the memory of Maria go, I was stubborn cuz I love her as a sister.   

Well after 12 years of searching, I never forgotten about Maria at all.  As i was searching on Myspace (  www.myspace.com )  I finally found her profile, so i send her a message asking if it was her the same person.  she replied back to me, saying “Yes it’s me”,  I was very  thrilled to have finally found her.  so we added eachother profile to our friend list.  so we kept in touch and e-mailed each other and chatted and caught up with things.   After a year of us e-mailing each other,  my friend Robert was planning to go to San Diego to visit family and friends, so i went along with him.  we went to San Diego last Sept 2007 for 2 weeks.  Maria lived near San Diego so i thought, oh perfect, me and Maria could meet again one day in person, finally.  so me and Maria made arrangements to meet somewhere.  The day we suppose to meet, i got on train ride to get to part of San Diego to meet Maria, she had to drive an hour and half from where she lives to meet me in one of places in San Diego near the beach.  How i felt when i saw her finally,  I felt soo thrilled, my smiles were soo big that it hurts.  I was just soo happy.  she was very happy too, we hugged.  First thing we drove to the beach and went down to see ocean and sit for while and chatted for a while and catch up with each other.  She told me, reason why she disappeared, cuz she was going through some hard times with her life, she was kinda depressed, she was afraid she would not be a good role model for me so she quietly left.   I understood and move on to something else.   so we chatted more and had fun, she remembered signs pretty good and went for a  walk and drove around, she showed me area where surfers are normally.   When i met her again, i felt like i was a kid again with her, Maria also said she felt like she was a kid again too.  She showed me around town and some of her old house and a cool twin ship house in middle of neighborhood of normal houses, odd.  here the link to the pics i saw of the ship house in California,  http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv6215.php  

then we went to eat at a Mexican restaurant, it was a good restaurant…  then we went for a walk in city, looked at different shops then we went back down to the beach and watched the water and chatted more and had good time together.  then we went to get some ice cream like the old times.  then we went look at more stores before i had to go back to my friend Robert.  end of the day before we had to go our separate ways is not always happy time.   so when we got to the train station, we hugged and talked and we do plan to meet in person again one day.  we had pictures taken of us.   we will always keep in touch with each other.  that day was a very happy day for me and very well remembered.  when i got on train i had little tears coming down as i was leaving her.    it was a wonderful day with Maria and i enjoy it very much.  Maria is also a rock singer with her band for the heart tribute locally.  She loves music very much.  Here is her music band website,  http://www.hearttribute.com/    thanks for watching my vlog… 

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My experience at volunteering at homeless shelter

Posted by chillygurlz on February 17, 2008

 

Hello all..  today topic is volunteering at the homeless shelter when i was about 11 to 12 years old.  Me and mom went to church for a short time and we also volunteered at the homeless shelter from the church.  but first,  (shows  lipton soup secrets noodle soup made with chicken broth soup)  suppose your sick with a cold or flu, let me be your “doctor”,  I order you to try this magic secret soup…  Whenever i get sick, i eat that kind of magic soup, it makes me feel  better.   back to my subject about volunteering at shelter,  I volunteered there at least once or twice a week,  At the shelter, i help give out the food to people,  go around and try talk to the people there.   I enjoy helping people out with things.  Also at the shelter, there were couple of deaf people there, i go to them and chat with them too…  so feel free to comment my vlog and share ur experience with volunteering at shelter and if you were homeless in past,  feel free to tell me your experience.  oh and eat your magic soup, doctor orders…  thanks for watching my vlog…

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Deaf OverPower other senses?

Posted by chillygurlz on February 13, 2008

 

Hello all… I have a question for you all, I wondered cuz of our missing hearing sense,is your vision, or sense of smell or taste a lot stronger? For me, my vision and my sense of taste is a lot stronger, I can see things like a hawk, I notice things quickly. I can also sense things happening around me like if someone got hurt near by, like example, last week, out neighbor, who is a older lady about late 70s, she was walking down the grass on her lawn to get her flowers, I was just coming out of my back door of the house, I don’t see her house very well cuz of fence, unless I go to her house, I was just going to mailbox, before I did that, I had a odd feeling that something was wrong so I looked around and spotted the older lady kneeling on ground at her front lawn so I went to check on her, she did need help. Did u know, I have no sense of smell at all, all my life but I do have sense of taste. I call my nose deaf and my tongue and eyes hearing lol. Oh yes I have sense of touch and feeling. So how about you all? Which of 5 senses are the strongest for u? Feel free to leave a comment… Thanks…

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Aren’t we glad Internet exist today?

Posted by chillygurlz on February 13, 2008

Hello all… Hope you had a wonderful valentine week… Today topic is “is internet helpful today?”… I am just sharing my opinions. Of course I think it is very helpful today to have internet. Its good for communication, researching information, learning new information, we can find everything, more then we can imagine. E-mails are wonderful and its free or cheaper. Quicker then the postal office, (sorry postal office snail mail). Cool website like myspace.com, facebook.com, we can google up people and find our old friends. Internet is just like library, but we should still go to the library building once a while cuz librarians like to be appreciated. Feel free to share ur opinions with me in the comments.

I now share my opinion about cons of Internet. Being hooked onto the internet for very long period of times is one, course I am kinda hooked onto the internet and a lot of people are. Understand, its better then being hooked onto drugs, gambling, drinking and smoking. Its not always good to be hooked onto the internet cuz then u miss out ur family events or ur friends or outside activity. Cyberbullies is other thing. All of us, especially kids have to be careful when talking to new people on internet, we don’t know. Some of the people we talk to could be someone else they say they are like a 40 year old pretend to be a 12 year old kid. We also have to be careful about what personal information we give out on any websites or anyone we don’t know. So what your opinions about the cons of internet?

I have a question for you all… What do u think would happen if internet would be shut down, we cannot use the internet for a week? I think some people will either, go crazy or there would be a riot, or some people would be overjoyed, happy cuz it means they can get the family together and go out and have fun. Hang out with friends outside more. I would think people would be outside more if there was no internet for a week. I know there are some families who might have one or two person who is always on the computer, seems like never really interact with the family or outside friends. Some people just need to learn to balance out their time on the internet and family / friend time, that also makes everyone happy too.

Internet is also wonderful for us who are deaf too, especially with communication, IP-relay, vlogging, expressions, and more… So feel free to share ur comments, opinions on my comment box… Thanks for watching my vlog…

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A first deaf ecounter and a deaf traveler

Posted by chillygurlz on February 11, 2008

 

Hello all… Good morning, happy Sunday… Here my breakfast, (showing breakfast). My topics will be about my ASL song and deaf travels. Alright, first I want to tell u about my first deaf encounter in my small town I been in for last 2 yrs.since last 2 and half years of living in Inverness, I have never met a deaf person in person in town of Inverness yet, so I felt very alone. well today, thurs evening, I went to the library to pick up a book. well at the front desk, there was a deaf lady working there at front desk, I did not know till other worker intro me to the deaf lady, I was shocked and kinda excited, (kinda silly huh). so we talked alittle but I found it kinda awkward cuz I was still excited inside me. cuz now I don’t really feel alone. I also gave her my e-mail address so I am hoping she will e-mail me… so that way I have a deaf friend here in town. finally!!! that the story, just had to express myself here!!!

What time is it now? Oh oh is it time to travel to Nebraska? Alright, I want to talk about deaf travelers on Greyhound bus, airplanes, trains. I started riding on bus at age about 15, I went to my friend’s house in Colorado. Its alright experience riding on Bus. I did fly on plane about 8 times in my life. I love flying. On Bus, I always have to be careful around people, cuz there’s variety of ppl who could be on drugs, drunk, weirdos or should not be near the person for any reason. Some bus drivers are nice, they talk to their passengers and stuff, while some drivers are mean, they just be demanding of their passengers, or just don’t care or yell at everyone like everyone are bad people.

I tend to sit up front area of bus so I can see the driver, I also let them know ahead that I am deaf. Sometimes I do talk with ppl, I use notepad and pen to make it easier to communicate. One time when I was traveling to Nebraska, I did meet one boy on bus who was deaf so I thought oh cool, we chatted along the way, the boy was kinda odd and interesting but it was still fun to chat with him. Same on planes, I let them know I can’t hear so they can let me know when it time to aboard on plane. So to those who are deaf, what do u do on ur travels when it comes to getting on planes, greyhound bus, trains? How do you tend to communicate with those ppl working for greyhound and airlines? Reason I ask is cuz then I can have ideas what to do traveling on bus and plane from u all… Feel free to tell me about ur stories about experiences on greyhound bus and airplanes? Oh oh I gotta go, oh wait not now lol. Oops I forgot to tell u more things, on bus one time, when I was traveling to Nebraska, there were some bad experiences, one time I was chatting with one older man, about 60s, I was chatting with him using notepad and pen, he also brought me a lunch on bus stops which was nice but the thing was there were times he kinda tried to take me off somewhere and he kept trying to buy me things, so I started realizing he was kinda “hitting” on me and he told me a lot of odd stories. So I was like, ok he’s up to no good so I stopped talking to him and just ignored him. That was only incident I had on the bus. So I guess ya can’t really trust anyone on the bus very much. Sometimes we had bus broke down somewhere and we have to wait for an other bus to come pick us up then we arrive to where we need to go late. Thanks for watching my vlog…

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Who Says ASL Isn’t Beautiful?

Posted by chillygurlz on February 11, 2008

 

I sign a song about seasons of fall, winter, spring, summer related…  You can see how beautiful ASL is!!!

 I also did a first beautiful ASL song about “ocean” in my past vlog,  http://chillygurlz.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/questions-related-to-deaf-issue-and-asl-song/

skip to after 1:54 in video, then u will watch my song in ASL…. 

I did signs of school, leaves falling, changing colors, piles, raking, rain, cooler, halloween, cute costumes, cute kids in costumes, candy, trick or treat, pumpkin, carving, thanksgiving, family get together, turkey, football,   then winter, snow, blizzard, snowman,  white, car scaper clean off snow,  skiing, sledding, ice iceskate, christmas, open presents, family get together, new year, new year party, winter get worse with weather, valentine, here come spring….  light green, light blue, pink, yellow, flower come, grass and leaves fresh green,  beautiful flowers and frsh green, rain, warmer, short sleeve,  turn summer,  red, blue, white,  shorts, top tank, swim, ocean, beach, sand, suntan, sun, sand castle, 4th of july, fireworks, hamburgers, hotdogs, fun, ice cream, and more!!!!! 

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My creative Artwork display!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 8, 2008

 

Hello all… Today I want to talk about my artwork… I would like to show u my artwork. The first picture you just saw was my handprint of when I was 3 years old at preschool. Next, I want to show u my other artwork, what I show is, I used the color by number artwork, it neat and it takes me about a month to finish it up. Also at the end I show u my creative greeting cards I made in high school. Alright hope u enjoy my artwork and enjoy the rest of slideshow… Thanks for watching my vlog.

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Cyber Deaf World!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 8, 2008

 

Hello all… How ur week? Next week is valentine day!! A day for couples, friends and family to say “I love you”… For some people, it can be depressing too but it does not have to be that way. Next, today topic is “cyber deaf world”… Before cyber deaf world even existed, deaf culture or community were all in smaller groups and only knew eachother from the same area, it was not common to know a lot of other deaf people out of state. So I noticed, after internet came out, deaf community has started to grow even bigger and accepting more people with varies kinds of hearing loss like HOH, cochlear implant and oralist along with those who are total deaf and uses ASL. When I was about age, 14 I was learning about internet and looked up deaf sites, so I did find a deafzone.com chat room and join there… My first nick name was RRB. I remember few ppl that used to be in there. Eventually deafzone chatroom got shutdown and then deafchat.com came up. My nick name for that was lil yaz. It was a alright place for few years then it started dying and not a lot of good talks from people in there, it was just a joke sometimes. I stopped going there in year 2000. I just found out deaf chat has been shut down this last month or so but I dunno when it happened or when it will be back. You know what, I am glad I found deafread few months ago, it a perfect place for me, I actually like vlogging more then chatting… I just like to express myself. Alright, I would like to know, were any of u ever in deafzone, or deafchat.com? Which do u like the best? Deafzone, deafchat.com or deafread? I think deafread ROCKS. So tell me ur feedbacks, comments, how u feel? Alright thanks for watching my vlog.

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Babies, be good!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 6, 2008

 

Hello all.. I tell u about, since I was a very little kid, I always loved to find cute baby picture books and as I got older and was reading I started to read books about how to take care of babies and read books about babies in general. I love babies in general, I have a good material instinct around babies. When I got older I started babysitting a newborn from my mom’s friend, I was 14 at that time. I also volunteer at a daycare, helping with little babies. Today I still go visit the daycare to see babies whenever I visit nebraska. In high school, I choose to babysit a baby over going to the prom. To me it was more fun to babysit back then. I like babies cuz they are precious, innocent, and have soft skin, small hands, cute little feets. They have a wonderful laugh, they like ppl for who they are, they don’t really judge people. In some ways, they are pretty smart cuties. They have a cute laugh when u tickle them. I always wonder why is it sometimes sad to see them already grown up? I sometimes feel that way with the kid who I babysat 11 yrs ago, I still visit her sometimes when I am in Nebraska. Sometimes I have to remind myself, ok this kid is 11 not a baby anymore. I know we should appreciate them growing up and getting older. My body can’t have a baby because I am missing some hormones for my body. That why when I get to hold someone’s baby, I always appreciate being able to hold a baby for short time and I also go visit the daycare so I can help out with the babies. I do a little poem about baby. To those who are parents or babysitters, You can tell me your funny stories like silly mistakes u made with your baby? Like putting on diapers backwards or forgetting to warm up bottle before feeding the baby or anything like that? Its okay to make silly mistakes with ur baby, that what I learned, making mistakes sometime is what teaches you to not repeat that thing again. I would love to hear ur stories so feel free to leave comments on my vlog… I also have few pictures for you all to see too on my vlog, some is pictures of me and some is the baby, I babysat long time ago. Thank you for watching my vlog.

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How well can you fingerspell?

Posted by chillygurlz on February 4, 2008

 

Hello all… My dog Frankie wanted to show u his toy and he was signing toy too… I wanted to talk about fingerspelling. I wonder how fast can we finger spell? I also show u my left hand, the thumb on that hand do not bend at all, cuz I don’t have the muscles to help it bend, I was born with it. So my left hand make it harder to sign sometimes and it had hard time fingerspell. It cannot sign 6 or w. I displayed how my left hand does with spelling by doing ABC’s then I show how fast I can finger spell with my right hand. I am average but do pretty good. I always wonder who is the fastest finger speller? Thanks for watching my vlog…

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Something exciting for everyone to see!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 4, 2008

Hello everyone…  I was running errands to a store with my friend, we came up to something very interesting, check this out,  luckily no one was injured…  my friend took the pic with cellphone camera.  click the picture to make it bigger.

Car and truck on top of eachother

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Wonderful job to all readers, vloggers and bloggers of deafread!!!

Posted by chillygurlz on February 3, 2008

 

(hint:  feb 6th is my birthday…  guess my age)  anyone who is correct or close with age will get a role in my play i made up, i will tell you all about it later on!!! 

Hello all…  (I show my favorite food for lunch, popstickers and egg rolls) I also love Asian food, Mexican food, Italian food.   I was congrats to all vloggers that won the deafread award..  Congrats, Seek Geo for best vlogger of the year, Barb, sean, Teri, and Gary Brooks.  I also think Tyler is a winner too no matter what, I liked his interview he did at deaf family filming stage.  To me everyone are winners no matter what…  I also thanks to JJ P, Taylor and others for making the live chat and live video streaming happen too, it was great but only downside is, video box was tiny but the livechat was a big help when JJ would keep us updated with whats going on at the deafread conference.  I am thankful for that.  Be sure to check out the puppybowl on animal planet channel on tv, here the link,  they are cute little puppies playing on mini NFL footbal field…  it starts at 3pm EST/PST, 2pm Central time zone today, sunday Feb 3rd…  it goes on for the rest of the evening…

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/puppy-bowl.html

here the website of Tyler doing interview at deaf family filming, in case u have not seen it.

http://tberdy.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/mosdeux-interview/

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