Wednesday, March 30, 2005


Southeast futsal Challenge 2005 Posted by Hello

futsal Challenge 2005 for southeast

Venue: Field beside Simei MRT Register now for any of the 4 players on field.
Last Sunday(27/3/2005), We had a football(soocer) match for tornament games for Top South East Futsal Challenge 2005. Our players named Yahya, Muliani, Sham, Rui Yong, Ken Lai, and Kenichi Wright, and our team called SDSC team C. When My football games was first games as a goalkeeper. I was alittle nervous to be play for goalkeeper. I have not playing football(soccer) since, I was 12 years old for real games, so Ken Lai and I went to see team manager, Jaffa, who works for Disabities for sports. Our team got change the clother for football team. I saw three younger singaporean players who watched our team C and team A . The three Younger Singaporean seems good attention and good sportmanship. I saw one Deaf younger (from Singaporean Deaf School for the deaf), he said, I am eurasian while he was talking his friends. I told him " you are right!" We were ready to have a our first games. I was looking around the futsal games. It is a smaller than normal football field. I would say the field size around 30 yards.
The 4 players are required to play this futsal field. Three players must play on field and One goalkeeper needs to stay on goal site. We keep on play for 5 mins. You can look at the score

our team Verus other team
1 - 0 on first games
0 - 1 on second games ( I was not playing)
1 - 0 on third games
0 - 1 on fourth games
0 - 2 on fifth games: we were out of the games for tornament

Amazing Race during xmas 2003 vacation.

Let's me to show you about Nanyang Technological University students took this activites for Deaf Amazing Race on Dec 28,2003. My wife, I and Lina See went to Singapore Assoication for the Deaf, which we need to meet there to began for amazing race. I saw a lot of Singaporean Deaf people and some of Hearing Singaporean students. I saw someone asked Lina about me, "who is that guy" Lina says, it was from Karen s hubby, and He is an American. I looked at them and smiled myself. I dont realized that A lot of Singaporean people shared at me due to my looking differents from others. I am sure that their mind say " where does this guy coming from?" Because I was only one foreign person at Singaporean Association for the Deaf. I don't blame on them. Then our teams named Ken Lai, Lina See, Kenichi Wright, two hearing guys( for an interpreter) for doing amazing race. I am trying to remember where we went to, we went to sectec city, old histories site, little india, and others. We had a lot of running around and find a clue, and had to do something for getting a info of the paper. It took for fives hours and We were winning for second place and got $300 Singapore dollars.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005


our group for amazing race  Posted by Hello

This was banner for Info about amazing race Posted by Hello

This is Chinese Newspaper in Singapore. You can see red spot on my face.  Posted by Hello

Monday, March 28, 2005

Pub bar

I have had been heard a lot of positive thing about the Nanyang Technological University(NTU)
students who are activies at deaf community and help at the Singapore association for the Deaf (http://www.sadeaf.org.sg) I think, In July 5 to 7, They have a events for climb the mountain and hike with deaf people and hearing students at North Malaysia. I cannot remember name of place, I will ask my friend later.

Last Thurday night, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) invites us to pub club for meeting new deaf people by the NTU Students. I was surpised that NTU students are more encoursed to hearing or deaf people for doing explore the deaf and hearing community to be aware about deafness in Singapore, so my wife and I decided to go to pub in little india. We never went to pub club in Singapore and it is our first time.. I like to listen(feeling) the music and drink the beer. I met couples of Deaf singaporean people, they told me that USA is best life and good deaf program. I told them, yes, it is true. but they are weak moral culture and don't understand the varies of the culture. bcs of not explore the varies of the culture. Some of American people think, I am best bcs of money business and many reasons. bcs They are idotic. I told them that Singaporeans people have a good moral culture Because The Singapore is perfect spot for flying to asia coutries and go to Australia easier. The Singaporean people are a lot of aware for their four differents langauge: Chinese, tamil, Malaysia and English. But In singapore, Deaf people needs to be better human rights, and do not passive for our rights. Plus, Some of elder Singaporean people think that Deaf people who cannot speak, that mean, They think deaf people are mute and dumb. I think, they don't understand about deaf people community and embassment about their Sign Language; therefore, They are save their skins( not to be embassement) but A lot of Singaporean people uses Gesture a lot. That s part of visual language and body language. I hopeully, Those Younger Singaporean people do better treated to Deaf younger people in the future.

Sunday, March 27, 2005


Deafies friends were at pub bar at Little India  Posted by Hello

Monday, March 21, 2005


Hello? what s wrong with USA Market for Asian actor/actress?  Posted by Hello

Jet Li and Jackie Chan!

Today, I read the newspaper called The Straits Times(Singapore newspaper).

Leaving on a jet plane: HONG KONG----- Los Angeles-based Jet Li is moving home to China bcs he sees potential in its market.
But he is so attached to his LA mansion that he plans to build a replica of it in Shanghai and move there with wife Nina and their two daughters, Hong Kong newspaper reported last Friday.

The gongfu star has reportedly put his mansion up for sale at US $5million (s$8.1 Million) and submitted plans to rebuild it on land he previously bought in the Pudong district.

Last month, a friend of Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan revealved that the latter has put his Beverly Hills home on the market for US$6.7 million as he plans to make his base in China.

In my mind, What is wrong with USA Market for Hong Kongers. They may feel discrimation by the USA Market. Do they make Chinese actor/actress make to be happy to stay USA for their market? that s my question. I do really remember that Bruce Lee was staying in USA for shortly time during the TV show " The green Hornet" The white American(1960's) was dicrimation to Bruce Lee during his tv show and made him unhappy with USA market for their movie. Bruce Lee was supposed to be role model for actor for " the kung fu" during 1968 to 1979. Bruce Lee was really disappointment to be staying USA and alot of problem for USA market. He decided to move to HK for new movie called "The boss" in 1970 and brought new home at Kolwoon, Hong Kong. He got movie star for that reason by the chinese director, who accepted from Bruce Lee's belief of his living. So is there still problem about USA market for Asian people? Look at millium year.. it is 2005. what s wrong with American people for their market? DUh!

USA Deaf sports at OZ!

Last Jan, I was planning to do stories about our friends about playing at OZ for our USA teams, but I was too busy to do earrands for moving the stuff and prepare to move to Singapore. Let s talking about our friends who were playing for USA Deaf Sports. I am going to talking about three people that I know three friends: Betsy Hoerner, Darrin Garnes, and Stefan Bergan.

I know Betsy Hoerner for 9 years. She and I had been working for four years as a co workers. She works for Florida School for Deaf and Blind as a teacher Aide at Special Need of the Elementary School. She played for Woman Soccer team for USA team. Her team won for gold Medals!

I know Darrin Garnes for around 4 years. He is senior at Florida School for Deaf and Blind. he joined football team for his first year as a senior. It was great experence for him. I do remember, he was clumsy for Defense End and Cornerback for football team. I was helping him and his team for two days during football camp. I was explaining him how to do sack, and do secondary for their reading the players and other teams. he was pick up pretty quickly and listened me well. i think, in his fourth games, he was playing on first team on Defense End. he is really faster. bcs he is member of the Track team for FSDB. I like him as a good person and nice person, but sometime, his cousin is pain in the butt for a being mischief in the sport games. haha

I know Stefan Bergan for around 18 years. He and I were in Varity football team in high school at Model Secondary School for the Deaf. He was quarterback and Cornerback. He is really smarter, and know alot of varies the plays on the football field. I never forgot that he threw around 100 - 270 yards in per games during his junior year. He was really an athethic for football, basketball, wresting, baseball and track during his four years of the high school at MSSD. He and I were graduated same year in high school during June 14, 1991. That was 14 years ago! He is member Handball team for USA team.

Sunday, March 20, 2005


handball Posted by Hello

Stefan Bergan Posted by Hello

Darrin Garnes Posted by Hello

Betsy Hoerner  Posted by Hello

Saturday, March 19, 2005

No patrick day for Singapore

When I was in Mrt subway at Singapore. I looked at date of red dote at MRT. The date says March 18th, 2005. In my mind, Where is St.Patrick Day? I realized that Singaporean people don't celerate for St.Patrick Day on March 17th, and they also dont wear the green clother for St.Patrick Day. But The Singaporean People do celerate for Valenline Day for Feb 14 and Chinese Valenline Day for Feb 15th. My wife just told me that White people foreign people who works or vacation in Singapore. They have do celeration at Bar for St.Patrick Day.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

from March 14 to 16, 2005

On March 14, I got up from bed at 730am, I was not usually to be without driving due to no truck for me to go to work. I stayed Singapore for one month. My earrand will telling you the time for day from 730am to 10am.

730am: woke up

735am: go to shower (has no bathtub, only have a bathfloor, and it is not same as in USA)

745am: grabbed the clother.

8am: leave the house

8 15am: catched the bus for go to MRT

830am: go to free newspaper

835am: go to Mcdonald

855am: leave at Mcdonald at Jurong Point Mall

905am: go to catch MRT for Jurong East IMM

920am: go to meet boss named Mario

930am: get ready for cutting the fish( salmon)

939am: frunk the fish cutting skill test.

945am: good bye to Mario

My mind says, I knew I will not getting hired for this position as a fish cutting at the Giant super market.

On March 15th, I got up from bed at 935am. I ate the buns for a while. I chatted with my friends on AIM. after that, I went to Orchard for work out at California Gym. I worked out for two hours and half. around at 530pm, I left California Gym and go catch the MRT. I need to meet my wife for check it up on my wife s pregrant. My sister in law and my wife were wait up for me to arrive at clinic. Lucky, I was arriving on time and meet our pregrant doctor. My doctor checked it up on my wife s pregrant, he says, my son will be ready to be born this week or next week. I am excited to see my son very soon.

On March 16th, I got up from bed at 730am. I ate my buns for quickly time. bcs patick, Jann(sister in law) , me and patrick s friend will go to wakeboard and wakesurf, but Patrick let me know that he will be late for 30 mins, so I need to wait up for him to arrive at my house. Finally, he arrived to my house and pick me up. We went to marina country club at the pungegol for wakeboard. I will show you couple of the photos.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005


Get ready to movement.  Posted by Hello

Ken watches the Waves  Posted by Hello

Ken was feeling the movement of the waves  Posted by Hello

Patrick jumps  Posted by Hello

Thursday, March 10, 2005

An interview at Giant Super Market in Singapore.

Yesterday, I went to IMM Mall at Jurong East near to Mrt. I was looking for a number of the an interview for a few jobs positions. Finally, I found a number of the room for an interview for as a walk in. I saw them and took a form. I wrote a fill it out for form with attend on my resume. The muslim lady told me to wait for next number and they will call up on my name, so I was waiting around 20 mins and read newspaper. I saw a guy, who seems from european. I sat on the chair and saw his name seems siminar from Italy, and he is supervior of the seafood for Giant. Let s me diaglog:

Ken: I am deaf( Gesture Sign Langauge)
The Italian man: You dont speak? (Gesture Sign Language)
Ken: I can speak a little.
The Italian man: Do you know that you need to be experence to work for fish cuttery?
Ken: NO, but I do know how to cut the fruit and Vegetable. I am willing to learn how to do cut the fish.
The Italian man: You need to know how to do cut the fish cuttery.
Ken: I do experence to work at food store, it considers to be count.
The Italian Man: (say nothing)
Ken: are you Italian?
The Italian Man: Greek Cypriot and talked to other boss about me.
Ken: speak to other boss on my voice. (I am deaf)
Other boss man: yeah, he told me about it.. (handshake)
Ken: (I noticed that Greek man asked to other boss about giving me a chance to work with him)
Greek man: The position is not for IMM, but Mannia Square ok?
Ken: yes, I saw it at Mannia Square says grand open sooner.
Greekman: most starting salarys are around $S850.00 to $S1000.00 per month
but for fish cutting which requires a skill we pay a bit more. I need to dicuss with our HR Dept.
Ken: nodding my head.
Greekman: Do you have any problem with working public holiday or weekend or shifts?
Ken: nodding my head says NO
Greek man: I will presure your application in to your HR Deptarment and they will contact you with-in 2 days. We will require you to bring 2 passport photos, bank details and NRIC card. They will sms you.
Ken: Ok (speak)
Greekman: asked me question about the application form.
Ken: write a form paper to show him.
Greekman: Do not be offended but I need to know. "Is your wife also deaf?"
Ken: Yes
Greekman: I will sms you as to when to come to do the Skills test. ok? I think tomorrow.
Ken: given him a friendly for "thank you" (speaking my voice)

I will wait to see if they are doing to sms me or not. I will wait for their repond.

Sunday, March 06, 2005

CSHI for deaf school

Karen and I went to see old school at Canossian school for Hearing Impaired last Saturday (5/3/2005) . Karen just told me that school was usually to named Canossian School for the Deaf. now, they changed the name due to change from Sign Language to Oral School. Karen and I were enter the CSHI and met her old friends. They dont really hug their hugs like USA deaf people. I met her old friends, they are mostly using sign langauge, but I noticed that currently kids use their Coclear Implants and digital hearing Aids. They are using their voice, and alittle sign language. In my mind, what s wrong with them? I wondered, if they are happy to have a communication with their voice and vocbal abused by the Catholican teacher, who forced them to use their voice. If the kids dont listen to Catholican teacher, they will given them a punishment. I dont know what kind of punishment. My friend, Ken Lai and I were walking together to get the foods. Somehow, Ken met his old teacher, I saw old Catholican teacher talked him in her voice, Ken was pretty good catch their voice and not really 100% understand their lipread. The old Catholican teacher seems wanted to talk me, and asked me a few question. I was not interested to talk her. I let Ken Lai takes care himself to communcate with her. Karen had alittle enjoying to see her old teacher and old friends. I think, They are doing okay. but mostly older deafies people use their sign langauge instead of using their voice, I am pretty sure that currenly kids will learn more sign language in the future due to understandable expressional their feeling in deaf language. Do you agree with me?

old teacher and friends.  Posted by Hello

Old friends at CSHI Posted by Hello

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Korea

I was really sad to leave America. I flew the airplane by the Delta airline from Jacksonville, Florida to Atlanta to Seoul Korea. When I was arrived to Seoul, Korea. I was supposed to taken my surfboard and bigger bag, it was not shown up on the arrive gates, so I was spoken to Korean airline worker, she said, that she will find a number for my baggier and send to Singapore. I said, " ok, " my mind says, perfect, i dont have to be worrying to taken to hotel. so I was taken my photographer bag and my backnapper personally. I went to get bus ticket for go to Seoul, Korean(downtown) and it is only 8 dollars. When I arrived to downtown, I saw a tons of seafood around shopping and was looking for a hostel. I asked to taxi driver "where is hostel" The taxi driver said, " I am going to call to them and they are no longer service" (gesture sign langauge) so They tried to help me fully to looking for a hostel. The taxi driver and I was looking for address of the hostel. The taxi driver found it. We entered the hostel. the taxi driver said, this is not hostel, they were moving to other place and talked to other man,m so We drove to new hostel. it seems far away and dont know where it is. I decided to drop me off near to downtown and see nice temple. I knew I had awake all the night from 10pm to noon time. I walked to see nice temple. The outside was -5 C during the night time.. BBBRRrrrrRrrRr I walked around the downtown and went to see bigger market and Namdaemum, it was really nice to see during night time, I will show you photos.
http://english.tour2korea.com/03Sightseeing/DestinationsByRegions/Depth04.asp?sight=sightseeing&Sightseeing_ID=267&Address_1=6142&Address_2=5541&konum=1&kosm=m3_1

then I was really bored to do something, I decided to do go to Cafe internet and get sleep for 15 mins. I only paid cafe internet for 2,000 Won (USA 2.50 dollars) for an hour. and browser around the downtown and saw flurries snow for an hour... The food paddler at outside was seem pretty good food. At 630am, I went to see temple, I cannot remember what was that temple called and I was enjoying to browser around the temple . Then go to Anguk Station. I walked to see ChangDeokgung Palace. They told me that They will open at 9am, so I decided to go to resturant for a breakfast. the Breakfast was YUMMY! after that, I went to see Changdeokgung Palace, They allow me to get free ticket and I entered, those palace was really bigger than i thought. I was browsering to see different temple and see their culture. I took some of photos for this palace. I was really enjoying to see this palace due to alittle same from Japan Palace.
around 945am, I was a jogged to Anguk Station for getting bus, which it needs to go to International Airport. I arrived to seoul station, I grabbed my photography bag at holder bagger at the Seoul station(train station) and go to get the bus for airport, I got it anything goes smooth. I rode to airprt and flew to Singapore from Seoul, Korea. (You can look at web site at Changdeokgung Palace) http://english.tour2korea.com/03Sightseeing/DestinationsByRegions/depth04.asp?oid=&sightseeing_id=152&ADDRESS_1=6142&ADDRESS_2=&sight=sightseeing&konum=1&kosm=m3_1