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" Take up the cross and follow me " Matthew 16: 24 If you are a loyal reader who has been reading since the first writing published in January 2020, I would like to announce that I have a fact that really needed to announce. Look at a title, that says I am Christian. Yep, I am Christian and am a follower of Christ. I have prepared some questions might you want to ask When was getting baptized? In December 2019 at GKI Gejayan, Yogyakarta. My baptized name is Malachi Raka. Where is the church usually you worship? English Worship, Yogyakarta. Why did you convert to Christianity? It’s a long story but that came to me who had been fighting for the truth and what makes me feel comfortable and to grow up who am myself. I converted because it’s my decision not because of a girlfriend, I do not have a girlfriend and am still single. After spending two years, I ended up finding Jesus Christ through coming to the church and started tearing up while listening to Christian songs. I really...

" Pikul salibnya dan ikutlah Aku. " Matius 16:24 Jika Anda adalah pembaca setia yang telah membaca sejak tulisan pertama terbit pada Januari 2020, saya ingin mengumumkan bahwa saya memiliki fakta yang sangat perlu saya umumkan. Lihatlah sebuah judul, yang mengatakan saya Kristen. Ya, saya Kristen dan pengikut Kristus. Saya telah menyiapkan beberapa pertanyaan yang mungkin ingin Anda tanyakan. 1. Kapan dibaptis? Pada bulan Desember 2019 di GKI Gejayan, Yogyakarta. Nama baptis saya adalah Maleakhi Raka. 2. Dimana gereja yang biasanya Anda sembah? English Worship, Yogyakarta 3. Mengapa Anda masuk Kristen? Itu adalah cerita yang panjang tetapi itu datang kepada saya sendiri yang telah berjuang untuk kebenaran dan apa yang membuat saya merasa nyaman dan tumbuh menjadi diri saya sendiri. Saya pindah agama karena itu keputusan saya bukan karena pacar, saya belum punya pacar dan masih single . Setelah menghabiskan dua tahun, saya akhirnya menemukan Yesus Kristus dengan datang ke gere...

I was testing a student who stood up to share her short story in signs in our class. She was so good at signing despite sign language being the third language that she is learning and isn't a native speaker. She was confused about gloss or glosa in Indonesian. That's the thing that is most often forgotten when learning and translating a foreign language. Foreign language teachers almost never teach about gloss to students and yeah, I am sure some do and some do not.  The Gloss (Gr) means when a word is attached to a sign in simple terms. It refers to the way that ASL (American Sign Language) names signs in order to give a sense of the meanings behind them. A word or word that represents that sign does not signify its meaning in any way (source: What Are Glosses in Sign Language/  https://www.ilovelanguages.com/what-are-glosses-in-sign-language ). A gloss happens because it causes when a student who learns a second language but their mind that used to be a native language as bo...

Saya belum pernah tinggal di luar negeri meskipun saya punya banyak teman asing yang mengunjungi Indonesia dan tinggal di Indonesia. Satu hal yang paling tidak diharapkan yang saya alami adalah memanggil "bule". Kata itu saya dengar sejak saya belajar di Wonosobo ketika orang Belanda datang. Dan sekarang, tetap saja semua orang menyebut orang asing yang berkunjung dan tinggal di Indonesia adalah bule. Saya tahu apa artinya dan dalam banyak alasan. Dalam KBBI (Kamus Bahasa Indonesia), bule berarti bulai (albinisme) dan orang kulit putih yang berasal dari Eropa dan Amerika Serikat atau orang Barat. Jadi, apa poin yang bisa Anda tangkap? Ya, bule adalah orang kulit putih saja. Itu terlihat seperti yang saya lihat dalam kenyataan dan bahkan saya dulu sebagai pemandu wisata yang membantu pengunjung Tuli Inggris selama kunjungan mereka ke Indonesia. Orang Indonesia cenderung meminta foto dengan mereka dan tentu saja, orang asing akan melakukannya tetapi kebanyakan tidak, karena ala...

I have never lived abroad yet despite I have many foreign friends who visited Indonesia and are living in Indonesia. One thing that the most unexpected that I experienced is calling "bule". The word that I'd heard since I studied at Wonosobo when Dutch people came. And, now, still, everyone calls foreign who visits and lives in Indonesia are bule. I know what it means and in many reasons. In KBBI (Indonesian dictionary), bule is meaning bulai (the albinism) and white people who are from Europe and the United States or westerners. So, what is the point that you can catch on to? Yeah, bule is white people only. It looks what I saw in the reality and even was a tour guide who help Deaf British visitors during their visit to Indonesia. Indonesians tend to ask for a photo with them and of course, foreigners will do but mostly not because of private reasons. But, in my analysis, mostly white people only Indonesians ask for a photo. So, I had to ask them not to interrupt foreign...

Source: What to expect if your child needs hearing aids https://www.healthyhearing.com/help/hearing-aids/children As born a Deaf person, I was raised by hearing therapy. Usually, when they are profoundly Deaf people, their parents go to hearing therapy, as expected to be able to hear and speak. Which, are hearing aids, cochlear implants, even shamans, or any offers that they have received from the doctor. I was raised by going to shamans, hearing therapy, hospital, and even going to the best hospital in Jakarta. What was the result? Nothing, as it didn't what my parents expect. My parents suggested having hearing aids and it happened when I studied in Wonosobo. I had two hearing aids, of different types. I reminded that was IDR 2 million or $135.7 USD and we bought it in Apotek Kimia Farma, Malioboro, Yogyakarta. We didn't use insurance because it was out-network health insurance. The most expensive is cochlear implants because you suppose to pay IDR 300 million or $20. 260 USD...

Source: Freepik Free Photo| Deaf women communicating through sign language https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/deaf-women-communicating-through-sign-language_8969137.htm Did you know why we never find more Deaf women in our community? The Deaf female population is fewer than the Deaf male, I am not sure about how number, but it seems not much what I said. So, that's why the organization is male-dominated and has almost no female representative. That's bad for sure! I'm not going to be happy by seeing the fewer participation Deaf females in Indonesia. That's not okay for me. We need more participation in Deaf females so Deaf females have an equal chance as men do and they can lead the organization and then make the change we expected in the future.  But now kinda better and more female representative. We had a thrilling program to encourage Deaf youth females. If I am not mistaken, we had a Deaf girl who was selected to represent Indonesia in participating in the World De...

Source: Why Great Sign Language Interpreters Are So Animated https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/mt/food/g1%20615.jpg As a sign language teacher, I would notice that so many women are more interested to learn sign language than men. All my classes tend to be dominated by women. I don't know why it happens. We discussed how to recruit more male prospective students in our class but it was tough to find it and still accept the dominated women. For example, a class has 20 students consisting of only 3 men and 17 women. I was reading two websites that linked wondering about what women are more interested to learn sign language than men. There were just opinions and not research. I taught students of the fifty-fifty by 2 women and 2 men of 6 students and it was in 2021 when we limited the students' quota due to pandemics.  That was far fair in my teaching experience. I have never seen all male-dominated in my sign language class. You can read the links here: https://www.reddit.com/r/a...

Source: Sign Language Isn't Just For Babies. Illustration: A mom teaches a sign "more" in ASL to her baby. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/opinion/sign-language-isnt-just-for-babies.html Deaf people are kind of unique and have many things that hearing people do not have. For example, is by bilingual education, Deaf children have potentially mastered more than two languages and more polyglot than hearing people who only know one language. Deaf newborns get two accessed languages at the same time, except depends on who their parents are, neither hearing nor Deaf. If their parents know sign language, I believe that will give fully accessed to bilingual parenting to Deaf children. Sign language is a mother tongue for the Deaf people, then written or verbal language is a second language. That means all Deaf children need to be taught two or more languages. Doesn't it benefit? Hearing children just need to be taught one language. It depends on where you get to. If you we...

Source: Orthodox Christianity https://orthochristian.com/111373.html When you are feeling lost, lonely, alone, failed, sad, and anxious, this is what about feel. But you are given to be alive by the Lord so you are going to have to move on and so. Life is short. So, all the time that what about the way to go and no chance look back.  The verse says don't worry about tomorrow, yep, this is what you worry but you still have to go on. The only two picks you have is moving on or stopping. Just that all.  To be honest, I have fear of being alone, this is my life. That is something I can't reveal about what life is. My hangout friend said that his friend criticized his life after resigning from his double job and looks fear of the future. He was I was feeling about, it is empathy since what I felt to be that position he placed now. I remind of The Keeping Room, in which a black woman who was a slave to two white girls survived by keeping their room from the confederate soldiers atta...

Source: Women's Health https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a26228055/fear-of-being-alone-autophobia/ I live in a small room of 9 x 9 square feet/ 3x3 meter, one room by one person, and I don't have a private bathroom. I don't know what it causes I live in a small room. I don't know. My English lecturer died last night and I felt awful and sad. He was the best lecturer and always assisted me to learn English when I was a sophomore. Before that, I have new friends, the best one, the environment, and the house, and definitely, I will be able to be welcomed by the community. But in as time goes on, I always feel alone and lonely. That is different with live independently, in which I can be doing what usually I do. I have fear of being alone for a long time. When I went to Richesse Factory at Lippo Mall and ate no-spicy food with level 2, it was perfect and delicious. But I envy where I sat down next to two girls who took a spicy food challenge, I thought and they ...

Source: Drooble The Blog Fell the vibe: How deaf people experience music and create music When I was at the International English Center, I listened to music on my white earphone, my friend asked me, "How do you experience music?" This was a good question because hearing people think that Deaf people can't listen to music.  I answered, "Yes, I do!" How can it be? Here's I want to share how Deaf people experience music.  Deaf people can do anything except can't hear you know. Music is kind of identical to people who can listen to and sing. So, how can Deaf people experience music?  Firstly, we must always be grateful to God because we are born to have a modern-technology and it makes our life become easier and more accessible. My cellphone has Spotify-- which features lyrics so I can listen to music by singing the lyrics. Musixmatch also has the same feature. And, I can feel how it sounds will be like loud, medium, or soft, and what kind of sound I listen...

Source: Search Engine Journal Hello hearing people over the world! I am sure that hearing people know that there are Deaf people everywhere but they do not know sign language and how can they communicate with them? Here is I would like to share things do and don't treat to Deaf people. This only can help you increase awareness possibility. Deaf people are such various of background and communication. Deaf people AREN'T the same as other Deaf people. Here is the first thing that you get to know.  Deaf privilege, Deaf ally, Deaf with reading-lips, Deaf with fully sign language, Deaf with both languages, CODA/ Children of the Deaf Adult, etc. Those are can be questioned that why do hearing people never realize that Deaf people aren't the same as other Deaf people. They think Deaf people are the same. That's just the beginning problem when they meet with Deaf people for the first time.  Well, this is about the Deaf awareness. Okay, we will start with 5 things do and don...

Source: Wyecliffe Bible Translation When hearing people think that a sign language interpreter is a companion for Deaf people lifetime. Well, that's not true. We still have to pay a sign language interpreter as the look like you also need to pay a Spanish interpreter. A sign language interpreter is doing what another professional Spanish interpreter does. What they work as a Spanish interpreter does. There is no difference. They are the same.  But, in this context, I'd like to say that there are differences, in what for anyone who needs an interpreter. If you can't speak Spanish, you need an interpreter, so who is need an interpreter? You have to, no a Spanish native. As what kind of a Deaf person is natively sign language growing up and would never need an interpreter. Then who needs it? A hearing person does since a hearing person doesn't know sign language and a hearing person needs an interpreter so can communicate with Deaf people.  Then, in shout-out the accessibi...

The 24th Summer Deaflympics is finally over! The Closing Ceremony was officially closed on May 15th, 2022. Marathon became the last sport discipline running the last finish. Ukraine becomes the winner of the Deaflympics with 62 gold medals, 38 silver medals, and 38 bronze medals, in a total of 138 medals, the United States is ranked second place with 20 gold medals, 11 silver medals, and 24 bronze medals, in a total of 55 medals, and third ranked's a shocking nation in Deaflympics history, Iran won 14 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 14 bronze medals, in a total of 40 medals.  The host country, Brazil placed 44th ranking with six bronze medals. Congratulations to Ukraine! Ukraine is amazing and it is inconceivable that a country that is at war still be the champion of the Deaflympics.  Ukrainian athletes fled to several nearby countries such as Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, etc due to war in February 2022 and trained with their athletes. Ukraine hadn't accepted the fundin...

When I was touring Teras Merapi with 9.738 feet in height and 20 miles in distance by car, I was reading something that really interesting. What that is? Surya Sahetapy who is a Deaf activist taking study in Rochester, New York posted a video about a fake interpreter at the police press conference (the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdk_hYrpJEH/ ). That's not surprised because it always happens. I surely understand that many hearing people want to learn sign language and that's good. We are happy. And even, we are still happy to know that you only know basic sign language because you're good at signing. But, we have own standard if you want to be an interpreter. If you don't sure, I want to shout out how does Deaf Americans testing a hearing student who wants to be an interpreter.  In the United States, they have many universities and community college offer sign language linguistic and Deaf studies program so hearing people who want to be an interpreter can apply an...