Day 15:Practice makes Perfect

“As much as the Hearing loves to play games, Deaf people loves it too.”

We had a whole day Filipino Sign Language Lessons. Denven, Janice, Ronnie, Sonny and Jera ( Filipino Deaf Volunteers) showed to us new words which I found very handful. They are very enthusiastic and patient with us. And I find that deaf people , same as the hearing, loves to play games or have energizers.

We played three different games today:

Game I: We had a racing game. We were divided into 2 groups and each person should sign the words that were flashed. The first to sign will get a step closer to the goal. Most of the words were familiar to me because one of them was my former roomate who helped me review lessons.

Game II: We then had the Paint me a Picture. We were grouped into 3 and had to act on then go for a pause. The best team to portray or characterize the word will win the round. It was very fantastic to act out from the word Family to the word Horror.

Game III: We then played a very unique Math Relay game using our faces. Combinations of facial movements were given a particular value which were: Lip Pointing - 100, Blinking 50, Winking - 10 , Tounge Out- 5 and Eyebrows Up – 1. A number were given to be passed on using the facial expression and at the end of the line, someone must add all , make the total and tell the game master the digits.

After the games and the FSL lessons, we had a 35-item test. They are going to do the signing and we would right the words being signed on a sheet of paper. Some words were really hard and I almost forgot how the word “Lucky” was signed. Luckily, I got a perfect score.

Late today, we were told that our supervisors were able to find us a host home which excited me and the other three volunteers who were homeless for about 5 days now. And just so happy that I was able to meet our host mother yesterday during our visit to Barangay Hall in Mabolo.

We had fun night in Ayala Mall Cebu City which we hoped to join the Zumba Dancing at the terraces. Unfortunately, it will still be next week. Four of us ( Me and my British Counterpart and 2 other Volunteer Pairs) walked going to the Living Gospel ( the Place where we are temporarily staying).

On our way, I throw out some really corny jokes to just ease everyone as we walk around. I then found the flower shop and bought two roses for the two female British Volunteers (my friends). I was so glad that made them happy and I was looking forward that as the friendship that we started to build will continue to grow as we move on with our ICS Volunteering Journey.

Yes, I got perfect in today's exam. It can be a big thing because it shows how learned I am about FSL. But it's just a reflection about the beauty of hardwork and having passion and interest in what you do. You can make the best happen if you just give your best and surely God will do the rest.

Test scores can be perfected , but – in life – we can only hope for the best, make the world something better and always stand for what is good.