Sometime ago, we featured Solomon Lim Hock Chun as he was preparing the Christmas edition of Deaf Art Cards. Today, we can proudly present to you Solomon, really delighted in showing off his creations. The Christmas Deaf Art Cards are absolutely creations we are so proud of. Congratulations Solomon.

So, where can you get these cards? At our Deaf Art Promotions at AMCORP. We will reopen for sale and promotion on Sun Nov 23 @ 10.00am - 8.00pm. In the picture on the right, Solomon is joined in the photo by his wife Phoebe Ting, a familiar face on our website. If you recall, Phoebe is a Deaf crafter specialising in making beatiful handicrafted ear rings.

Over the past number of months, we have been having a number of hearing helpers. Here are 2 of our regular hearing helpers.

Above : Edward Boey (in the Sign with Me t-shrt), and Anne Tan. Here they are posing so candidly for the camera. Both are very pleasant to work with. Folks, if you are hearing and would like to help out at the booth, you need to be able to communicate in sign language.

Like this t-shirt? Come on over and get one. This is an empowering way of encouraging the public to learn sign language and create awareness.

Above : A young fan of the Deaf, sporting the Sign with Me t-shirt and eager to communicate. This young gentleman brought his savings to buy himself his very own copy of the Deaf Art Calendar and the t-shirt. Standing next to him is his brother (in yellow t-shirt) who also brought some of his own savings to buy both of the items.

Last weekend, we had 2 new Deaf helpers and we would like to introduce them to you. Meet Jenny Moo Jen Nie.

Above : Poovarasan Barathan waving at the camera. Right : Taking instructions from Deaf Supervisor Carol Lau.

Everyone is so busy at the sales and attending to customers. There’s teamwork here. From left : Deaf helpers Catharine Sajon, Kong Guat Lay, Tan Buey Choon (Guat Lay’s husband), Mario

Above : Guat Lay at work about to create on the spot, those paper craft multipurpose containers. Right : the finished products, most of which were sold.

Above : Lois posing for the camera with the recycled photo frame that Phoebe created. The frame she is holding is the last piece left and we’re going to miss this unique.

 Customers at the Mission booth

Featuring some new faces on the scene.

Left: Meet Stanley Belulok. Believe me, he appears to have the strength of 10000 horses. Where on earth does he get that kind of strength. He isn’t a large framed person but am amazed at how much he can weight lift. A very humorous guy, yet with a quiet pleasant disposition. Right : That sweet and pretty lady seated and posing for the camera is Stanley’s wife, Catharine Sajon. She is soft spoken (in her sign communicaton) and is very gentle in her mannerisms and can also appear a little shy.

Left : Vivian Saw. She visited our booth many times in the past. Vivian took some time to assist Guat Lay while Lois went on a lunch break. Right : Chan Khing Hing who has started working for us. He easily breaks into laughter, and it’s very easy for anyone who talks to him, to also break into laughter.

To all our new Deaf helpers, welcome and do hope you will stay with us.

Here we bring you some pictures of our event held last weekend (Sep 19-21, 2008) at Sunway Pyramid.

Pictured above is Kong Guat Lay who we featured recently. She is seen here very engrossed in her preparations and paper craft making of lovely jewellery boxes. At the end of our weekend promotion, nearly all of those paper craft creations were sold. People stood amazed as they watched her craft these jewellery boxes.

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Left : Several admirers of Phoebe’s crafted ear rings. Right : Phoebe holding up the pair of earrings that the customer in the middle purchased. Those beautifully crafted earrings by Phoebe are turning out to be a hot item.

Customers at our booths. The first day of the weekend event was rather quiet but the crowd was more visible and packed on the third day of the event.

Left : Lim Anuar doing a watercolour painting demo while a child cannot take his eyes off Lim Anuar at work. Right : Lim Anuar’s several paintings on display.

Deaf Fashion Show. From left : Phoebe Ting, Shiho, Lois and Rachel. This was a very special moment for our Deaf models, for the Mission and to the public. The point we wanted to make was that Deaf people can do anything. The models were wearing batik pareos designed by Lim Anuar. In addition, each of them exhibited the items sold at our Deaf Art Expose (Calendar, Batik Hankerchieves, Deaf Art Hari Raya Cards, Guat Lay’s paper craft, photo album).

Rachel                                                   Lois

Phoebe                                                    Shiho

The faces of these folks above show they were really enjoying the Deaf Fashion Show. They are part of the Deaf audience who must have felt proud to see Deaf models doing the catwalk so professionally, thanks to Dino, the models’ coach.

Dino coordinated the catwalk, and even looked into the nitty gritties of how the models were dressed for the catwalk. He was also the Deaf emcee for the show, as well as for the 2nd and 3rd day of the promotion.

Thoughts : We do thank the Sunway Pyramid management for inviting us to be part of their Gaya Raya event. It’s really hard to say if we created enough impact at Sunway (I mean impact with creating Deaf Awareness). We’re waiting for some feedback from the management after the Raya holidays.

Folks, we feature our new release - the Deaf Art Calendar 2009. Please do get a copy. If last year’s calendar was a sell out, this year’s calendar is already selling quickly before he hits the big market. It’s trendy, with a new look. Carries modern art paintings or traditional paintings with modern techniques. The green background represents being eco conscious. And this calendar is another of our products printed on recycled paper.

 

Please look out for our Deaf Art Promotions at Eden Cafe, AMCORP Mall Petaling Jaya on

Sat/Sun Oct 11/12 @ 10.00am - 9.00pm
Sat/Sun Oct 18/19 @ 10.00am - 9.00pm
Sat/Sun Oct 25/26 @ 10.00am - 9.00pm

Or you may email us directly for enquiries by writing to agnes@rcdeafmissionsmalaysia.com, and mario@rcdeafmissionsmalaysia.com

Peter (in blue t-shirt)  continues to excel well in his coaching role, coaching new Deaf Talent. Here he is seen giving some helpful tips to Solomon on the Christmas editions Solomon is working on (which are due for release in early to mid October).

Folks, we share with you some pictures of Lim Anuar who the Mission engaged as Deaf Art Consultant. Here he is seen in his mentoring and advisory role.

    
  Lim Anuar giving guidance and advice to Guat Lay on her papercraft

                   
Mentoring Solomon while doing a quality check on the final version of Solomon’s Christmas Deaf Art productions

Seen here is Agnes giving some guidance and instructions to Carol Lau, Deaf Supervisor, in preparation for the Deaf Art promotion this weekend (Fri 19th - Sun 21st 2008 at Sunway Pyramid). Carol has been able to successfully mobilise Deaf workers for our promotions. Many Deaf helpers who are in need of part job work through the Deaf promotions are looking up to Carol for mentoring and coaching.

Carol is patient, a good leader and is attentive to the needs of her team of Deaf helpers. She is also very firm and assertive in nurturing positive attitude and positive thinking among the Deaf helpers. She is also keen to see the Deaf helpers in her team set good examples in their attitude towards work, being service oriented and displaying good teamwork.