what if.

// Sunday, January 20, 2008

1/20/2008 12:15:00 AM

You have to be deaf to understand the deaf

What is it like to "hear" a hand?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to be a small child,
In a school, in a room void of sound
With a teacher who talks and talks and talks;
And then when she does come around to you,
She expects you to know what she`s said?
You have to be deaf to understand.

Or the teacher thinks that to make you smart,
You must first learn how to talk with your voice;
So mumbo-jumbo with hands on your face
For hours and hours without patientce or end,
Until out comes a faint resembling sound?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to be curious,
To thirst for knowledge you can call your own,
With an inner desire that`s set on fire
And you ask a brother, sister, or friend
Who looks in answer and says, "Never Mind"?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like in a corner to stand,
Though there`s nothing you`ve done really wrong,
Other than try to make use of your hands
To a silent peer to communicate
A thought that comes to your mind all at once?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to be shouted at
When one thinks that will help you to hear;
Or misunderstand the words of a friend
Who is trying to make a joke clear,
And you don`t get the point because he`s failed?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to be laughed in the face
When you try to repeat what is said;
Just to make sure that you`ve understood,
And you find that the words were misread
And you want to cry out, "Please help me, friend"?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to have to depend
Upon one who can hear to phone a friend;
Or place a call to a business firm
And be forced to share what`s personal, and,
Then find what your message wasn`t made clear?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to be deaf and alone
in the company of those who can hear
And you only guess as you go along,
For no one`s there with a helping hand,
As you try to keep up with words and song?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like on the road of life
To meet with a stranger who opens his mouth
And speaks out a line at a rapid pace;
And you can`t understand the look in his face
Because it is new and you`ve lost in the race?
You have to be deaf to understand.

What is it like to comprehend
Some numble fingers that paint the scene,
And make you smile and feel serene,
With the "spoken word" of the moving hand
That makes you part of the word at large?

What is like to "hear" a hand?
Yes, you have to be deaf to understand.

taken from joe eng.

DO SOME OF YOU KNEW IM A HEARING IMPAIRED PERSON?

YES I WAS.

if you think why i didnt tell you,BUT why should i?
what's wrong being a hearing impaired?
hearing impaired person is also a human in this world.

and understand the true fact that i was this kind of person who suffer alot from young since high fever, 42 degree.

and if you were me, how would you felt being in a corner where no one want to talk to you JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A HEARING IMPAIRED?

hey, some people was born normal leh. they met an accident and they found out that most people are looking down on them just because they lost their hearing. and they wondered if its' all because they met an accident WHICH IS DAMN REGRETTING?!

i was afraid to lose some of you when you found out i was. Because i thought it's a SCARY issue.

Now i realize there's nothing to hide. MOST PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE THE SAME. they are good in looking down on hi people. i was very upset when i see people looking down one another. EVEN MYSELF. i even told myself that I HATE MYSELF TO CORE!

now i HATE YOU TO CORE!

people just dont understand what a hearing impaired person leading their lives at.

ONLY VVVERYYYY FEW HI SUCCEED POPULAR.

wtf and wth.