Sign Language 101

Today was the annual Lasallian Enrichment Alternative Program (LEAP) Day. For the past two years that I've been in La Salle, I took boring LEAP classes, I admit. Here are my reasons:

1. I wanted a LEAP activity that didn't require me to leave the campus.
2. I'm sorta scared to leave my comfort zone.
3. It's cheap. Like, I don't have to shell out money at all. Hahaha.
4. But yeah, back to #1, I'm lazy like that.

On my frosh year, I took Digital Photography. I know, I can read about that online or whatever. Besides, I'm in a communication course so they'd probably teach us that one way or another. In my defense, though, I was really into photography (and still am) and maybe I was too excited and got ahead of myself. My curriculum flowchart indicated that I was to take a photography class, a major one, on the first term of my sophomore year. But no, I was too excited. It failed me. I won't delve into details, but ugh, I was so disappointed.

Sophomore year, hello! I proclaim it the toughest time of my life. So much has happened that the new year (2009) wasn't much of a motivation for me. I was so addicted to Lomography and film and analog and la la la that time so it was a no-brainer enrolling in Lomography 101. It was interesting, but I knew that already. I've been doing it, see. I'm not being proud, I was just lazy. Heehee.

Having said that, today could be the exception! The one thing that broke the boring-LEAP-class curse: Sign Language 101! Sponsored by SC-EDGE 2008, I'm really glad I enrolled in that class. If I may say, I have been battling with a go or a no with that class since last year. I dunno why I went with a class whose topics I already knew about. This time, wow. I learned so much! The instructors may have crammed three months worth of sign language lessons into three full hours but I learned so much.

I have always wanted to be signs literate because I believe in the power of non-verbal communication. It also keeps the mind busy; searching for simple words that substitute a complex one in order to interpret it in sign.

Ah, the joys of language!