Deaf Event Exprerience
This is my second year attending a Deaf event for my American Sign Language class. On Friday, April 9th 2004, I went to the Block where a Deaf event was going on in a Starbucks shop. The get-together occurs every second Friday of the month. I had just gotten out of the movies with my friends since we had gone to see Mean Girls. We got out around 9:00 PM and as soon as we were outside, my friends yanked my shirt and yelled out "Yen, they're signing!". One of my friends, Ally, tells me that she is fascinated my Sign Language because she likes the idea of being able to communicate without words. My three other friends that I went with, Mayra, Vivian and Vy, also find it interesting so they all wanted to come with me when I told them that I was going to go. When we got in there, everyone was signing like crazy and having such a good time. I don't exactly remember how I felt when I went to the Deaf even last year but it was overwhelming to see all the signing for me then. My friends were all pushing me to go talk to someone but I told them I didn't want to cut in the middle of their conversations. Right then, out of the corner of my eyes, I saw a little girl sit
I went up to both of them and her mom told me how she got lost and thanked me for keeping Elizabeth company. I went over to her and said hi and introduced myself. After patiently waiting for me to finish signing because I was kind of nervous since all my friends were looking at me curiously, she informed me that she was tired from walking too much so she decided to sit there and wait for her mom to come back. When I was back in Starbucks I saw her with another lady whom I assumed was her mom. I wish that I had exchanged information with Elizabeth though. Feeling good, I started heading out, forgetting to get anything to prove that I was there. So I told the little girl that I will stay and talk with her until her mom comes back. ting on a table all by herself and she was looking really sad. Then I asked her how long she has been waiting and she answered almost one hour. Elizabeth pointed me out and told her mom about what happened. I then freaked out and asked her if she wanted to share food with me because I was getting something to eat too. She politely told me no and that she had to stay there to wait for her mom. She told me her name was Elizabeth (and I told her I like her name), and how she has one hearing brother as well as one Deaf sister. We said hello and exchanged a few casual words.
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