Kedah

We went to Kedah to observe newly trained people from the MFD headquarters’ presentation on motivation at a school of the deaf in Kedah. They hosted a daylong workshop to motivate students – mostly related to their education. I stepped in the presentation and shared that I am a university student, and that deaf people are able to attain higher education.

During my stay in Kedah, I stayed with a family (friends of Sazali’s wife) in one of the villages of Kedah. We dined “village-style”, slept “village-style”, and bathed “village-style” in middle of a rubber farm. I learned how people process rubber and that rubber actually come from trees. That I never knew. One of the hosts we stayed with is a well-known deaf batik artist in Malaysia. He invited us to go to Langkawi to see his work – and the paintings he did at Westin resort, one of the upscale resorts on the island. Off we went to Perlis/Langkawi then!