Also included in the interview hosted by Suzie Abrera and Regine Tolentino was Deaf Indie Actor Romalito Mallari together with Ms. Joi Villareal as her sign language interpreter.

Here is the YouTube Video Interview:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxRu4lIcCPA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ab8Sel-Ek

Evil Mask received three out of six major awards. Each group of 3rd year students created a 15-minute horror video as part of their Digital Video Editing subject under their instructor Sir Ervin Reyes. The list of short films that were shown are:

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Evil Mask Billboard Poster

Evil Spirit Billboard Poster

Haunted House Billboard Poster

Shutter Billboard Poster

The five films were shown the whole morning. The Awarding Ceremony follows in the afternoon. Judges select the best in terms of acting and technical skills. The Board of Judges, all hearing instructors of MCCID, were Sir Jojo Esposa Jr., Ma’am Beth Lumangyao and Ma’am Charmagne Gaspar.

Evil Mask Cast and Crew together with Judges' Ma'am Charmagne, Ma'am Beth, Sir Jojo and Sir Ervin

Best Actor Omar Emata

Best Actress Cristel Manipol

Shutter, Best Billboard Poster

Best Director Kurt Patrick Galicha of Evil Mask

Best Video Effects Shutter with Maricris Siping and Lucky Paltep

The winners are:

1. BEST SHORT VIDEO – EVIL MASK, MASK OF THE DEAF BLOOD
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR – OMAR EMATA, HAUNTED HOUSE
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS – CRISTEL MANIPOL, EVIL MASK
4. BEST EDITOR/DIRECTOR – KURT PATRICK GALICHA, EVIL MASK
5. BEST IN SPECIAL EFFECTS – LUCKY MCGILL PALTEP AND MARICRIS SIPING, SHUTTER
6. BEST IN BILLBOARD POSTER – SHUTTER, SHE NEVER LEAVES YOU

Winners receive a trophy and an equivalent performance grade in their subject. Videos will be uploaded to MCCID Youtube Channel soon.

Intermission numbers

Meanwhile, second year students made special intermission numbers as part of their Filipino Culture subject. They were graded under their instructor, Ma’am Beth Lumangyao.

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Day 1 (11:00 am) - Philippine Delegates prepare to board Philippine Airlines at NAIA 2 enroute to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea.

Day 1 (2:00 pm) - Onboard Philippine Airlines

Day 1 (9:00 pm) - Incheon International Airport Escalator

Day 2 (9:00 am) - MCCID Group wears Filipino costume in front of DreamTel International Youth Center Hostel.

Day 2 (10:00 am) - Yewon Church Korea Main building

Day 2 (10:00 am) - Yewon Church Department of Deaf Ministry Chapel

Day 2 (1:00 pm) - Philippine delegate attends the afternoon church service with Sir Jojo interpreting. Rev. Chung Eun-chu, Conference Chairman and Senior Pastor of Yewon Church gives the sermon.

Day 2 (3:00 pm) - Philippine delegate made a courtesy call to Senior Pastor Chung Eun-chu.

Day 2 (4:00 pm) - Philippine Team outside the Yewon church

Day 2 (4:00 pm) - Sir Jojo takes a shot with his Korean counterpart sign language interpreter Ma'am Gloria Nayeon Kwon.

Day 2 (6:00 pm) - Philippine team in front of local Korean restaurant after a delicious dinner

Day 3 (9:00 am) - Sir Jojo interprets the Worship-Lecture Service at Dreamtel Conference Hall. Ms. Hanna Jong, Korean interpreter is beside him.

Day 3 (10:00 am) - Worship-Lecture Service with Philippine deaf participants

Day 3 (11:00 am) - CAP College SFD Registrar and Pastor Julius Andrada's wife Ma'am May Andrada interprets for Senior Pastor Chung.

Day 3 (2:00 pm) - Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome pose in front of famous Korean national warrior hero in the middle of Seoul City.

Day 3 (3:00 pm) - Philippine Team joins the Korean deaf members performs a sign language interpretation of a popular Korean tune beside the man made Seoul River.

Day 3 (4:00 pm) - Sirs Jerome and Ervin pose in front of unique UFO shaped Korean building.

Day 3 (9:00 pm) - Philippine Team on stage with Korean Department of Deaf Ministry Evangelism Alliance for World Evangelization.

Day 4 (7:00 pm) - From left: Eleazar Fancubit, Sir Jerome Marzan, Joanna Teves and Sir Ervin Reyes of MCCID group perform "Esperanza", a Filipino Cultural Dance.

Day 4 (7:30 pm) - From Left: Michael Valois, Harold Viray, Ptr. Julius Andrada, Ptr. Rolando Landicho, Rodante De Torres and Perseus Rendal representing Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry and CAP College School for the Deaf perform the famous "Maglalatik" or Philippine Coconut Dance.

Day 5 (10:00 am) - Rev. Choi Duck-Keun, Director of the Department of Deaf Ministry with Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome

Day 5 (3:00 pm) - Sir Jerome Marzan pose in front of Korean Buddha Temple inside the Korean National Museum.

Day 5 (6:00 pm) - Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome pose in front of majestic N Seoul Tower.

Day 5 (7:00 pm) - Philippine Delegate pose at Manila Window inside the Seoul Tower Dish some 236 meters from the ground.

Day 6 (4:00 pm) - Philippine Team bids goodbye to Korea inside the huge Incheon International Airport.

Day 6 (7:00 pm) - (From Left:) Licca Andrada, Ms. Lilet Onggon, Ma'am Revie Garcia of CAP College SFD, Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome aboard the Philippine Airlines Flight 469 enroute to NAIA 2

The Philippine Deaf Christian Community was privileged to be invited by Korean Yewon Church to attend as special guests to the 2009 World Deaf Mission Conference from August 1 – 7, 2009 at Seoul, South Korea.

Rev. Chung Eun-chu, Conference Chairman and Senior Pastor of Yewon Church wants Christ’s light to shine to the deaf all over the world including the Filipino people “where is is with filled the culture of darkness, deaf remnants, deaf lay leaders and deaf businessmen will arise.”

The nineteen-person Philippine Team was led by Pastor Julius Andrada, Deaf Pastor of Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry (CCBCDM) and Deaf Coordinator of CAP College Foundation. She was accompanied by his wife and CAP College Registrar May Andrada, their two children (Jules and Laicca) and their ward Miraluna Onggon.

The CCBC Deaf Ministry was composed of Ptr. Rolando Landicho, Catherine Mailem, Rodante De Torres and Jeremicah Penir. CAP College group includes Harold Viray, Michael Valois, Perseus Rendal, Ylena Kristina Reyes and Ms. Revie Garcia.

MCCID College Team was led by Sir Jojo Esposa who is also the team’s official sign language interpreter. Other members from MCCID include Sir Ervin Reyes, Sir Jerome Marzan, Eleazar Fancubit and Joanna Teves.

The Korean Team was led by Rev. Choi Duck-Keun, Director of the Department of Deaf Ministry, Deaf Asst. Pastor Juwon Chung and Sign language/English Interpreter Ms. Gloria Nayeon Kwon. Ms. Hanna Jang and Mr. Deayeob Kwan provided the English interpretation.

The conference aims to equip the deaf participants to commit themselves for spreading the Good News of God through Jesus Christ and evangelize the world focusing on deaf people. Based on Korean statistics, there are 300,000 Korean Deaf population and around 70 million Deaf people worldwide.

Aside from attending the conference, the Philippine Team were also treated to the beauty of Seoul, Korea. The team visited the Seoul Manmade Stream, National Museum of Korea, Namsan Cable Car and N Seoul Tower.

All expenses were paid for by the Korean Church as part of their worldwide evangelization. Visit their official website at www.deafmission.net.

More photos here.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M9mqCtB01M

This activity was conceptualized by MCCID Faculty Sir Jefferson Cortez as part of his Filipino Sign Language class. Lucky McGill Paltep (the one holding the Philippine Flag), a 2nd year Diploma in Arts and Computer Design Technology (DACDT) deaf student choreographed the sequences. Maricris Siping did the sign language interpretation. Overall director was MCCID Deaf Coordinator Sir Ervin Reyes.

This video was one of the topics posted in the blogs of Sir Jojo Esposa of “Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person”, Sir Jefferson Cortez of “Meet the Stranger: Something Unique” and Maricar of “The Filipina Soul”.

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Students perform the National Anthem.

Second year MCCID College students were invited to render the Philippine National Anthem in Filipino Sign Language during the launching of maiden issue of the Philippine Animation Magazine last March 26, Thursday, at Eastwood Mall in Libis, Quezon City.

Among those who performed were the Maricris Siping, who made the sign language interpretation and all 12 students of Diploma in Arts and Computer Design Technology class. Lucky McGill Paltep choreographed the interpretative dance.

MCCID students were among those invited to witness the event which was attended by major animation industry companies.

Students were treated to a demo of animation tablet.

The magazine launching was a brainchild of powerhouse animation industry leaders in the Philippines headed by Ms. Joy Bacon of Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. together with Ms. Lina Valdez, Manager of Guhit Pinoy Animation Studio and Mr. Eric Tansingco, Proprietor of Take One Animation Studio.

Among those featured in the magazine is the blog review about the Philippine animated movie “Dayo, Sa Mundo ng Elementalia” written by MCCID Training Director Jojo Esposa taken from his blog “Filipino Deaf from the Eyes of a Hearing Person”. Also, MCCID College contributed a 1/8 size advertisement that appeared at one of the pages.

During the program’s raffle of prizes, MCCID Training Director won the sample design templates.

Mr. Eric Tansingco and Ms. Lina Valdez introduce the magazine.

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The Philippine Animation Magazine is produced and published by AnimaDreams Inc.. This is the first of its kind ever to be launched in the country. The first issue of 1,000 copies were distributed for free by the organizers during the event.

This quarterly magazine featured stories about Filipino animators, game developers and animation training. Future issues will again feature local contents including local talents animation studio or an animation school. It will tackle both trends in the markets and events/happening in Asia and the world of animation. It will also talk about the latest technology. It will be an avenue for artists/animators to showcase their ideas, character designs and their thoughts on Philippine animation.

To know more about the magazine, visit their website at www.animadreams-online.com or email them at info@animadreams-online.com.

Guhit Animation Studio, one of the premier digital and 2D animation companies in the country and an active member of Animation Council of the Philippines, has forged an agreement with MCCID to assist in the training of our deaf students to become professional animators. Hopefully, the animation training will commence on June 2009.