Throwback 6
I have always wanted to be a teacher/lecturer.
When my mum taught tuition at home, i'll volunteer to help out.
When i was completing my foundation in Uni, i used to travel x3times a week from PJ to Shah Alam to teach tuition at night.
I also spend 2 days a week teaching debating in TKC, commuting from PJ to Nilai. In hindsight, this was one of my most memorable debate experience, ever.
Yes it was illegal then to leave campus, but hey, a man has to pay his bills. I didn't want to be a burden to my parents.
By the second year into Uni, i was already appointed a part-time lecturer for Niche, Advance Debating & Public Speaking in IIUM.
New opportunities came when i started to receive invitations to teach abroad.
No matter where & how far, i'll almost never turn the opportunity down.
I remember once i was invited to run workshops in Lahore, Pakistan. I only told my mum when i was already on the plane & about to depart, as i feared she would block me from leaving as there were a few bombings in Pakistan then.
If we are honest in teaching, we won't just hand-pick countries based on how much they pay or how good they already are.
We owe a duty to help one another climb up.
By the end of my debating career, i have had the privilege to speak/teach/judge in ~25 countries.
Yes, this made me miss a lot of classes (when in uni) but i wouldn't trade the experience i gained with anything else.
Travelling the world to teach made me a global citizen. It opened up my eyes.
When i was appointed Co-Chief Judge for Pan Africans Debating Championship which was held in the City of Limpopo, i met many new friends & empathised with the struggle of debating in Africa.
There were times where the electricity suddenly went off & we had to continue the debates in the dark with candles.
I decided to stay longer to run a few more workshops to help wherever i can.
I will forever cherish the experiences. It made me who i am today.
I'll be hosting #Thunderbold classes on Public Speaking, Debating, Critical Thinking & more, sharing my years of experience.
5 classes(RM200)where 100% of proceeds will go to buy tablets for poor students.
Join me.
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同時也有2部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過22萬的網紅Zermatt Neo,也在其Youtube影片中提到,For this episode, we went down to JOMO to complete an UNDEAFATED 2KG Burger Challenge! JOMO is located at Holland Village and is restaurant + bar conc...
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volunteer time off 在 八鄉朱凱廸 Chu Hoi Dick Facebook 的最讚貼文
【絕食第80日】【80th Day of Hunger Strike: Update & Volunteers' Thoughts】
17 / 9 / 2020
▍「除了停止了探訪外,這裡任何東西都沒變過。廁所依然是那麼髒,他們(入境處)連一塊香皂都沒有多給我們。」- 羈留者O生氣的說
自9月6日CIC出現第二單新冠確診,CIC便停止了探訪,所有羈留者都已經十天因探訪暫停而無法獲得一些基本衛生護理物資。以下為義工H的心聲:
CIC對認可物資要求十分苛刻,書一定不要有任何標註,連一個「由XX中學圖書館捐贈」的印章也容不下,「呢本唔入得」;香皂只能是藍色的,但藥房通常是一排六塊的賣,只有兩塊是藍色,總有四塊紫色、白色不知如何處理;以為只要寫著「祝君早安」的毛巾便可以,買到了,職員又說「標誌中一的不是「合」字,這不是正版」,退回,不收;買了兩包M&M想給羈留者,但被告知一次一定要給5包,而且一定要是同一顏色的包裝。第一次聽到時會又生氣又無奈,明明都是香皂、毛巾,這些要求除了用來留難訪客,有任何意思嗎?每次探訪,更是總會見到其他訪客有一些東西因不乎要求而被退回,山長水遠走到來CIC,卻沒法送物資到親人、朋友手上,會感到很可惜嗎?
怒氣與無奈,隨著探訪次數漸多而慢慢地被磨蝕。為了能順利地把物資送到羈留者手上,更是練成了一對金精火眼,去到不同藥房都認得出物資,知道格價合理與否。這一陣子,見到任何藥房都會逛一逛,見到適合的便買下。這幾天都接給幾位羈留者的電話,有的說急需牙膏、香皂(只能通過探訪才能獲得),有的說很悶想收新的書。我想說,我都準備了,只是不知何時才見到他們。
羈留者的來電中,讓我除了知道他們需要的物資外,更是體會到自由對他們的迫切。「7樓的40多人全被送到隔離營了,你有他們的消息嗎?」S問。「我需要幫助。我不想繼續留在CIC,這裡有新冠病毒確診。這裡不安全。」R說。我想這次CIC這次確診引致的Lockdown和全院檢測已充份反映到這個地方十分高危,為何還是要強行把一班無罪的人拘禁,置他們的健康生命於危險中?
「我們差不多所有羈留人士已經聯名向入境處寫了一封投訴書,抗議停止探訪並要求交代原因。」O說。「希望很快可以容許探訪。」
▍“I am very angry about this lockdown. They (ImmD) did nothing more to advance any prevention or protection measures. Just lockdown. We are running out of toothpaste, soap and hand wash.” — Detainee I
Due to the discovery of the 2nd confirmed case of COVID-19 on 6th September, CIC has suspended all visit. All detainees have since been unable to receiving basic hygienic products from their visiting friends. It has been 10 days. Below are some thoughts of our volunteer H:
CIC is exceptionally meticulous, or better put, bureaucratic about the hand-in articles from visitors to detainees. A book must be totally clean, even a stamp that says “Donated by XX School Library” would made the book ineligible for handing in; The soap must be in blue, yet stores often sell this brand of soap in a pack of six, so volunteers would always be left with 4 bars of non-blue soap; when you bought the towel with the exact wording, the staff will always let you know that your towel is “knock-off” and therefore unaccepted; M&M must come in 5 packs of the same colour. When the articles I bought first got rejected by CIC officers, I was very frustrated. In terms of their function, the towels and soap I bought were just fine. And every time I visited, I always saw other visitors’ “unapproved” articles got rejected. Imagining coming all the way with the hope of giving a little something to make your detainee friend’s life slightly better, and yet got rejected for the bureaucratic instructions of CIC, would you feel upset?
Nevertheless, my angry and frustration has been numbed as I visited CIC more frequently. In order to successfully got the articles to detainees, I have become an expert. I have memorised the entire list of approved hand-in articles and know the prices for each item. And over time, I have stocked up these articles for the detainees. In the past few days, our concern group have received several calls from detainees, saying that they are lacking certain hygienic project. “We are running out of toothpaste, soap and hand wash.” they said. I would love to let them know that I have stocked up, yet I now have no idea when I can give things to them due to the lockdown in CIC.
From these calls from detainees, not only had I learnt about the certain items they need, but also what freedom meant to them. “40 detainees from 7/F have been sent to the isolation camp, do you have any news about them?”, detainee S asked me. “Actually I need help. I don’t want to stay long time in CIC. There is positive case here. CIC is not safe.” Detainee R said. I think the current lockdown of CIC have demonstrated exactly how CIC is not safe. There is a high risk for cross-infection of COVID-19 in CIC. So, why is the authority so determined to detain this group of innocent people, and put their health and lives in danger?
“Most detainees have wrote a complaint letter together to the Immigration Department against the lockdown and ask for reasons.” Said O. “Hope this complaint letter could help reopen visit soon.”
volunteer time off 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的精選貼文
[翻轉視界] 台灣國際勞工協會成員陳秀蓮
All persons, regardless of their nationality, race, legal or other status, are entitled to fundamental human rights and basic labor protections, including migrant workers and their families.
所有人,不論其國籍,種族,法律或其他地位,均享有基本人權和基本的勞動保障,包括移工與其家庭。
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原文及圖片授權來自於Humans of Taipei和TIWA台灣國際勞工協會
我家是做香燭批發的,從小我就穿著四個口袋的圍裙幫忙賣金紙。以前生意很好,每逢過年都有百萬進帳,爸爸常帶我們去各國旅行,日本、韓國、東南亞。中國剛開放觀光,我家也是第一批去玩的。爸媽不太管我們念書,媽媽覺得女生就去學個美容美髮好了。我出社會第一份工作,就是當化妝品牌的櫃姐。後來離職,當了一陣子書店員,因為對台灣有使命感,想為社會做點事,立志成為記者,所以插班考上文化新聞系。
My family was in the candle wholesale business, and since I was little, I would wear an apron with four pockets to sell joss paper with my family. Business was good back then, and we would make millions of NT$ each Lunar New Year. My father would take us everywhere—Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia. When China lifted its travel ban on Taiwan, my family was one of the first groups to go. My parents never cared much about our education, and my mother thought girls ought to work in beauty salons. My first job was a sales clerk at a cosmetics and beauty shop. I left my job later and became a bookstore clerk. Because I felt a calling and wanted to contribute to Taiwanese society, I set my sights on becoming a reporter. I switched majors and was accepted into Chinese Culture University’s Journalism and Communications College.
1. joss paper 金紙
2. lift the ban on travel 解除觀光禁令
3. never care much about 從不太在意
4. beauty salon 美容院
5. sales clerk 櫃姐、售貨員
6. cosmetics shop 美妝店
7. a calling 使命感、強烈願望
8. set your sights on sth 決心;立志*
*https://bit.ly/2zBVu6m
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念到社會學和馬克思,學到階級、勞動這些概念,開始對世界產生疑問;上楊祖珺的文化研究課,她帶我們去關心白米炸彈客楊儒門。以前覺得好人壞人的界線很清楚,會被警察抓的就是壞人,但旁聽開庭發現,楊儒門不像壞人,而且他的很多說詞都沒有被採納,例如他的炸彈即使「引爆」,也只會發熱冒煙;他說和警察約在警局外自首,但檢方認為他沒進派出所、是警方抓到他。社會上對於WTO架構下的農民處境,更是幾乎漠不關心。
When I started studying sociology and Marxism, I learned about concepts such as class struggle and the proletariat, and I began to have doubts about the world. When I took Professor Zujun Yang’s Cultural Studies course, she taught us about the Rice Bomber, Ru-Men Yang. Before, I felt that the line between good and evil was clear. Those captured by the police were all ”bad.” However, when I attended Ru-Men Yang ’s trial, he did not seem like a bad person. Parts of his testimony were inadmissible and ignored. For example, even though his bomb “exploded,” it only emitted smoke. Also, he said that he turned himself in outside the police station. However, the prosecution felt that since he did not enter the station, the police were the ones who caught him. Moreover, at the time, most people were apathetic to the plight of farmers under the WTO framework.
9. sociology 社會學
10. Marxism 馬克思主義
11. class struggle/class warfare 階級鬥爭
12. the bourgeoisie (馬克思主義理論中的)資産階級,資本家階級
13. the proletariat 工人階級;無產階級
14. the distinction between good and evil 善與惡之間的區別
15. testimony(尤指法庭上的)證詞,證言
16. inadmissible (在法庭上)不可接受的,不能採信的
17. emit smoke 散發煙霧
18. prosecution (被)起訴;(被)檢舉;訴訟
19. turn sb in 將(某人)送交警方
20. apathetic(尤指對重要事情)不關心的,無動於衷的
21. the plight of... ...的困境,窘境
22. framework(建築物等的)架構,框架
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後來就到處抗爭。楊儒門的事告一段落,我又回去念書,因為對新聞產業有一定認識,覺得當記者也就那樣,所以跑去念世新社發所。黃德北老師鼓勵我們去社運團體看看,我選擇來台灣國際勞工協會(TIWA)當志工,就從2007年待到現在。
I later protested (Ru-Men Yang’s treatment) everywhere. Ru-Men Yang’s case eventually came to an end, so I returned to my studies. After I got to know the news industry a little better, I felt that I had pretty much learned what being a news reporter was like. So, I wanted to learn something new and began studying at the Graduate Institute for Social Transformation Studies at Shih Hsin University. There, Professor Te-Pei Huang encouraged us to experience social organizations, so I became a volunteer at the Taiwan International Workers' Association. I've been here since 2007.
23. protest (v.) 抗議
24. come to an end 完結,結束
25. return to 回到
26. encourage us to... 鼓勵我們去作某事
27. social organization 社會組織
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從事移工相關工作,才讓我真正看到人的樣貌。剛到TIWA時,我協助一位看護工轉換雇主,她照顧的阿嬤覺得子女不要她了才找外勞照顧,又覺得自己生病,老公一定跟年輕看護工有染,所以阿嬤對她很壞,一直罵她、還把吃剩的骨頭丟進她的碗裡。
Being in this line of work has really opened my eyes to what people are truly like. When I began work at TIWA, I assisted a foreign care worker in transferring to another employer. The grandmother she took care of felt that she was abandoned by her children, so she contracted the worker to care for her. She then thought that her husband cheated on her with the worker, and became quite nasty. She would yell at the worker and once threw leftover bones in her bowl.
28. line of work 行業*
29. open sb’s eyes 使(某人)認清,使(某人)了解
30. foreign care worker 外籍看護
31. transfer to(使)調動;(使)跳槽
32. be abandoned by 被…遺棄
*https://bit.ly/2X0TUmu
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我記得有次在新北市政府開完協調會出來,剛好是耶誕節,耶誕城有尖尖的、像竹筍一樣的耶誕樹,她跟我說「姊姊,可以在這裡跟妳合照嗎?」然後眼淚擦一擦,拍照時又露出開心的笑容。原來,她是要拍給越南的家人看看,她在台灣有台灣人朋友。他們無論在台灣被怎麼糟蹋,在家人面前總會設法表現出混得很好的樣子,逢年過節就寄一箱禮物回家、買玩具給小孩。
I still remember this mediation session in New Taipei City. It was Christmas at the time, and the “Christmasland” in New Taipei City had these Christmas trees shaped like bamboo shoots. The foreign care worker said to me, “Sister, could I take a photo with you here?” She wiped away her tears and did her best to put on a smile for the photo. She wanted to show her family in Vietnam that she was doing well in Taiwan, even though she was mistreated. Every New Year, she would do her best to send back a box of gifts with toys for the children.
33. a mediation (session) 協調會,調解會
34. bamboo shoots 竹筍
35. put on a smile 露出笑容
36. do well 過得好 ; 做得好
37. be mistreated 虐待
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另一個我不太能接受的事情是,好像移工沒有被虐待,就不值得被關心。台灣人傾向從溫情或人權的角度,而不是從勞動者的角度去看移工。
Another thing I cannot accept is that no one cares about foreign workers unless there is news of their maltreatment. The Taiwanese people need to consider them as legitimate workers and not only care about them when there is a human rights violation.
38. cannot accept 無法接受
39. maltreatment 被虐待
40. legitimate 合法的,正當的,法律允許的
41. human rights violation 人權侵害
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六年多前我爸過世,我哥接手後力求創新轉型,改走精緻路線,例如設計防小人金、寵物金紙,算是重新撐起家裡的事業。最近七月半是旺季,我還是得回家幫忙手工包裝還有折蓮花。人跟好兄弟都能共存了,活人的世界有些標籤和界線,想想實在滿荒謬就是了。
Six years ago, my father passed away. My brother took over and tried to reinvigorate and transform the family business. He designed specialized joss paper to ward off backstabbers and even joss paper for dead pets. July is the peak season for the business, so I went back home to help out. I hand packed the products and folded paper lotus flowers for the dead. It's funny that we can get along with the dead, but we still attach labels to the living and draw lines between us. It’s quite ridiculous when you think about it.
42. pass away 過世
43. ward sb/sth off 避開;阻止;擋住
44. a backstabber 背後插刀者;背後講壞話的人
45. peak season 旺季
46. fold paper lotus flower 折紙蓮花
47. attach a label to someone 對(人)貼標籤
48. draw a line (between something) 畫界線*
*https://bit.ly/2Z8f5G6
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故事網站連結:
https://storystudio.tw/gushi/chen-siou-lian-interview/
資訊與照片出處:
http://bitly.ws/8qVR
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volunteer time off 在 Zermatt Neo Youtube 的最佳貼文
For this episode, we went down to JOMO to complete an UNDEAFATED 2KG Burger Challenge! JOMO is located at Holland Village and is restaurant + bar concept featuring Western-style cuisine and bar bites. The décor is sleek and minimalistic, appealing to the modern consumer. On top of their standard burger menu, they have an UNDEFEATED burger challenge with a 15-minute time limit. Completing it makes your meal free. Specifically for my challenge, the staff promised to have a company-wide volunteer outing should I complete it in under 10 minutes.
The challenge comes with a 5-patty beef burger. The patties are dry-aged Angus beef from Sidecar. Together with the patties, the burger is loaded with a cheese sauce, onion rings, sliced cheese, bacon and an egg, nestled between 2 toasted buns. Besides the burger, the challenge has chicken-salted fries, purple coleslaw and a Bourbon Vanilla milkshake, with a total weight of around 2KG.
You could taste the dry-aging noticeably in the patties, which had a deep meaty flavour but were a bit on the dry side. Eaten as a package with the cheese, egg and onion rings, the burger really came together as a flavour smorgasbord. The fries had an interesting addition, chicken salt, and you could taste the strong chicken flavour if you licked the salt off the fries. However, eaten en masse and with chilli sauce or ketchup, the mild chicken flavour was drowned out by the stronger ones. The coleslaw was decent, not too sweet and still crunchy but nothing exceptional. The milkshake was very strong alcohol-wise, but pleasant enough to wash down the burger with.
I completed this UNDEFEATED 2KG Burger Challenge in right under 9 minutes, committing the staff at JOMO to partake in a volunteer activity together. The challenge is not overwhelmingly huge or technical, so 15 minutes is a reasonable timing for a large eater. JOMO serves a variety of affordable Western food including other kinds of burgers, steaks and their signature Fish & Chips. Do head down to JOMO to eat your way to a free meal!
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volunteer time off 在 Anh Minh Youtube 的精選貼文
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