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Adventures Of A First Time Voter – Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 6 April, 2013
Adventures of a first time voter by Peter Tan. Posted on April 6, 2013, Saturday THE announcement that had the entire nation waiting in anticipation has come to pass. Our Prime Minister finally dissolved parliament on Wednesday. Once again, as a citizen, I am raring to exercise my right to vote for...
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17th May 2013 7:09pm
Disability Equality Training For Malaysian Advocates for Cerebral Palsy
DET Forum Malaysia facilitated a one-day workshop for members of the Malaysian Advocates for Cerebral Palsy (MyCP) on 27 April. It was held at the Kuala Lumpur Campus of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) which is situated at Bangunan Yayasan Selangor Kampung Baru. This workshop was the collaborative...
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14th May 2013 10:03pm
Unstoppable Fariz – Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 30 March, 2013
Unstoppable Fariz by Peter Tan. Posted on March 30, 2013, Saturday INSPIRATIONAL: Fariz aims to get a PhD in disability studies and publish a book to share his experience. WHEN faced with devastating life-changing situations, many of us wished we could turn back the clock. We wished we could have done it...
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7th May 2013 3:56pm
The Language of Disability – Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 9 March, 2013
The language of disability Posted on March 9, 2013, Saturday THE terminologies related to disability are still evolving. We have not reached a consensus where the terms we use are universally acceptable by everyone. Depending on a person’s orientation, what is offensive to some is acceptable to others.
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9th April 2013 2:00pm
The Long and Twisted Path – Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 2 March, 2013
The long and twisted path Posted on March 2, 2013, Saturday MY life after the accident was unnerving. The physiological aspects of my body were drastically altered and no longer functioned like they used to. I was like a baby having to learn everything anew. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves relaying...
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9th April 2013 10:00am
Fei Por Forever
Fei Pors remains were cremated and interred in an urn the day after she passed away. We could not bear to have her simply buried in an unmarked grave in an unknown place. Her home is here with us and it is only right that we bring her back with us. Her ashes now sit [...] Related posts: All Souls...
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8th April 2013 5:17pm
Blood Test and Complete Blood Count for March 2013
I had blood extracted for a series of tests on 4th March 2013 before seeing the nephrologist the following week. They were Renal Function Test, Liver Function Test, Complete Blood Count, Lipid Profile, Nutritional Anaemia and calcium-phosphate test. It was to be my first time consulting a nephrologist at...
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8th April 2013 10:00am
The State of Accessible Facilities: Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 23 February, 2013
The state of accessible facilities Posted on February 23, 2013, Saturday FREE TO MOVE ABOUT: The street environment, public buildings, trains, monorails and buses in Japan are all accessible to the disabled. THROUGHOUT the 28 years that I have been using a wheelchair, I have always faced significant...
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14th March 2013 7:20pm
DET at Supported Employment Seminar in Melaka
The Jabatan Pembangunan Orang Kurang Upaya (JPOKU) in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organised the Seminar Sokongan Pekerjaan Kepada Orang Kurang Upaya (Seminar on Supported Employment for Persons with Disabilities) at Avillion Legacy Melaka in Melaka today. This...
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14th March 2013 6:40pm
Second Chances: Breaking Barriers – The Borneo Post – 16 February, 2013
Second chances by Peter Tan. Posted on February 16, 2013, Saturday IT all happened one sunny day in October 1984. I dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool. My head hit the floor causing a compression fracture of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae. A piece of bone broke off and cut into [...] ...
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23rd February 2013 10:27pm
Disabilities issues advocate writes column for BP – Borneo Post – 16 February, 2013
Disabilities issues advocate writes column for BP Posted on February 16, 2013, Saturday Peter Tan KUCHING: Disabilities issues advocate Peter Tan will begin writing a weekly column for The Borneo Post from today. Titled ‘Breaking Barriers’, Tan will share his experiences of having sustained a spinal...
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22nd February 2013 4:08pm
Farewell Fei Por
Fei Por came to us one day in 2007 and had never left since. She had two litters while she was here. Her first was a white kitten we christened Arbie after a cartoon character. He was fluffy and had blue eyes. One day, he just disappeared. Her second litter had three kittens, Frosty, Patches [...] Related...
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18th February 2013 11:28pm
Get Well Soon, Fei Por!
We got a call from this hospital this morning. The veterinarian said that Fei Por had stopped breathing but was revived. She was on a ventilator and that she was in a bad shape. Even before the vet could finish, I cut in to say we would be there immediately. It was a long journey. [...] Related posts:...
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17th February 2013 9:21pm
Photos of Road Hump Removal at Pandan Perdana
When Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) came to remove the road hump on 16th January, I was away at Bandar Baru Sentul for the Regional Asia Pacific Training of Trainers on Disability Equality Training workshop. Otherwise, I would have loved to see it being removed. Jamali Othman, the MPAJ engineer was...
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7th February 2013 7:07pm
Two Foochow Women and a Load of Goodies
When a Foochow woman travels, she sure does not travel light. Look at the goodies Yan brought for Wuan and me all the way from Sarawak. The fresh whole seman fish and a cut of tapah fish she got from the interiors of Kapit are not in the picture. According to Yan, the seman is [...] Related posts:...
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7th February 2013 4:17pm
The Digital Awakening Is Ten Years Old!
The Digital Awakening turned ten last Monday. It slipped my mind until just now when I was perching on the porcelain throne. What a way to remember my blogs anniversary. While I am happy that this blog is still around after a decade, I am a little disappointed that I did not manage to hit [...] ...
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3rd February 2013 6:56pm
Regional Asia Pacific TOST and TOT Disability Equality Training Workshop 2013
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Social Welfare Malaysia organised a 2-week workshop on Disability Equality Training from 8th to 19th January. This workshop, facilitated by Dr. Kenji Kuno, Senior Advisor on Social Security and Disability for JICA, was the 2nd Regional...
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29th January 2013 9:00am
Say No To Priority Parking For Disabled Drivers
It is difficult to get disabled people to come together to advocate on a common cause. Logistics is always a big problem due to the inaccessible public transport system. Apathy and complacency are among the other reasons. We do come together nonetheless to work on various issues affecting the community,...
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25th January 2013 9:55am
No More Hump
The road hump outside our house has finally been removed. One of our neighbours called me at 3.25pm to let me know the news. The Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) had sent a bulldozer to remove the hump at around 3pm today. It was such a pleasant sight to return from work and find the [...] Related...
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16th January 2013 11:43pm
Public Interest Litigation Workshop for Disabled Persons
There are laws in Malaysia that protect the rights of disabled persons. The Uniform Building By-Law 34A (UBBL 34A) of the Street, Drainage and Building Act has been in force since 1991 to ensure equal access to public buildings for disabled persons. The landmark Persons with Disabilities Act (Akta Orang...
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10th January 2013 1:08am