By Quay Evano, Contributor
INQUIRER.net

“MGA Iskolar ng Bayan na nasa ibang bayan, tumutulong para sa Iskolar ng Bayan at sa Inang Bayan.”

What’s the best way for “Iskolars ng Bayan” who work as overseas Filipino workers in the United Arab Emirates to escape from the fast-rising temperature of the summer desert heat? Not to mention the monotony, stress and pressures of everyday life and being away from their loved ones and their beloved home country, the Philippines?

How about raising funds for a fellow Iskolar ng Bayan, while at the same time having fun doing it?

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INQUIRER.NET multimedia reporter Izah Morales visits the town of Nagcarlan to see how espasol, one of Laguna’s famous delicacies, is made. She interviews Ester Almanzor, daughter of Belen Castelo, who established Aling Belen’s Special Espasol.

Video taken by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia in Laguna, Philippines.

MANG Larry, who sells the famous isaw at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus, talks about what makes his isaw different and why Filipinos love to eat street food.

Interview conducted by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Izah Morales. Video taken by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.

ADJUSTING to college life is already a challenge in itself, and Jestin Samson, a Filipino freshman at California State Fullerton University, talks about the additional difficulties he encounters as a visually impaired person. He has been diagnosed with general aniridia and glaucoma, visual malformations that prevent his eyes from operating normally. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla.

This is the last in a series of five videos capturing a day in the college life of this Filipino student.

Check out the first, second, third and fourth videos.