http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:23:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Izah Morales INQUIRER.net When you are on a foreign soil, you will need a map to guide you to where you’re going. But when the map is useless, the next thing you will do is to ask directions from the locals of the area. But what if no one understands a ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/07/19/kababayan/ By Izah Morales INQUIRER.net AS cliché as his declaration may sound, the words of our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal still resonate up to this day: "Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan." On the 110th celebration of Independence Day, the Department of Education-Special Event Unit held the 4th Pambansang Gawad ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/06/16/ang-kabataan-ang-pag-asa-ng-ayan/ 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 ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/05/23/have-fun-raise-funds-upaa-uae-island-escapade-2008/ 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.Share This http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/05/09/the-house-that-espasol-built/ 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.Share This http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/05/07/23-years-of-selling-isaw/ 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 ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/05/06/visually-impaired-filipino-student-in-california-part-5/ JESTIN SAMSON shows INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla the Disabled Student Services room at California State Fullerton University and the equipment he uses to help him study and surf the Web. Samson, a Filipino freshman at CSFU, has been diagnosed with general aniridia and glaucoma. This is the fourth in a series ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/04/30/visually-impaired-filipino-student-in-california-part-4/ VISUALLY impaired Jestin Samson, a Filipino freshman at California State Fullerton University who has been diagnosed with general aniridia and glaucoma, explains how he uses the Braillenote Empower device to study and write his papers. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla at the CSFU campus. This is the third ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/04/29/visually-impaired-filipino-student-in-california-part-3/ JESTIN SAMSON, a Filipino freshman at California State Fullerton University who has been diagnosed with general aniridia and glaucoma, shows that his condition cannot stop him from having fun. An avid gamer, he is shown here playing Dance Dance Revolution. Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla at the CSFU ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/04/28/visually-impaired-filipino-student-in-california-part-2/ A FILIPINO freshman at California State Fullerton University, Jestin Samson goes through the typical experiences of a college kid, only he might see things differently -- literally. He has been diagnosed with general aniridia and glaucoma, visual malformations that prevent his eyes from operating normally. Here he explains his condition ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/04/25/visually-impaired-filipino-student-in-california-part-1/