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ino, a young balut (boiled fertilized bird egg) vendor, strides throughout the night in the streets of Cauayan City not only to sell his product but meet his friends and enjoy the night until he is being scolded the next morning for the insufficient payment of goods due to unsold eggs.
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ino, a young balut (boiled fertilized bird egg) vendor, strides throughout the night in the streets of Cauayan City not only to sell his product but meet his friends and enjoy the night until he is being scolded the next morning for the insufficient payment of goods due to unsold eggs.
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