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Beer in different languages Language Word(s) Afrikaans bier Albanian birrë Arabic beereh (biræ) Azerbaijani pivo Basque garagardoa Belorussian piva Bengali beer Breton bier Bulgarian bira Catalan cervesa Chechenian jij Chinese (Mandarin) pi jiu Croatian pivo Czech pivo Danish øl Dutch bier English beer, ale Esperanto biero Estonian õlu Faeroese øl, bjór Finnish olut, kalja Flemish bier French bière Frisian bier Gaelic (Scotland) leann (lionn), beòir Galician (Galego) cerveja / cervexa German (High) Bier German (Low) Beer Greek mpíra (bira), zýthos Hawaiian pia Hebrew beera Hindi beer Hungarian sör Icelandic öl, bjór Ido biro Indonesian bir Interlingua bira Irish (Gaeilge) beoir Italian birra Japanese biiru Korean mek-ju Kurdish bîre Lappish (Sámi) vuola Latin cerevisia, cervisia Latvian alus Lithuanian alus Luganda bbiya Macedonian pivo Malay bir Manx (Gaelg Vannin) lhune, beer Neo biro Nepali biyar, jad Norwegian (bm & nn) øl Occitan (Provencal) bièra, cervesa Persian (Farsi) ab'jo Police Motu bia Polish piwo Portugese cerveja Quechua sirbisa Rheto-Rumansch biera Romanian bere Russian pivo Serbian pivo Sesotho jwala Slovak pivo Slovene pivo Spanish cerveza Swahili bia, pombe Swedish öl Tagalog (Pilipino) serbesa Thai bia Turkish bira Ukrainian pivo Vietnamese bia Volapük bil Welsh cwrw Xhosa ibhiye Yiddish bir Zulu utshwala How to order beer in 50 languages Afrikaans A beer, ah-suh-bleef! American Brewski here, please! Arabic Waheed beera, meen fadleek! Basque Garagardo bat, mesedez! Belarusian Ad-no pee-vah ka-lee lah-ska! Bengali Eka handoiya, doya koray! Bulgarian Edna beerra, molya! Catalan Una cervesa, si us plau! Cheyenne Nok hee-sevo-tamah-peh, mas-eh-met-ah-no! Chinese Ching gay woh ee bay pee joh! Czech Pee-vo, pro-seem! Danish Yay vil geh-neh heh en url! Dutch Un beer, ahls-yer-bleeft! Egyptian (Ancient) Wekha henqet! Esperanto Unu bieron, mi petas! Estonian Ooks ur-loo, pah-lun! Finnish O-loot moolek kee-tos! French Une bière, s'il vous plait! German Ein Bier, bitte! Greek Mee-a beer-a paraka-loh! Hawaiian 'Ekahi pia, ho'olu! Hindi Eka biyara, krupaya! Hungarian Edj pohar shurt kayrek! Icelandic Ay-dn byohr, tahk! Interlingua On bira, per favor! Irish Byohr awoyn, lyeh doh hull! Italian Una birra, per favore! Japanese Bee-ru ip-pon, ku-da-sai! Korean Mayk-joo hahn-jahn, joo-se-yoh! Kurdish Dan min yek bire! Lakota (Sioux) Wan-jee m'nee-pee-gah, ee-yo-kee-pee! Latin Cervisiam, sodes! Lithuanian Pra-shau vie-na, al-lows! Norwegian Ehn url, tahk! Old English An beor, nu! Pig Latin One-ay eer-bay, ease-play! Polish Yed-no peev, proshe! Portuguese Uma cerveja, por favor! Romanian Oh beh-reh ver rohg! Scots Gaelic Lyawn, mahs eh doh hawl eh! Serbo/ Croatian Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim! Slovene Eno pee-vo, pro-seem! Spanish Una cerveza, por favor! Swahili Moja pombe, tafadhali! Swedish Ehn irl, tahk! Twi Mah-me bee-ye bah-ko, mee pow-che-oo! Turkish Beer beer-ah, luht-fen! Welsh Koo-roh ohs gwel-ookh-un-thah! Yiddish A beer, zeit a-zoy goot! “I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.” – Shakespeare, Henry V “We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.” – Martin Luther “24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?” – Stephen Wright “Give me a woman who loves beer, and I will conquer the world.” – Kaiser Wilhelm “He was a wise man who invented beer.” – Plato “Remember: I before E, except in Budweiser.” – Anonymous “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.” – Abraham Lincoln “Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.'” – Jack Handy “You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” – Frank Zappa
“Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.” – Dave Barry
From the makers of award-winning indie hits, "ICU Bed #7" and "Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?" comes a new short film from Cinemalaya best director Rica Arevalo entitled, "Gusto Kita Too." Shot in the USA, this romantic comedy casts Fil-Am talents Brian Reyes and Casey Pascual as they pursue true love in this funny Pinoy style courtship. Produced by Mediarevolution Film Productions with Maan dela Cruz as editor and original music by Jerrold Tarog. "Gusto Kita Too" is an added attraction, screening back to back with Will Fredo's sensational film, "Sa Pagdapo ng Mariposa" at IndieSine Robinson's Galleria starting May 21, 2008.
Pops Racer: You think you can drive a car and change the world? It doesn't work like that! Speed: Maybe not, but it's the only thing I know how to do and I gotta do something. Speed: Racing hasn't changed, and it never will. Racer X: It doesn't matter if racing never changes. What matters is if we let racing change us. Every one of us has to find a reason to do this. You don't climb into a T-180 to be a driver. You do it because you're driven. Mr. Royalton: Pancakes are love. Rex: [to Speed] Stop steering and start driving. This ain't no dead piece of metal. A car's a living, breathing thing, and she's alive. Feel it talking to you. Telling you what she wants, what she needs. All you gotta do is listen. Close your eyes and listen. Pops Racer: I couldn't have been more proud of you, son. Not because you won, but because you stood up, you weren't afraid, and you did what you thought was right. Speed: It didn't amount to anything. It was completely meaningless. Pops Racer: How could it be meaningless? I saw my son become a man. I watched a man with courage and integrity drive the pants off of every other driver on that road. This is not meaningless. This is the reason for a father's life. 
Tony Stark: Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both? Tony Stark: Give me a Scotch. I'm starving. Tony Stark: You got a family? Yinsen: Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark? Tony Stark: [quietly] No. Yinsen: So you're a man who has everything, but nothing. Yinsen: [to Stark] Don't waste your life. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, you have to go to the hospital. The doctor has to look at you. Tony Stark: I don't have to do anything. I've been in captivity for three months. There are two things I want to do. One, I want an American cheeseburger, and the other... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: That's not going to happen. Tony Stark: It's not what you think. I want you to call for a press conference now. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Call for a press conference? What on earth for? Tony Stark: Yeah, Hogan, drive. Cheeseburger first. Agent Phil Coulson: I'm Agent Phil Coulson with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: That's quite a mouthful. Agent Phil Coulson: I know. We're working on it. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, you know that I would help you with anything, but I cannot help you if you're going to start all this again. Tony Stark: There is nothing except this. There's no art opening, no charity, nothing to sign. There's the next mission, and nothing else. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Is that so? Well, then I quit. Tony Stark: You stood by my side all these years while I reaped the benefits of destruction. Now that I'm trying to protect the people I've put in harm's way, you're going to walk out? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You're going to kill yourself, Tony. I'm not going to be a part of it. Tony Stark: I shouldn't be alive... unless it was for a reason. I'm not crazy, Pepper. I just finally know what I have to do. And I know in my heart that it's right.
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 | Be a Man: Talk about Male Contraception | for everyone |
Be a Man: Talk about Male Contraception
By Katherine Mae M. Lopez
ALMOST 89 million people currently live in the Philippines, as revealed by the 2007 Census. Although it showed the lowest population growth rate since the 1960s, the number is still alarming given the already congested Metro Manila and looming food crisis. If the population continues to grow, sooner or later, we will find ourselves competing for resources such as food and land on which to build our homes.
In almost every discussion on overpopulation almost always, the issue of contraception and birth control, as a solution to retard the growth rate comes up . Women can choose from a variety of contraceptive methods available to them – from birth control pills to intrauterine devices (IUDs). Men, on the other hand, are left with the two most popular methods of male contraception: condoms and vasectomy.
A 2005 research made by the United States Agency for International Development about male involvement in family planning says that “including men in family planning programs can improve contraceptive acceptance, continuation, client satisfaction and efficacy.” Moreover, male involvement in family planning reinforces a partnership between the male and the female in a matter that concerns them both.
Vasectomy
One of the contraceptive methods available to men is vasectomy. “It is a semi-permanent form of contraception, and almost always 100 percent effective if it is properly done,” says Dr. Dante P. Dator, chair of the Urology Department in National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI). The goal of vasectomy, he adds, is zoospermia, or to have zero sperm.
In a vasectomy, Dator explains that the vas deferens, the tube that carries the sperm from the testicle to the ejaculatory duct, is cut.
Dator says that there are some cases wherein the male underwent vasectomy, but the partner still got pregnant. He explains that this is because the couple engaged in sexual intercourse a few days after the vasectomy was done. “That’s why about one month after the procedure, we do a sperm count,” says Dator.
Other methods
Dator says other methods for male contraception, such as the male pill and the oral tablets, are still in their experimental stage and they are not yet available commercially.
The male pill is a hormone that is supposed to block the sperm, Dator explains. It is either in injectable form or an implant, he adds. On the other hand, oral tablets make the muscles of the vas deferens contract.
But Dator says the problem with these methods are that they are not reliable, not 100 percent effective and there is no assurance of safety.
Meanwhile, No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) is also another method of male contraception. Dator explains that this is done by palpating the vas deferens and tying it off. “It is reliable by those who are trained to do it,” says Dator.
Are Pinoy men ready?
A 1993 survey among spouses in the Philippines about their views of contraception revealed that 73 percent of husbands in the country “strongly approves” of contraception. On the other hand, the 2006 Family Planning Survey showed that vasectomy has a 10.4 percent prevalence rate, while condom use is prevalent by 2.8 percent.
Dator thinks that Filipino men are ready for male contraception but they are not open to it. “Yes they are ready in a sense that they are aware of the problems of overpopulation, but they are not open because they fear that it will decrease their libido,” he explains, adding that the latter is not true because there is no relation between vasectomy and maintaining an erection.
Contributor Katherine Mae M. Lopez is a Journalism student from the University of the Philippines.
| The Truth About Circumcision | for everyone |
The Truth About Circumcision
By Katherine Mae M. Lopez
CIRCUMCISION is regarded as “rite of passage” to being a man. A study published in 2005 in the American Journal of Epidemiology says that the prevalence rate of circumcision in the Philippines is 92.5 percent. On the other hand, the prevalence rate in Spain is only 1.8 percent, 6.9 percent in Columbia, 7.4 percent in Brazil and 13.3 percent in Thailand.
Before Jesus Christ was born, circumcision was practiced by Hebrews as their way of establishing their covenant with God. A verse in the book of Genesis 17:11 says, “And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant between Me and you.” Circumcision, therefore, was practiced for religious purposes.
But what really is circumcision?
“The penis, at birth, is covered by a skin called a foreskin,” says Dr. Dante P. Dator, chairman of the Department of Urology at the National Kidney Institute in Quezon City. “It is a procedure wherein the foreskin is slit to expose the glands to facilitate its cleaning.”
Dator explains that the foreskin accumulates dirt and shed skin.
“While most males in the world are uncircumcised, there have been reports saying that circumcised males have lower risk of contracting HIV, penile cancer and infections,” he says, adding that the HIV virus penetrates the inner skin of the foreskin because it has bigger pores.
Complications may arise if circumcision is not done properly, says Dator. These complications include incomplete circumcision wherein you have to do the circumcision again, and there is over circumcision which distorts the cosmetic appearance of the penis.
Dator adds that the patient may also suffer from pain, bleeding and infection which can cause inflammation, or the so called “nangangamatis.”
In taking care of the circumcised penis, Dator recommends the use of antibiotic for dressing the circumcised area. Three days after the circumcision, Dator says the boy may already be given a bath, with the circumcised area being washed with regular water and soap. “It’s no longer as tedious as before,” he says.
Realizing the potential health benefits of circumcision, Dator says he’s beginning to be inclined to doing it to a patient.
“It’s a different situation in other countries. People from other cultures may be hard to convince, he says.
| Pinoy parents board flight, forget toddler at airport | for everyone |
Pinoy parents board flight, forget toddler at airport
OTTAWA: Tickets, check. Passports, check. Luggage, check. Baby ... oops.
A family boarded a flight on Monday in westernmost Canada, and forgot their tot at the Vancouver international airport, media said Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
The 23-month-old boy's family had just arrived in Canada from the Philippines, but they were forced to repack their overweight bags before catching a connecting flight to Winnipeg, causing them to run late.
In their sprint to the gate, the family became separated.
The boy's father Jun Parreno, told local media he had thought his son was with his wife and the boy's grandparents, who ran ahead. They thought the boy was with his dad.
On the plane, the family members were seated separately and so did not immediately realize they had left the child behind.
Later, a security guard found the boy, who speaks no English, wandering near the departure gate, and Air Canada officials tracked down his shocked parents on the flight.
Because the boy was so young, he was not issued a boarding pass and would have sat on a parent's lap during the flight, so airline personnel did not notice a passenger was missing.
According to the Vancouver Sun, airport security found a Tagalog-speaking Air Canada agent who looked after the child while his father flew 2,300 kilometers back to Vancouver to pick him up and then return to Winnipeg to rejoin the immigrant family on their first day in Canada.
The baby was kept in Air Canada's offices and staff found him some toys, said local media.
"Air Canada took good care of him," Parreno told the daily Winnipeg Free Press upon arrival. "I'm grateful." AFP
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