Albine's Corner

This is my humble post that aims to express some little thoughts on two of the most highly regarded and debated subjects which absolutely play significant influence among mankind. I'm referring to God and science. Honestly, I don't have enough courage to discuss these things especially because these requires profound knowledge, certain degree of intelligence, and at the same time, higher level of spiritual maturity or many doses of Bible verses. Hence, I'd like to begin by simply acknowledging that my views are simply the reflections of the things I learned from my early stages of life, down from my years in school as a student, from my various roles in the society, from the way society has accepted me, and from my habit of getting information through the use of different media. In other words, I'd like to raise some practical points on how I presently recognize the link between God and science; and this is to say that God and science never clash with each other. Ther

Still, I'd like to have a FRIEND rather than a LOVER. Why? It's because at anytime, with all my vulnerabilities, someone may walk into my life and offer the love that he has. Then at the very instant it could be like magic; a whirlwind of intense feelings and seems that the only persons remained in this world are just the two of us. I could almost be handicapped; blind to the realities of life or deaf to opinions of those who care. I wouldn't care because high feelings are so irresistible. Everything seems so nice because of course someone is in love with me. What then is the difference between a lover and a friend? Hear it from me. Photo courtesy of Fotosearch.com First, a lover shows off only everything nice and hide flaws at the early stage of the relationship while a friend is never afraid to provide transparencies of himself. A lover always put the best foot forward because he really sells himself to gain acceptance. A real friend doesn't need to be pretentious bec