Albine's Corner

I heard someone say: " we could not get lasting happiness through this material body and senses ." Well, I agree on that one and I'd like to add: it is best to live in such a place where everyone understands that we are all spiritual in nature. If I am a spirit, I am not asking for freedom. I simply understand that at this present time of ours, part of us is material being. We are imperfect but are given a chance to heal or reconstruct such imperfection into something that is spiritual by going into several stages or processes. There are lots of challenges here in the place we call 'world' but as spirits, we look forward to another dimension where love, life, and happiness are everything. Thus freedom is not anymore essential because of the perfection that everybody has got. I also believe that there are two kinds of spirits, the good and the bad. That's why wearing this temporary body of ours means we are subjected to those two conflicting forces. That's ...

I was intrigued... or maybe just the my ignorance pushed me to dig some little "information" about this thing known as genetic engineering; Or genetic manipulation; Or genome sequencing; Or germinal choice technology. Well, so much of scientific terms but i think they just mean one thing: we are facing the period wherein men become creator of some "living things". Much more that pushes me to think and discuss this topic is that the Vatican considers genetic engineering as one of the seven deadly sins of our present times. Debate seems running on my mind: a sin or not? Good or bad? Benefits vs. dangers, which one outweighs the other? Shall we live in fear? I just read ( http://www.emagazine.com/view/?632 ): "The Nobel Prize-winning chemist Robert F. Curl of Rice University spoke for many of his colleagues in science when he proclaimed that the 20th century was "the century of physics and chemistry. But it is clear that the next century will be the century o...

A little grudge, eh ? Yeah, grudge or a little grudge. You heard it! This is not good, i guess. That's why I wanna call it a little grudge. But I think it's all the same... a grudge is a grudge, isn't it? Wednesday morning, on my way to work I came face to face with someone I really don't wanna see anymore. ( Uh oh, wake up, Albine. The world is so small and there's a huge possibility to bump into anyone living in this planet. ) I share the same ride on a public vehicle with this woman -- let's call her Sali -- who left a great impact to my life. Actually she is not the only person I almost swear I really do not want to see anymore for my entire life. They are a family. The story behind it is such a big family issue but I'd rather not say those details here. This post I'm doing today, really is difficult. I wonder if I could write something out of honesty or without protecting a nice image of myself here in the blog arena. I see that sometimes honest...

Music... what have you!? Thought the beat of you would make me so high... The silence in my room indeed broken; Zest to work hard, yes I got from you... But to what extent? And until when? Oh no, as if I'm back to same old story! This damn feeling of loneliness never leave me here. Why do I feel so empty? Ahhh, maybe I just have nothing. Nothing in this world but be heard... Nothing that I need is to express; Think I have lots of it in store, But where's the other end? Hey, music! Lucky you because I hear you. I listen to you, I can be with you all night! Thanks, you gave me company... But sorry to say that I hate you! ...Induced me to longing; Longing and longing.

A Reaction to the Study Conducted by the PEW/Internet and American Life Project Entitled “The Internet and Daily Life” I just got a laptop recently. After years of wishing and dreaming, now I have one. First, I want a laptop because it will serve as my assistant to my work and my studies. With all the paper works and necessary recordings I have to make, there must be a device like the personal computer with me – 24 hours a day. Then I had this laptop. Is it an Internet or Wi-Fi ready? Yes, and then I realized that my satisfaction of owning this gadget doesn’t stop there. Next I found out I need the access to the Internet. At work, I could pick a UTP cable in one corner of the computer laboratory to be able to go online. That way, I thought I could be able to get enough of my needs with respect to those tasks this laptop can serve. It was still my dissatisfaction. Computer laboratories at the school where I teach at are of course for students’ use and I, as a teacher cannot use those r...

Being experimental today... Touched one charming charming device. Unfamiliar. It's been here several days ago. Just purchased very intriguing coffee-maker device. Seems I can get along with it. Let's see... Cup of water. Teaspoonful of ground coffee. Plug it. Push the button. Wait... Hmmm, smells good! Taste it? Wow, fine! ...Bitter. That's fine. Dash of sugar... brown sugar, muscovado sugar. Enough to experience bitterness. Sip... Another sip... Aha! Got an idea... Chocolate. Special dark chocolate! Just a few chips. Dropped into it. Stir. How is it? Hmmm! Guess what, i like it! Terrific. Bitter-sweet good. Forget about troubles. Relax. Hear that saxo music playing. See that cup of coffee you're holding. Are you complete? Uh, oh... wish you were here.

Allow me to post here the essay I wrote in compliance with one of the many requirements I just have in graduate school. Shooting two birds in one stone, here goes my blog entry and an assignment as well. My professor wants us to submit a reaction paper on this article: Why IT Doesn't Matter Anymore And this is my essay: IT Doesn’t Matter in Developing Countries In 2003, the Harvard Business Review published an article by Nicholas G. Carr entitled, “IT Doesn’t Matter”. Basically, it aims to lay out the economics of information technology (IT) at the corporate level. First, let us answer the question “What is IT?” IT involves not only just computer literacy but also the knowledge of how computers work and how these computers can further be used in information processing as well as in communications and problem solving tasks. In modern business, most activities are done with the help of machines (i.e., not to mention digitally). In household, at least we know of ATM ca...