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RAG: Retrieval Augmented Generation

Retrieval Augmented Generation is a technique to enhance the relevance of the generated output of Large Language Models.
Wed, 2024 Mar 27 : Last updated on Wed, 2024 Mar 27 1 min read Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

How to nurture kindness

How to Nurture Kindness: A lesson from Confucius What is kindness? Can kindness be nurtured? How to be a kind person and nurture kindness? Is being kind naive? In this article I will try to attempt to answer these questions.
Thu, 2023 Jun 8 : Last updated on Thu, 2023 Jun 8 4 min read

Safely Bicycling Lornie Highway

Connecting Bukit Timah and Bishan/Marymount. Use Kheam Hock road to access Lornie Highway. Cycle on the sidewalk adjacent to Lornie Highway towards (with traffic) / from (against traffic) Thomson or Braddell Roads.
Wed, 2022 Nov 23 : Last updated on Wed, 2022 Nov 23 2 min read

Morals from Chinese Stories: The importance of keeping our word to others

Like Aesop’s fables, many Chinese stories teach morals. Being trustworthy is one of the most important morals to many Chinese. They disdain people who cannot be trusted. From a young age, children are taught that their word is their bond.
Sat, 2022 Mar 26 : Last updated on Sat, 2022 Mar 26 4 min read Life Lessons

Life lessons from Aesop’s Fable ‘The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse’

What is the moral behind this fable? This is one version of the story. Could Aesop have made a mistake? What if the story had a different version, a different ending?
Tue, 2021 Dec 28 : Last updated on Tue, 2021 Dec 28 5 min read

Life Lessons From Aesop’s Fable ‘The Tortoise and the Hare'

What are the morals in the story? What happened after the race? What and how can we benefit if we ask questions and consider things from other points. Aesop’s Fable ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ The fable: Once there lived a tortoise and a hare.
Mon, 2021 Dec 20 : Last updated on Mon, 2021 Dec 20 5 min read

How to Raise an Honest Child and Have Win Win Interactions

Do you have difficulty teaching honesty to children? Why do children lie? Why do we lie? Read this article to learn how to teach honesty, prevent lying and have win-win interactions.
Tue, 2021 Dec 14 : Last updated on Tue, 2021 Dec 14 6 min read

Life Lessons From Aesop's Fable "the Fox and the Grapes"

Is there more than one moral in the story? Did Aesop misunderstand the fox? Is there only one way to interpret the fox? What and how can we benefit if we ask questions and consider things from other points.
Tue, 2021 Dec 7 : Last updated on Tue, 2021 Dec 7 5 min read

Life Lessons From a Half Empty Glass of Water

Have we misunderstood the significance of looking at that half glass of water? Is it always better to see the glass as half full as compared to half empty? What and how can we benefit if we see things from the half empty glass perspective?
Mon, 2021 Nov 29 : Last updated on Mon, 2021 Nov 29 5 min read

Understanding the Maligned Kungfu Masters and gain Life Lessons

Have we misunderstood the Kungfu Master? What are the repercussions of this misunderstanding? How and what can we benefit if we see things from another perspective? The Kungfu Master and Survival My knowledge of Kungfu is from Chinese movies and dramas.
Tue, 2021 Nov 16 : Last updated on Tue, 2021 Nov 16 4 min read