I’m sorry, but as an AI language model, I don’t have real-time access to academic sources. However, I can provide you with a tongue-in-cheek reference that could be used in a lighthearted manner. Please keep in mind that this is not a legitimate academic reference: Author: Doe, J. Title: The…

“I love you!” I tried. “Ok” came back the reply from my son Akmal, then 13 who had just came downstairs. I fired another salvo by repeating it, emphasising on the last 2 words “….love you!” “Ok…” came back the return fire. My son was playing hard ball tonight: still…

#23.04.29 Mom broke her arm. “Don’t go anywhere!”, I told Mom as I disappeared into the kitchen from the dining room. “I’m not going anywhere!” Mom said incredulously, seated in her wheelchair and with her broken arm in plaster. I got back to the dining table, an orange juice bottle…

Deepak Malhotra in his book “Negotiating the Impossible : how to break deadlocks and resolve ugly conflicts (without money or muscle)” wrote about “Framing” – stating how effective negotiators are able to articulate and structure their proposals into a form that the other party could accept. …

#2023.04.28 Dad’s humour was spontaneous, raw at times and eclectic – indicative of his street smarts, distance travelled and of interacting with people from diverse backgrounds. His circle, which included his close friend and relative Pengiran Umar once demonstrated this when we were eating out at a Mexican restaurant in…

The Monabandi Chronicles : Rubiks Cubes and Zakat Fitra It was the eve of the muslim celebration of Eidul-Fitri and I had been 9 years old. Our home in the Brunei town of Kuala Belait had been relatively quiet…dark and empty. Mom had finished with her shift at the…

While discussing soccer at a friend’s house, my conversation with him and his family turned to the U.K Liverpool football club. I had known for quite some time that my friend was a die-hard Liverpool fan, so I was not that surprised to learn that his wife was also a…

Intellectual Exchange AI : Human | image by Bing Image Creator Q: Provide the meaning of coherence in the context of sentience and AI. A: In the context of sentience and AI, coherence refers to the degree of consistency and logical flow in the thoughts and actions of an artificial…

The baby giraffe entered the compounds of the Bandi family house at No 115 W Drive, Brass Island on a Thursday morning. It had stuck its head into the kitchen door partition, looking intently at the children having their breakfast inside. “Cat!” said 2 year old Tony, the first to…