Audrey Chin
In Myanmar: Rock and wonder!
Words can’t describe this natural wonder seemingly balanced on a hair (Buddha’s apparently). The Golden Rock of Mon State – It’s a...
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AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
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Audrey Chin
- Feb 15, 2014
- 1 min
In Myanmar: Union Day among the Karen
I spent February 12, Myanmar’s Union Day, among the Karen. Union Day celebrates the signing of the Panglong Agreement between the...
Audrey Chin
- Nov 16, 2013
- 4 min
Writers I read: A Singaporean Identity – Constance Singam, the epitome of true grit
For me, Constance Singam the Singapore feminist and civil society activist, is the epitome of true grit Brought up in a patriarchal South...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 19, 2013
- 1 min
Mid Autumn Spotlight on Marina Bay Sands
Sarah Pannir’s spotlighting Marina Bay Sands today, the Mid-Autumn Festival I campaigned against this casino development. Since its...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 3, 2013
- 1 min
Writers I Read: Trade the high-flying life for this …
We’re just back from remote Lugu Lake, Yunnan China where my friend Choo Wai Hong traded in her high-flying high-stress corporate...
Audrey Chin
- May 19, 2013
- 5 min
Books I Read: Great book, mixed feelings – Burmese Lessons and Loves
It’s been almost two months since my visit to Myanmar and I’m still caught in the Burmese web. I’m not the first to be captured by the...
Audrey Chin
- Mar 23, 2013
- 1 min
Earth Hour – What we can learn from Myanmar about switching off
In Myanmar, they’ve been switched off for 50 years. It makes for a slower pace of life and a more crafty approach to manufacturing. Don’t...
Audrey Chin
- Mar 10, 2013
- 3 min
Singapore budget 2013 – Be careful what you wish for, you have to live with it
Singapore’s 2013 budget certainly tries to give Singaporeans what they’ve been clamoring for: Stricter limits on foreign labour, carrots...
Audrey Chin
- Mar 1, 2013
- 3 min
The Pope is gone, my mother-in-law is dead, but life goes on…
This week Pope Benedict 16th steps down, the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years. At the University of Tubingen in Germany, the...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 28, 2013
- 7 min
Bridging 9,700 miles and a 12 hour time difference with words
How words helped two women find common ground despite distance and a 12 hour time lag. Late last year I joined Jeff Goin’s on-line...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 17, 2013
- 3 min
Anticipating Myanmar –The “before” post
It’s been a long time since I’ve been so excited about a trip. The last time I experienced this degree of anticipation was 20 years ago,...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 16, 2013
- 1 min
Visiting Myanmar – 5 things not to forget and 3 questions I want to ask
Since the US lifted the embargo on Myanmar last September, it’s become the it destination We’re going there in March and the trip’s been...
Audrey Chin
- Jan 28, 2013
- 1 min
8D7N All Taiwan -What I really got out of it
What’s our’s The areca clad hills scrolling past the windows The marbled gorge The fertile land We can’t own it Nor even the hours ...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 22, 2012
- 3 min
The GALLUP Polls – A Closer Look
Photo Credit: http://www.marcpotts.blogspot.com I’ve been accused of being Pollyanna! All because I said yesterday that Singaporeans...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 15, 2012
- 2 min
What Happens when You don't Talk for 7 Days?
SILENCE! Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com Dani Batz’s photostream I’ve just returned from my 3rd retreat. When I first started...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 13, 2012
- 5 min
Writers I Read: If You’re a Vietnamese Woman in Singapore then You Must Be…
Monique Truong – An award winning American writer and you’re discovering something new about how an American woman of Vietnamese descent...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 30, 2012
- 4 min
Mid-Autumn: Why on this night?
Moonlight over Clementi Rail Bridge Finally, 15th day of the 8th moon – Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon a beautiful yellow orb. The moon...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 24, 2012
- 1 min
Awaiting Mid-Autumn: The Best Season of Your Life
10th day of the 8th month of the dragon year – a busy buzzy sort of day running around delivering Mid-Autumn gifts to friends and...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 22, 2012
- 1 min
Awaiting Mid-Autumn – New Moon
8th day of the 8th moon of the year of the Dragon. We start with the verses of the most unaccomplished – mine. Photo Credit:...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 15, 2012
- 4 min
5 Reasons why I left America OR What matters most to me about Singapore
Photo Credit: Talking Pieces http://www.circle-space.org I’ve been waiting and waiting for that invitation. But, it hasn’t come. Yet. I...
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