Audrey Chin
In Myanmar: Feeling vulnerable, being helped
Sometimes trips don’t start well My outbound plane to Myanmar left 15 minutes late. Then we circled for nearly an hour over fogged-in...
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AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
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Audrey Chin
- Feb 23, 2014
- 1 min
Reading in Myanmar: They were five
No pictures, just some words describing a scene while waiting for a flight in the domestic terminal at Yangon Airport. They were five ...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 22, 2014
- 3 min
Reading in Myanmar: Text and sub-text
I was reading in Myanmar. It was my time, my panel appearance at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival with Canadian literary prodigy Karen...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 19, 2014
- 1 min
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...
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
- Dec 7, 2013
- 2 min
It’s reprehensible! Here’s what we can do –
Yesterday I posted a Reuters report about how the Rohingyas, stateless Muslim refugees escaping from ethnic violence in the Burmese state...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 5, 2013
- 1 min
How is it we do this to each other?
I meant to write a post today about Will Schwalbe’s New York Time Best-seller, The End of Your Life Book Club. Instead, I direct your...
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 22, 2013
- 3 min
I’m back… And yes, Myanmar is amazing!
A picture is worth a 1000 words. I have so much to say, I’m just going to surrender and go with the snapshots. For the more in-depth...
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,...
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