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AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
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Quick note from London
The week started with the senseless bombings at the Boston Marathon. Arriving in London on Wednesday, I ran into Margaret Thatcher’s...

Audrey Chin
Apr 20, 20132 min read
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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
Feb 16, 20131 min read
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A popiah recipe for a truly Singapore New Year Re-Union Dinner
February 10th – it’s New Year again! Popiah wrapping fronted by lettuce, filling, and everything else This is the New Year my family...

Audrey Chin
Feb 12, 20133 min read
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White paper – Its not about 6.9 million, it’s about hearts
It’s about hearts The debate about the Population White Paper has unsettled me It’s the week before the Lunar New Year. Normally, this...

Audrey Chin
Feb 8, 20135 min read
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ODDZNNS is now SOMETIMES WORDS HELP
It’s February already and I haven’t thanked you all enough for your support of Oddznns – for dropping by and commenting, for...

Audrey Chin
Feb 3, 20131 min read
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One-on-one with a Punggol Voter
There have been a slew of comments on why the Punggol by-elections turned out the way they did. I’m not going to add anything to the...

Audrey Chin
Jan 28, 20134 min read
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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
Jan 28, 20131 min read
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Want to experience a Taiwanese street market? The best 4 on the 8D7N All Taiwan Tour
As promised, here’s more on Taiwan. Yilan “theme park” shop Street markets, especially night markets. have been part of Chinese culture...

Audrey Chin
Jan 24, 20134 min read
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Three Things Those Foreign College Students Can Give Us
IT MAKES YOUR BLOOD BOIL DOESN’T IT? The number of university spaces we’re giving to foreign students from South East Asia? The fact...

Audrey Chin
Jan 13, 20134 min read
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She Died in Singapore. Guns Didn’t Kill Her
6 MEN ON A BUS DID IT. WITH WHAT THEY HAD BETWEEN THEIR LEGS. WITH AN IRON BAR THAT DESTROYED HER INSIDES. She was a 23 year old Indian...

Audrey Chin
Dec 29, 20122 min read
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How to Sing Singapore better – Let in the Pinoys!
Photo Credit: http://www.etsy.com WE DIDN’T INVITE THEM I’ve heard them practicing in the park from my study. I’ve passed them on my...

Audrey Chin
Dec 26, 20122 min read
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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 22, 20123 min read
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The GALLUP Polls– Should Singaporeans Even Care?
THE GALLUP POLLS – SHOULD WE IN SINGAPORE CARE? Photo Credit: http://www.stanford.edu According to Gallup Singapore ranks as the least...

Audrey Chin
Dec 21, 20123 min read
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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
Dec 13, 20125 min read
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A Singapore Thanksgiving Menu
We don’t eat turkey … PHoto Credit: http://www.chubbyhubby.net Not because we’re vegetarians unfortunately. Unfortunately just because I...

Audrey Chin
Nov 22, 20122 min read
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Towards to a kinder gentler Singapore OR What I learnt today practicing graciousness, compassion and
I’ve been thrilled to pieces by Minister of State Lawrence Wong’s comment at the country’s first National Kindness Conference, that a...

Audrey Chin
Oct 21, 20125 min read
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Awaiting Mid-Autumn: A Singapore politician’s lesson in moon watching
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/camyluna 13th day of the 9th moon of the year of the water dragon.It’s raining again. Unless...

Audrey Chin
Sep 27, 20122 min read
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Am I Really Doing the Best I Can?
Our Singapore morning paper is reporting that a whole lot of people are having sex on the side, sex for money, sex for grades....

Audrey Chin
Mar 27, 20123 min read
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9th May 2011 – What’s next
This letter, sent to ST Forum on 9th May 2011, is a response to the many letters and articles concerning PAP's next steps

Audrey Chin
May 25, 20112 min read
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