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
- 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 17, 2013
- 5 min
Yunnan Ham from a Grandmother Room
To find out more about what we ate in Yunnan, including my encounter with a 40 year old mother of all hams, read the article here: A myth...
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
- Aug 11, 2013
- 5 min
Leprosy – A 21st century encounter
We think of leprosy as an extinct biblical disease, it’s not. Photo credit: historyfish.net I knew about lepers. I’d seen them no longer...
Audrey Chin
- Jul 27, 2013
- 3 min
3.5 lost days and 12 surprising discoveries
The best made holiday plans can be upset. Weather, short-staffed inn-keepers and unforeseen road closures can conspire to turn an...
Audrey Chin
- May 4, 2013
- 2 min
3 ways not to stress on a business trip
I’ve just come back from a great business trip! It was a 4 city 5 day marathon of super technical discussions with strangers in near...
Audrey Chin
- Apr 20, 2013
- 2 min
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
- Mar 25, 2013
- 1 min
Guest-posting at my friend Kathleen Caron today – Coconut palm sugar
Have you ever wondered how they make gula melaka or toddy palm sugar. To find out, do go over to my friend Kathleen Caron at “Full of...
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
- Mar 4, 2013
- 3 min
A place in my heart – The Mekong southland
You can love a place before you see it. A place you continue to hold in your heart even after you know it, faults and all. That’s the...
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
- Jan 24, 2013
- 4 min
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
- 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...
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