At Home in the Moment 2/4

Audrey Chin

Jun 29, 20133 min read

Caught in the rain!

Be careful what you wish for. Nothing is a perfect circle. That’s life. How we wished for rain the week before! A deluge of blessed...

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Audrey Chin

Jun 15, 20132 min read

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All change – I’m a writer!

“I’m a writer.” Not a corporate steward who writes in her spare time, not a dilettante dabbling with words, not an empty-nester who needs...

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Dieting or writing – we still need to outwit our reptilian brains

Audrey Chin

Jun 12, 20133 min read

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Dieting or writing – we still need to outwit our reptilian brains

Our writing-dieting selves like to think we’re all frontal lobe, all about visioning, reasoning, planning and problem solving. But hidden...

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Audrey Chin

May 30, 20134 min read

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Why pray for the dying?

Have I prayed in vain? Wai’s funeral was yesterday, Ish’s more than a year ago now. Kwan is in a deep coma. There’s very little chance...

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Audrey Chin

May 13, 20131 min read

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Kuala Lumpur – A Sizzling Fling

For those of you who aren’t from this part of the world, here’s a good introduction to the next capital up the road from my Little Red...

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Audrey Chin

May 4, 20132 min read

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How my garden welcomed me…

Our very own backyard beauty I love that coming home feeling, especially those first hugs and hellos. Husband and Youngest Son always...

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Audrey Chin

May 4, 20132 min read

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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...

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A Singaporean Identity – A Singaporean Malay Muslim woman shows up to make a difference

Audrey Chin

Apr 20, 20134 min read

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A Singaporean Identity – A Singaporean Malay Muslim woman shows up to make a difference

We caught up at lunch last week to talk about her latest heart task. “I am a Singaporean Malay Muslim woman,” Saleemah told me. “The...

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Audrey Chin

Apr 20, 20132 min read

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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...

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The Difference between Religion and Spirit – A look through Burmese Lenses

Audrey Chin

Apr 8, 20132 min read

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The Difference between Religion and Spirit – A look through Burmese Lenses

Someone told me yesterday I was getting too religious and hence difficult to get along with. That certainly caused me to go look in the...

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Audrey Chin

Mar 30, 20132 min read

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Easter – Now the green blade rises

We found a strangler fig growing in a corner of the bathroom, in a tiny space between the wall tiles and the frosted glass sun-roof. ...

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Earth Hour – What we can learn from Myanmar about switching off

Audrey Chin

Mar 23, 20131 min read

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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...

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Audrey Chin

Mar 22, 20133 min read

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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...

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A place in my heart – The Mekong southland

Audrey Chin

Mar 4, 20133 min read

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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...

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The Pope is gone, my mother-in-law is dead, but life goes on…

Audrey Chin

Mar 1, 20133 min read

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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...

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Bridging 9,700 miles and a 12 hour time difference with words

Audrey Chin

Feb 28, 20137 min read

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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...

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Looking forward to the high-speed train to KL and then to Ipoh!

Audrey Chin

Feb 21, 20132 min read

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Looking forward to the high-speed train to KL and then to Ipoh!

The buzz surrounding the proposed high-speed train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, capital of neighbouring Malaysia has been mostly...

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Audrey Chin

Feb 17, 20133 min read

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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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8D7N All Taiwan -What I really got out of it

Audrey Chin

Jan 28, 20131 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 ...

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Audrey Chin

Jan 28, 20132 min read

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Taiwanese street markets (2) – The bottom half of the 8D7N list

Just so you don’t waste your time in Taiwan I thought I should complete this post before going on to more Singapore timely events. We...

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