​AUDREY CHIN 

A close call and a new appreciation for my one life

I'm conflicted. I identify as a practicing Roman Catholic. That means, I share spiritual sisterhood with some of the judges who...

Just in case it slips our collective minds, here's a reminder - June 16th is International Domestic Workers Day. It's been over a decade...

Today is Tong Zhi, the peak of winter. Up north in China, where some of my ancestors originated, they'll be looking forward to longer...

Africa, the cradle of human civilization, calls to us from deep within our bloodlines. In East Asia, our response often manifests as a...

The headlines say it all. 'The Taliban has entered Kabul' 'The Afghan president has fled' 'The US embassy is being evacuated'. As the...

Afghanistan is being retaken. And as it happens, some in the country will be rejoicing. Others, however, will be packing up their lives....

This is what greeted me at 7.30 on Saturday morning--- a 15 cm long turd on top of my front gate. Who the *#** had left it there? Turns...

There are horror stories which force you to keep the lights on all night. And then there are those stories which have you looking over...

This is a quiz. Picture this: A light skinned woman asks a dark skinned woman to do something. The dark skinned woman says the other...

I was ghosted recently. An amicable acquaintanceship suddenly vanished. I could see the 'ghoster' on line, but as far as he/she/it was...

Creepy Barbie Dolls make a comeback

Advent - Mary said yes, what about those who say no? Life is beautiful, and life is hard. Shouldn't we be supportive rather than judging?

Thos who leave, come back. That's what the old stories say. You didn't come back though. Not physically anyway.

Coming to grips. Learning to grieve. No tears isn't well done. It's unnatural. But it's too late. What emerges are mis-shappened hollows;

It has taken a long time for me to face the reality of my mother's passing. She left in March 2020. It's only now that I've begun to...

This week’s headlines haven’t been encouraging – Chinese political appointments, White House firings, school shootings, old Russian spies fa

Last week, I made a hole in a fence. Guess what? It was no_big_deal. I realized – we take fences too seriously

When the first Facebook posting of the Lee family’s disputes appeared, my interest was piqued. Then came the ripostes from the Prime...

I confess. I too decried  those activities of those university students. How could they even think it was okay?