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AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
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Audrey Chin
Feb 24, 20142 min read
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
Feb 23, 20141 min read
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 ...
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Audrey Chin
Feb 22, 20143 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
Feb 19, 20141 min read
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
Feb 15, 20141 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
Dec 7, 20132 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
May 19, 20135 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
Apr 8, 20132 min read
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
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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Audrey Chin
Mar 25, 20131 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
Mar 23, 20131 min read
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
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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Audrey Chin
Feb 17, 20133 min read
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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Audrey Chin
Feb 16, 20131 min read
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...
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