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AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
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Audrey Chin
Apr 18, 20141 min read
Greater love than this …
It’s Easter this weekend. This weekend I’m celebrating love. It began on the Thursday evening with a remembrance that true leadership...
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Audrey Chin
May 30, 20134 min read
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
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
Dec 26, 20122 min read
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...
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Audrey Chin
Dec 15, 20122 min read
What Happens when You don't Talk for 7 Days?
SILENCE! Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com Dani Batz’s photostream I’ve just returned from my 3rd retreat. When I first started...
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Audrey Chin
Nov 20, 20123 min read
A Singapore Thanksgiving – Should we be content with small blessings?
Some say this with disdain. But what’s not to love about buses and train systems that more or less work, even if they’re stuffed to the...
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Audrey Chin
Sep 30, 20124 min read
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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Audrey Chin
Aug 4, 20126 min read
Elegy – July 4th in Alaska
We went to Alaska for the summer. It’s beautiful country. For someone from Singapore, too big to grasp. We had time, so much time. And...
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Audrey Chin
Jan 20, 20122 min read
Lunar New Year
This is when I step out, new clothes on (even to the underwear inside). When I breath in, New Year morning midnight air all around. And...
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Audrey Chin
Jan 1, 20122 min read
If Dogs Can Say Grace…
Photocredit: dogsintouch.com My father has decided to say Grace after 50 years of not doing so. The reason he’s started again is a video...
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Audrey Chin
Dec 15, 20111 min read
Advent: Do miracles happen?
I spent the second week of Advent on a silent retreat in Chiangmai contemplating the mystery of God In the poem below, I’ve tried to...
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Audrey Chin
Oct 11, 20111 min read
A Mystery
Sometimes it feels like we’re spooning up the East Ocean – we have hope, but still it feels impossible, and sometimes, we're overwhelmed..
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