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Audrey Chin

Jun 15, 20132 min read

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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Audrey Chin

Jun 12, 20133 min read

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

Jun 2, 20131 min read

Critiquing Can Make You a Better Writer… and Person

If you critique other writers work, your own writing improves. Everyone knows that. But can critiquing make you a better person? In my...

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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

May 25, 20132 min read

What’s in a title? Your opinion please…

What’s in a title? A title can make or break a book. Imagine if The Great Gatsby was actually published under it’s original title...

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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

May 18, 20131 min read

Memoirs of a kampung girl – a follow up

Dear Readers, I love that you’re commenting But please! Don’t use the comments section as a soap box for your anger. I was so moved...

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Audrey Chin

May 16, 20131 min read

Memoirs of a Kampung Girl

The elections are over in Malaysia. Sharon, as usual, writes eloquently about how necessary it is to remain united and dedicated to the...

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