Asia — Stories — TCK TOWN

Many people didn’t know what Pakistan was. Right after 9/11, they did…

Maybe not everyone will attain the same goals, but why can’t everyone be given the ability to do so?

Education, AsiaBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)13 March 2021TCK TOWN, TCK, TCA, school, maths, teacher, teaching, Guam, parents, English, class, learning, embarrassment, Wester PacificComment

Worship in Sri Lanka

“Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu” is how we usually end Buddhist chants, or ‘gatha’s,’ many of which are recited in set groups of verses…

Keep It Secret

Anger is vicious, and knows not his strength. He wrestles and pulls, until Fear’s out of breath…

Anger, Asia, Black Lives Matter, MovingBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)2 January 2021TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture kid, anger, Tck, tck, social, socialize, secret, Korea, South Korea, EnglishComment

Catalyzing World Class Education

We need to be developing global citizens who can engage with ideas and issues, make decisions and enact positive change…

Asia, Education, School, ChangeBy Seth Robinson (From the USA & Australia. Living in Melbourne)30 December 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, Third Culture Adult, third culture adult, culture, story, identityComment

Nights in Goryeo

There are Nights in Goryeo when the city never sleeps, and I lie awake in my bed…

Alone in a City of 13 Million

I took great pleasure banning the the rest of the world…

Asia, COVID-19By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)16 May 2020TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, alone, lonely, solitude, Tokyo, Alaska, connection, disengagementComment

Tales from the Land of Pocky

I am in love with a country I have yet to visit all because of the stories from my uncle and all the ways he filled our lives with this culture…

AsiaBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)27 February 2019TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Japan, family, snacks, souvenirs, sushi, chopsticks, Murakami, food, wanderlust, anime, travel, live abroad, storiesComment

Karachi Theosophical Society: the Historic TCK Archive

With such an eclectic mix of people, the city had to foster pluralism and harmony. One of the key venues to do so was the Karachi Theosophical society…

How Far Being a Banana Got Me

I still remember it vividly. I was 10 years old, and I had just come home from school. I opened the door to our townhouse and found my mum in a near foetal position on the chair sobbing. This was the first time I’d ever seen my mum in such a state...

Self Worth, AsiaBy Albert Kurniadi (From Indonesia, Australia & Canada. Living in London)13 February 2019TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Indonesia, English, Asian women, Australian, white culture, Asian, banana, Mexico, Canada, gay community, TOP TEN Comment

Temasek Tales

I had thought of it lacking cultural fluidity, when in fact Singapore was a smaller version of Asia…

The Real Folk Blues

"愛してたと嘆くには (I was in love once, I sigh) あまりにも時はすぎてしまった (far too much time has passed me by)." There's an uproar in the karaoke box...

Music, AsiaBy Ashleigh Leyshon (From Melbourne, Tokyo & Nagoya. Living in Kharkiv)6 February 2019TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, music, karaoke, Japan, Japanese, Nagoya, Australian, Australia, school, lyrics, sing Comments

The Tokyo New Year’s French Fry Rally

So what did you do if you were in Tokyo with limited funds? The new year began and we were still deep in our french fry quest…

AsiaBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)2 February 2019TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, Tokyo, Japan, customs, Roppongi, Shibuya, foreign students, NYE, OmotesandoComment

Heartattack And Vine

In Dubai we grew up with a 'working class' - bar and restaurant staff, cab drivers, retail assistants and ushers were nameless, friendly people whose stories often stopped after we had given our orders or our requests were seen to...

Better Late Than Never, AsiaBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)21 July 2016TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, third culture kidComment

Late To The Party

I grew up in Pakistan, where one’s life’s trajectory is comfortably pre-ordained: one must get a tertiary education at a reputable institution, during or following which one must get married and “settle down”, and then, of course, oblige one’s in-laws by producing a strategically interspersed brood of obedient children...

Better Late Than Never, Adulthood, Asia, Relationships, Traditions & CustomsBy Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)17 July 2016tck, TCK TOWN, Better Late Than Never, Pakistan, parents, marriage, children, single, Pakistani, aunties, society, desi Comments