father — Stories

Having edited TCK TOWN for two and a half years now, having dated a very, very troubled TCK who was battling with his cultural identity, and through living TCK experiences myself, I could imagine that his past had made him this odd, awkward and uncomfortable rageaholic…

AngerBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)27 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, relationships, relatives, mother, father, sister, Melbourne, Australia, race, culture, conflict, familyComment

No More Walking on Eggshells

My dad’s anger had been a constant in my world of inconsistencies…

Anger, Moving, FamilyBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)6 March 2019TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, anger, parent, parents, familiy, moving, home, mother, dad, father, sister Comments

Micronesian Chinese Money in Alaska

My family lived abroad. The arts embraced in Micronesia were very different from those in British Hong Kong. There was little chance to delve into interpretive or classical art. When you weren’t taking the aspects you liked, discarding what you didn't and establishing your own local spin on painting, dance and music, you had to go microcosmic...

Where I'm From Is A State Of Mind

Almost everyone only thought about Turkey as depicted in the movie ‘Midnight Express’, although I have never seen it…

Where Are You From?By Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)12 September 2018TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, where are you from, USA, US, America, Americans, friendship, family, father, born, Turkey, language, plane, languagesComment

Teach A Man To Fish

The three of us viewed the crowded steam venting streets being worked for subway tunnels as an industrial Disneyland. Men swarmed up and down bamboo scaffolding. We snaked our ways along the queues for the old red double decker buses that bumped their way around Kowloon...

What I Would Have Done

I visit my grandad’s grave and give unrequited apologies to a piece of stone – forever an unforgiving experience...

FamilyBy April Goh (From Australia, Singapore, China & USA. Living in Singapore)18 March 2017tck, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, home, home country, father, grandad, grandparents, grandfather, love, adulthood, family, kids, mother, airport Comment

Only Girls Sew

In early autumn when female students in Japan were expected to be making scarves/mufflers and sweaters for their boyfriends as love tokens, my professor would walk into the cafeteria, walk up to a group of women knitting and ask for someone’s. He would peer at it with a critical eye and start knitting and hold a conversation with anyone in the group who was currently a student of his.