Posts tagged life
Ping Pong Across the Indian Ocean
Ping Pong Across the Indian Ocean

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

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Moving, Asia, Education, SchoolBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)isolation, cities, homework, Perth, college, hometown, study, friends, school, Australia, work, home, Tck, parents, awareness, home country, friendship, house, TCK TOWN, cricket, Arabs, TCK, move back, life, Pakistani, homes, countries, immigrants, high school, world, tck, Australian, travelled, moving, holidays, South Asian, summer, country, Pakistan, third culture kid, Karachi, settle, South Asia Comments
Letting Go of Everything but My Memories
Letting Go of Everything but My Memories

0 years from now, I will have forgotten the way the mountains looked from my window in Costa Rica and how people grilled outside on weekends at the pulperia across the street…

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MovingBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, third culture kid, Peru, Lima, moving, friends, moving countries, Costa Rica, Minnesota, USA, life, past, remember, memories Comment
I Just Want a Matchstick
I Just Want a Matchstick

We were in Costa Rica, two months in, on a year-long adventure of travel, volunteering, and growth…

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Moving, In Good TasteBy James and Hannah Cheng (From South East Asia, Canada, Australia. Living in Pemba until Aug 4)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, third culture kid, Spanish, moving, borders, language, languages, life, Costa Rica, adventure, travel, volunteering, cooking, Melbourne, Australian, Australia, Malaysian, Malaysia, Brunei, Canada, Potrero, dinner, home, English, Mandarin, China, school, fluent, TicoComment
Words By The Sea
Words By The Sea

On the silted shores of that Kashmiri lake from my childhood - my shoes slowly ruining in the slush of snow, mud and plum blossoms - I stood beside the houseboat we were staying in (which once hosted Henry Kissinger). That was the month Indira Gandhi was voted out and my whole family got stuck in India.

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We're InspiredBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, ocean, beach, sea, love, family, American, USA, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, alone, Micronesia, trust, friendship, friends, summer, Concarneau, Brittany, San Francisco, best friend, college, France, Vienna, Kashmiri, Odawara, Japanese, Japan, Kamakura, solitary, life, upbringing, story, Spanish Comment
What The Birthday Gods Delivered
What The Birthday Gods Delivered

Then there was the McDonald’s birthday trend. Uncle Sam had muscled his way into the Karachi youth’s minds, and a Happy Meal and rides on colorful slides were the dream in the late 90s. I didn’t have one, but I was invited to one. It was an utter disappointment...

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Adulthood, BirthdaysBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, adulthood, adult, birthday, Karachi, family, city, house, friends, school, kids, children, local, best friends, cake, parents, Australia, Bollywood, Mumbai, movie, mother, college, memories, life Comment