Posts tagged life experiences
The Pink Lion from Tanzania
The Pink Lion from Tanzania

I wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…

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Where Are You From?, AfricaBy Abby Farran (From America & South Africa. Living in Tanzania)Tck, TCK, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Tanzania, South Africa, home, identity, school, friends, family, country, accent, speak, languages, America, States, culture, cultures, ethnicities, living, blend, experience, life experiences, AfricaComment
Self-Worth, Strength and Stripping Away The Rest
Self-Worth, Strength and Stripping Away The Rest

How much of my self-worth comes from my being a TCK? Some of the major strengths that I have gained are tolerance, a wider worldview, broader experience, empathy, and resilience...

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Self WorthBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)tck, TCK, third culture kid, self-worth, tolerance, resilience, travel, growth, adult, adulthood, Identity, independence, survival, strength, worldview, world, planet, community, view, perspectives, actions, empathy, experience, life experiences, storytelling, storyComment
Teach A Man To Fish
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...

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ResilienceBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, third language, culture, cultures, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Dad, familiy, brother, city, Chinese Opera, travel, experience, life experiences, British, father, sibling, restaurant, resilience, proverb, chopsticks, Hong KongerComment
How Do You Justify Your Customs?
How Do You Justify Your Customs?

I'd like life to be a big, red, round, spinning Chinese table - take what you want now and keep the rest for later. Unfortunately, it is more like walking through a patch of cold sword-grass on the way out from...

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Where Are You From?By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)jour, life experiences, Japan, Fiji, Guam, America, accepted, Independence Day, Spain, US embassy, hebrew, customs, Christmas, Tokyo, where are you from, Thanksgiving, local, TCK TOWN, third culture kidComment