Posts tagged parents
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 Family (Dis)honour
Letting Go of Family (Dis)honour 
How lonely my life could’ve been had I stuck to my culture which tells me to value the thick ties of family above all else...
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We're Inspired, Advantages, Family, FriendshipsBy Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)tck, third culture kid, TCK, TCK TOWN, family, cultures, culture, cultural, Lebanon, Lebanese, mother, parents, views, violent, relatives, sister, sisters, aunt, Australia, Australian, British, Canberra, Scottish, brother, Greek Comment
Not Of Blood
Not Of Blood

We have come together not because of blood, but because we share bonds of a common outlook on life…

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Family, AdvantagesBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)English, Singapore, TCK, relatives, England, New Zealand, Thailand, Canada, America, Americans, tck, Canadian, grandparents, Thai, parents, relationships, son, respect, relationship, family, Philippines, Turkey, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, AmericanComment
Adulthood Across Three Continents
Adulthood Across Three Continents

In places like East Pakistan (before it became Bangladesh), Kuwait, and Sierra Leone there just weren’t that many expat families…

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Adulthood, ChangeBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, adult, adulthood, child, family, parents, moving, Pakistan, Kuwait, Sierra Leone, age, teenager, England, boarding school, West Africa, independentComment
The Devil Is In The Detail
The Devil Is In The Detail

Karachi was considered the ‘Paris of the East’, with its roaring nightclub scene sporting live bands, great food and plenty of booze…

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In Good TasteBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, Karachi, Pakistani, Pakistan, culture, clubbing, drinking, dancing, friends, parents, borders, nation states, Australia, economy, tourism, Afganistan, Nepal, diversity, youth Comments
Micronesian Chinese Money in Alaska
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...

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Thank You, Traditions & CustomsBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, cultural, culture, art, the arts, Micronesia, creative, mother, father, family, school, parents, museum, France, Austria, Holland, Hong KongComment
I Broke Up With Alabama
I Broke Up With Alabama

"Hi. Where are you going?," a man asked me as he sat across from me at the bus station in Alabama.

We just got off the same bus from Atlanta to some city in Alabama, Birmingham, maybe? I don't know the geography of Alabama at all. I still can't look at maps of Alabama without crying...

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Where Are You From?By Coco Spencer (From America, China & Russia. Living between Moscow, Detroit & Oakland)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, journal, Alabama, bus, question, where are you from, california, american, race, English, parents, grandparents, heritage, Filipino, Japanese, AsianComment
How to Separate the Men From the Boys
How to Separate the Men From the Boys

If you thought this could only happen in Pakistan, you are wrong. It happened in Singapore, and it even happened in Australia (even though there, I had to earn my spot in earnest)...

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AdulthoodBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)tck, Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, culture, adulthood, adult, passport, travel, memories, legal, young, rite of passage, maturity, responsibility, accountability, independence, Pakistan, Australia, parents, financial, internship 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
My Yurt And I
My Yurt And I

My ex-wife called me one day and told me that there had been a massive fire at the storage facility. Everything was gone. Not only my parents’ stuff, but all my military items, a sizable weapons collection, and a lifetime of memorabilia...

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MovingBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, culture, moving, home country, pack, parents, countries, country, boxes, furniture, United States, storage, Argentine, child, family, overseas Comment
We’re Living On Borrowed Time
We’re Living On Borrowed Time

Seeing the birthday boy or girl so happy, feeling so fulfilled, you couldn’t help but know it was temporary. Perhaps the year after, that very same birthday boy or girl would be in a new country, with new friends, doing it all over again...

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BirthdaysBy Mathilde Caraccio (From France​ & Italy. Living in Singapore)tck, TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, culture, cultural, birthdays, party, Singapore, French, childhood, rituals, gift, parents, children, classmates, school, celebrations, happy, sad Comment
Growing Old In Style
Growing Old In Style

"I remember my late wife, she was a stunner. She made my knees cave in and my heart pound. It pounded for 40 years before she peacefully passed away," was the gentleman's candid reply...

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FamilyBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK, TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, our beating hearts, family, elderly, grandparents, parents, Melbourne, Australia, cultures, culture, Pakistan, Pakistani, student, wife, retirement, older, age Comment
ANTHONY
ANTHONY

I am or have been a local of London, Lahore, Dacca, New Delhi, Kuwait City, Dhahran, Manila, Bangkok, Pattaya, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Evanston (Wyoming), Istanbul, Saigon, Hong Kong, Toronto, Freetown, Addis Ababa, Singapore. It seems like a lot but it's kind of a blur. 

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Speak EasyBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, local, multilocal, London, Lahore, Dacca, New Delhi, Kuwait City, Dhahran, Manila, Bangkok, Pattaya, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Evanston, Istanbul, Saigon, Hong Kong, Toronto, Freetown, Addis Ababa, Singapore, family, parents, relatives, rituals, meditation, moving, world, news, relationships, friends, restrictions Comment