Posts tagged world
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
I Will Carry That Rice Cooker Out Like a Purse
I Will Carry That Rice Cooker Out Like a Purse

My “real” boyfriend has his family coming from Brazil. He politely tells me to “move out” for the duration of the trip. I pay half the rent…

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Moving, Food, RelationshipsBy Cherysh Sullivan (From Hawai'i & Germany. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, Tck, third language, moving, world, Japanese, Japan, city, station, boyfriend, culture, cultural, divorce, new place, boxes, pack, packing, friend, unpack, Perth, Melbourne, Brazil Comments
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
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
ANAM
ANAM

Pakistan has been flagged by the Australian government as a "terrorist country" and yet I consider it home...

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Speak EasyBy Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, local, multilocal, Pakistan, Pakistani, Malaysian, Malaysia, music, work, Brunei, Melbourne, Australian, Australia, passport, rituals, relationship, relationships, mother, happy, call, Islam, Identity, home, identity, travelled, travel, world, United Nations, hope, bucket listComment