Posts in Traditions & Customs
The Haunted Ice Rink in Deira
The Haunted Ice Rink in Deira

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:

The golden part of the evening, though, was trick-or-treating. For those of you who may have already thought ahead, yes oh yes, that meant the building became a 31 storey candied lolly-land, with at least 20 apartments on each floor to choose from—though chose we did not—we made sure to pay a visit to every single one…

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Traditions & CustomsBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)tck, TCK, Tck, third culture kid, Halloween, Dubai, Deira, U.A.E, home, apartment, childhood, childrenComment
Owning My Culture Crown
Owning My Culture Crown

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:

I put my gown on and placed my tiara on my curly updo. Finally, I awarded myself the “Miss America” sash that I had marked with a sharpie to say “Miss ATCK,” instead…

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Traditions & CustomsBy Megan Norton (From the United States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Poland. Living in Michigan)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, atck, Halloween, the States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, costume, Christian, holidays, identity, belonging, values, creativeComment
Staying True As A Javanese Woman
Staying True As A Javanese Woman

I was afraid that by identifying as a Javanese woman, I would be mistaken for being submissive, accepting and feminine. I would be misunderstood as being passive, when there is power in subtlety, courtesy, initiative, emotional mastery and consciousness...

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Us, Traditions & CustomsBy Dea Safira Basori (From Tehran, Mumbai & Lagos. Living in Jakarta)Tck, TCK, TCK TOWN, third language, third culture kid, cultural, cultures, culture, gender, women, woman, men, oppressed, oppression, patriarchy, Jakarta, Soeharto, identity, Java, Indonesian, Indonesia, Javanese, past, western, Asian, colonization, history Comment
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
Food for the TCK Body & Soul
Food for the TCK Body & Soul

Before speaking to my mom, I believed I had no habits to uphold as an adult living on my own, but perhaps I was wrong…

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Traditions & CustomsBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, food, travel, religion, Arizona, Christian, God, Arlington, Baptist, A.M.E. Church, Methodist, Lutheran, cooking, holidays, soul food, Thanksgiving, Easter, smell, taste, Fayetteville, Germany, North Carolina, New Year's, East Coast, Santa, AsiaComment
Late To The Party
Late To The Party

I grew up in Pakistan, where one’s life’s trajectory is comfortably pre-ordained: one must get a tertiary education at a reputable institution, during or following which one must get married and “settle down”, and then, of course, oblige one’s in-laws by producing a strategically interspersed brood of obedient children...

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Better Late Than Never, Adulthood, Asia, Relationships, Traditions & CustomsBy Anam Javed (From Pakistan. Living in Melbourne)tck, TCK TOWN, Better Late Than Never, Pakistan, parents, marriage, children, single, Pakistani, aunties, society, desi Comments