Let's Party — Stories

When planning a party, my go-to is to mix things up. I’ve found that including a flavorful assortment of people has always guaranteed my most memorable events...

Let's Party, Community, FunBy Nakate Kakembo (From Malaysia, China & Uganda. Living in Melbourne)20 January 2021TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, Let's Party, party, black, friends, friend, event, New Year's Eve, food, culturalComment

Raising The Bar

The scene of a Muslim family decorating a built-in home bar at Christmas felt normal to me at the time…

My Tuxedo Shirt

It’s my favorite choice for our annual Christmas brunch at one of the hotels in Tokyo…

Let's PartyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)25 December 2019Japan, TCK, fashion, Malaysia, Christmas, brunch, Tokyo, malay, Malaysian, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Americans, Texas, tck, American, JapaneseComment

Stand Out

I have a Chinese-Malaysian mother and a Ugandan father, I’m two parts of two continents, but since most people can’t guess that. I’m a black woman to them...

6 People You Will Meet At A Pakistani Gathering

5. The Newly Weds. The couple will be watched like hawks. They are in the most unfortunate position. If they look too happy it will cause an uproar…

Sri Lankans Drink Like Fish

Heading back home with my housemates, we would stop for tsukemen by the station - delicious yellow noodles dipped into a thick, hot broth that was ordered from a little ticket machine at the front of the store...

Let's Party, FunBy Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)6 July 2019Sri Lanka, TCK, Chinese, Melbourne, Victoria, Tokyo, hangover, Sri Lankan, hometown, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, drinking, tckComment

Missing A Part Of Myself

Two weeks later I was back in Melbourne. You dutifully followed me home, allowing me to steal you away from yours. You blended into the culture here effortlessly. All my friends adored your Spanish tones and heritage, your style seamless with the streets and shoppers that hurried past us...

Let's PartyBy Frances Goh (Malaysian born, Filipino bred, hatched in Melbourne)24 December 2016TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, TCK, Christmas Comment

All Is Fair In Love And War

One ‘wedding success’ metric - and an indicator of societal-actualization - is how many events you can throw. Rather than having a single event (fewer events would require fewer hours of mental strain – which reach levels akin to that of interrogation methods utilized by intelligentsia), you have events in multiples of 3 or 4...

My Sky High New Year's

Every year end I do the same thing on the 29th or 30th of December. I say I won’t do it and still I get talked into it...