university — Stories

I didn’t want to accept the change, I didn’t want to let go of family stability, I didn’t know how to build a home somewhere all on my own…

EducationBy Naomi Ettrick (From Azerbaijan & England. Living in Ukraine)8 May 2021university, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, third culture kid, change, student, growing up, adulthood, transience, temporary, identity, family, friends, unfinished, wanderer Comment

The Roots We Carry

Though I may have felt alone at times, I never really was…

Friendships, Moving, Where Are You From?, ChangeBy Anita Krishnan (From Singapore, Australia & the United States. Currently quarantined in India, due to COVID-19)20 March 2021TCK, TCA, TCK TOWN, moving, university, friendship, friends, relationship, relationships, family, traditional, past, LDRComment

A Community of Outsiders and Misfits

Some swore allegiance to Pakistan, others to Australia and others were in an existential crisis. There was a strange sense of community, which was dynamic and syncretic

A 5-day Intensive to Remember

Getting to my final year, I had an existential crisis—I hadn’t done an exchange semester yet...

No Formalities

Sara promptly opened the fridge, retrieved sustenance in the form of canned tuna and continued. After the session was over and everyone had left, I returned to my fridge and to my horror (distaste, displeasure, disdain, etc.) saw $1.10 lying on the counter…

FriendshipsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)21 July 2018TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, Friendship, friend, relationships, university, Australian, Australia, Melbourne, degree, education, friendship, friends, studyComment