where are you from — Stories

Between Planes

We were crossing time zones long before I learned to cross my T’s…

Where Are You From?By Anita Krishnan (From Singapore, Australia & the United States. Currently quarantined in India, due to COVID-19)11 July 2020where are you from, TCK, TCK TOWN, third, third culture kid, family, identity, cultu, culture, moving, timeComment

A House of Lives

The world outside, though foreign, is also mine…

When Nowhere Is Foreign

We pass through countries, like revolving doors, denizen aliens of the world…

The Siren Speaks

Never mind the ancient routes that fed, blended and bumped you and I together - I know that you want nothing more than to fit me into your size 9 1/2 shoe box, and tell me about the great Lebanese place that serves tabbouli...

Where Are You From?By Farah Beaini (Living in the land of the Kulin nation)29 September 2018TCK TOWN, third culture kid, journal, where are you from, question, eastern, western, Lebanese, culture, kitchen, foreign, Afghan, Andalucia, Persian, books, belong Comment

Up In The Air

I can’t fly on this damn plane because, at age 27, I have lost two wonderful people in my life. Two people who had come to define my experience of being free of boundaries, and my freedom to live fearlessly. I feel my mortality more than I ever did before...

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...

Where Haven’t I Been Yet?

My passport tells an improbable tale of birth, country of origin and address of emergency contact….

Where Are You From?By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)19 September 2018tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, where are you from, Nebraska, Americans, America, USA, Japan, Japanese, parents, family, languageComment

Where I'm From Is A State Of Mind

Almost everyone only thought about Turkey as depicted in the movie ‘Midnight Express’, although I have never seen it…

Where Are You From?By Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)12 September 2018TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, where are you from, USA, US, America, Americans, friendship, family, father, born, Turkey, language, plane, languagesComment

Water Hopper

From old theatres to laneway bars, I walk the Yarra with boys and cars.
With double tongues, I watch bright lights, as I explore and devour the night…

Where Are You From?By Ava Senaratne (From Sri Lanka, Dubai & Melbourne. Living in Sydney)5 September 2018where are you from, TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, Identity, cross cultural, culture, Tokyo, Bahrain, Dubai, Melbourne, Tasmania, Sri LankaComment

Remember when you were from Yugoslavia?

So what happens when one day you wake up on the other side of the world and the place you come from no longer exists?

Modern Day Phoenixes

When I am asked this question, I immediately think of my parents. My mother was born on the island of Coron, a mere freckle nestled within the larger island province of Palawan off the west coast of the Philippines...

The Mooncake Meeting

I revelled in the power of my many homes. I sit in my room for hours and listen to that Thai singer.
and muse about the camels from my Arab home...

How Do You Justify Your Customs?

I'd like life to be a big, red, round, spinning Chinese table - take what you want now and keep the rest for later. Unfortunately, it is more like walking through a patch of cold sword-grass on the way out from...

You’re A Kinder Surprise, Too.

Before we go down the rabbit hole together, let’s find a commonality. How about chocolate?...

Home

My sense of belonging fluctuates like an erratic pulse and my nationalistic pride skyrockets when faced with a belligerent non-Pakistani who questions the mess my country has become...