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The last post was My 10 advantages of growing up in another culture. This week it is about the disadvantages of growing up in another culture. I do think the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages but the are real challenges when you grow up cross-culturally and when you relocate as a child many times, like […]

From my experiences there are great benefits of being a CCK. A global awareness, an uncanny ability to accept and relate to those who are ‘different’, an ability to see through prejudice. Yet at the same time there is often a case where a CCK/TCK/MK whatever K, hides the pain they have within. This can […]

A-CCK-Wochenende <> 24.-26. Feb. 2012   in Riederau am Ammersee   Was macht dich aus? Was treibt dich an? -          Wie passt das zusammen –   Worum geht’s? Kreativ-Wochenende für erwachsene Cross Cultural Kids. Erlebnisse austauschen,  voneinander lernen, sich selbst entdecken, Menschen mit gleichen Erfahrungen treffen. Wer ist der Veranstalter? Jochen und Christine Schuppener waren […]

I have been a TCKid for a number of years now. I do not always reply to discussions but usually read them, much like facebook I suppose. I do not have the need to put all the nitty gritty of the days activities on the internet for everyone to peruse. Yet I have noticed that […]

I discovered the term TCK when I was feeling depressed and browsing the internet. One of the best things I have done, my discovery of people who might feel as lonely and confused as I do was relieving. I still have a moment of feeling depressed most days but I am learning that my upbringing […]

I find airports to be very bittersweet. Airports are wonderful places when you are arriving to say hello to those you have missed. Returning back to your family, relatives, friends. Those times makes me love arriving at the airport. The bitter part is the leaving from an airport. When I have to leave family and […]

              All of us write about the dreaded question asked of us so many times. I am going to term it “WAYF?” (Where Are You From?) You know that every time you go to some event, some new group, some new job that WAYF? will inevitably come into question. I ask to myself “Would there […]

Few questions are as problematic as, where are you from? For me, this question would immediately be met with a dart of the eye or a notable pause in the conversation. Regardless of what answer I give, more questions would invariably surface about my background – not that I have anything against being interrogated like […]

Everyone has their story. Here’s mine. I was born in Philippines. At 5 years old, my family moved to Brunei. Soon after Brunei, my family moved to Canada. I was out of my passport country for a total 10 years. We then moved back to Philippines where I completed my college degree. I never felt […]

TCKid will host a LIVE and ONLINE broadcast of the the panel discussions for the First TCK Film Screenings. Coordinated by Alaine Handa’s Dance Company, the First TCK Film Screenings and Panel Discussion will be held at No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, July 9, 2011 4:00-7:00pm […]