and most of the times it’s at stupid hours of the morning. Â In this case 3am. Â Panic is setting in. Â I’ve had two wonderful years at university, met so many fantastic people who have been so good to me. Â Including my boyfriend (of 14 months), and I’ve had the best two years of my life […]
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(TCK Song?) Nostalgia by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
Posted: 27th May 2011 by admin in Uncategorized  Tram wires cross Melbourne skies Cut my red heart in two My knuckles bleed down Johnston Street on a door that shouldn’t be in front of me  12,000 miles away from your smile I’m 12,000 miles away from me Standing on the corner of Brunswick Got the rain coming down and mascara […]
“The first step — especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money — the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the […]
“Sorry, You are Disqualified Because You are Not Foreigner”
Posted: 4th May 2011 by admin in Uncategorizedhttp://wp.me/pFwyw-bC
I am the typical cultural fruit salad of a Tckid–Mother Japanese, Father American, spoke Japanese before I learned English; born in California, went to school in Japan, studied English; moved to States, studied Japanese. Brother born in Japan. Iranian boyfriend. Have lived in the UK for 15 years, in Scotland and Southern England near London. […]
As I have reflected on my experience as a Third Culture Kid and heard from others with similar backgrounds, it is clear that many of us face a common internal conflict. It is the confrontation between visible deficits and invisible skills. So glaring are the deficits that casual passers-by will notice.  Added to this is the fact that my appearance doesn’t […]
this is a video/movie about TCKs. please enjoy.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FouOIB_AAfw&feature=player  PS: this video made me lern some things about TCKs 😉
The City You said, “I will go to another land, I will go to another sea.Another city will be found, better than this.Every effort of mine is condemned by fate;and my heart is — like a corpse — buried.How long in this wasteland will my mind remain.Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may lookI […]
I’m currently at Families in Global Transition Conference 2011 and live tweeting. Follow me @ahdancecompany and #FIGTConf – join the discussion of TCKs, TCK researchers, Expats! Â Will blog about it on the Chameleon blog: http://tckcckahdanceproject.blogspot.com