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So, the whole world is abuzz about the Russian spies and their kids, and their 2.5 dogs and station wagons, along with blandly decorated houses in the suburbs. I predict several things: 1. All these individuals will be tried and convicted. They will also serve out their full sentences. 2. Their children will disappear. In […]

My dance company and I will be traveling to DC this July to perform and teach some dance-based workshops using cross-cultural and TCK references. I hope you can attend! Please let me know when you are coming so I can look for you at the end of the performance and/or greet you at the door […]

Watching the world cup reminds me of an experience a couple of weeks ago. My roommate is Swedish, and a mutual colleague of ours had married a Swedish woman. She had heard that there was a get-together celebration of the Swedish Flag Day, now become their national day. It was a bit strange, because Sweden […]

Many expats try to sell their stuff through expat community within their country of current residence. Why? Because there is a difference between what expats use and what locals use. For instance, when drying laundry, many westerners put their wet laundry into dryer with dry sheets. Japanese and Koreans generally don’t: they usually let their […]

sometimes i still see glimpses of past “homes”, whether its when i’m blankly staring at something or simply in my mind, a puzzle put together with pieces of my fading memories. these images of my fragmented memories are like disappearing smells, scents that you know no longer actually exist in space at this time in […]

I’ve been travelling in Europe with my cousins. You may have noticed I’m a TCK. My cousins are very much not. They’ve lived in Texas for pretty much all their lives, and this trip over here is their second in their lives overall, and their first backpacking without family around (except me.) Up until now […]

2010 was embraced standing freezing our asses off at Trafalgar Square drinking champagne and mulled wine in a vain attempt at staving off the blistering cold. Joyous celebrations and late hunts for toilets ending up with a long wait for a tube and the trudge back home to the comforts of bed. The next few […]

You know you’re a Third Culture Kid when… You often feel misunderstood. You don’t know where ‘home’ is. You consider ‘white peoples’ music boring. Your friends don’t understand why you want to hang out with ethic groups. It took you a while to understand why someone would chose to be vegetarian. You get confused when […]

Hey friends, This story is of the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie and her speech on TED.com It really enlightened me and reminded me to keep my worldview open, avoiding stereotypes and giving every person a chance to tell their WHOLE story. If you have 15 minutes to watch the video, or a quiet space to […]

Hi everyone! I just started a Kickstarter project to help us fund this project to Washington DC; I hope you can help! Click here for the link on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/d1iuYx We had a successful premiere run in New York City on May 13-15 at University Settlement. They also gave us a gallery space at their […]