Oh no, its that moment again. A pause at the question, a split second to consider the answer. You know the answer, of course. You also know it will take more than five minutes to cover just about everything. You’re tempted to just scream “I DONT KNOW!” but you’ll end up scaring this nice new […]
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So, you find yourself once again on the move… Yes it is all to easy to cut the ties and relationships and move onto a new experience, a new place and a new people. But what of those we leave behind. All to often TCKs think only of their move and themselves and forget those […]
Having had to deal with issues of rejection, misunderstanding and alienation over the years I have had time to think over the events of my life and draw some conclusions. I put them here for you to consider and disagree or agree with From my observations people in different cultures have different definitions of what […]
A friend of mine had what I call a Leaving Moment, recently. I define this as a moment where you and others around you get together, realizing that your time together is almost over. It’s a time to appreciate each other and let your guard down. I remember times like that. I remember the trip […]
I never asked to be a Third Culture Kid. But somehow, life puts us through these circumstances and opens our eyes to worlds beyond the one that we are familiar with. Knowing more of this world, is it really that easy to accept a smaller role in life? I can’t imagine myself in some sort […]
I just broke up with my girlfriend after knowing each other several years recently, and near the end, all that understanding I thought she had about my background really makes me wonder how much of the self and the TCK label were what led to the misunderstandings with each other. Many of the arguments that […]
Last night a couple of friends from my university days stayed over, after attending an alumni reunion on the previous day. One was a guy who was born in Korea, moved to Canada when he was 13 and earned its citizenship, and at some point had also lived in Sri Lanka for an extended period. […]
So… In January 2010, I was hiking machupicchu when we noticed the time and began making out way back to catch the train to Cuzco. When we arrived we found out that a mudslide had taken out the train tack. After spending some time at the hot springs we found hostel to stay in. Not […]