Temporary TCKid Home | admin | Activity http://www.temp.tckid.com/members/admin/activity/ Activity feed for admin. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:27:28 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3e21a7ca46c8b321c8a8dc30dd29abae admin joined the group http://www.temp.tckid.com/activity/p/3974/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:25:03 +0000 0 cde714553bd59aa17cf4876dd38046e0 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=13 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:50:17 +0000 Thank you life and God for opening ones eyes and setting the heart free, free, free it is when we ask you for freedom and forgiveness. Thank you that we can ask for healing and that others can forgive us just the […]

]]> 0 88a2510a9de2938d5cbca69f93e86673 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=14 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:54:28 +0000 Manchmal kommen Tage die so Sinnlos sind ganz besonders die wo man sich von allem verschließt weil man nur genervt ist. Heute war so ein Tag. BWL Vorlesung und leider auf einer so einfachen niveau das es echt […]

]]> 0 12dc395bad0b3098534e2f6f012f3fae admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=15 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:00:00 +0000 What makes a day fullfilled, I asked my self this today.We had a short input about this today and I wonder, is it different for each person and only a subjective view?
I asked my self what is a fullfilled day for […]

]]> 0 ca6a0a2c189cac171c3a4e4071e3fb06 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=18 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:39:42 +0000 I was listening to the song, “Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays.” My parents live about 10,000 miles away, my brother about 3,000 miles from me and I am somewhere in the middle.  Home for the Holidays […]

]]> 0 c45106a5a4a60c6b9cdde8199075a5e3 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=19 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 16:54:37 +0000 I woke up with new eyes for the world.  It was a long night, tear drenched pillows, cold winter wind biting at my soul but I woke up.  It was a long walk and a longer journey.  The cataracts developed with age, I […]

]]> 0 7645db3d7f6be05a14ac4f818db20f06 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=20 Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:56:21 +0000 This morning I woke to a strange sound. My ears prodded my faintly conscious mind awake to this rare phenomenon and it took a few groggy tries to pull myself out of sleep before I recognized what this sound […]

]]> 0 d5638c6304687ea5c7e6ad9dc4b84366 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=21 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:00:00 +0000 Note: You can see this post with its pictures at Cross Cultural TCK
 
I speak English, Arabic, Spanish and French. In Dubai, nobody seemed to think it was at all special. With friends who were so culturally mixed […]

]]> 0 8e11c641f9a1369b4b1245eeb1ac001c admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=22 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:33:08 +0000 ThumbnailThere are a lot of things I’m learning about Perth, Western Australia and every day there is something new. I generally give something a chance and time to develop, to give me different experiences so that I don’t […]

]]> 0 87a63d2ad354e63f081c1dcf27ca6add admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=24 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:30:00 +0000 ThumbnailToday, we went to the Highland Gathering in the suburb of Kelmscott, in the city of Armadale. As the name implies, it is a celebration of all things Scottish! We didn’t know what to expect but figured it would be […]

]]> 0 3b7bf28ae504f7d8a59f4c74f89ec65f admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=25 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 08:30:00 +0000 ThumbnailWe were told that Aussies didn’t really celebrate Halloween, so my son’s school organized a “trunk or treat” which entailed parents volunteering the trunks of their cars, decorating them with Halloween […]

]]> 0 90706d2fb14fe4e0ed822b7b0f3ccb6f admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=26 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:30:00 +0000 ThumbnailOK, so I’m not Canadian, but when I lived there I loved their Thanksgiving tradition, and it’s one of the many things about Canadian culture that I took with me when I left.

With a family of my own now I felt it […]

]]> 0 126e4c1d9923f23bb483f9bab08d6cf6 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=31 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 06:39:01 +0000 I am working on a project in my university to raise awareness about TCKs. I’ll be done this week and hopefully if it is good enough I can post it here. Working on this project has proven to be therapeutic at times […]

]]> 0 5579e2a56c46d3303dbf933afbc4fdaf admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=32 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 07:30:00 +0000 I remember when I was fifteen or so, I first described myself as spilled marbles. It was true. I felt called in many directions, none to which I belonged apparently, or seemed to belong. 
I remember when I was […]

]]> 0 c03c86b06aa9b252900c04fbeb3d1e84 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=33 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:09:04 +0000 Once again the internet has helped me find some research on third culture kids. This time it is a thesis on the subject “Third Route Kids: A New Way of Conceptualizing the Adult Third Culture Kid Experience” by […]

]]> 0 d890caeb31040f67d3a651baed6d338a admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=34 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:49:49 +0000 I only learned of the term TCK this year and I can’t express how excited I was to know that there were others like me. I’m not a missionary kid. I’m not a military brat. I’m biracial. I’m half Mexican, and half […]

]]> 0 65b735edb82c8d627bce79faa653176b admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=27 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:30:00 +0000 ThumbnailYeah go ahead, you can be a little jealous…. we went. We went to the Singapore Grand Prix! So there are some perks to living on the other side of the world after all! And having a brother-in-law who lives in […]

]]> 0 95dcd9f9c93b9f4dacb496056c509216 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=28 Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:30:00 +0000 ThumbnailThe weather has been awful here with torrential rain and crazy winds – apparently Perth is known as Australia’s “Windy City”… who knew! I suppose you don’t get great waves for surfing if you’re not this windy. […]

]]> 0 0ef430d4ac91f611b0d141ec22270b33 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=30 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:00:00 +0000 I distinctly remember members of our family telling us not to bother looking for work in Perth from the UK. They said that it would take as little as a week to land a job there, and if we were contacting […]

]]> 0 a66d8b7a4eb30d0ba7784937b84f0975 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=35 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:43:51 +0000 Is anyone on here currently studying at the University  of Leicester???

]]> 0 05e17487e929cb75698637c83c34ab9f admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=36 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:58:10 +0000 Distance, like everything else, is relative. The Earth is round after all.
“It’s just a plane ride away”, I heard my husband say when I complained about how far we would be from everyone we knew when we moved to […]

]]> 0 993c58a55583064dea60628d85c52893 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=37 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:53:24 +0000 Here’s my latest guest post. Please read it if you are a TCK and transitioning to university or college. There’s 10 great tips there too.
read: transitioning globally to university

]]> 0 011398df4d194cb67046a14347709e80 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=38 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 01:00:11 +0000 We have now been in Perth for 6 weeks. We struggled to get things done in a timely manner in “Wait Awhile”. So, in order to help others struggle less and get things done slightly quicker, I compiled a list of […]

]]> 0 62cd03207c89eeb08e6b0a3064135739 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=39 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:17:50 +0000 Dear fellow TCK’s 🙂 I am currently a master student in Oxford, who would like to invite you to participate in an interview researching:
TCK’s as a by-product of globalization and their challenges and potential […]

]]> 0 5e592be05c56e062ed8faca264c488e2 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=40 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:41:52 +0000 Parents are weird. I think its safe to say that’s a fairly universal truth, yes?
But not many of my non-TCK friends have the issue of actually fighting with a parent over whether or not the kid is ‘patriotic’ […]

]]> 0 7188a13d6549e5b4b5c70686011168f9 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=41 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:52:18 +0000 – Victoria, British Columbia
– Yangon, Myanmar
– Hanoi, Vietnam
– possibly Moreal, Canada
– In the redwood forest/ on the coast of California 🙂
– Portland, Oregon or Bend, Oregon
– Olympia, Washington
– […]

]]> 0 ced50114ec39a9be13eb3351f4525040 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=42 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:28:26 +0000 Check the post on my blog Interview with Apple Gidley on DrieCulturen blog
enter the giveaway before 30th June!

]]> 0 cd235e535884ac601ba9c9e3d69f8756 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=43 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:50:13 +0000 Resettling in Belgium was a conscious  decision. We decided that the kids, my partner and myself should to return back to Belgium after living abroad for 12 years. Now I am back with doubts wheather this was the […]

]]> 0 274b9aff29466c10b29fcb84c28b2709 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=44 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:28:10 +0000 Do you have that craving to do or learn something new regularly? Well I do! Does it have anything to do with growing up as a TCK?
Read my blog on Time for something new….

]]> 0 4095028b78619e9a29cec6213be8d53d admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=45 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:25:32 +0000 A Third Culture Kid Life article that discusses the way TCKs are viewed by FCKs, and how we are handled by others. To view the article, click here to go to TCK Life.

]]> 0 3fba17ec72ac9ce776d2588a4d30cf0a admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=47 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000 ThumbnailSo excited to hear Ruth van Reken speak several times this weekend.
Read more about the conference here. I have never heard so much about TCKs and met so many people who are interested in TCKs in one weekend. I […]

]]> 0 1f55077dc2c8bb51c84b84e855ed4305 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=48 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:30:00 +0000 I wrote a post about loneliness 3 years ago.  And since then I do not believe I remember feeling it again.  I have since married, started a new job and am currently in the process of buying a house.

It’s […]

]]> 0 30fe14346b429171efaf7af35e2fcdbb admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=49 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:13:43 +0000 I noticed that I seem to post one blog post a year here in tckid. 2011, 2012, and this will be my 2013 post. God, time flies! I seem to also only check-in once a year. But it’s great because when I read my […]

]]> 0 bd619bee27a5be923a836d6df978864a admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=50 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:49:55 +0000 Check this guestblog “An Ode to the Third Culture Kids”

]]> 0 12127fca75755275dabf8f1997ad9f9c admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=51 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:49 +0000 Check my latest blog post:
Want to Know How to Prepare Third Culture Kid Teens for Adulthood?

]]> 0 ce0e52aa384e31d0fe1c0237f2e70d71 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=52 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:06:06 +0000 Does anyone else get accused of lying a lot?
I don’t know why…
Just the other day, someone asked me where I got my earrings.
THEY ASKED.
I told them.
Yes. It DID involved a swamp festival in a bayou in the […]

]]> 0 ca2e66af0716a583ae79669452734841 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=53 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:47:54 +0000 ThumbnailLet me introduce you to Jessica Wen. She is the creative inspiration behind the “Third culture kids- Self Identity Accordion Books”.
I came across the project on the internet and I am really enthusiastic about it. […]

]]> 0 4dcd63ce79d06eccc893719307c3707c admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=57 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:26:33 +0000 Hey there!!
I’m thinking of continuing my university studies in England or Florida, where I’m currently residing. Has anyone here studied at the U of Florida, Manchester or Leeds University? or is currently a […]

]]> 0 b3b8e96f45b3f2c5a6da4564c34e4e49 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=55 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:56:05 +0000 Chameleon, the Experiences of Global Citizens Choreography by Alaine Handa & Dancers Performed by Alaine Handa, Laura Lamp
Am I Home? Spoken Word Alaine Handa Spoken Word Excerpts from “Uniquely Me” by Alex Graham […]

]]> 0 b3ddfd2f88705c6379df003cae48494f admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=56 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:07 +0000 Doing my doctoral thesis on the loss experience that TCKs have when they leave their parents home. My survey should provide some correlations between the loss experience, grief, resilience, and attachment to God. […]

]]> 0 3eef8e210e83f25bbb2955d2e2f18339 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=58 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:12:38 +0000 Hi All!
I’m new to this website, I joined about 2 weeks ago. It’s so terrific that I’ve finally discovered what being a TCK is all about- at 41 years old! haha.
I live in Florida, USA, for right now, but have […]

]]> 0 795473656a482c59a3b9cc5ba6074b14 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=59 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:45:41 +0000 “You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love, but the person you are now, at this time and place, because you’ll never be this way ever […]

]]> 0 07aa92cfaaf8627fb861b0c1dfedd810 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=60 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:02:18 +0000 ThumbnailTo enter leave a comment on my DrieCulturen blog before the 31st of December 2012. You might win a signed copy of “Fly Away Home” by Maggie Mykleburst. Maggie was born and raised on the Jersey Shore. She is […]

]]> 0 c74f4564c2f8b0f4326b0f88b1fbe706 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=62 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:57:26 +0000 *WARNING WARNING, RANTING AHEAD. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK*

So today, a good friend of mine moved to France.
I was sad, but super excited for her, as it was her first time moving –ever.
However, I didn’t really […]

]]> 0 0a203b516aadd981d896c197ce714889 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=63 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:38:05 +0000 A-Cross-Cultural-Kids Austausch-Tag am 5. Jan. 2013 – Schloss Hurlach/BY Ein Tag für erwachsene Cross-Cultural-Kids.Cross-Cultural-Kids sind normal, anders, bunt, interessiert, global und lieben den Austausch […]

]]> 0 219f4573b2bad91c6866eca53c44403e admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=64 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:04:13 +0000 ThumbnailThe book gives insight into the life of a third culture kid. Kathy survived a plane crash, an earthquake and a military coup but to her her life was normal. It was only when she moved to California to start […]

]]> 0 41851d64daac44d191b26fad983c1f30 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=66 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:30:00 +0000 Hi Everyone,

I just joined this week and I just wanted to formally introduce myself to the group. I just edited my profile so I figured it is easier to copy and paste my story here instead of retyping everything! […]

]]> 0 a253d7b13bf5a65a26bf59c86e1c6487 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=67 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:28:05 +0000 Hi TCKs and Adult TCKs,
I grew up in many places just as you did or are doing right now. The longest I lived in one place while growing up was in Yokohama, Japan. After Japan we moved to Alaska, which is part of […]

]]> 0 d0d9f3657ee32f3e0e31f27edd4d4782 admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=264 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:18:52 +0000 How do you say someone who speaks 3 languages? “Trilingual.” How do you say someone who speaks 2 languages? “Bilingual” How do you say someone who speak 1 language?
“……..”　You decide.

]]> 0 7d3c1869c50cce4e8f4176b2879ccd2e admin wrote a new post http://www.temp.tckid.com/?p=68 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:20:33 +0000 I came across a really interesting article that has to do with the good and bad of re-entering into your home country, which I touch on in this blog.  I would love to hear about your own experiences with this.  My […]

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