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@ Hi, Suzanne–I still have my first passport photo–I was 3 weeks old (I see you were 6 weeks old when you got “transferred”!) I have a little curl on the top of my head–it’s the only time in my life when I looked cute! LOL!
Hey–I went to 5 different kindergartens (let’s do a little bragging about how much trauma we’ve endured–right?!? :P)…[Read more]

@ Hi there and best wishes! I was reading your comments on the discussion board, and it was great…your comments are really insightful and helpful. I laughed so hard about the corset/corsage thing!!!! (really relate!) I just found out that I am a TCK and the knowledge has really affirmed me, validated me, and helped me. (I woke up without pain…[Read more]

@ Oh cool~ I am so glad you are involved with this website though Lora!

How was it like living in those southeast Asian countries?
Which country do you miss the most??

@ he frame you can find it funny (Maybe it could be just me but..).

Wow, sorry about being so wordy.. I got excited.

@ Haha
It was so much fun reading what you had to say haha.
It made me smile so much when you said your family sends you furikake and that you go out to eat at the ONE restaurant in your area!

Kodomono shiro..wow.. I have a feeling I went there as a kid. A lot of times my mom takes me and my brother to a fun place but we go without knowing what…[Read more]

@ hey 🙂
hm I feel conflicted about moving back… there are some days when I feel absolutely ready to be “independent”, and to have the college experience and make new friends, and learn so many things, and I feel like it will be no problem since I’m already used to transition. Other days, I think I’m crazy for wanting to leave, and I can’t…[Read more]

@ I would be very interested in reading it – thank you for thinking of me! May I share it with my dad, as well?

@ Hi, Lora 🙂 I’ll have to ask my friends Pat and Earl about Dan Gerber–perhaps they will remember him. I have not met him, personally, but you’re right–Gerber is a very Swiss Mennonite name (my mother’s Mennonite ancestors came to the States 14 generations ago from Zaeziwil, Switzerland.)
What did your parents do in Vietnam? And how old were…[Read more]

@ Wow your photographs are really, really cool! I especially like 12. You lived in the USA, Hong Kong and India? Amazing! Me too. Which was your favorite place? And you seem to have a fascinating career. 🙂

@ Welcome fellow MK to tckid. I hope you make some good friends here. Get in touch if you need anything.
Paul

@ Hi Shaheema, Welcome to the new tckid site. Hope you make some good friends here. Get in touch if you need anything.
Paul

@ Hi Miyon! It’s nice to meet you too. I found the original TCK site thru facebook but didn’t get very involved. I’m an MK, too…grew up (mostly) in Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.

@ How sweet of you to remember I was in HK till 1994. Fun times! It was so busy and fast-paced. Ocean Park was awesome! I went to visit HK sometime ago, and it’s changed a lot! I miss Japan a lot! We lived in Meguro. It was so peaceful, clean, and everyone was friendly. When we were little, my sister and I used to get carried by random people on…[Read more]

@ Hi Rachel, I lived up on the Plateau in Plateau State. Went to school at Hillcrest in Jos and my parents worked at Vom hospital. The weather was a bit cooler than Lagos. Sadly in Jos there have been some incidents of fighting since 9/11 and it is not the place it once was. How about you? Do tell me more about your time in Lagos… I am…[Read more]

@ Thanks for the welcome, Rachel! I’m sorry to hear about your mother’s friend. I look forward to learning more about you! Did you ever hear about a guy named Dan Gerber? He was a Mennonite guy who worked with my parents in Vietnam.

@ Hi Suzanne, thanks so much for your comment – it’s true, it is a kind of trauma, isn’t it? Culture shock isn’t called that for nothing! I had to go through an absolute full-on identity crisis last year to get to talking about the way I do now, am climbing my way out of it every day. Knowing there’s an explanaition to why I am the way I am, and…[Read more]

@ hey yu, no UBC is in Vancouver, UVic is the one in Victoria. i’ve only been here since end of august. before that i was in kenya for the past year. it’s been a pretty weird two years. i’ve been doing the traditional TCK thing i suppose! i feel like i’m on some kind of a cycle. i’ve only ever been in one place for at the longest 6 years, so it’s…[Read more]

@ Right now, I’m looking for a job… I graduated in Aug, but the economy in the US is not that great… that’s why I’m thinking about going back to Japan… I work here and there but it’s just not enough to make living… Since US is not my passport country, getting a job is even harder! Is UBC the university in Victoria?? how long have you been…[Read more]

@ Hi Matthew, I think it is so cool that you are racially and culturally mixed!
White and Jewish father and African-American Christian mother. Wow, that is so cool.

How do you enjoy being a high school counselor? Do you enjoy it a lot?

@ Hi Lora,
I am an MK who grew up in Japan and some other places. I am glad to meet you.

I was wondering if you were a part of the old or original TCKID website. Your name sounds familiar.