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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Vlog #3 from Alaine Handa on Vimeo.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

well gracious i’ve always dreamed of rambling on a blog online! this is my lucky day 🙂 what do i even write here? i had a geology test today, and a debate, and i made a scrambled omlette thing for breakfast. well […]

I like photo screensavers. On my newest laptop I never bothered to set
one up, however, because of its comparatively lower hard disk space.
Now that I have a massive external though, I can easily afford to […]

“To think nothing of one’s self, and always to think well and highly of others, is great wisdom.” Oh to be like Jesus who was a servant of all! Who wants “this” holiness?? For truly this is the depths of holiness […]

Excerpts from Open Performance on Jan. 6, 2010 from Alaine Handa on Vimeo.