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[Warning: This may be a depressing post. I just feel like I need to let it out and I figure this will be a good place to do that because I think the emotions I am expressing stems from my TCK lifestyle. Thanks for […]

The other day I was asked to go and get food for some friends.

After collecting the cash I headed over to Mc Donalds and carried on through the drive through. I ordered the food and paid for it and drove over to […]

As a TCK don’t you feel like you are always struggling or striving for something? Sometimes you feel like you need to get somewhere so that someday someone will understand…and then that day did come…now […]

Well, here it is! A poem with the intention of painting a picture of
commercialisation taking over the festive season.

Santa’s Dying!

Santa’s dying his time is nearly up,
too much coke, cookies and sweets,
too […]

As some of you know I like to write poetry. The power of poetry is that you can get people to look at something, compare it to something else and get an understanding of the experiences involved.
Here are a few […]

So You’ve Just Discovered You’re A Third Culture Kid

For the longest time, I was shunned by other people, whose (mis-)judgment of me destroyed any confidence, self-respect, and self-love that I had. From being […]

Ever since I found out about my ‘terminal uniquess syndrome’ (a term I also just found out about and will cling on to til the day I die!) I’ve been analyzing the decisions I’ve made in my life since my culture […]

I’m slightly different than the majority of stories I’ve read in this community. Most are global experiences. I’m a domestic TCK within Canada so my patriotic ties are indisputable. I attended 9 schools–in some […]

Many images are evoked when someone mentions the word “life”. Mine has been one of constant change. I have placed my temporary roots over the stretch of three continents, lived in almost thirty different houses […]

…that I am a Third Culture Kid. I’m fascinated by this, and also a little relieved that there is actually a term for someone like me! I’ve gone through many stages of feeling out of place and foreign, both in […]

Well, you more than likely will not appreciate this website or understand what all the fuss is about unless you have moved country at some time. Maybe just for a few months every 4 years or you may not even […]

For most TCKs, their passport countries and people from passport countries are few of the
things that gives us the hardest time as TCKs

Well, the reason is that we expect more from our passport countries and/or […]

I am currently living in the US, which is the country I was born in, carry a passport of, and generally strive to be alien of.

As a TCK who went through some issues relating to living here the first time I came […]

This is a story about an American man living in Japan. He has lived in Japan for 2 years, and his Japanese has improved tremendously since he has first arrived. One day his wife baked an apple pie and asked him […]

A few months ago at work we had a department meeting. In it, our managers were pressuring us about performance, as occurs anywhere.

To illustrate, one of them drew up on the board a participatory exercise in […]

Greetings,

For those who may remember from TCKID’s old days, I am Uncle Dan. I had some interesting times providing advice to those who asked about anything in life. It started to feel uncomfortable though, as […]

My friend’s father immigrated from China to San Francisco when he was 18. When he came to the USA, he spoke no English. Soon he got his first job at Chinese grocery store in China town. Knowing his language […]

At Dinner table, a man was talking with his wife. His aunt was recently fired from her job. Their 3 year-old son overheard their conversation. He said to his father, “She was fired? You have to call firefighter, […]

Hi guys,
I finally managed to make the RSS feed of my blog into this page (had to go on Firefox to do this, because this site doesn’t work in Opera!).

From now on, I won’t write in this box anymore.

Just check […]

I’m currently looking for an answer to that question!

I have written a blog post about it here:
http://mairabay.multiply.com/journal/item/388/more_incidents

If you have anything that can help (general tips, or […]