Posts tagged Dutch
Why Live Abroad?
Why Live Abroad?

I am Dutch, grew up in Germany and went to an American international school. My husband is Japanese, grew up in Ecuador and went to both Japanese and American international schools there. We often joke that our family is like the UN with all its different cultures and languages…

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Where Are You From?By Jessica Tsuchiya (From the Netherlands, Germany & Seattle. Living in Rwanda)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, transition, leaving, Dutch, Germany, international school, Japanese, Ecuador, New York, cultural references, entitled, closed minded, Washington State, community, the States, monolingual, bilingual, multilingual, Rwanda, friendship, transientComment
College Sex in Tokyo
College Sex in Tokyo

My perceptions on sex have been hammered and scratched and polished. Although I still admit to catching myself admiring ankles from time to time…

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SexBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, talks, discussions, awkward, Guam, California, Philippines, euphemism, Tokyo, Thailand, sex trade, Baghdad, Japanese, US, conquest, condoms, conservative, Dutch, Germany, European, rape Comments
I Could be From Bali
I Could be From Bali

My grandmother spoke in Javanese a lot, especially to my grandfather. This was usually when she was talking about me or my sister, assuming that my attendance at an English and Indonesian speaking school meant I would not understand her...

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Where Are You From?By Nadira Harini (From Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Baghdad & Doha. Living in Brisbane)TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Javanese, Indonesia, Dutch, Indonesian, Baghdad, United Nations, Arabic, Iraq, Italian, Brisbane, Bali, North AmericaComment