Posts tagged European
Wogs and Dings—Enemies of the State
Wogs and Dings—Enemies of the State

The peace and tranquility were the main draw cards of Coolbinia Primary School, but it was also one of its major pitfalls. They bred comfort—the type which people get possessive about…

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RacismBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, Perth, Australia, Karachi, Pakistan, normal, colonisation, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians, Wogs, Dings, Caucasian, European, migrants, Asian, immigrants, Vietnamese, Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Punjabis, changeComment
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
Home is Where You’re Asked for Directions
Home is Where You’re Asked for Directions

I think of a mental curse to send telepathically to the man as the dust settles. “May the sharks of this city devour you,” something along those lines, but much less poetic and much more livid. I feel like I am a character in a film, complete with a story unfolding in front of me...

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Bridging Worlds, Where Are You From?By Victoria Koscielniak (From Poland & Italy. Living in Montreal)TCK, TCK TOWN, Tck, Polish, bridging worlds, home, Italy, French, Canada, European, birthplace, identity, accent, Kaszuby, Ontario, English, bilingual, First People, travel, directionsComment
The Faces and Places of Past Perú
The Faces and Places of Past Perú

We left the taxis that were everywhere, and we left the skyscrapers that gave the most incredible views of the vast city. We left the live music in the park where you could dance with other couples, smiling and laughing, not caring that you were stepping on your partner's feet...

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MovingBy Molly Kaitlin (From Peru, Costa Rica, Minnesota & Florida. Living in Tennessee)Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, third culture kid, Peru, family, foreign, languages, language, moving, meals, European, hikers, Peruvian, skyscrapers, music, dancing, singing, travel, travelled, adult, Family Comment
My Unicorn and I
My Unicorn and I

I can choose how Japanese I am: I never leave my chopsticks standing up in a bowl of rice because that is a funeral practice here and I avoid the number 4 like the plague in food service... 

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, culture, cultural, story, friends, friend, friendship, Canada, India, Bombay, Mumbai, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese, Canadian, unicorn, india, Indian, Malaysia, Malaysian, Chamorro, Guam, church, churches, mosques, American, America, foreign, foreigners, diversity, village, Hebrew, Yiddish, Europe, European, pastComment
PAUL
PAUL

My passports have always been issued from abroad. In the 1980s my passports were changed to blue "Z" instead of the standard blue. I was treated like a second class citizen each time I “returned” to the US and travelling in my 20's through Europe with it in the Cold War was sheer hell on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain...  

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Paul Kennedy, Paul, local, multilocal, born, Atlantic, Spain, Guam, Alaska, Korea, European, South-East Asia, Asian, home, Washington, California, Texas, Germany, Austria, Europe, Americans, eat, spice, culinary, Spanish, English, Mexico, German, US, citizen, passport, Tokyo Comment