Friendship — Stories

I Wish Everyone Were A Migrant For A Week

I corrected her pronunciation. She tried again. I corrected her again. She said she would stick to her own pronunciation of my name…

Fear, SchoolBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)17 October 2020TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, Third Culture Adult, Migrant, Australia, Friendship, Culture, Travel, SchoolComment

The Art Of Goodbye

It feels like I have spent my lifetime perfecting the art of goodbye...

Bridging WorldsBy Dora Bralo (From Croatia & the United States. Living in New York)13 April 2019tck, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, bridging worlds, goodbye, friends, Friendship, international school, international students, international, global mobility, memories, Hindi, graduate, graduationComment

No Formalities

Sara promptly opened the fridge, retrieved sustenance in the form of canned tuna and continued. After the session was over and everyone had left, I returned to my fridge and to my horror (distaste, displeasure, disdain, etc.) saw $1.10 lying on the counter…

FriendshipsBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)21 July 2018TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, Friendship, friend, relationships, university, Australian, Australia, Melbourne, degree, education, friendship, friends, studyComment

The Friend In The Mirror

People will say one nation or region is more friendly than another. I honestly can say I think that people are pretty much the same all over the world. So if you are an asshole in Baltimore, moving to another country won’t magically transform you into everyone’s hero...