Why I started Travel Blogging: I'm a third culture kid

A third culture kid (TCK) is a person who has grown up in different countries and cultures therefore developing cultural traditions as a mixed salad of different cultures as opposed to feeling rooted in just one. A hybridity of cultures.

TCK IDENTITY: STRUGGLING WITH CLAUSTROPHOBIA IN THIS COVID19 PANDEMIC

As an adult third culture kid, globetrotter, and home body. I struggle with feeling trapped. Trapped inside crowded places is one of my biggest fears but also feeling mentally trapped. With all the border closures and each country taking its own stance on restricting citizens, residents, and non-residents - it feels very claustrophobic for me.  

TCK Identity: I have never been a local anywhere

I have lived in a number of places, traveled and revisited places where I know the streets, BUT I have never been a local anywhere. I have lived in a number of places, traveled and revisited places where I know the streets, BUT I have never been a local anywhere.

TCK Identity: Leaving it all behind and in search for home

Its important to be able to have a proper farewell to the places and faces we once loved. 

The TCK Identity is ambiguous

I have an ambiguous identity of a Third Culture Kid. There's quite a lot of nationalistic pride these days in the world and the more I shy away creating a strong stance on any of the particular countries I have either an affiliation, lived in before, traveled many times to and totally enamoured with because I don't understand nationalistic pride.

Life at Les Roches as a third culture kid

Telling someone where you are from can be a tough answer if you’ve grown up in so many different places. Alaine, a Les Roches alumna from the Postgraduate Diploma class of 2015, told us what it’s like to be a third culture kid.

Looking back.... Neither Here Nor There film

Throwback to when Director and Documentary Filmmaker, Ema Ryan Yamazaki interviewed me and 5 other New York City based third culture kids (at that time) for her documentary thesis film at NYU film school.

#TCKCHAT chronicles: The TCK & Dating 

I have been volunteering my time to co-host #TCKCHAT on Twitter with some fabulous TCK folks.

Always flying

A poem about traveling and flight that I wrote

Why you should absolutely date a woman who travels

There was a blog post that has been making its rounds that is titled "Don't date a girl who travels" written by Adi Zarsadias. I shared this post on my facebook wall and it created a little bit of anxiety among my fellow single women travelers. I can see why it would cause some panic. I think the author of this post has cleverly scripted some reverse psychology. 

The Best Books for Third Culture Kids

Here's my list of best books for Third Culture Kids

The hardest thing about being a TCK

When your friends are scattered all over the world. Long distance friendships and relationships are hard. You're always missing a places and faces.

Digital Nomadism for this TCK

I wrote a poem titled:

A vicious cycle for a TCK: Packing up, Unpacking, Moving, Transporting, Goodbyes and Hellos