Write your life story in 6 words
Buy Elimite Online Prevacid Without Prescription Ultram No Prescription Prevacid For Sale Ultram Generic Buy Prednisone Online Toprol XL Without Prescription Amoxil No Prescription Elimite For Sale Cipro GenericI was reading an interesting suggestion from expat inspirer about writing our life stories in 6 words and thought this would be fun to do!
“I’ve been to the Families in Global Transition conference in Houston and had a wonderful time among friends old and and new, learned a lot, laughed a lot and drank too many margaritas. I was inspired by one of my fellow speakers, Apple Gidley, who suggested we might write our life stories (bear it in mind that those who attended FIGT were ‘global nomads’ like me) in six words.
She gave the examples of:
Roast beef to barbecue via noodles
For sale baby shoes never worn
I guess mine might be:
lakes to canals via sand dunes
what would yours be?
April 16th, 2009 at 3:56 am
i mean, more like: “i’m glad that i’m moving soon.”
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April 21st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
*Not bragging. It’s simply my life…
Ones I like.
*What is normal, what is strange?
*From developed, developing, and undeveloped countries
(Kool!!!~~)
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May 15th, 2009 at 12:34 am
cosmopolitan hick, relate while you can…
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May 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
several years pass, restless for change
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May 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 am
@ jomar
I love urs!!!
“Relate While You Can” has become my TCK advice/motto!!~
HELPFUL~~~
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May 24th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Fly, land, crawl, walk, run, repeat
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May 25th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
lost sandals can swim will flyyyy
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May 26th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Taboo, Callate, Keep it to urself!!!
(Also, What TCK REALLY Stands For)
(Callate=Shut up, in Spanish)
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May 26th, 2009 at 6:38 am
@kiwitck
I LOVE urs!!!
However, for me, I don’t wanna repeat EVER AGAIN!
I dn’t ever wanna crawl again!!!! (nor fly, nor land)
My other version would be:
“Root, Unroot, Root, Unroot…. Root, STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
(My conclusion is: STOP!!!!! This may be different from some, bc ME? I wanna STOP!!!!!!!!…. the cycle)
SETTLING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s my dream
Move again?!?!!? It’s my FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!……………….
SCREAM!!!!
My Nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!＞Ｏ＜！！！！！！
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June 6th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Rejected, Confused, Discouraged, Acceptance, Renewed, Rebirth
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:38 am
LEAF GROWS FAST;
ROOT GROWS SLOWLY
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Banana is delicious
+
Egg is nutritious
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Belonging is being present amidst longing
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:24 am
@ Peter
Why leaf grows fast?
^^
Comparing to root grow slowly? ^^
I’d like to hear ur reasons, if u hav any=)
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June 29th, 2009 at 2:53 am
Hi Jolie,
This alludes to the fact that TCKs often GROW UP FAST (like a bamboo leaf) compared to their same age peers. They may exude an air of maturity because they have had a more worldly experience. For me, that meant leaving home to go to boarding school at 6 and flying across the world from Malaysia to Manchester, UK at the age of 8 years old unaccompanied by an adult.
However, during my 20’s (and 30’s and 40’s) when other friends were settling down with careers and raising kids with their life partners I was still trying to find out which country I wanted to live in and what career to pursue. So this is why the sense of belonging and making a commitment to a relationship or career or even a place to live (i.e. PUTTING DOWN ROOTS) developed slowly in me.
Thanks for asking!!
Peter
P.S. The banana is yellow (Chinese) on the outside with white (English) on the inside. That’s me too. Egg is opposite !! Both are good.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:38 am
Hi Peter,
I am very glad that u explained both six words.
Bc I didn’t get banana and egg either.
I mean, I know that expression since I am myself a banana too. But since I didn’t know ur 1 too, so I didn’t know that u were using that metaphor here… (Didn’t make that connection)
(Americans and Chineses are the ones who knows the banana and egg expression. I grew up in Latin America, so I bet they don’t know it, for they are brown ^^ can’t know many bananas nor eggs)
Anyways…
I would like to hear ur reasons for “Belonging is being present amidst longing”
I hope it wouldn’t bother u. I think it’d b pretty interesting too =P
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:42 am
What is “standard”, I don’t care.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:44 am
I Just LOL (Poem) :
How is usual? How is queer?
How is lucky? How is fair?
Who is normal? Who is weird?
Who is envied? Who is feared?
When is funny? When is lame?
When is acceptable? When is a shame?
Which is civilized? Which is savage?
Which is familiar? Which is strange?
What is common? What is rare?
What is “standard”, I don’t care. (As if there was)
Where is liveable?
Where is stayable?
Where is bearable?
Who are YOU to say?
Who are YOU to say?
I just LOL.
I just LOL.
Who is pretentious?
Who is obnoxious?
I just LOL.
We are precocious.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Poem: Low-Keyed:
I think it would be wrong
To write my anger into a song
It would make the song too long
And the emotions of it too strong
The more I explain “it” to whom hasn’t been there
The more I despair
I can tell the worthlessness of my attempt right in their stare
I hold my temper
That was when I had decided to stay low-keyed
Which is wisest indeed
My goal is to be strong and to succeed
Being liked and understood by everyone isn’t what I can control nor what I need
I had decided to stay low-keyed
I had decided to stay low-keyed
I had decided to stay low-keyed
Yes, I had decided!
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Poem: Broken Mirrow:
As a Foreigner, you always have your privileges.
As a Hidden Immigrant, you also have your rights.
As an Adopted, you’d have to show it to the world.
As a Mirrow, what are their challenges?
I have no idea since I have virtually never been.
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Poem: 而我知道(And I know)
(I changed the lyrics of a song (same name) of the best band in Asia called “Mayday”. Same title: “而我知道”. U can search 4 it on YouTube =) 就是那個FU!!! XD!!!! BTW, pleaz don’t “judge”!!! ˋ皿ˊ凸)
現在 我好痛苦 沒人懂我 為什麼想哭
去年 所有想像 如夢一場
那天 我在機上 期待抵達 到 這個地方
以為 我會回家 不再流浪 (這願望實在荒唐)
就這樣吧 就這樣吧
我想我 早就該 放棄掙扎
Although I know there’s no place on Earth I can call it my home
And understand I’d be a foreigner wherever I go
Of course I know. I do know. Everything. Of course I know all.
I can bear this no more.
而我知道在西方一定會有種族歧視
而我知道去哪都一樣需要時間調適
而我知道我知道這一切我全都知道
I have to give it a shot
台灣 好不友善 這壓迫感 我 快要窒息
拜託 放我活口 好聚好散 (My parents’ country ain’t mine)
就這樣吧 就這樣吧
Gotta find my own place
Where they don’t mind my race
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June 29th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I am no superwoman, just human. (Another six words…)
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June 29th, 2009 at 4:04 am
*Taiwanese Diplobrat, Latin and North America
* I just hope He knows all.
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
A lot of those comments are far more than six words.
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June 29th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
@ another Anonymous
So???
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Hi Jolie,
To explain about the belonging poem…
For me, and I perhaps other TCKs, we are looking for a place where we can belong. But we may suffer from unresolved grief from people and places we left behind…
Now “Be”+”longing” = Belonging.
So my sense of longing for someplace and wanting to belong, is part of who I am. I recognise that I need to “be” with that “longing” in the present moment - to own a deep sadness for what I have lost. This way I can re-integrate the lost parts of who I am (”re”-”member” myself) and learn to see my meandering life path as a unique blessing.
A bit cryptic I know; I am so glad you asked!!
Peter
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June 30th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Cryptic? Not a bit.
It’s TOTALLY cryptic…
JA!
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