Asian and American and Asian and European

...?

Doesn't roll off the tongue, really.

I am from everywhere and anywhere.

Spiritual story of a travelling book!





Corny i know! But it just popped to my head!

born somewhere, from nowhere, where to?

Concise...and I do not make a good couple :D

I like that one!

emotional connection, upheaval, phases and healing

deserts, oceans and skyscrapers. oh my

drifting along, enjoying what life offers

I came, I saw, I loled.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

haha here's my 6 words, and get ready to get blown away:

'Are you out of your mind?!'

It IS 6 words. And i think it fits well with the TCK thing. I mean cmon, 6 words? I lol-d. Yeah. I'm sorry my brain cells don't function as well with creativity as much as others. Lol. But dun it make sense? :)

... That inspired me.

"I came, I interacted, I left."

little person, big life, many changes.

this is crap, and it's the best i could come up with. XD

lol at brice's comment and uncle, that's pretty good.

Searching for meaning, never finding it.

coming, exploring, knowing, loving, leaving, restarting

I like these a lot, my friend just had one up on facebook so I'm just going to put the same one...


Wanderer who HATES HEARING STUPID QUESTIONS!!

accepting, changing, loving, loosing, restarting, living


:)

I dont even need 6...
summary of my life story =
"Then we went to.."

LOL Monique, I catch myself saying "then we went to.." all the time. :D

brice's is just...WOW.
ummm

ambition, shock, depression, denial, recognition,enlightenment.
HAHAHAHA

ambition as in...omg i am gonna travel i am gonna be world famous and amazing! (very ambitious child i was)
shock as in...ergh not as easy as I thought.
Depression as in...i think we all noe
denial as in...didn't want to face the fact that I was different and didn't want to accept it and love it.
Recognition as in...I found out I wasn't alone and there r tons of TCKs out there.
Enlightenment as I discovered this forum and tat was enlightenment! =)

ameilorant environmental relativist humanist nomad


By the way, what is the english word for ameilorer (french)?

ameliorer - to improve/get better

mine would be

international schools, thousands of airports, England

Ahh so apparently I forgot how to spell in French too... Thanks for translation though

ready to be, waiting to live

that's the best i could come up with...

mine would be...

Always wandering,not lost - a nomad.

lost in a pot hole but seeing a glimmering of light...

red soil, brown dust, grey concrete

"and then, and then...and then."

lol Laoren, that's a good one.

Ethnic. Soul. Rebellion. Laughter. Fierce. Heels.

Maybe I should say -

"Ethnic soul rebellion struts in heels".

Yep. That's it :)

I love your MsMerising. I think mine would be. I can´t think of anything that wouldn´t look like self deprication or praise written down. For now I´ll just enjoy yours.

@ ELIZABETH

If you fit 7 1/2 to 81/2 foot size a got so many pairs of fierce heels for you to come and strut as well. What you want...knee high boots, diamante scorpions wrap-a-rounds, purple stilettos? Let me know, girl!?

HAHAHAHAHAHA I'm sorry, I don't wear heels. I like cute unassuming flats but go head girl lol!

One of my favorite mottos, courtesy of RuPaul

"All a girl needs is a pair of high heels and a dream."

I agree with fetus' comment waaay back...my life is too complicated to summarize it in 6 words! :P

But I'll give it a try: Europe, UK, hot, depression, Canada, life

(not so cool as other ppl's)

wanderer on earth, heaven is home

@ MARGO

Are we soulmates???

:P

lol

@ ELIZABETH

Got them, too. What you want...Grecian, jewelled, metallics, ballet slippers? Maybe oversized pants and/or skirts to make them less unassuming??

MsMerising,
Ha! Probably! But can you beat this story? When the internet was first happening, back in the nineties, I was one of the first hardcore Ebay junkies, back before the day of proxy bidding. I was in the middle of a trip with my boyfriend and his parents to Italy. I had lived there years ago, so I was the official "guide", and this was their first ever time out of the country. (I know, I know, what was I thinking when I hooked up with him?!) Anyways, we were at a restaurant in Assisi, celebrating my birthday, and I actually had to leave the restaurant and run down the death defying cobblestone streets of Assisi in my high heels (Clickclackclickclackclickclack) in order to search for an internet cafe so that I could get in the last frantic bid for a pair of killer shoes listed on Ebay that I had been bidding on for 10 days! I was actually in a cold sweat over it, because I was bidding on pair of Manolo Blahnik backless kitten heel mules, with a dalmation print and matching chocolate brown mink trim! I HAD to have them, and I got the last bid in. Sorry to say that when I staggered back, breathless into the restaurant with a pink flush on my face, my inlaws were not amused. In fact, they suggested that I might consider some type of counseling. What can I say, they are now gone from my life, and my fabu Blahniks have been the smash hit of many a party!
Oh well,at least I have my priorities in order...
ps: I had to cut myself off of Ebay for about 5 years, after that incident.

lmao @ MARGO

I got addicted to eBay too, but I was like that with un-used "intimate" apparel (Vaninna Vesperini, Spoylt, Agent Provocateur etc). I have not logged in for WEEKS. I wass running myself into too much debt, lol.

I have abandoned work, school and outing to bid...birds of a feather, babe..l.birds of a feather :P Or, obsessive-compulsive people...what can you do with us???

:D

lol

couscous-stropwaffel-gruyère-vie-mort-ihla

Over-educated departure lounge hopper, seeking peers.

Love everything that's been dished around with this topic...

Mine:

Create,plateau,wonder,reach,rest,become....

BAHAHAHAHA MsMerising, you're basically my fairy Godfriend, everything is fabulous. Haha thanks. I love RuPaul! Sashay, Shante! That did help me to think about what words explain my life story:

giggling selfpreservation, spiritual amalgamation, traveling sensation

Kelsey, yours is great.
Mine might be "Searching for something that doesn't exist."

Interesting idea...I'm new here but I will take a stab...

Outside, looking in - Loved - Headed Home

"What? We are moving again?! Crap."

Boring -get me out of here.

"But do they make bagels there?"

In reference to my self doubting attitude I have decided my new motto with be, "Today I'm proving myself wrong!" I am the queen of excuses. Just because I lived 13 years abroad does mean that I can't be successful in anything I do.

so many countries, so little time.

Interesting, though I admit kinda hard to do. After some thought here's mine:

Plans always change, I go everywhere

"You lived in Australia? You're kidding."

So, winter coats or bathing suits?

I've done my share of packing

traumatized, but transformed child of God

which country comes after graduation?
of course the answer is "i dunno" *sigh*

parting early, learning early, tired early...

"I always have someone to miss"

"But you said we were staying..."

Life is a suitcase, half-packed.

"So, where do I really belong?"

A life that can be described in six words is not much of a life.

Only life I've got - not much?

Hard to catagorize,infinite possibilites await!

Africa - Europe. Sunny beach - snow. Next?

North and South, East to West....

Better than the long dirt nap

Wouldn't trade it for the world

"Where am I from? Well, depends..."

Third Culture Kid turned expat writer.

always was the outsider - and still

Holding lightly onto earth.

Wandering lost, searching for self/home.

Born island feria Weihnachtsmart snow wats next?

D'oh! My bad, that was seven words. No wonder I don't write haiku.

Born islands feria snow wats next?

Arrive alone, become member, bid farewell

Total Stranger in my Home Country

Wonders if space will soon open

home is where the family is

Friends are family that you choose.

Friends are the family you choose.

Grew up abroad. Now graduate student.

Seven countries, but I belong nowhere.

Losing, finding, losing... identity and all.

Complex topsy turvy rollercoaster climactic timezoning.

He came, he saw - he conquer?

Airplane, Car, Land, Water - Everywhere hotter?

Home = where your people are
Emptyness

comfortable with having no comfort zone

Do not know who I am.

The sea is my only love.

Concieved in Japan, born in SAfrica,then Japan(WW2),SAfrica,Japan,USA,Canada,Australia.

mobaraka lucky éprouvante revigorante fastmoving maHbooba

arrived in Swaziland with her parents

academia brat ?Peru? US Mexico rootless

"you can't be from around here"

America, Korea, Music, Food, Friendships, and Love

Ask who am I from, not where

Afghanistan, India -- confused then found Jesus

Devrai je dire chanceuse or unlucky?

Many-colored tapestry, integrating best of worlds.

I am not from anywhere, just here. For now.

I wish I was from somewhere

no really, where are you from?

American, Vietnamese, Indonesian, British, Swiss: Me.

tck experience + girl love story = knockout

My life: Of love and loss.

The sun ALWAYS comes out tomorrow!

One day at a time, Me

I'm getting tired of wandering.

I will always be restless.

Surviving adjusting with family friends dreams

itchy feet seeking contentment

Nowhere to call my own home....

Home is where the heart is....

I'm going to figure it out.

I'll know when I get there.

the world, everything, it is me.

nasi lemak to jiaozi and God

Living, leaving, laughing, loving, hurting, healing

pain, truth, love, beauty, epiphany, peace

bitter, broken, scared, strong, lover, survivor

Searching beyond cliches for my home.

made friends. made love. made wine.

snow south tropical sushi chopsticks snow

living in America, heart in Africa

Heart's in pieces, worlds in heart...

laoren Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 8:35 am
"and then, and then...and then."

(Is this spam?)

30Brice Says:
September 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am
lol Laoren, that's a good one.

(HAHA!! AGREE!!! I like your six words too XD Laoren XD!!)

Mine would be... hum... let me think~~~




Diplomatic kid, Latin America, Taiwan, Jehova!

Knowledge gain for others despite trance

hmm...this is pretty fun! I loved reading everyone's answeres. Mine might be:

"if bought, how much to ship?"

so many places, so many faces

Nomad photographer loving sushi and apples.

Green-Mts to Great Wall via Rift Valley

-or-

Cow patties, Red Dust, Sidewalk Phlegm

-or-

eyes wide longing for home - Yeshua!

How did you all stop at one... I like them all. :)

Citizen of the World? Me, too!

Redhead Latina wanders world, seeks home.

Obnoxious loner hoping for hidden jewels.

wish I can trust, but can't

I love it, I hate it

Not bragging. It's simply my life...

Moving between cultures, races, categories alone.

??? ??? (Six Chinese Characters!!!)

??????! ?????XD!?!?!?

Do you have bathrooms in Bolivia?

What is normal, what is strange?

I am the opposite, I hope.

From developed, developing, and undeveloped countries

between homes bridging surface roots growing

US, adopted, Chile, Here, Belong Everywhere
or
Happy, satisfied, blessed with my life

let's get out of here, now

i mean, more like: "i'm glad that i'm moving soon."

*Not bragging. It's simply my life...

Ones I like.

*What is normal, what is strange?

*From developed, developing, and undeveloped countries
(Kool!!!~~)

cosmopolitan hick, relate while you can...

several years pass, restless for change

@ jomar

I love urs!!!

"Relate While You Can" has become my TCK advice/motto!!~

HELPFUL~~~

Fly, land, crawl, walk, run, repeat

lost sandals can swim will flyyyy

Taboo, Callate, Keep it to urself!!!

(Also, What TCK REALLY Stands For)

(Callate=Shut up, in Spanish)

@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<!!!!!!</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>LEAF GROWS FAST;
ROOT GROWS SLOWLY</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>Cryptic? Not a bit.










It's TOTALLY cryptic...

JA!</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>Rejected, Confused, Discouraged, Acceptance, Renewed, Rebirth</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>@ Peter

Why leaf grows fast?

^^

Comparing to root grow slowly? ^^

I'd like to hear ur reasons, if u hav any=)</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>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.</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>Banana is delicious

+

Egg is nutritious</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>Belonging is being present amidst longing</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>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</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>What is "standard", I don't care.</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_content>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.

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<wp:comment_content>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?
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<wp:comment_content>Poem: ????(And I know)

(I changed the lyrics of a song (same name) of the best band in Asia called "Mayday". Same title: "????". U can search 4 it on YouTube =) ????FU!!! XD!!!! BTW, pleaz don't "judge"!!! `?´?)

?? ???? ???? ?????
?? ???? ????
?? ???? ???? ? ????
?? ???? ???? (???????)
???? ????
??? ??? ????

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.

???????????????
???????????????
???????????????
I have to give it a shot

?? ???? ???? ? ????
?? ???? ???? (My parents' country ain't mine)
???? ????
Gotta find my own place
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<wp:comment_date_gmt>2009-06-29 11:54:23</wp:comment_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_content>I am no superwoman, just human. (Another six words...)</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_id>6759</wp:comment_id>
<wp:comment_author>Jolie</wp:comment_author>
<wp:comment_author_email>cindy_zoe_chen@kimo.com</wp:comment_author_email>
<wp:comment_author_url>http://</wp:comment_author_url>
<wp:comment_author_IP>114.42.203.46</wp:comment_author_IP>
<wp:comment_date>2009-06-29 04:04:22</wp:comment_date>
<wp:comment_date_gmt>2009-06-29 12:04:22</wp:comment_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_content>*Taiwanese Diplobrat, Latin and North America


* I just hope He knows all.</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_id>6760</wp:comment_id>
<wp:comment_author>anonymoustck</wp:comment_author>
<wp:comment_author_email>soytuninajesus@yahoo.com.tw</wp:comment_author_email>
<wp:comment_author_url>http://</wp:comment_author_url>
<wp:comment_author_IP>114.42.208.54</wp:comment_author_IP>
<wp:comment_date>2009-06-29 14:14:19</wp:comment_date>
<wp:comment_date_gmt>2009-06-29 22:14:19</wp:comment_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_content>@ another Anonymous

So???</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_id>6761</wp:comment_id>
<wp:comment_author>Peter</wp:comment_author>
<wp:comment_author_email>redraptor@optusnet.com.au</wp:comment_author_email>
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<wp:comment_author_IP>220.237.67.43</wp:comment_author_IP>
<wp:comment_date>2009-06-29 20:50:19</wp:comment_date>
<wp:comment_date_gmt>2009-06-30 04:50:19</wp:comment_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_content>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</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_id>6762</wp:comment_id>
<wp:comment_author>naana</wp:comment_author>
<wp:comment_author_email>itafikaupesi@yahoo.com</wp:comment_author_email>
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<wp:comment_author_IP>91.3.209.219</wp:comment_author_IP>
<wp:comment_date>2009-07-18 05:25:03</wp:comment_date>
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<wp:comment_content>peter
i love the 'belonging' one. thanks!
it says so nicely what i feel... ( am fluent in many languages but ironically enough often lack the ability to express what i feel in any language ) . i understood straigth away what it means .
without any explanation. hence i think its not cryptic if you recognise the feeling. the roots leaf one i understood straight away too although i prefer to phrase it differently .</wp:comment_content>
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<wp:comment_id>6763</wp:comment_id>
<wp:comment_author>sameh</wp:comment_author>
<wp:comment_author_email>sameh1974@hotmail.com</wp:comment_author_email>
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<wp:comment_author_IP>92.11.174.125</wp:comment_author_IP>
<wp:comment_date>2009-07-19 03:12:01</wp:comment_date>
<wp:comment_date_gmt>2009-07-19 11:12:01</wp:comment_date_gmt>
<wp:comment_content>home is where the heart is...(if you can find it!)</wp:comment_content>
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A lot of those comments are far more than six words.