Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Family on May 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
My child ( trying not to use names here)
”Mummy, here’s the question. Which book has been read most often. Harry Potter, The Bible or the telephone book.”
silence
”Mummy I’ve never even SEEN a phone book”
Mummy (me) tries to explain that in the olden days.. hmmm start again in other countries it is/ it was common to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Chiang Mai on Feb 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Last night my friend and I met some cool guys from San Fransisco…
J:Hi where are you from?
Me:I’m from here, Chiang Mai
J: No, really?
Me:No, my friend is from Chiang Mai, I just live here.
J: So where are you from?
Me: I’m from Switzerland
friend interrupts… no you’re from Papua New Guinea
Me :Yes, I’m from Papua New Guinea.
Changed the […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Dec 7th, 2007 6 Comments »
…Announcement#1: THE WINNER IS LIELIE!
Congratulations lielie! You won the TCK writing contest with “Goodbyes hurt” and will receive the prize of $100 USD.
How cool is that. I know, I’m not really a great writer, I make tonnes of spelling mistakes, my grammar and sentence structure is very very basic. But what the hell, I won […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Nov 17th, 2007 No Comments »
I’d really really like to win a prize. Could you go over to this website (for Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids, Army brats, Missionary Kids etc) where I wrote a poem, and give me a thumbs up That would be very very nice of you. Thanx!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Chiang Mai on Nov 8th, 2007 6 Comments »
If you are a global nomad or an expat, you will definitely know the feeling of missing home. Even though, home isn’t really home and you don’t know what else to call it. I miss Switzerland today. The efficient medical system, public transport, hanging out and drinking coffee at any of my brothers […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Blog fun stuff on Jun 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
I got tagged by LOE.Its been hard to do this meme.. music is a powerful memory trigger and it took me to some memories I didn’t really want to go to.Thanx Max haha. Here goes…
5 - You’re going on a long journey, what five albums MUST you take with you? Albums that you need to […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Switzerland on Jun 15th, 2007 5 Comments »
I just read on this blog that the train station is being renovated. Great. Now, next time I go to Bern I won’t know where to get a ticket, where to catch a bus or a tram, I might even get lost..It will increase the feeling of not belonging. That sucks. Why don’t they just […]
Posted in Memories of a TCK on Jan 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
Each little item holds a memory… no more words today, just the picture…
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Sep 8th, 2006 8 Comments »
Yes, we are expats. And still we dare call this ‘adopted’ country home. Some Thai people are very pleased we call their home, our home. Some wish all the farang would go back to where they came from. Some Swiss think we aren’t really appreciative enough of our passport country. So where is home? Can […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 23rd, 2006 5 Comments »
The CDSC started a week later than all the other international schools. So everyone has meet their new and ‘old’ teachers, old and new classmates. Its been quite emotional. My youngest is in 1st grade now. Do you remember your first day of school? I remember going to a local school in PNG-Papua New […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Memories of a TCK on May 2nd, 2006 3 Comments »
I went shopping at Rim Ping and saw these biscuits. I had to buy them even though they aren’t cheap. Years ago, when I was young, my brother and I got a summer job in a factory. Yes, you guessed. Kambly. Alot of memories came back when I held that packet in my hands. The […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Memories of a TCK on Jan 11th, 2006 13 Comments »
What do I do when I WANT to travel, but the choices I made in life (.. family) force me to stay put? I read books, blogs about other countries. The other day, I ”went back” to my country of birth.. heres a song I remember singing at school.
National Anthem of Papua New Guinea […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Dec 5th, 2005 8 Comments »
If there is something I hate its this. As always the conversation at a party started of with ”have you seen such and such movie” or ”have you read such and such books”. Now as someone who grew up between culture and currently have 2 more cultures added to make me confused I usually have […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Oct 3rd, 2005 No Comments »
Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids you can shop online!(Or should I write, Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunties and Uncles, Friends , In-laws and Out-laws ) you can shop online for our kids I feel to old for this stuff AND I’m not into wearing printed T-Shirts but there are some fun things on this site. […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Memories of a TCK on Sep 10th, 2005 No Comments »
A few years ago, when I lived in Switzerland I went to the ‘COOP’. I talked English with my daughter who was about 2 years ago. As I walked past an elderly Swiss man, from Basel ( not Bern!) I overhead him saying ‘di schiess usländer was macha sie da.. ‘ (These stupid (shitty) […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Memories of a TCK on Sep 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Another day at home. My daughter is at home with a head cold. She is 10 and doesn’t need constant TLC, so I’m lucky and I do get some time alone. I’m sitting here at the computer listening to ‘Radio Extra Bern‘. (Internet is one of the best inventions EVER. And ADSL…. ) […]
Posted in Memories of a TCK on Sep 4th, 2005 1 Comment »
I remember a side walk singer who used to sing in Bern. Its too long ago to remember what week day she sung but I do remember her. She wore punk clothes and played the guitar. The one song I still remember was ” These boots”. She sung it with the rusty, sexy voice. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Memories of a TCK on Sep 2nd, 2005 1 Comment »
When ‘Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince’ book came out we were
in Singapore. They brought the books in by the thousands.. amazing
!BORDERS had a major invasion!I’ve seen the Thai copy of it but unfortunatly my thai really isn’t good enough to read it.
J.K Rowling has a great website. Check it out hereThere are alot […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 30th, 2005 2 Comments »
In his book Third Culture Kids David Pollock writes what some of these hidden losses are,All of us experience losses in our life. A lot of the losses are hidden
and we almost don’t notice them. I think that people who are not TCKs
go through these things as well. Refugees go through this.Loss of their […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 29th, 2005 1 Comment »
At the book club yesterday we discussed the book ‘Third-Culture Kids.’ We are all mothers of ‘TCKs and two of us mums grew up in Asia. One lady asked, why do Global Nomads want to be the same as the other people? I think this is a big issue for mainly teenagers and because most […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 26th, 2005 No Comments »
Well, I am going down memory lane… look at these pictures. These are the people of the place where I grew up…. The Huli people in Tari.
For 16 years this was normal. The women didn’t wear tops eather.. Dedorant? no topic in the jungle.Hair? yes.. wigs were totally fashion […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 26th, 2005 2 Comments »
My brother is planning a trip back to PNG. Today I got a mail… apparently the name of the place where the international school is, is called Walimali. Just past Walidege. Tari,Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea.I don’t know how long its been since I’ve heard or read those words ! I lived there for more […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Aug 9th, 2005 5 Comments »
I’ve just started reading the Third Culture Kids by David C. Pollak and Ruth E. Van Reken . Amazon has the book.So far I skipped a lengthy foreword, Acknowledgments , Introduction and the chapter A Beginning Word by Ruth E. Van Reken.Not really a good sign when you skip the first 10 pages.. oh well.. […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jul 30th, 2005 2 Comments »
Ich fand das Buch sehr interessant und einfach geschrieben. Sabine Kuegler ist als Tochter deutscher Forscher im Dschungel von West-Papua, bei einem vergessenen Stamm von Kannibalen aufgewachsen. Bis sie siebzehn war, kannte sie keine Autos, kein Fernsehern und keine Geschäfte. Der Dschungel war ihrem Heimat. Aber sie musste alles verlassen und nach Europa.Ganz viel was […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jul 28th, 2005 3 Comments »
Orobiga Ironic
When I’m hurting I’m told it doesn’t matterWhen I’m sickNo one caresWhen I’m locked into my roomNo one caresWhen the boys come and read my journalNo one caresWhen I fight with my roommate and don’t talk for daysNo one cares
When I’m lonely No one knows.
My friend is anorexic No one knowsOne brother can’t […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jun 25th, 2005 3 Comments »
My youngest son is 4 1/2 and was born in Chiang Mai. He has been to Switzerland, once when he was 6 weeks old and once when he was almost 3. Obviously he doesn’t remember much. He remembers who had the biggest collection of Lego Bionicle Anyway, we were invited for lunch at […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jun 22nd, 2005 8 Comments »
I guess its quite a philosophical question and will be hard to answer here.Who am I? The answer would be things that make you unique as an individual and different from the others.I think being a TCK helps me explain alot. I speak english with an Australian accent. So when I met someone I have […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jun 21st, 2005 10 Comments »
My friend and I had a big discussion about third culture kids, missionary children, or mission kids as we call them. Some children who grow up in another culture don’t seem to be effected by the foreign culture at all. There is a German man we both know who thinks of himself as German. He […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jun 14th, 2005 2 Comments »
I returned to Switzerland when I was 16. I remember the first time I went to the CO-OP. That’s a little super market you find in all Swiss villages . All the announcements were in Swiss German. My brother and I just laughed and laughed. It was to us a ‘baby’ language. Our parents […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on Jun 2nd, 2005 1 Comment »
Third Culture Kids are Global Nomads, Military Brats, Missionary Kids, Preachers Kids, Foreign Service, Business and Manager kids etc.I’m not sure if they officially call someone who has lets say a German father and a Thai mother a TCK. Personally, I would. I see it brings a lot of similar challenges and questions as a […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on May 30th, 2005 2 Comments »
A third culture kid is someone who spent a couple of years in a country outside his own country. These are children of business men, missionaries, soldiers, sailors or adventure seekers who take their kids any where ! They become ‘culture blended’ people.How much a person adapts to the ‘foreign’ culture depends on age and […]
Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad on May 30th, 2005 No Comments »
Here is how you know if you are a Third Culture Kid!-You can’t answer the question: "Where are you from?-You speak two (or more) languages but can’t spell in any of them.-You flew before you could walk. And you can’t believe that isn’t normal !-You watch National Geographic specials and recognize someone. (ALONG THE SAME […]
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