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this blog has moved. msg me for new blog address.
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so much hype.so much pressure. so much for letting it affect u.
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"It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes whice can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many."
- Margaret Atwood |
>>> i hope that everyone realize at the end of this that all these words of anger and resentment actually stemmed from misunderstandings and miscommunications that have accumulated over the year. Right now, im just exhausted from all this drama. i want to b happy. i want to be able to just focus on my exams and get through this wk. i want to leave for spring break light-hearted. mayb i AM controlling, tense, inconsiderate and overbearing but sometimes i just dont realize it, so just give me a reminder when i get overboard . | | |
| one of us struggled with herself for weeks just to muster up the courage to decide if she should tell someone about her feelings for him knowing fully well that he's not ready for a relationship (since obviously he already told her he wasnt ready) and is now trying to come up with 500 reasons why she should forget about the guy.
the other of us is going to buy a US$1000 ticket to fly across the globe to see someone even if it's just for one day...even if all that someone needs is a friend right now and nothing more
and someone even more foolish... is up at 430am cooking curry coz apparently she promised someone a week ago that he can have roti prata for breakfast
do the people on the receiving end even know how much is being done for them?
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| What is unique about Third Culture Kids? These mobile children are known as TCKs because they integrate elements of those cultures where they live with their own birth culture into a third, different and distinct, culture (Eakin, 1998; Useem, 1999). Because TCKs have developed a unique culture of their own that incorporates elements of varied cultures, they often feel more at home with other TCKs, with no regard for nationality, rather than those of the passport culture (Storti, 1997). Roa (1995) explains that many TCKs experience cultural marginality in which they do not fit perfectly into any specific culture where they have lived, but on the other hand, fit comfortably on the edge or margin of any one of them. In essence, they feel at home anywhere and nowhere at the same time. TCKs who feel at home anywhere may exhibit constructive marginality in which they feel different from others, but are able to use their differences constructively (Schaetti, 1996). Those who experience encapsulated marginality have a feeling of being trapped or encapsulated by their sense of being different. Therefore, they may feel at home nowhere and might have a sense of falling off the edge of the cultural mainstream (Schaetti, 1996).
"third culture kids: returning to their passport country" -http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/rsrcs/pubs/4597.htm
I reme the talk this guy who came from the US gave at SAS one year... And xinhui just agreed too... we belong nowhere. how sad is that. I miss Shanghai. I miss Singapore. I miss my sisters..
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