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Category Archives: Identity
Repatriation
I have two articles over at Sassy Mama Singapore, most likely my last two which saddens me. Another link to Singapore severed. The first is a roundtable discussion with three other moms about repatriation and whether we’d go abroad again. … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the US, Culture Shock, Identity, Published!, repatriation, reverse culture shock, Writing
Tagged cultural differences, culture shock, education, expat bostonians, repatriation, reverse culture shock, Sassy Mama Singapore, schools, Singapore schools versus American schools, Singapore to the US
Six Years (and a few months)
We moved to Singapore in April 2010. Today I revamped the website in part because my long list of expat blogs is a list of dead blogs. Last month, one of my dearest friends left Singapore. I still pick up … Continue reading
Her mother tongue isn’t Tamil
***A quick note of explanation before I get into the post. English is the language of instruction in Singapore. However, all students must take a second language–called a Mother Tongue (henceforce I’ll refer to it as MT) language.*** I recently … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Culture Shock, customs, Education, headdesk moments, Identity, Primary 1 registration, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, Uniquely Singapore, With Kids
Tagged biracial children, expat bostonians, gujarati, language learning, mandarin, mother tongue, race based assumptions, Tamil
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“Am I Black or White?”
August 19th–I was sitting at my laptop when Elanor came over, dressed in her gymnastics uniform. I glanced up, half hoping I could finish my tweet or my facebook comment–or whatever it was I was doing–before she was ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Permanent Residency Process, Third Culture Kids
Tagged biracial, expat bostonians, identity, racial identity, racism
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Elanor’s identity
Two years ago, Elanor often identified purely as Singaporean or Indian, so we began to explain that she is American. Not in a “here is our flag, learn the pledge, sing patriotic songs, learn the composition of congress” way, but … Continue reading
Four
Four things in my house that are very American American breakfast cereal Giant framed poster of Boston, including Fenway Park (where the Red Sox play baseball) Bureau or giant US King Bed (because our armoire is overfull) My 2 year … Continue reading
