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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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Thaipusam 2014 (photos)
I’ve been wanting to check out Thaipusam for four years, but something always seemed to come up. This year, however, the stars aligned that I could go and see part of the festival. I spent about two hours along Selegie … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Pictures, Singapore
Tagged dslr, expat blog, Hinduism, photography, Singapore, Tamil, Thaipusam
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