Comments on: On Writing a Book in Japan

By: Ven

Ven — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:35:24 +0000

! How did I not know until now that you had published a book? Definitely buying a copy, as I lived in Japan for just six months but can definitely empathize with some of what you’re saying. I love your writing style and am a little sad that you won’t be blogging from Japan any more. Anyway, great work on this blog and thank you for publishing your book as an eBook (I read the entire preview and didn’t notice one mistake, so don’t worry about it being ‘riddled with formatting errors and spelling mistakes’). I can’t wait to read the rest.

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By: Sumo Joe

Sumo Joe — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:04:37 +0000

BTW, I did buy a copy and look forward to getting to read it. Best wishes for much success!

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By: alua

alua — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:04:40 +0000

I’m glad it helped you.

It’s the sort of term that one just stumbles across (though I’ve heard that now at international schools they try to educate families about this).

Realising I was a ‘Third Culture Kid’ helped me a lot in understanding myself & who I was (right after high school, when I had a little existential crisis ;-) ), especially because my parents just couldn’t understand why I didn’t identify 100% with my passport country like they did. I found it difficult whenever I went ‘home’ that people would expect (and still expect) me to be a certain way, that I simply wasn’t. I’ve made peace with it now, and I know I’m happiest living somewhere abroad where I’m the ‘foreigner’.

By: x_stei

x_stei — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:42:03 +0000

Wow. Thank you so much for introducing this to me. I don’t know why I’ve never come across this before. I just finished reading the wikipedia page on TCK, and it describes me more than I expected. Thank you! Seriously, this helps more than you know!

By: x_stei

x_stei — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 04:35:13 +0000

No, I actually have never heard of that. I’ve always thought of myself as a cross-cultural person, but this might actually be much more fitting. Sweet. Thanks!

By: alua

alua — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 22:35:29 +0000

I’m not sure if you are familiar with the term “Third Culture Kid”? It certainly helped me a lot understanding how I grew up in different countries & cultures and the in-between-identity that came with it.

By: zoomingjapan

zoomingjapan — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:59:08 +0000

I’ve been in Japan for 6 years now and I could write 2 or 3 books about my life here, but I’m not a good writer, so I guess there will never be any books. And I doubt anybody would want to read it.

Congrats on publishing your book! I hope you’ll sell a lot of copies! :)