While tcktown.com will still remain online, I’ve decided to stop running this magazine for a year to focus on my health…
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Isn’t that always the case? You plan for life to go a certain way, only for it to forge its own path…
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I am celebrating my 27th birthday zip-lining along the emerald enclaves of Costa Rica that strangely remind me of the yawning valleys of my own tiny Lebanese chouf village...
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There is a custom in the Philippines. When it is your birthday, you are expected to throw a party for everybody at your expense. So, on my birthday, I leave the country…
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Then there was the McDonald’s birthday trend. Uncle Sam had muscled his way into the Karachi youth’s minds, and a Happy Meal and rides on colorful slides were the dream in the late 90s. I didn’t have one, but I was invited to one. It was an utter disappointment...
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Spare me the cake and candles and let me celebrate how I like it best...
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I revelled in the power of my many homes. I sit in my room for hours and listen to that Thai singer.
and muse about the camels from my Arab home...
Seeing the birthday boy or girl so happy, feeling so fulfilled, you couldn’t help but know it was temporary. Perhaps the year after, that very same birthday boy or girl would be in a new country, with new friends, doing it all over again...
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If you ever get the chance, go to a small temple called Tamagawa Daishi on the outskirts of Tokyo. You have to find your way through a small maze towards light in the most muted hues...
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Holy shit. It’s still alive! Okay. Oh my god. Okay. OH MY GOD...
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