We could start this article with the definition of third culture kids (TCKs) and cross-cultural kids (CCKs), but let’s begin with the following statement instead: Malaysia, years prior to being colonised by foreign powers, was already a multicultural melting pot that practised several phenomena we know today as ‘internationalism’, ‘globalisation’, ‘cross-culturalism’, ‘multiculturalism’ and even ‘transnationalism’.
These phenomena have left an indelible impact on the infrastructure of our society. As interconnectivity across the globe increases, our world has become both at