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As a Third Culture Kid, Sezin has literally lived all over the world since birth. Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka to a Lithuanian-American mother and Singhalese-Tamil father, Sezin then went on to live in Zambia, Thailand, Pakistan, India, California, Switzerland,

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Entertainment > Celebrity Gossip & News Your reactions to Heath Ledger's death: 2 of 73

I always felt a strange and strong connection with Heath Ledger. It became even stranger and stronger when I found out that he has almost exactly the same birthday as me. Same day, month, year and almost the same time even. I felt it was some sort of sign. When I found out about five or six years ago that we were both brought... More..
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Weird travel stories: 2 of 69

"Get out of the car," the soldier barked in both Sinhalese and English, signaling to both my parents with his machine gun. He walked them to the sidewalk as more soldiers met and surrounded them, like a swarm of green-clad vampires.It was New Year's Eve, 2006. The dawn of 2007 and my husband and I were visiting my Sri Lankan ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Pondering the existence of ghosts, demons and angels: 4 of 74

Walking the gray streets of Prague, keeping my eyes and heart peeled for the vampires that walk freely around this place has gotten me thinking that if vampires exist and walk among us, then what else exists? Werewolves? Angels? Demons?Eight years ago a good friend of mine was murdered and died in my arms. After her death, pa... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Yield: 1 of 14

Yarrow paints the moon a brilliantIridescence, where your dreams forgotEverything you were to hold fast.Leave me alone with this painedDay of lacking rest and reckoning.Yarden yourself with bitter roses, theIntimate sting of a life in pauseExhausted with waited breathLooking now to let go, heave ho, thisDay of dawns that neve... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Dreams: 3 of 36

There are three types of dreams experienced by human beings. The first are otherwise known as the desires or great goals that will help complete our lives if we follow them through. The second and third type of dreams happen while we sleep: the "junk" dreams that are the vestiges of our daily lives and experiences being proce... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Grieving during the holidays: 3 of 25

I had no idea until I met him that my Uncle Vasantha had survived the Tsunami that hit Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004. I remember when the Tsunami happened there was an absolute feeling of chaos and powerlessness that hit our household. We sat, stunned, watching the waves crash over Sri Lanka and were totally unable to get th... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Allowing Turkey to be a part of the EU: 2 of 16

In considering the question of whether or not Turkey should join the EU one should, at the same time, ask whether an invitation would be extended to countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran or Iraq. Of course not: Because those countries are a part of the Middle East and have no place in the union of European nations. The same can b... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Australia & South Pacific Culture Australian Aborigine: Trying to understand their plight: 2 of 13

There is something extremely disturbing about using the word "plight" when discussing the issues facing Australia's indigenous people. Theirs is not a plight, but the result of hundreds of years of systematic oppression, discrimination and genocide. The current place of the Aborigine in Australian society has been one calcula... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Commentary: The effectiveness of the United Nations: 6 of 33

The UN, during its conception years, played a pivotal role in maintaining a balance of power throughout the world and set in place the mechanisms to prevent future outbreaks of world wars as had happened twice by that time. Unfortunately, as the years have passed, the credibility of the United Nations has been chipped away by... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Parasites: 3 of 16
Parsing the modules of retroActivity, the backwards feedingRabid personalities, more fuel, more youAgainst this fraying hungerSlay me to the boneInside the waiting poolTepid with bloodyEmptiness, you haveSucked me dry. More..