Ukrainian family relishes chance to experience new cultures (and durians!)

Olga, Olexander, Triana and Jeremy joke that they are 'professional packers' because they have moved so often. Photo: RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

Nineteen-year-old Olga Nechytaylo has lived in six countries and attended too many schools for her to remember, but she says one gets used to not having a “permanent” home after a while.

“There are good and bad things about always having to move,” says the eldest daughter of Ukrainian ambassador to Malaysia, Olexander Nechytaylo. “On the one hand we get to experience so many different aspects of life and we get to compare our own culture with others, but on the other hand, you have to keep starting from scratch each time you are posted to a new country.”