About me

Hi, I’m J. J like Jane, a very pretty name. (Now isn’t it?)

I was born 24 years ago in the bilingual city of Montreal (Quebec, Canada). I have lived in Italy, France, Czech Republic and Poland, and am now finally back in my hometown. I’m loving it.

I speak French, English, Polish, Czech, Italian… German? Well, I read it. I once read a whole book in Serbo-Croatian, too. In the past I’ve tried to learn Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, and Portuguese.

I officially hold five college degrees to date, but I’ve no qualifications for any specific occupation. I’ve got a loose background in central European linguistics, literature and history. After a year and a half off academia, which I’ve spent working petty jobs and traveling in Europe, I’m back in the horrifying-fascinating temple of culture and knowledge for a master’s in political science.

I don’t like being considered as a humanities or social sciences girl, although it’s technically what I am. I’ve always loved hard science, sadly life is all about choices and discrimination.

I love art in all its forms. I have a natural talent for sketching, but my passion goes to writing. Singing is a physical pleasure. I’d like to learn to sing properly some day, if only for my own enjoyment.

I am both a sociable and solitary person. I love to mingle and meet new people, strike up random conversations with strangers, while hoping to build some strong, lasting friendships out of the lot. I am used to being on my own a lot, though, and I’ll always go back to my hermitage after some time, if only to daydream in peace.

I’ve got a very strong sense of right, wrong and one’s duty, and I’m honestly trying to make a difference in the world. This blog will probably be about all of the above; a blog for all of my imperfect opinions, because I need to write about them.

Here are some pictures of me in Ho Chi Minh City, Warsaw and London:

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