I’m Jade!
A Kuwait-born, Goa-bred, Mumbai based 26 year old.
I moved to Mumbai a few years ago to get a post-graduate degree, and subsequently to work. But in a couple of years, I realized that a cubicle-lifestyle was not for me. I quit, started off on my own and began freelance writing on the side.
I had no desire to have a food and travel blog, although the existence of this one would suggest otherwise. I’m an average (at-most) cook and certainly no culinary connoisseur. But what I do excel at is eating! To me, being on a diet means limiting myself to one cupcake instead of two. And I’m not automatically impressed by five star restaurants – I’d gladly eat at a burger joint if it’s better. All I care about is good food.
This love (or obsession, rather) with food and travel – making endless lists of places I want to eat at and countries I want to visit, watching TLC for hours on end and debating on where to get the best red velvet cheesecake has worn out the patience of my friends, and I needed another outlet – so ta-da!
If you were to meet me a couple of years ago, I’d come off as an introverted, shy and reserved, person. But living in Mumbai has turned me into a person I would have never dreamed of becoming! I love meeting and networking with people, I have opinions on everything, and I constantly seek new adventures. I have a larger than (my) life presence on social media - shut me off from Twitter, Facebook and the online world for a day and I’ll slowly start to wither away.
While I’m not one of those bloggers who can “sell off everything they own and travel the world” nor one of the corporate honchos to work for 40 years and forget to live at all – I’m still trying to find the middle path.
To sum it up, I’m a bunch of contradictions. I’m not loud yet not quiet; thoughtful, yet spontaneous; I love to travel, but I love the comfort of my own home, I need direction, but I hate being told what to do. I’m an open book... but I don't reveal too much.
I can be whoever I want to be... but I can’t be who I’m not.
I have no idea what this blog will become. But I do know one thing. My passion food and travel is immense and my friends can no longer be the only people I rant to.
