Hello! Shiara/Jessica here. The point of this website has morphed a few times now, but one thing I've always lacked but needed was an About Me section, so here's an attempt at putting one together. See sub-pages for specific topics.
I hail from Singapore originally, but currently live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I've stayed here for over 20 years now and I blog out of here, though I also travel to other places and do travel diary entries while there.
I'm transgendered, I've "known" this since 2002, first talked to someone about it in 2010, started my transition in 2011, had my legal name changed and my first RL transition day in 2013, and had my two surgeries in 2015 and 2017. I'm not offended by my dead name and I embrace that side of myself as well, but you're still going to have to dig around the blog to find it.
I enjoy casually scribbling text onto a page, and my memory is really bad, so I suppose this is a bit of a shrine to myself as well, one that I can look back at in several years. Hi, 2025-me! 2025 seems really far away right now... but one day it will be in the past, and this text will look silly. Also, I hope my future reincarnations find this page. I fancy myself a digital historian/archivist of sorts, although chronicler is probably a closer term to what I am trying to do.
(May 2025 edit: Hello, 2021 me! This does already look silly now. Imagine reading this in 2029.)
(May 2026 edit: Hello, we finally got rid of Elementor! This was one of the last pages I converted. Happy happy joy joy!)
If you're looking to get in touch with me, try jesskitten at gmail.com. I don't actively use social media. This site is largely a personal passion project.