My 5 Year Plan

Currently being 14 years old, my anticipation for the future is that it's not going to be easy but very exciting. As always, education comes first. After successfully graduating school at a high standard, I hope to be succeeding in university and at the same time winning several amateur golf tournaments around the world simultaneously working up towards the PGA Tour. Currently, I'm pretty into graphic design, but I'm still unsure of what studies I should pick in University however, I do know that I will most likely be living in Australia still being close with the family, and possibly having a part time job just to keep my financial status reasonably adequate. I know I'm probably not alone but I'm a bit nervous but also quite excited with what lies ahead. Notwithstanding time is going faster than ever, overall I hope all goes as planned and I am very determined to accomplish my golfing dreams.  If I do succeed in golf, and become a multi-millionaire, my dream sports cars and possibly a family business (restaurant) will come into the picture.

BIOGRAPHY

John Miron

Born 11, 05, 1962 in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield in the state of Victoria, Australia, John Miron has lived most of his life down under whilst adventurously growing up in a family of 8 (including himself and his parents) under a good old fashioned Aussie farming lifestyle. He first grew up in Heatherton in a small farming community on the then outer suburbs of Melbourne. At the age of thirteen he moved to West Gippsland and lived just out of a township called Warragul, in a century year old house where his parents currently plan to live until their last day. The location is approximately 100 kilometers east of Melbourne and was primarily a dairy farm area, which has four seasons. At the same time, his parents introduced growing carrots in this area and also ran beef cattle instead of adopting the norm of dairy farming. From his perspective, living on a farm was a great way to grow up as a child and then teenager and that his family finances were well controlled as they always had plenty of food on the table and good clothes to wear. Being heavily influenced by his parent’s lifestyle, he is 2 years younger than his eldest brother David (1960), 2 years older than Frank who is a twin of Therese (1964), 4 years older than Anne (1966) and 6 years older than youngest sibling Bernard (1968). Being closer than ever today (excluding Anne who ran away with her boyfriend during her teenage years), the marriage of his parents Denise (his mother) and Benjamin (his father) still remain strong. 

As a child, John loved playing all types of ball sports, hunting with his father, riding bikes at home after school and having spud fights with the family before returning for some delicious supper. He refers his parents to being both legends. They always made friends feel welcome and taught him and his siblings to respect people with the same respect they wanted to be treated with. His parents are farmers and are very strong on family values and spending time as a family. He recalls his strongest memory of his father as a friendly, humorous, hard worker that has a positive and happy attitude to life; as he refers his grandmother as a caring, smart, never give up hard worker and an awesome cook.

He went out on his first date when he was 16 years old in a local drive cinema. Today however, he is married to his spouse Irma Miron (1968) who he referred as a person who was tall, attractive, has a good sense of humor and always liked to help people. He met his wife in the jungle of Sumbawa at the Newmont copper mine project. He was the Maintenance Superintendent and she was the Accounting secretary for the same company. He has had several great memories with his spouse but her ways of looking after the boys one by one as they were born and also her support for John as he has moved from job to job during his career has genuinely motivated his life. John doesn’t really want to redo anything in his life because he believes “everything happens for a reason”. However being a bit wiser when he was younger in terms of saving money is one action he wouldn’t mind fixing “but you can’t put an old head on young shoulders so no regrets”.

John Miron can be described as a friendly, trustworthy, positive, adventurous and optimistic hard worker who never stops believing in himself and others. His friends always look up to him as an inspirational and motivated adviser as he is always willing to help others with their personal problems with his wise and intelligent words. Having grown up in a life that made him quite adventurous, he never gives up and tries to convey, “good is not enough when better is possible”. Overall, he wants everyone to be happy and doing something they love. For many years, John in particular, enjoyed riding motorcycles cross country and raced Motorcycle Enduros. He also was very competitive in Billiards and Darts and has won several local tournaments in his time around the area. In Bali, where he lives now, he currently enjoys spending time with my family and helping to facilitate his boys with their golf. He also enjoys boogey boarding and going on family outings to watch the latest movies in the cinema when he is at home in Bali. Because there isn’t really any adventurous bike tracks in the island of paradise, he has stopped doing something he never thought he’d stop doing before which was riding motor cycles (although it is a passion he wouldn’t mind continuing).

He believes society today has become a world of electronic communications.

The positive is computers have never been at our fingertips like they are now but the negative is this new era is seriously impeding our younger generation’s interpersonal communication skills. People are also living longer due to medical breakthroughs.

The occurrence of growing up on a farm employment started at an early age for him however his first job was out of the family business as an Apprenticeship mechanic with a local company that sold trucks and farm machinery in the area. John’s first salary for a standard 40-hour week was fifty-two dollars. On his first day, one of his mentor caught on fire while repairing a tractor and his skin was flaking off which was a very scary first experience for him. He is genuinely proud of what he has achieved in his professional career and to start life as an apprentice mechanic and work up the ladder into management roles has been a long and steady process. He is also proud of his strong family values and positive attitude to life that has been carried on from generation to generation.

All he is working towards now is retirement with enough money to get by. Possibly starting his own business so he can spend more time at home instead of working away on mine sites. Continuing to support and build security within the family and helping the boys develop their skills in golf as they all say they want to be professional golfers are other achievements he is awaiting to accomplish.  After the greatest ride you can ever get, he would like to be remembered as a father and husband that always put his family first. A guy with a positive and happy attitude to life in both personal and professional views that always had a sense of adventure.

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Johnathan Miron

The first time I grabbed a golf club, I genuinely knew I’d be doing it for the rest of my life. My name is Johnathan Matthew Miron and my life all began in Onslow Hospital, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA on the 22^nd May 2000. Famous for its long sandy coastline, Jacksonville has also been the birthplace of my 2 younger brothers Matthew (19/09/2002) and Benjamin (06/04/2004). We have lived virtually all around the world and encountered several different cultures. My family has always loved travelling and experiencing new lifestyles, foods and cultures. We have all gone through various different ways of living and all have influenced the way eat, breathe and live today.

In my time in America I have lived in Jacksonville, Chile and Colombia. Having visited other places such as Chicago, Miami and San Diego, I don’t remember too much of Jacksonville and Colombia but Chile is a place I moved to at around 3 years old in 2003. I remember great days of when I rid along Chile’s coastline in a yellow battery powered quad with my dad jogging along side me and the light of a sunset shining upon the beach. I’ve always liked racing, riding, mechanics, cars and bikes. I guess I get it from my dad, as he is a successful mechanic and currently employed as a consultant manager of a coal mine in Borneo. Even today, I am addicted to a show called “Top Gear” and am intrigued in conversations with my dad learning about vehicles. Every morning in Chile, I woke up to the sounds of thunderous waves crashing down and man it was great. The house had a good view of the beach and an apartment where a famous musician used to sometimes stay which was Shakira. She always flew in a helicopter landing on top of the building and I remember imagining what the view would look like from up there. Minor earthquakes struck constantly in Chile but I could never really feel them. Every once in a while my dad would give me a ride with his dirt bike up on the sandy mountains a reasonably far distance behind the house. I always had a ball and remember driving on his favourite routes. It was an awesome feeling. After my littlest brother Benjamin was born, we later decided to move to Indonesia.

Education has always been important to me. I’ve always wanted to be smart, successful and multi-talented and I am. I excel in English, succeed in Math, am interested in Information Technology, speak 2 languages fluently and keep pushing myself to the limit in sports. Until today I’ve always been a bit of a shy kid. I started my education in Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia and when I was young I just hated school.  I was the kid that cried on the way with my mum having to drag me into class and wait until I finished. I guess you could’ve called me a bit of a mommy’s boy. During my first few grades, I didn’t want to make any friends at all and also failed every class; not because of I wasn’t smart, it was just because I couldn’t be bothered to work and hated school that much. At the time it was like going through hell. After a couple years though I decided to change my ways and perspective towards other people and started making friends. I now look back at myself at that time of being a bit of an idiot but it was who I was. Life is full of choices and I am happy I chose to change into someone that is better.

At the same time I started a passion I still continue today which is golf. The sport has taught me “perfection is unattainable; being the best however is always achievable” – Johnathan Miron (myself). I started playing when I was around 5 years old in Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia and had a coach named Pak Sudirman. I practiced every weekend as my brothers decided to follow my footsteps and after each session we were hooked on having a famous Indonesian street food called “Bakso”, the beginning of our love for Indonesian food. Golf is a major aspect that has shaped who I am today and I still continue this passion while being in the pursuit of becoming a successful PGA player in the future. The sport has conveyed me discipline, respect, patience, honesty and several more values.

When I moved from Balikpapan because of my dad’s horrible roster to a jungle in Sangatta, Borneo, Indonesia (close to where my dad use to work at the time)  I shifted to tennis due to the fact the area didn’t really have a golf coach or facility. Sangatta is where I decided to change my ways and made 3 best friends that I have kind of lost connection with today. Family time was adequate and I must say, those 3 years of living there were probably the best years of my life so far. Living in the jungle was pretty cool. Everyday we could explore the wilderness, encounter several snakes, wake up and see Orangutans taking bananas from our banana trees as monkeys would occasionally invade the school and all the students had to reluctantly rush indoors to evade them. It was a very small community. TBIS (the school) only supported grades up to year 6 and on average had 20 enrollers including my 2 brothers and myself. We all got along really well. The school taught more physically rather than educationally. Technology was scarce and I didn’t know anything about cinemas, computers and generally technology in those days. It was like living in the 1970s where all us kids talked, played, explored and had fun instead of staring at screens. Every month the school hosted an event called “family hash” where a family would have to make a track through the dense jungle. Us Miron’s were known to be the best track makers of the lot. During the process we had to battle through all the undergrowth using machetes, hang ribbons to mark the route and encounter vast wildlife. My brother once saw a huge grey python swallowing a squirrel. Pretty scary stuff. Anyway, we made the school venture through rivers, hills, small cliffs and many more. It was just awesome compared to what we are limited to do nowadays in Bali. Although my friends and I regularly played PS2, I cycled everyday after school for the whole afternoon racing against one of my best friends Vincent. We were both into Moto GP as I went for Rossi and he went for Stoner and they were ultimate rivals. He was a lot fitter than me but I managed to win a lot of times because of my technique. We literally crashed big and leaned down on turns until our pedals smashed the concrete. It was all guts for glory.

On our final year there, many of my friends graduated and the school went bankrupt. It was pretty unfortunate and my brothers and I had the choice of either moving to Bali or Australia and…. we obviously chose Bali. We visited Bali on the holidays annually and thought it’d be a great new lifestyle. When we moved, I genuinely knew it was going to be a fresh new start to my life; new friends, new food, new vicinity and new lifestyle. I quit tennis and moved back to golf and am currently the top ten best junior golfers of Indonesia in my age group. I have also qualified to play in the USA twice and won several tournaments locally and some internationally.

My mum and dad have invested a lot into my passion and I am willing to give back while being in the pursuit of becoming a successful PGA golfer. I dream of my brothers and I playing off on the last day in a PGA major, all being successful and owning our dream cars as we all are a bit of car fanatics due to Top Gear and possibly a bit from our father.  Here I am today, a good golfer and a smart A grade student willing to succeed in the future. Excitement is on the edge and it seems like I am heading in the right direction.

Timeline Of My Life!

• Born in Onslow Hospital, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA on the 22^nd May 2000
• Moved to Colombia
• First holiday to Australia to meet my dad’s side of the family and his 2 awesome dog’s Rambo (blue heeler/red heeler crossbreed)
• Got dengue fever for the first time at a very young age of 1 year old
• Had trips all around America to places like Chicago, Miami and San Diego
• My brother Matthew was born in Onslow Hospital, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA on the 19^th September 2002
• Moved to Chile in 2003. Got a battery powered quad and started riding it down along Chile’s coastline with my dad jogging beside me. Lived closed to the beach and woke up to the sounds of thunderous waves crashing down every day.
• First time seeing snow
• My dad’s dog Rambo died
• First stiches on my chin
• First encounter with death of a family member excluding the dog when Grandma on my mum’s side passed away
• My brother Benjamin was born in Onslow Hospital, Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA on the 6^th February 2004
• Got dengue fever again (2^nd time)
• Moved to Borneo, Balikpapan in 2005 and started school. I was an extremely shy kid.
• Started a sport that became a passion I still have today which is golf
• Eventually moved to Sangata (still in Borneo near where my dad used to work at the time) in 2007 because of dad’s horrible roster which was 1 month on and 1 week on (not enough family time)
• Started schooling in TBIS (still didn’t like school and making friends)
• Started playing tennis and stopped play golf because there wasn’t really a golf facility. Really got into tennis and joined my first tournament in which I lost
• Got chicken pox and dengue fever later on again (3^rd time)
• On May 22^nd 2007 (my birthday) my grandfather on my mum’s side who was referred as a hero of Indonesia passed away.
• In 2008 I started changing my attitude and started making friends. I started receiving A grades and also got a bike and started racing friends being influenced by Moto GP
• 3 new kids came over to our school and we all became best mates (there are only 20 kids in the whole school and it supports grades up to 6)
• Lots of adventuring, bike riding and camping. Diagnosed with Dengue fever for the last time (doctors say if you have dengue fever 4-5 times you will be immune to the disease for the rest of your life)
• 2010: Moved to Bali and enrolled in AIS. Lost connection with my best mates but met new ones in Bali. Also took up golf again as my brothers follow my footsteps. Completely different lifestyle
• Joined my first golf tournament and won
• Developed a junior golf group. Started clinics and Sunday games with my golf coach at Ancora Golf Institute. Made a lot of good friends
• Started travelling around Indonesia to participate and gain experience in golf tournaments 2010-2011. Many were won locally along the way
• Graduated primary school in 2011 and moved onto high school
• Started doing Taekwondo replacing the extra curricular activities at school
• New set of golf clubs that I still use today in 2014
• Started travelling around the world to compete in international golf tournaments (Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and more)
• Became the top ten best juniors in Indonesia in my age group
• Ancora closed down in late 2012 due to golf course renovation and I lost connection with some friends as some have quit golf
• Started renovations for my house
• One of my dad’s best friends that seemed like an uncle to me died of cancer leaving his wife and 2 children
• Became interested in photography in 2013
• Qualified to play a golf tournament in America
• Became interested in Top Gear and learnt a lot about cars and formal English.
• Got 2 pet rabbits as my dad’s sister Therese dog Tara died later on
• Improved my art in general (also graphic design) and photography. I became interested in creating visually appealing things.
• Renovations for my house finished. Also installed a golf simulator which was awesome
• In 2014, Ancora reopened but some juniors are have already graduated high school and moved to Australia. Virtually all members still remain in the group
• Vastly improved my golf and am on the way to start playing par
• Won and played well in several tournaments. Also qualified to play in America again. 

How To Never Fail A High Five Again!

High fives are a great way of encouraging, congratulating, or sharing your excitement with other people. This short, 3 step “How To” article will explain a really cool trick that gives you and others the ability to never miserably or awkwardly fail a high five again.

  1) Find a partner: High-fives take 2 people to execute; therefore you must find a person to high five with. To add more excitement, possibly find someone that you’d find nervous high fiving (this could be your teacher, work partner, someone special or even a friend).

     2) Form your hand into a flat or slightly bent surface: Make sure you and your high fiving partner’s hands are relaxed and to make it loud and thunderous, cup it slightly (close it in).

  

3) Look at each other’s elbows: Before you start, you must tell counter partner to LOOK AT EACH OTHER’S ELBOWS during the high five movement.

      
           4) Try it out! Once you try, you’ll never stop! Well... you eventually will.

     I genuinely guarantee this awesome high five trick will always work and that you’ll never miserably or awkwardly fail a high five again. Feel free to share this with your friends and family and I hope you will enjoy life’s greatest moments without missing that hand!

Character Profile – When Dogs Cry
Steven Wolfe

Physical description

“Steven Wolfe is what you’d call a hard bastard”. A fit, tall, short-wiry haired, tough-looking, intimidating, tall and abrupt man that never gives up on anything. He repetitively wears an old pair of jeans, a flanno shirt and athletics shoes.

Personality traits

Steven Wolfe can be considered as a determined, successful, smart, confident and tough man of very few words.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Steve can almost be considered as “the perfect character” however he still has a few weaknesses. In the story, Steve is genuinely isolated, anti-social and disconnected from his family. He rarely notices the situations of others, as he immensely focuses on his future and career. On the other hand, he never gives up, believes in himself, and is very wise for a man of his age. These are only very few strengths of what he is competent to do.

His or her defining moment in the story

This characters most defining moment occurs when he finally realises and confesses to Cameron about his (Cameron) true abilities and capabilities after underestimating and insulting him for many years.

How Steve changed throughout the book

Steve started out underestimating and insulting Cameron in his bad days of depression. Until Octavia came into the picture, Cameron changed into a really great person, a person who Steve never thought he’d become. Because of this, Steve regrets calling him all these bad things and to make it up to him, he started by reconnecting with the family and noticing every achievement and congratulating them (mainly Cameron) on their efforts.

One quote that sums him or her up (include pg reference)

“Steven Wolfe is what you’d call a hard bastard” (Chapter 2, Page 17).

Explain why you believe your chosen images represent the character from When Dogs Cry.Solid, strong and isolated, in other words “as solid as a rock”, this is one object that really resembles Steve in the book. He is tough, determined, and wise. Having lost connection from his closest mates in the river, he is thrown back into his place, He starts regaining connection and starts flowing along with them to the end of the journey.

5 Songs That Paint My Life

The Following songs aren't my top favorite tunes, however they do have some meaning in my life. Some I listen to regularly (On Top Of The World, You Shook Me All Night Long) and others I listen to rarely (Hall Of Fame, Summer Of 69, Me And My Monkey). The reason why they are here is because they all bring back some really cool memories that have happened in my life which will be further explained in the paragraphs ahead.

On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragons

This song is significant to me as it constantly reminds me of all the good times I’ve had in my life. Whether it’s playing good golf, going to the beach with my family, having a great laugh with close friends and or family, awesome holidays and many more. It seems to refresh my memory of how lucky I am and remind me of how precious those good times are and that’s what life is about.

 Hall Of Fame – The Script

 As a golfer, this song is significant to me because  it gives hope, determination, courage, confidence  and self-belief that I will achieve my dream of  becoming a legendary golfer one day. I stumbled  across it during a Gale dinner up on stage holding  my trophy award after winning my first ever  tournament outside of Bali. My mind instantly  thinks of speeches I should say in my future  victories to come when I grow older and join the  PGA tour.

Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams

This song is significant to me as it reminds me of all the great and adventurous memories with my closest friends and my family in Borneo. Over there, I used to cycle everyday with one of my best friends for the whole afternoon after school. We’d race each other, pretending to be Moto GP rivals, crashing and burning. We also had to make hiking courses through the vast jungle as a fundraiser for the school every month. Having hardly any technology, traffic, buildings, malls and social media, it felt like I was living in another era compared to my lifestyle nowadays, and this song reminds me of my previous ways if living.

You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

 This song brings back a really awesome memory  of when we met the 10x Moto GP world  Champion Valentino Rossi. This particular song  was being played in the Hard Rock Café Malaysia  at the time. He didn’t want to accept any requests  of taking pictures with any of his fans until he  lifted his head and saw us 5. We were all in our  Rossi shirts and finally took a couple pictures with  him after 5 years of trying. He seemed more  excited than us.  He then signed Our I-pad casing  and shook all our hands while I walked away. He  suddenly turned me around and shook my hand as  well. It was just a legendary moment I’ll never  forget. We go to the Sepang GP every year and  take over 100 photos everyday with several strangers using our shirts. It’s an awesome but a peculiar feeling and now we are widely referred as “The Rossi Family” every time we go to the race.

Me and My Monkey – Robbie Williams

This is a song my dad keeps requesting in a somewhat gentlemen’s bar we frequently go to called “Red Carpet”.  It’s located in Bali, and when it plays, the whole bar sings along. It’s just a pretty cool tune and every time I hear it, it reminds me of that particular bar. Every new year, my family and I would celebrate at the bar after letting off almost 800 dollars wort
h of fireworks, entertaining our neighbors and others who live in the area.