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!