Jonoson + Adventure

10 Years after first being to Beijing

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:02:00 +0000

Back to the blog

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:08:00 +0000

It's been almost a year that I haven't put any word on this blog on which I've once dreamed of filling every piece of emotional mind.

The recent major activity is about my job. As I mentioned on twitter (http://twitter.com/jonoson), the company I worked for is the company who claimed he can dance but never dance at all. Some of you might know what I implicitly mean. Not to mention, I'm not going to say the name for the self-protection purpose.

I always wantted to be a salesperson while spending two years on grepping advanced knowledge of business, trading, etc, in International Trade Institude. After graduated last June, the troublesome economy and labr market pushed me to face the reality of my technical background and personality. The chance of the Web Architect position was the best chance to earn the ticket into an global large corporate, where I still have the opportunity to use my language ability.

It is interesting at the beginning as the fact that it is about web, about my interest, and about my expertise. It is also about a motivation by which I could earn much more opportunities after having the experiences in such a global company.

[to be continued]

Flatron Tower

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:32:00 +0000

Flatron Tower, originally uploaded by Jonoson.

Hahaha

Nancrede Family

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:23:00 +0000

In the north of the downtown of Indianapolis, Nancrede Family have lived there more than 30 years. If you look from the outside of the yard, you can't really see the house very clearly. The backyard is just like a forest.

Those are different views of the Nancrede's backyard. There is a colony like a cafe where people may sit outside, have some coffee, and enjoy a comfortable Saturday afternoon here.

Balmart and Sasha live in this house, too. They are Great Pyrenees, a kind of sheep dogs for guarding sheep in old times. Unfortunately, they never take bath, and they do live "IN" the house.

Balmart is drinking water from the pool.

David and Sally Nancrede are very kind and lovely people. As my home-stay parents, they took care of me and one of my classmate very well. Every feast in the evening was just like in a restaurant. Delicious.

Foot Loose

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:55:00 +0000

Casey Wilson, a friend of mine in the Silouan Green, had a performance in a church named First United Methodist Church close to Nobleville in Indianapolis. This is an opera show called "Foot Loose", played by high school students in the church. The show is identical to the movie "Foot Loose". Casey is in the ban playing music for the show. He is really good.

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Wilson family and us at the church. If you have met Casey, then you will definitely know who his mother is.

Chicago, the city of passion

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:33:00 +0000

I have to confess that before I came to Chicago, I didn't expect too much of this city. "Chicago? Isn't it another big city in the US?" Yes, and no. Yes, Chicago is a big city, full of skyscrapers gathering in the Loop area. No, Chicago is not like other busy cities. It is clean, neat and comfortable.

The Bean of Chicago in the Millennium Park reflects the surrounding skyscrapers and myself, just like being in a painting. The Bean is made of steel, without a seal on the surface. I almost lost myself when I stood under the big bean and was surrounded by all the reflections. It was an amazing experience.

The sunshine of dusk reflected on the glass of buildings along the Chicago River, composed a sky mixed with pink and blue.

Most of the buildings in Chicago are built in 1900 or so. Therefore, many of the new buildings tend to be built resembling old style. The whole city produces a 20th century feelings but with modern skyscrapers and fancy status.

Chicago is beautiful, but not includes the part of subway and elevated trains. It is made in metal and steel. You will hear a huge noise if you walk under the elevated track, especially the turning corner. Mainly because it is built almost a hundred years ago, the old-fashion and noisy elevated train is not match the neat and organized city at all, a contrary of modern and history.

A public work of Picasso. Miro, the other status standing across the street, says it was a women.

Night view from the sky deck in John Hancock Building, a better view than from the Sears Tower. We saw the whole Loop area and just above the Magnificent Mile, also named the Michigan Ave. We are on the 82nd floor and watched the most busy area of Chicago at night. It was about 9:00pm, when the sun just moved out of the sight and the sky just turned dark.

The beauty of Indiana

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:14:00 +0000

There was one day I was driving my classmates home but got lost in the middle of nowhere close to Greenwood, Indianapolis. After a while, the beautiful scenery suddenly appeared in front of me. A quiet, peaceful and relaxing ground with huge flat farm and forest. The aroma of the earth awoke me. I was enjoying the lost in the countryside.

Even though Indianapolis is a city, if it goes to the countryside, that will be a different kind of beauty. The sunshine of the afternoon makes the breeze of Indiana warm. Now I realize what is the real flat and huge ground after I saw the scenery of those great farms.

A barn with a red root is standing under the sunshine in the countryside of Indianapolis, close to the Greenwood. Crops are still underground or haven't been grown yet. But those Hoosiers' magnificent yard are already covered by green in the blue sky.

The cities I have been to or am going to

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:25:00 +0000

TripAdvior, a very interesting website in which either you can arrange your trip around the world or mark those places you have been to, or even about to visit.

View my profile

Get Fratty for the Beer Pong

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:06:00 +0000

2 nights getting fratty at Bulter University, awesome!

The "Beer Pong" game is the game while you're drinking. And It is one of the fastest way to get drunk, I bet.

The game is for 2 players or 4 players by 2 teams. Each team take turns to throw the Ping Pong ball into one of the cups with beer in the opposite sides. If the ball get in one of the cup, the opposite team have to drink it. The first team who loses the cup the fastest is the loser. And then they have to drink all of the opposing cups of
beer.

"Get Fratty?"
well, it's another slang here but only for young people.
It means get crazy, get drunk, or have fun... It means pretty much

You ready to get fratty?

Fender Bender - What a bummer.

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Fender is actually the Bumper of the car, the front part that will resolve impact. And about Bender, just means the action of bending of something. So, Fender Bender is just what I got on the Pennsylvania Rd, at 41 St.

Here's what happened.

I was about to go out from the back yard of home, but the street in front, which is Pennsylvania Road, were packed by many cars, so I couldn't really see the coming cars from my left hand side. I moved the card slightly forward, then I accidentally bumped into another car, which drove by a lady. My bumper, which is also named fender but for old usage, was tore off by half of it.

The lady was really nice and kind, she kept saying "don't worry" to me, said the insurance companies would take care of the rest. The police officer came and took some note.

It was a bummer, which means the trivial annoying or sad things. Fortunately, we had insurances, and nobody got hurts, so I can still keep on my happy internship in Indianapolis.

What a bummered Fender Bender.

Indianapolis, the Crossroad of American

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:08:00 +0000

The Monument Circle stands in the middle of the Indianapolis for those who lost their lives for the freedom of this land. It is also the center of the city, surrounding by several great corporations like WellPoint and Eli Lily.

The Monument Circle stands in the middle of the Indianapolis for those who lost their lives for the freedom of this land. It is also the center of the city, surrounding by several great corporations like WellPoint.

The view from the top floor of City Hall of Indianapolis.

In the downtown area, there are several skyscrapers, of course they are not as high as the buildings in Chicago or New York. To be honest, it is not a big city comparing to Taipei, the place I live in Taiwan. To other small towns in Indiana or other state, it is a good place though.

Buildings here are beautiful. The picture above is the United States Court, with a kind of 19 century style, built with Lime stone, which is the high quality stone from Indiana.

The Road Sign in the downtown of Indianapolis.

The pedestrian signs with LED dynamic lights may show how many seconds are there for pedestrians. I personally prefer the pedestrian signs in Taiwan, a little animated green man walking in the light, cute!

Well, yes. This is the downtown of Indianapolis. Not really busy, isn't it? It is one of the feature of the Indianapolis. The life style here is quite slow, relaxing and comfortable. Cars will always give the way to the pedestrians first, and people will greet to you if they make eye contacts with you. They say these only happens in Indiana, or other countryside in the US. In Chicago and New York City, it will be quite different.

The East side view from the City Country Hall. Besides of the downtown, it looks like that. Flat, low buildings and residential areas. Calm and peace.

The Pacers

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0000

It's not just a game, it's a show.
It's really Amazing.

Although the Pacers doesn't do very well this year, the game took place on this Wednesday was still awesome. What's more, we got the ticket for free! And it's not just a $10 seat, it's actually a $77 seat. WOW. Very close to the field. Thanks for Delavan, Piyamas's husband, who works for Simon Group, the partial owner of the Pacers! What a mess, I know.

The entertainments between each section were attractive and interesting. Sometimes we yelled for the distraction for Nicks, hoping they would not play well.

Taiwanese Flavor in Indy

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:43:00 +0000

Taiwan Tea House is the first and the only Taiwanese restaurant in Indianapolis. This restaurant has just been run for 2 months, owned by a Taiwanese guy, who has studied and worked for 8 years at Indianapolis. They serve many common and popular Taiwanese local food, and they are just exact the same flavor than the food in Taiwan.

Taiwanese Meat Ball, chewing and yummy.

The traditional Taiwanese fried rice.

All kinds of Taiwanese dishes served in the Taiwan Tea House.

Here's the contact information of Taiwan Tea house:
Address: 4040 East 82nd St., Suite C-3, Indianapolis IN 46250.
TEL: 317-598-9733

Coach Collections

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:35:00 +0000

The collections of luxury, also means an opportunity of gaining profits.
These bags which Charlotte bought in the Eldinberg Outlet are fancy and gorgeous.

Coach Collections, originally uploaded by Jonoson.

Jonoson in Coach, originally uploaded by Jonoson.

The combination of Coach and Jonoson is really a fantasy.

May I have your license please?

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:48:00 +0000

"You're speeding, sir. My speedometer showed that you got 49 miles per hours", said the police officer after he asked us to pull over on Deliware Rd.

To be honest, we were speeding but not very fast passing 30th to 35th streets and there was a police car waiting on one of the street.

He alarmed several times, then we suddenly realized that he was alarming at us and asked us to pull over.

A black police officer came, told us we were speeding and asked for Jason's license.

"We just arrived here", said Jason with his pretended broken English.

He got off the car and took out his student ID card to the cop.

"No no no, I don't want this", said the cop, "I need your license."

Several minutes passed, the cop walked back to our car from his own, said "I will give you a break, but if you speed next time, you can't be here, okay?"

After that, it was the first time I saw Jason driving so gentle and being restrict to the speed limit.

No ticket at all.

You Freakin' for a Cheap'n?

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:00 +0000

Cheap'n doesn't mean "cheap" or "inexpensive" here.
It means "happy" or "enjoyment".
If a person say "Are you cheap for that?", he actually means "Are you enjoying it?"

You dig it?

That's me in the Wal-Mart, freaking for a cheapin.

Charlotte's Birthday Party with Beef Noodle Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:56:00 +0000

Happy birthday~

I cooked the Beef Noodle Soup for every members in my home stay and all the members in the car pool.

My home-stay parents prepared steak beef for me. I boiled the beef a little, then I fried them with sliced onions, diced garlic, gingers, tomato, and a few spring onions. After that, I poured the half fried beef with all the ingredients back to the pot with the Stewing Spice Package which I brought from Taiwan and poured some wine for cooking. I boiled them by gentle fire for about half an hour, then poured some "Soy Sauce", which was prepared by my home-stay parents. ( I believed they got everything I need, instead of stowing spice. ) Later, with boiled needles, a pot of perfect beef noodle soup were just ready. Delicious.

It's interesting because they don't have big bowl for needle soup that we usually have in Taiwan. So we were served by that kinds of dishes. They said the soup are served by that.

Also I fried some cabbage, American Cabbage. It tasted a little hard and crispier than Taiwanese cabbage.

Could that be the present for Charlotte?

Oh, we got a cake for Charlotte. April 7th is her birthday.

Children Musuem

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:48:00 +0000

$13.5 for each person is not quite cheap, but for a child, I will probably say, it worths it.

It's large to finish it by one day if you want to play thoroughly.

When I got on the real-size train, I could feel the shaking and sound of the train, as well as the passing scenery images on the windows. It made me feel like being in a real train. Fabulous!

Deliney is a cute girl, who is always so energetic and smart. She learned language very fast, especially curse words in Chinese, like "Pig head".

So far, the children is much more fun comparing to the museum in Taiwan. They really made a lot of interesting game rooms for children, and children actually enjoy the game and learn!

Lucky Cookie

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:56:00 +0000

Charlotte got her lucky cookie in Keystone mall. The lucky numbers for her are just shown on the lucky cookie paper.

Go get a lottery ticket with all the numbers on it!

Telemarketing @ Silouan Green

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:03:00 +0000

Silouan Green is a person, is also the name of the company which I work for as an intern in Indianapolis.

Silouan is a great guy. After surviving from air crash several years ago, he wrote a book about appreciating life and composed several songs by himself.

Silouan Green, the company, was established 7 years ago by Silouan, providing designing service including business card, web development as well as TV spot.

My supervisor, Matt Rogue, asked me to do telemarketing. I've called more than 200 calls for potential customers about the services we provide. In 40% to 50% of the calls I just gave voice mail and there are 10% of those I pretended to be one of their friend and found a solution for them. There are only 10 or so people really listened what I said and responsed. The rest of the calls were rejected by simply "not interested in" and being hang up.

There was one guy even telling me that he couldn't understand me because my broken English made it more difficult.

It was boring but challenging. I believe I will learn a lot from this job.

Orientation at Bulter University

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:34:00 +0000

It's quite a long day today. We spent a whole morning in the Butler University with some information about internship and a whole afternoon sitting in the tour bus touring around the Indianapolis city.

Butler University is not quite big, but it's a beautiful campus to me. The mascot, which is Bulldog, named Blue, is everywhere in the campus. You can see from the picture here.

There are lots of places I think I have to take a visit, like Children's Museum, Circle Monument, the Canal, or some other places close to the downtown.

Neat! Indianapolis

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:48:00 +0000

It's Neat!

It's a slang for good things in Indianapolis. Everybody says that.

I bought my prepaid card for my cellphone, costing me $37.10 for 140 minutes. I hope I can keep in 140 minutes for 2 months. Charlotte got worse. Her cellphone is for CDMA system in Taiwan, so her cellphone can't be fit with the sim card of T-Mobile here. After buying a new cellphone by $29.9, everything goes well.

Sally and David, my home stay parents, cooked riced with beef tonight. It was quite like Taiwanese Beef Stowed rice. Amazing.

David was a lieutenant in the army when he was in Vietnam. But no, he didn't kill anyone there, he built roads, bridges there.

I ordered a pair of seals with their names in Chinese on them. They were quite surprised that we brought some gifts. Although they can't read Chinese, I believe they will like these seals (stamps). Jason got a can of Wu-Loon tea and some post stamps.

Rice with Stewed Ground Pork in Taiwan

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:07:00 +0000

It is the exact flavor from Taiwan.
It looks easy, but taste great.

New home for Jonoson!

noreply@blogger.com (Jonoson) — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:46:00 +0000

Congratulations! This is the new place for my brain to relief.
Still, I don't know what to put on here. So let's keep them clean and empty :p