I recall seeing the Olympic stadium being built during early construction stages before leaving this country and I wanted to the see the games in person, but jetted off to the island of Taiwan where I then spent the next two years of my life studying and working....
I’m JONNY
“THERE ARE NO BAD PICTURES; THAT’S JUST HOW YOUR FACE LOOKS SOMETIMES.” – ABRAHAM LINCOLN
I am the person on the left of the picture.
I also have my more “professional” blog called Mr Jonathan Jones where I talk more about analytics, tracking, Google Data Studio, and Search Engine Optimisation.
This is more of my personal blog where I’ll talk about my travels and more personal matters.
So who am I?
I’m a half British & half Taiwanese person living in London and I like to travel and have some ambitious travel goals for 2020. I created this blog a while back when blogging seemed to be the cool thing to do in 2010. However, time and work have got in the way, hence I’ve not been able to blog as much as I’ve wanted to blog.
Here’s hoping that will change in 2020 and beyond. I’ll be travelling quite a bit this year, so I’ll hopefully have a lot of interesting posts up on this site.
Gallery & Travels
I will be travelling and taking pictures quite a bit in 2020, so below you’ll be able to see the pictures I’m sharing and also see all the trips that I’ll be going on and that I’ve been on.
Finding a place to live in London
I've been looking at moving house and very recently found a place. But unfortunately the deal fell through as the landlord decided that they he would favour a member of his family in place of me. This is a small setback, but just means I'll have to live where I'm...
Chinese food at Westfield Shopping Centre & Pretzels
This weekend has been somewhat eventful. I have actually found a Chinese restaurant, which isn't too expensive and that actually serves some great Chinese food. In fact, it's inside Stratford's Westfield Shopping Centre and they actually cook the food fresh - believe...
Where NOT to eat in Chinatown
Review of China Buffet - Chinatown On the 29th of October it was my birthday and I turned 22. In celebration of this I thought I'd go to a Chinese restaurant as it's food that I love and it's part of my heritage. What better place to go to than Chinatown in Leicester...
5 Ways to Treat Your Loved One in London
Photo Credit: Ania Mendrek If you’re planning a trip to London with your loved ones, say for a birthday, anniversary, or even just because, you may want to treat them to something a little bit extra special, something out of the ordinary that will make your trip go...
GumTree – A scammer’s wet dream
I’m writing this as I’ve recently been scammed out of 235 pounds. I’m of course now going through that stage where I’m thinking I could have handled things better. I basically looked on GumTree for a HTC One smart phone and came across a great deal. In fact, a deal so...
Fitness & Health
I’ll be taking my fitness in 2020 very seriously. Below are all of my latest blog posts on where I am with my fitness and the point of which I’d like to get to. I’ll be doing triathlons, half marathons and short distance runs throughout the year, so I am quite excited about what I have coming up.
My stamina seems to fluctuate
I've just taken a shower, after having exercised in the park for around 40 minutes, and I feel as though my stamina fluctuates. Some days I can run for longer periods and some days I'm absolutely flustered. In all of my runs I try to push myself and I can usually keep...
86kg to 84kg! Weight lost!
I've lost weight! This year I weighed around 86kg after putting on weight when my sister left Taiwan. She visited for like a month and during that period I did not exercise. Before my sister arrived in Taiwan, I exercised every single day and sure enough I was...
Weight loss journey from 2010 – 2013
Losing weight has always been something that I've wanted to do, but that I've never done until recent. I didn't use to be overweight (I'm not overweight now - as I write this) and at one point I could run for as long as I wanted and was one of the best long distance...
Fitness update
Let's just say that while my sister has been in Taiwan I've gained weight, as I've been going out and eating at restaurants and I simply have not had enough time to exercise. However, I've changed all that; now that my sister has returned to the UK I've started...
Now doing morning exercises
Let's just say I've done my own personal research, just like in school, except less physical and less challenging. Instead of exercising in the evening, I'm now exercising every morning. I just started this morning and as always I have taken advantage of the...
I have arthritis…
If you know me, you'd probably have added me on Facebook and likely would have seen the x-ray scans of my leg/foot/ankle. Ever since I came to Taiwan, I have exercised a lot and I mean a lot. I was on a strict diet and my goal was to lose 16kg. I achieved that goal in...