Relationship
Single. Interested in meeting women for dating and meeting women for a serious relationship and meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking
Hometown
Seattle, WA
Places I've been
Places I LIVED: Seattle, Brazil, Rome, The Hauge, Alhambra CA, Bellingham WA, Yanbu KSA, Tokyo, Manila, Baton Rouge LA, Portland OR, London, Amman, Chiang Mai. > Places I've often TRAVELED: countries/cities on six-continents
Education
More about me

I've had the good fortune to live in many far-away places; from Brazil to Tokyo, from London to the Middle East.

***

'04 and '05 I was working in Amman, Jordan; +ten-hour days, seven days a week, eight straight weeks, followed with twelve days off. Anywhooo, I jus' by chance happen to hear the Stones: "Time, time, time is on my side, yes it is"; and THEN I realized, NO it's NOT; so I QUIT, and ended a thirty-five year career in Construction Management.

Since August of 2005, I've been living in Chiang Mai (the Rose of the North), Thailand.

note: The readers of 'Travel + Leisure Magazine' in a 2009 survey, voted Chiang Mai the 5th BEST City in the WORLD!

http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2009/

*** 

1. My Family blogs:

 

http://jonsfamily.wordpress.com/

***

2. My Pacific Northwest blogs:

 

http://jonspnw.wordpress.com/

 *** 

3. My Thailand blogs:

 

http://seattle99.wordpress.com/

 ***

4. Blogs which don’t fit the other three blogs, blog:

 http://jonsmisc.wordpress.com/

***

Activities
Exploring and learning all things, BIG and small.
Favorite Charities
Doctors without Borders
Favorite Music
Van Morrison, Nina Simone, and gamelan (the music you hear everywhere on the island of Bali -Indonesia).
Favorite TV Shows
'You Are There' with Walter Cronkite "Everything you see here was as it happened that day, except... You Are There."
Favorite Movies
Robert Benigi's 'Life is Beautiful', for the simple reason, ... "la vita è bella!"
Favorite Books
I was always a Type A, workaholic; i.e. 'crazy person', and I never was able to find much time to 'Read for Fun'. Now I have the time, I'm enjoying catching up on the works of: David James Duncan, Tom Robbins, Studs Terkel, David Haberstram, >>>. With only 324 characters remaining, I think instead of listing all my favorite books, I'll say with confidence, I expect my FAVORITE book, will be my NEXT book.
Favorite Quotes
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible" - Dalai Lama
Favorite People
Since I don't want to leave any one out, and I can't possibly list everyone with only 800 characters, so no, I simply can't do this one.
Favorite Places
Somewhere near water, preferably salty.
Favorite Animals
Chickens, preferably fried.