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Posted on June 2nd, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Jonathans Photos.
In 1997 I opened my ISP (Internet Service Provider) business. In these pictures you can see at the grand opening I had the Mayor of Oshawa there Mayor Nancy Diamond. It was an exciting time. I remember that time well. I made so many mistakes, which lead to learning a lot of things. What I never anticipated was the anxiety attacks I started to have on occasions when things got really stressful. I hated been cooped up in store. It was certainly a contributing factor to my decision to end up selling off the business to another ISP.
It was a dialup service just when broadband was beginning to come into the market as well, and I didn’t see any clear path of growth and advancement that was possible for me with what I had. Before the sell off I made some REALLY BONE HEAD moves that I thought at the time were going to make my service better. My gosh, it was so amateur its ridiculous. I can’t even bring myself to tell people about it. 
I remember after that decision to sell and stop everything related to that business, I had a period where I was dazed. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do, or what was next. I had just gone through a lot of stress and difficulties, and to a certain degree, failure. Two weeks later, I had a new idea!! I was so excited about it I knew that was what I was going to do next! haha … Jonathan Tranter never gives up, never surrenders!
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Jonathans Photos.
In-between my journey between Europe and Asia when I was 17, I managed to squeeze a week in the Nonetheless, I traveled there with Lois, a Baha’i from
We stayed in … and while walking the streets I recall experiencing a bomb threat first hand. It was really quite eerie because everything in the street just stopped, and we had no idea what was going on until we asked someone what happened. Once the threat was over, everyone just started again.
I don’t have many pictures because many of them did not turn out very good. This one you see here was a favorite in
I am looking forward to seeing the
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Jonathans Photos.
Before heading the China, I had gone to Romania and Hungary for about 5 months. I was 17 when I went. It was my first time ever traveling abroad on my own. I went through all kinds of challenges. However, when I connected with the other Baha’is from around the world that were there, it was great. We were such a motley crew when people saw us. We were from every corner of the world united. It was something nobody had ever seen. Being 17 and out of Canada for the first time, I can remember how my perspective of Canada changed when I got to know people in Romania and Hungary. Seeing how people had a different outlook on life, and the way the world worked really opened my eyes in a way you just cannot do in Canada. Haha, just thinking now about all the things that happened, I am certainly going to have some stories to share in this album.
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Jonathans Photos.
When I was 17 years old I traveled to China on my own. I had already been traveling through Eastern Europe for some months, so heading to China I was a little more prepared to handle it. I started in Hong Kong, went to Macau, then from there traveled north to Hebei Province and spent most of my days in Shijiazhuang. Not a particularly beautiful city, but it is where Hebei Teachers College was located, where I studied spoken Mandarin and helped the students there learning English to practice. I made many friends while I was there, and my 18th birthday was celebrated there also. I know that China has since changed a great deal, and I am looking forward to returning and seeing how it has grown. I have many more stories to tell from some of these pictures, but I thought a basic introduction would be a good place to start.
Posted on May 27th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Jonathans Photos.
Back in 1994, or maybe it was 1995, I went to visit the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette Illinois with local Baha’i friend Walter and his son David. It was the first time I had ever visited any Baha’i House of Worship in my lifetime. There is only one on every contenant around the world, and up until then, I was living on the far West coast. Once I moved to Oshawa back then, the trip was only a slightly gruelling 10 hour drive. It was a great few days and I was extremely impressed by the detail of the architecture, and the peaceful atmosphere. Then again, I have found when stepping into Baha’i locations, it was often like stepping into a different world. As though the rest of the world surrounding it just doesn’t exist anymore.
