Reflections and Images

 During Valentine's Day, the main event was doing the 36 questions activity with my good friend of mine from Canada. Despite only meeting each other at summer camp, we still contact each other quite frequently. The 36 questions are questions that help people become closer to each other and the main objective seems to be making two strangers fall in love. Nevertheless, 36 questions is still a good bonding activity to do with your friend. I decided to do this activity because I wanted to know my friend a lot better. To be honest, playing 36 questions wasn't something I thought about before talking to her on Zoom. The main agenda was doing a StoryCorps interview with my friend. The StoryCorps interview was pretty casual and nice, but I wanted something more deep and personal. Bored on a Sunday night, I decided that it wasn't a bad idea to answer all 36 questions with my friend.  The first few questions weren't that bad, though I was kind of confused why the psychologist ch...

 I cross the small bridge in my neighborhood. The wind brushes my face and I love the rush I get when I go down the slope. I see some trees nestled near the bridge and houses. Wouldn't it be so cool if I sat under the trees during the nice weather to read a book or write in my journal? That sounds like what happens in movies. I should make that my hideout spot or sit in that place for a good amount of time before I head off to college. You know, it would be cool if I could have private conversations with close friends there. Unfortunately, that movie-like scene has not happened yet.  After crossing the middle school, I turn left to Lawrence Road, a place where suburbia and the countryside blur together as one. I see some joggers and walkers, with some of them being familiar strangers. Who is that lady with a cane? What is her story?  After I reach the dead end of the country road and turn back, something feels different and it is the same physical feeling I experience on ...