For the last couple of weeks now, I attribute the success of my weight loss and maintaining it to walking at dusk. The walk doesn't have to be that long, only 30-90 minutes daily with the same route except I make a little challenge to myself every now and then. In my city, they created a pedestrian and cyclist friendly that you know, it would be rare for a motorbike to cross into the pedestrian spot as they also installed smaller poles every few meters to prevent the pedestrian path becoming a place for motorbike lanes.

I was asked by a friend if walking around those hours is safe, it’s definitely safe. My city never sleeps and during those hours, people have woken up to go to the traditional market or just commuting to another industrialized city where they’re supposed to work. Although of course sometimes I still stumbled upon homeless and crazy men/women roaming around. But they’re completely harmless and if anything happens, there's a police station in almost every corner and the path that I am going to is also near a military base.

During my walk, just around the city monuments, they always have this beautiful sky color. Sometimes you can see an actually beautiful dusk or darkness, depending on the mood of the sky that day. But either way, it’s always peaceful to look at. While walking, I am mostly thinking to myself of things that could have been improved, planning or simply joking with my mom. I find that these days, walking helps me a lot more than journaling and it’s the only moment throughout my day where I can think as I am not surrounded by constant noise, lights and people.

But most importantly, my favorite part is whenever I cross the bridge that connects one neighborhood to another. The other neighborhood is filled with dilapidated houses that if you live in that area, you can probably hear your neighbor's conversations and what they do in their house. At the same time, Just standing on that bridge, you can look at the beautiful sky but on the other side of the coin, litter in the river that you wish, people don’t do that anymore. As much awareness is raised, apparently convenience triumphs over everything. Then, just a minute from that area, a business district with its overly fenced houses and tall trees greet me everyday. It has its own charms that I am always reminded of in Chinatown in a lot of other provinces in the country but also overseas. This area greets me everyday while I am here and I always enjoy the reflection time that I get while walking through these places. As though the place rarely changes, there’s always something new that I witness day-to-day.