I have to admit that I had forgotten about nature as I fret about lil things like assignments, exams, rude customers, and rent for the past few months. The realization hit me when I got a C minus in my recent essay about nature and read my other fellow classmates' essay. Therefore, I decided to take a walk around the Golden Gate park today to feel closer to nature again. It was pouring rain since yesterday and I had my doubts about going to the park in the rain at first. But a miracle happened. The heavy downpour was reduced to a drizzle when I came out of my house! I'm glad I went ahead with my decision to go to the park. I did not feel anything during my first 5 minutes walk. I was wondering to myself why am I not feeling the connection with nature. Later, I found out why it wasn't there. The connection was missing because there were too many tourists near the entrance to the park. =.= I began to feel nature's presence when I went deeper into the park. I felt like I was walking in a forest except that there was a road for trams and bicycles. 
I did not take this picture. My camera is not being friendly to me at the moment. I don't know how to describe my feelings at that time. I did not feel alone at all as I was walking. The breeze, the trees, the flowers, the grass, and even the rain were my companions during that peaceful walk. I even abandoned my umbrella halfway through the walk. It was refreshing, to say the least. I felt absolutely beautiful spiritually.  
The best part about walking around a huge park is not knowing where you are going and getting lost with nature. I was very tempted to abandon the main road for the small paths that branches out to somewhere even deeper. However, I was afraid that I would get robbed if I was too alone. See what people had done to this world? They created unnecessary fears that prevents others from fully enjoying the beauty of nature!  
The park has benches along the stretch of the road. What's fascinating about them is that each benches have names carved on it along with the dates these people were born and died. That is something like a tombstone except that it's in the form of park benches. Interesting, isn't it? It's much less scarier than tombstones. In fact, it seems more peaceful. After my awesome walk in the park, I went to Hotei, a small Japanese restaurant, for lunch. Nothing like a good Japanese meal with fresh seaweed and a cup of hot green tea(not the teabags, but with matcha powder instead. It's fresher.) to end my lil adventure. Add a scoop of green tea ice cream and you get the icing on top of an already delicious cake.  We're always so busy with our hectic lives that sometimes, we forgot about the simple pleasures of life. I really recommend you guys to take a walk in a park or even just get away from the hustle and bustle of the city as nature is everywhere. Time just stops when you're around something bigger and more wonderful than you. In a serene state, 
This was taken a month ago P.S. I have the sudden urge to go backpacking away from the city now. | 
