I've always hated the fact that after spending most of my life in a city, I could barely tell where was where, solely because I wasn't the kind of kid that was allowed to leave the house to go to various places.
We weren't even allowed to go to birthday parties and stuff like that, and due to the fact I grew up as a very obedient kid, while my brothers were breaking the rules we had at home and going to all of these places, I made sure I remained at home. And this was simply because of fear, because there were a lot of nights where my siblings had to pay for their disobedience by being punished by my dad.
Anyway, I've been in this state for more than six months now, and I recently realized that just like it was when I was a kid, I still barely know anywhere in this city. The only difference between then and now is the fact that currently, there's no one (other than myself) stopping me from going out and seeing these places.
So yesterday, I had proposed to a neighbor of mine who has a car the idea of us just taking a ride around this city on weekends. He happens to be in the transport business, so he basically knows this whole place like the back of his palm; all I have to do is pay him for the fuel cost, and we're good to go. Luckily for me, he was down and had agreed to the entire thing.
But I didn't just stop there, because just to prove to myself that I was being serious about getting to know the city I'm in, I called a friend today and told him that I would like to pay him a visit. This was the first time I was saying anything about visiting him, and he had agreed.
He had sent me the location, and I had immediately jumped on a bus to his place. It might not seem like a big deal, but I've always hated going to new places all by myself because I hate having to ask people and drivers for directions, but I had done that today like it was nothing, and I was proud of myself.
Hopefully I get the time to be able to explore this city and just know more about it, because I'm tired of confining myself in this little space of mine, like there isn't the whole world out there.
