Dat was walking by himself around Hoan Kiem Lake, enjoying the vivid scenery around him and reflecting on his life. He walked in a sort of peaceful trance until something snapped him out of it. Not something, it was actually someone. A beautiful girl, with long, wavy hair past her shoulders, was sitting on a bench reading a book by herself. Dat felt like he just entered a painting. He stared at her in awe. He noticed that she had this concentrated gaze on her book which he found adorable. He sensed there was something different about this girl, but he couldn’t tell what. Just then, her eyes left her book and she looked directly at Dat. Her beautiful brown eyes pierced Dat with a look that filled him with anxiety. “Why would she look at me”, Dat thought to himself. They gazed at each other for what seemed like forever. All of a sudden he began to panic. His hands started sweating and his heart began to race…it was time to make a decision. Dat’s wisdom told him that he should just keep walking, a girl like this would never want to talk to him. But he felt something within him, deep inside his spirit, that told him that he must talk to her. He still tried to be sensible and thought if he just walked away now, there would be know serious damage, he could just move on and forget this moment ever happened. But this feeling was stubborn, it wouldn’t let him walk away. He realized he would be more upset if he didn’t do anything. “Life is not about being conservative, one must take risks to truly live”, Dat thought to himself. He made his decision and took one apprehensive step towards the girl. He immediately started to regret his decision and became filled with anger. “What am I doing? Why am I such an idiot?”, he thought to himself. But his feet kept moving towards her like he was being pulled by some uncontrollable magnetic force. “Quick, think of something witty to say!”, he said to himself. But his mind was blank, and before he knew it, he was close enough to the girl that he could smell her lovely perfume. He stood there staring at her for a few awkward moments. And finally, he nervously managed to say, “Hi”. The girl smiled.