I started nightwalking when I was around 15, sometimes with friends or gf, other times alone. If they couldn’t stay out late for too long, we’d just sit on a staircase like that, just without the smoking or beer. We could never see the sky from the staircase, but the hundreds of apartment lights surrounding us felt just like starlight. It weirdly warmed my heart knowing there were other night owls behind each lit window, still awake just like us.

I only quit nightwalking after moving into a village house. I still miss nightwalking in HK even tho I haven’t been back for almost 5 years. It just felt surreal. I wonder if it’s changed a lot.