One characteristic I like among Riyadh residents is pretending like they're not looking at you. Especially in public spaces, to give you a sense of privacy. (I guess) I appreciated this characteristic until the day a man suddenly sat behind me. I tried to turn around but stopped myself since "he needed privacy". After a while, the park felt strangely calm. It was very early the sun has not risen so we were the only people at the park. After a while I felt the park was so strangely calm, just me and he who can there in the park, it was after dawn before sunrise. I decided to leave but saw him stealthily following me. My English skills doesn't allow me to describe the situation but he looked like a criminal, a drug addict maybe, walking towards me rapidly with his ugly smile. He saw me walking back to my suite, then surprisingly, he stopped and went back to his car. Because of this incident, I became more aware of my surroundings to feel safe. I still give other people their sense of privacy without being unaware of who or what's around.