I was hanging out by the riverbank with a close friend when his girlfriend called. I was spent the following minutes enjoying the night breeze to myself with the merry chirping of crickets and cicadas on this warm January night. Suddenly, the phone was passed to me.

Girlfriend: If you were given one whole day, to do whatever you wish - given that money is no obstacle, laws of physics can be ignored - what is it that you wish to do the most?

When asked this, my friend said that he wanted to make a day trip around the world to see all the wonders of the world - with her tagging along of course. When I heard him talking about this, and him mentioning to her that he was hanging out with me, I knew she would point me the same question. When it was my turn to answer, I took a long breath, threw quick glance to river, capturing the beauty of the night lights reflected on the water’s surface and said simply;

Me: I’d like to spend a whole day walking on the Moon with my camera, and look down on the Earth, just to see what it looks like from there. Maybe call a geek friend from there to brag about it, too.

GF: Okay,.. and then?

Me: And then, uh… come back down?

GF: That’s it?

Me: I’m a simple guy. It doesn’t take much to please me.

Right to this day, I still don’t know why I answered it like that. Still, it’s one of the most interesting questions anyone has ever asked me.