February 1st: I Can't Think of a Good Title to Put Here

Day 16, 9:30 AM: It started the same way all my morning start: I woke up. Nothing special about that, nor was there anything particularly special about most of the day. That's why I couldn't think of a title. I basically relaxed in my room the whole day and played Starcraft with Grady, as well as having a very good chat with him about various random things. Most of the reason I didn't do anything was that I only have classes on tuesday and thursday so I literally had nothing to do. eventually I made plans to have dinner at Dimond Hill with a bunch of Singapore people so I could pick up my passport and China visa. I forgot to mention that yesterday I attended a presentation by the US consulate in HK, although I got completely lost in the giant building and ended up arriving 10 minutes before the end. There I was speaking to another student from the US who mentioned that her parents were flying out in May to run a marathon. I inquired about it and discovered that there are marathons held in exotic places including the Amazon, the Pyramids, and The Great Wall. Today I actually researched it and found out it's on May 17th. For those of you who do not know, that's my birthday. I admit I had been sad to learn that I would be unable to spend my 21st birthday in the US with my good friends from back home, but after learning about this I honestly didn't care anymore. Anyone can spend their 21st birthday with friends, but how many can say that they ran a marathon on the Great Wall for their 21st? Right there and then I decided I would do whatever it takes to train for and run that marathon. I did discover that i have finals around that time, but I'm speaking to professors and trying to take them other times, so hopefully a final does not interfere with my grandiose plans. We'll have to see. Seriously though, how cool is a marathon on the Great Wall!