TIC + Beijing Great Wall Marathon

TIC = This is China.
We use that term whenever we can't understand the Chinese's way of doing things.

Today I went to the Construction Bank to pay for the registration of the Beijing Great Wall Marathon. I am not the type of person who gets upset easily. A friend even has asked me before what makes me angry. It takes me sometime to answer him and I have said when I feel that I have not been treated fairly. That was what happened today. I went to the bank and hoping to pay for the Beijing Great Wall Marathon. I took my bike into the bank and the security guard wouldn't let me put my bike inside. He was rude and took my bike outside twice. I was furious as there aren't any places to lock up my bike and the way he was. His only response was he didn't care if my bike gets stolen and the that rule is no bikes are allowed inside the bank.

I was so angry that I even cried a bit - I might be overreacting but it was such a terrible feeling trying to reason with an unreasonable man. I wanted to make a formal complaint, too. So he would know what's the proper way to treat others with respect.

When it was finally my turn, the bank teller told me that they can't make the transfer because it's to another bank. I was super frustrated. Then they could have told me that either I need to come in Mon-Fri before 4 or do it online myself. Why do they have to make it so difficult for me. I left the bank furious, went to school, and did the transfer on my own. It was a total waste of my time for being there twice, getting myself all worked up, and that I still did what I needed to do on my own.

I hate that part of China so much! Unreasonable and Rude people!

The only good thing of the day is that I have paid for the Beijing Great Wall Marathon.
The marathon itself for expat is pretty pricy.
The registration cost is:
1500 RMB minus 100 RMB (Early bird discount) plus 50 RMB for the timing chip rental.
That's a total of 1450 RMB (not including flights and accommodation).

I have the motivation to do it this year because two of my co-workers are running it. Thus, I hope I can get into good shape and get training help from them. I have set this to be my goal for the year - run the Beijing Great Wall Marathon. It will be my first ever half-marathon and it's going to be on the Great Wall. I know it will be super awesome and I want to feel great when I accomplish it this year! I am scared as the most I have run is 10k but I am definitely excited for it as well. I guess I just need to start running!

Information about the Great Wall Marathon.



For the afternoon, I did some work at school and went for a run for 30 minutes (10 laps around the track). Then I had dinner with my co-worker.

So it was a mixed of bad and good day!

I should just forget about what happened at the bank - TIC!!!