Mabuhay!!
It has been three days since we flew back from Makati City, the main city in Manila where the recent SEA Games was held. There were ups and downs in this trip. On the whole, it was a good working experience.
As we went tapeless throughout the Games, well almost, the bulk of shot logging landed on the editors - Auntie, Simon and Alain. Mee and me were spared from staring at monitors, trying to keep track of two feeds at the same time. Frankly speaking, at times, I didn't even knew what time, what event was coming in in which feed. But it turned out to be my blessing in disguise as I fall sick on the second day there.
The city was dusty, hot and dry. Even though I was drinking water by litres, it was no help. It was stuffy and warm in the day at the IBC, and freezing in the hotel room at night. By Day 3, I was developing fever every evening and that was even before the Opening Ceremony. Mee was so worried, and said I had to hang on, no matter what.
Aunty came out with the idea of using ice-pack. But we needed a fridge for that. In the end, I was using the sticky pad that children stick on their forehead when they developed fever. Surprisingly, they had that in adult's size.
Then came the new air-cone which they installed in the studio, which did lower the surrounding temperature in the whole IBC. And things improved.
Day 5 came, and I finally given up on the TAG, and concentrated on the other telecast times. How Long More doesn't need AP, he only needs Simon, and kept lineup close to his heart. I messed things up on Day 4 as I frantically calculated the duration of TAG, and was not appreciated. So everyone was up on their toes every night during TAG, especially during the last segment for duration and more so if there was an interview.
Work wise, it has been an experience. 14 days there, and I got an insight into how Philippinoes work. They are more into Christmas than SEA Games. But that's their way of life.
Other than work, we had time to walk around the shopping area opposite our hotel. Glorietta was huge and Mee's favourite store was the SM supermarket. We had Italian dinner in Day 1 and LO and BEHOLD! THE SOUP WAS TOO SALTISH! China (a chinese restaurant) served very nice wanton mee. CPK was great, and after our first visit there (we learned that they served huge portion), we became smarter and share our food.
One of the most memorable place was the french dining we tried in Hotel InterCon. Erquan was denied entry as he was wearing berms. HAHA! And we all hid our slippers and sandals below the table and dare not show our feet. Mee felt uncomfortable as they were "spying" on her while she feast. And we concluded that as we were the rowdy lot, they decided to sit us in a room. HAHA!
Some journalists from RTM recognised Auntie and me when we were in the lift. I figured it could be the apples and oranges we were holding in our hands as we prepared for another day in the IBC.
Oh, erquan never prepared me for the warm welcome we would get from my best friend - Labradors. Jiok was there to sniff our luggage and kept watch over the night. There were three of them, Jiok was the older male Lab, Princess was the female Lab and Joey (named by Auntie and me) was the mixed breed.
Every morning, I look forward to seeing which of my friend was on duty, and my favourite is Jiok. And erquan sms me every night, if he goes back to hotel earlier than us, which of the dogs was on guard. Finally, when the day came for going home, I was hard to part with them and I was glad that Jiok was there and I had the chance to say bye bye.
On the day of the Closing Ceremony, erquan let me and Mee off for half a day and we went to Greenhill to do some shopping with Vivian. Mee said I was good in choosing t-shirts, and we made her do all the bargaining. Mee was the BEST! She shopped so much until we all called her Shopping Aunty. Her luggage was exploding when we loaded up the van on our last day.
There were happy moments, and of course not too good memories in Manila. But I cherish every moment of it there, and am already looking forward to Bangkok.
As we went tapeless throughout the Games, well almost, the bulk of shot logging landed on the editors - Auntie, Simon and Alain. Mee and me were spared from staring at monitors, trying to keep track of two feeds at the same time. Frankly speaking, at times, I didn't even knew what time, what event was coming in in which feed. But it turned out to be my blessing in disguise as I fall sick on the second day there.The city was dusty, hot and dry. Even though I was drinking water by litres, it was no help. It was stuffy and warm in the day at the IBC, and freezing in the hotel room at night. By Day 3, I was developing fever every evening and that was even before the Opening Ceremony. Mee was so worried, and said I had to hang on, no matter what.
Aunty came out with the idea of using ice-pack. But we needed a fridge for that. In the end, I was using the sticky pad that children stick on their forehead when they developed fever. Surprisingly, they had that in adult's size.Then came the new air-cone which they installed in the studio, which did lower the surrounding temperature in the whole IBC. And things improved.
Day 5 came, and I finally given up on the TAG, and concentrated on the other telecast times. How Long More doesn't need AP, he only needs Simon, and kept lineup close to his heart. I messed things up on Day 4 as I frantically calculated the duration of TAG, and was not appreciated. So everyone was up on their toes every night during TAG, especially during the last segment for duration and more so if there was an interview.
Work wise, it has been an experience. 14 days there, and I got an insight into how Philippinoes work. They are more into Christmas than SEA Games. But that's their way of life.
Other than work, we had time to walk around the shopping area opposite our hotel. Glorietta was huge and Mee's favourite store was the SM supermarket. We had Italian dinner in Day 1 and LO and BEHOLD! THE SOUP WAS TOO SALTISH! China (a chinese restaurant) served very nice wanton mee. CPK was great, and after our first visit there (we learned that they served huge portion), we became smarter and share our food.One of the most memorable place was the french dining we tried in Hotel InterCon. Erquan was denied entry as he was wearing berms. HAHA! And we all hid our slippers and sandals below the table and dare not show our feet. Mee felt uncomfortable as they were "spying" on her while she feast. And we concluded that as we were the rowdy lot, they decided to sit us in a room. HAHA!
Some journalists from RTM recognised Auntie and me when we were in the lift. I figured it could be the apples and oranges we were holding in our hands as we prepared for another day in the IBC.
Oh, erquan never prepared me for the warm welcome we would get from my best friend - Labradors. Jiok was there to sniff our luggage and kept watch over the night. There were three of them, Jiok was the older male Lab, Princess was the female Lab and Joey (named by Auntie and me) was the mixed breed.Every morning, I look forward to seeing which of my friend was on duty, and my favourite is Jiok. And erquan sms me every night, if he goes back to hotel earlier than us, which of the dogs was on guard. Finally, when the day came for going home, I was hard to part with them and I was glad that Jiok was there and I had the chance to say bye bye.
On the day of the Closing Ceremony, erquan let me and Mee off for half a day and we went to Greenhill to do some shopping with Vivian. Mee said I was good in choosing t-shirts, and we made her do all the bargaining. Mee was the BEST! She shopped so much until we all called her Shopping Aunty. Her luggage was exploding when we loaded up the van on our last day.There were happy moments, and of course not too good memories in Manila. But I cherish every moment of it there, and am already looking forward to Bangkok.
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Sunday, January 01, 2006
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