It’s amazing how each day whizzes by before I can even pull up the WordPress page to bang out an entry. I foolishly thought that with the Games under way, that I’d have a little more time to catch up on, and finally finish my #100 entries.
WRONG. WRONG. WRONG.
Between waking up and falling asleep with the TV on, the hours are spent updating the website, sending out newsletters, tweeting, facebook-ing, replying emails, and attending meetings.
I’ve even lost track of the days, being at the Main Media Centre every day for almost 3 weeks now.
But it’s been fun, even if I don’t get out much.
The size of my team has suddenly exploded by about 20 times, and we are overflowing with content! Stories, photos and videos are spilling out of our ears… (See for yourself > Stories > Photos > Videos)
Despite the significantly larger team (we had a small base to begin with, so any increase seems substantial actually), the job doesn’t exactly get very much easier. Depending on how addicted you are to your job (i.e. you don’t want to go home), there are times where you just zonk out at the desk after 1,034,543 hours on the job.
But sometimes we get visitors, and we have to wake up…
Other times, we take a break to remember that there are other moments that we need to celebrate…
And the happy/sad thing is, all this is almost over. 🙂 😦
August 24, 2010 at 2:07 am
Nice post! I know what you mean about everything going by so quickly- sad isn’t it? I don’t want to leave the MMC… By the way, I’m right across the hall from you guys in the media ops office/workroom desk. Pop over and say hi sometime!
August 24, 2010 at 11:51 pm
yeah! today’s my last day of yog duty and i feel like a part of me has died off))))):
August 25, 2010 at 3:45 am
This feels a bit sad, and I’m not even in Singapore. It’s not the sports we’ll miss but the people we watched them with. The preparation was fantastic and enjoybale to experience. It’s gonna be hard for those in Singapore and those who traveled there to adjust to life after so much preparation and planning.
On the bright side, the winter youth olympic games is approaching and in 4 years when the next YOG will be in China everyone will be 4 years older so we’ll have a new batch of competitors and staff.
But for now… let’s enjoy to an enormous amount, greater than we’ve ever have, what is left of the first ever Youth Olympic Games!
It’s not about the sports…. but the people!
August 26, 2010 at 12:00 am
TOMORROW’S CLOSING CEREMONY AND YOU’RE ONLY AT #97!!!
*begins chant* GO JULIAN GO! GO JULIAN GO!
August 26, 2010 at 1:17 am
Hey Julian,
Nevermind if the post # doesn’t hit 100. What matters is that you and your team have put your heart, soul, mind and time into making the WhyOhGee blog an enjoyable read for all out there. Kudos to you all! 🙂