Solar Sports start off with a little 30-minuter of a primer before the ceremonies kicking off the 24/7 updates and recap show for the duration of the quadrennial event.
Updates are set at 9AM, 2PM, 5PM and 8 PM (Not to mention additional updates all the way from Beijing with Vito Lazatin and Patricia Bermudez-Hizon and the rest of the Solar crew including our Executive Producer Angelo Pazcoguin who will most likely leave his role as producer when he gets the chance to watch that USA-vs-anybody basketball game!) plus the recap show at 11:30 PM.
Daily. Hourly. 24 and 7 has never been truer. So true that everyone from the editors, graphics artists, producers and us TWO writers is expected to go 4-5 consecutive days at the office. (Maybe one day to recharge after that but return to the office after that little rest...)
One World, One Dream, One Network. No sleep. No life. No nightlife (Assuming i had a nightlife). No online poker. No girlfriend. (That was a given even before the Olympics). No anything (you can anagram the first part). No Magic the Gathering (Sorry King Tuquero). No live basketball. (Means no exercise) Not even overtime pay. (That last part really hurts)
Anyway, here are few pictures i took as the crew prepared for the set of the updates and recap show:
