Thursday, March 23, 2006
The first good week in a long month
I have to say, I'm feeling rather good about myself these days.
For the first time in a long time, I was actually excited to see my name in print. I've been in journalism for a good long three years already, so it's no big kicks to see my name in print these days.
But recently, I was awarded the privilege of a media pass to the Malaysian GP. Sure I got Alonso's signature (and something else that I can't reveal on these pages), but even more exciting than that, I was in the post-race press conference room after the first race in 24 years that my team has scored a 1-2 finish.
So that's like a big deal enough right? For most F1 fans, that's like a dream come true already. But I wanted to bring it one step further. I knew from experience that if you ask a question during the press conference, it gets printed on the official FIA press release, which in turn, goes out to almost every F1 website in the world. So I knew I had to ask a question.
I didn't really care what question it was, and to be honest, I was nervous as hell when I asked it (I actually asked it before another journalist finished his two-part question... how embarassing). But sure enough, I did. And it's on almost every F1 website in the world.
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/20032006/13/post-race-fia-press-conference-part-ii.html
http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1099479,00.html
http://www.grandprix.com/race/r752sunpc.html
http://www.formula1.com/news/4136.html
Yeah, it's all the same article. Hope you didn't click on all of them and boycott my blog as a result.
For the first time in a long time, I was actually excited to see my name in print. I've been in journalism for a good long three years already, so it's no big kicks to see my name in print these days.
But recently, I was awarded the privilege of a media pass to the Malaysian GP. Sure I got Alonso's signature (and something else that I can't reveal on these pages), but even more exciting than that, I was in the post-race press conference room after the first race in 24 years that my team has scored a 1-2 finish.
So that's like a big deal enough right? For most F1 fans, that's like a dream come true already. But I wanted to bring it one step further. I knew from experience that if you ask a question during the press conference, it gets printed on the official FIA press release, which in turn, goes out to almost every F1 website in the world. So I knew I had to ask a question.
I didn't really care what question it was, and to be honest, I was nervous as hell when I asked it (I actually asked it before another journalist finished his two-part question... how embarassing). But sure enough, I did. And it's on almost every F1 website in the world.
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/20032006/13/post-race-fia-press-conference-part-ii.html
http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_Page/0,15909,3210_3213_1099479,00.html
http://www.grandprix.com/race/r752sunpc.html
http://www.formula1.com/news/4136.html
Yeah, it's all the same article. Hope you didn't click on all of them and boycott my blog as a result.
# posted by chak @ 10:58 pm 
