Blogs from Jupiter

I have a full time night job. I work as a news writer for a news content and syndication company based in Florida in the U.S. If its night time in the Philippines, its day time in the U.S. East Coast; so if its 6 p.m. here, it’s exactly 6 a.m. there.

I write mostly business news and a lot of caboodle and stuff. I enjoy covering the transport beat especially the aviation and shipping industries. I enjoy the boardroom drama that’s why I cover a lot of mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeovers and buyouts. And my work with privatized utilities and state divestment of government businesses and services made it easier for me to cover these events, and this time, on a global scale.

The nature of the job is the re-writing of the news, news already posted in the worldwide web. We re-write, properly attributing our news sources. In terms of pay, pay is okay, not much, but I am happy writing the stories. I get to write stories about my personal advocacies such as privatization of state utilities and government services, freedom of speech and of the press, religious tolerance, information technology, renewable and alternative sources of energy, and the environment.

It’s a whole lot of work, I tell you. Most of the time I even extend time without pay because someone has to re-tell news on hunger in Africa, political oppression in Burma, the election of a new leader, the melting glaciers and ice caps, killing of whales and sea lions, extreme cold weather in Siberia, and many others.

I love both my day and night jobs. My day job provides food on the table, travel, and that fulfillment as a public relations professional, while my night job satisfies my appetite for the things I love to write about, and of course, the extra income. I am still a journalist at heart. My day ends at exactly one o’clock in the morning, Philippine time, or one o’clock in the afternoon in the U.S. East Coast.

I am time warped, and every time people ask me about time and dates, I really get confused. Its fun though, coz when everyone is asleep at the other side of the globe, here you are making a living. No time is wasted, and on top of that, I am aware of what’s happening around my world.