After one day in a new location, you've begun to find your way around; after two and a half, when everyone else has only just arrived, you swan around as though you own the place. So it's particularly embarrassing to be turned away in the queues to get into the conference centre because your pass is 'invalid'. Suddenly the aggressive black boots worn by the swathes of security guards look slightly more sinister. Plus you get scornful looks from others in the queue, as though you're trying to pull a fast one or have something dangerous in your back-pocket.

That is unfortunately the hierarchy of Davos and as media attendees we are expected to know our place. Thus whilst the other delegates enjoy a welcome lunch two floors above us, we TV low-life are tucked away in our basement workspace wondering how to feed ourselves. The staple is the pizzeria just above the conference centre, where everything is drenched in oil and, as of any ski resort - reassuringly expensive. Otherwise at the live shot position where I stand banging my hands together until midnight, it's a diet of walnuts and Mozartkugeln.

Our truck engineer, the astonishing Edwin, is the most cheerful soul in Davos. From 5am until midnight he is a bundle of enthusiasm, across every technicality and generous with warming hugs and huge smiles. Let him be an example to us all when the shows get more and more busy and tempers, as I have been warned, become more and more frayed. I am a Davos first-timer, and those who've darkened its doors before tell me that I will without a doubt cry at some point during the week. This I consider a challenge and so far wonder why I ever would, though after two nights at the live shot position I can understand you might cry from cold. Even that Edwin has an answer before. This year he's rigged up a heated platform upon which the anchors and the guests can stand - the ultimate in live-shot luxury. And rest assured, that's where you'll find me every second we're not on air.

Posted by Diana Magnay, CNN International Business Editor