15 minutes of fame

Yesterday I went in to a Samoan radio station to interview the radio personality about the government's control of the media. When I went into the building (which is the oldest building in Apia) the radio personality was busy editing the radio program for the next day. I sat and waited for him to finish working. (usual Samoan policy: you must sit and wait for a significant amount of time for interviews, classes, taxis, buses, phone calls, meetings, meals, pigs to cross the road...) As he was working and I was sitting, he turned and asked me if I wouldnt mind being the voice of a few commercials and adds for the station. Before I answered he handed me a paper (an add for Nike and another local shop having holiday sales), told me to read, and sat a microphone in my lap...so there I was, at a radio station expecting an interview and ending up on the radio! So I threw caution to the wind and I read the advertisments with all the gusto and enthusiasm I could muster! (they said I was a natural) Hooray for advertising, I had a lot more fun than I expected I would! And now, I am basking in my 15 minutes of semi-fame.