I guess I should tell you what I do for a
living. I mean we have been doing this thing for a while now and I don’t think
I have told you exactly what I do.
I am a radio presenter at my local
community radio station based on a university campus. People call us a campus station but we are
not. Sometimes I get a little defensive if someone refers to MFM 92.6 (that’s
the name of the radio station I work at by the way) as campus radio station. We
cater to the entire community. Not just the students. Another thing that
sometimes gets me riled up is when people call us Maties FM. We were Maties FM
nearly 10 years ago but the name changed to just MFM and we became independent.
The next question would then be what does the M stand for? In turn I would
reply with what does the 5 in 5FM stand for? Then if they can’t give me a valid
answer then that would be the end of the conversation.
I digress terribly though. I do the
Nightshift show from 00h00 – 03h00. The hours are odd but I think that is
exactly where I belong right now. People who are up at that time are insomniacs
or students up late studying or busy with assignments or something like that.
With that said I see where they get the campus station thing but that’s besides
that point. I like to think of the people up at that time as crazies because,
well they are and so am I.
I think it my 3 hour mental asylum. I get
to hang out with people just like me for those 3 hours. I don’t like to talk to
people I like to talk with people and because of that this little group of
friends who listen to my show almost religiously has come to my attention. They
call themselves Team Nightshift.
They are 3 girls and one guy who would come
together in study groups and listen to my show and I guess they started to
actually the madness I was spewing in their direction. They started tweeting
and texting me in studio and like that we became friends. I met them a few
weeks after we became friends on radio and we hang out every now and then. I
must admit I do I mean did; well still do have the tiniest crush on one of the
girls in this group. My show is Monday to Friday and everyday after my show I
try to tweet them all personally to thank them for hanging out with me on the
show. I do that because they have no idea what it means to me when they
actually hang out with me. My audience has expanded far beyond this little team
but I still hold them very dear to my heart.
I love my job for many reasons, a lot of
which I can’t mention but here are a few.
I love my job because how many people can
say that they do what they love everyday of their lives?
I love the environment I work in. It is the
one place in my very small world of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
that when you walk in to all kinds of discrimination disappears. Where I work
you aren’t black, white, colored, gay or lesbian you are a friend, a brother or
sister. We love you regardless. We make fun of each other because we are family.
Gay, lesbian, black, white and colored jokes are the order of the day and we
all laugh together at them. We don’t take offence to anything because why the
hell would you? Its 2013 and taking offence in this day and age just means that
you are trapped in the passed and you are no fun at all.
When we go out we look after our own. Yes
we may have our little quarrels which to my knowledge seldom happen but we
still love working with each other. There is a sense of sincerity in the “how
are you doings” and the “what’s ups”. We actually want to know how are you
doing and what is up.
Forget all the free shit we get every now
and then and the opportunities we get from the place we work at. Just being
part of a collective of people that love each other outside of our respective
families makes working where we work so amazing. Not a day goes by without
people sharing a laugh. Being a part of something like that is truly something
special.
So now you have a little insight as to what
I do and where I do it.
Take care kids!
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