what's on the tube...
Two nights ago, my host brother, who is "grown-up" and lives in Chisinau with his own family, was on tv. He is the vice-director of the anti-corruption unit within the police force of Moldova. Pretty tough stuff, and pretty political. He spoke freely and openly, and defended well, in my opinion, the new anti-corruption measures Moldova is trying to take to make its police force more transparent, including his new, independent branch of the police (compartmentalizing), and a 24 hour, anonymous tips hot line for reporting corruption.
Anyway. The point of this blog entry is not what he said on tv. It is the fact that he was on tv. He called us during the day on Friday and said he was going to be on tv. I told my host mom. She called a bunch of her friends. We all went to the neighbor's house to watch it -- a boy from a small village, now in such an important post, talking to a panel of international monitors -- he made his host mom, and neighbors very proud.
Many questions came up that night. Why did he get appointed to this post? Will he get a bigger salary? How will the work be? Etc etc. The question that did not come up, while my host mom was announcing to others to tune into the program, was "what channel?". Moldova, has one television channel, "Moldova 1". If someone says turn on the TV, there is only one place to look.
Sean, this is a post to you. When I come home (in 7 months!!!), and you are watching direct tv, or whatever type of tv we now have in the family room, and you tell me "nothing is on", on 300 plus channels, I am going to hit you on the head with a newspaper. Love, Sharon.
Anyway. The point of this blog entry is not what he said on tv. It is the fact that he was on tv. He called us during the day on Friday and said he was going to be on tv. I told my host mom. She called a bunch of her friends. We all went to the neighbor's house to watch it -- a boy from a small village, now in such an important post, talking to a panel of international monitors -- he made his host mom, and neighbors very proud.
Many questions came up that night. Why did he get appointed to this post? Will he get a bigger salary? How will the work be? Etc etc. The question that did not come up, while my host mom was announcing to others to tune into the program, was "what channel?". Moldova, has one television channel, "Moldova 1". If someone says turn on the TV, there is only one place to look.
Sean, this is a post to you. When I come home (in 7 months!!!), and you are watching direct tv, or whatever type of tv we now have in the family room, and you tell me "nothing is on", on 300 plus channels, I am going to hit you on the head with a newspaper. Love, Sharon.
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on Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 8:53 AM.
