VIDEO: REPORTING FROM THE AMSTERDAM FUTSAL TOURNAMENT 2012

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For me, it was heart-warming to see young boys & girls collectively working together to achieve a common goal, "It keeps them out of trouble", one of the female Somali basketballers says.

The Amsterdam Futsal Tournament 2012 was yet again, for the 8th year in a row, a success. There were a total of 36 teams from all over Europe: England, Denmark, Holland, Norway, just to mention a few.

I had a swell time at the well-attended 3-day tournament (21th, 22th & 24th of December). One thing I can say about the Somali people is that they are humble, hospitable & receptive.



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VIDEO: DID THE WORLD END IN AMSTERDAM ON 21-DEC-2012?

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Contray to what some believed would turn out to be an apocalyptic event, the 21st of December 2012 came and went just like any other usual day! After the almost unbased hype about our universe annihilating on the said date, we hit the road to find out why we were all still alive on a day that was supposed to mark the end of time. Our destination was the popular Amsterdam Bijlmer, a neighbourhood that houses people of over 150 nationalities across the globe. What I can conclude from all the interviews i held on this supposed doomsday is that the people of Bijlmer do not believe in the Armageddon. For them, "The world will never end, not even in a billion years." Did you say stash up food?



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VIDEO: REPORTING FROM LADY PONCE'S SHOW

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Like I said before, there is no such thing as a coincidence. On the night of Lady Ponce's show, Rita and I hit the road towards Rotterdam. Getting to the venue, there was absolutely no parking space so we decided to go in search of one! Little did we know that that was going to be the beginning of an entirely new journey. Yes, we drove in circles for more than 2 hours, in search of a place to park. At a point in time, I suggested we park on a free spot reserved for the disabled but of course, that did not seem like the perfect idea we needed at that time, so the search continued... After driving for about 45 minutes more, we found a place to park miles away from the event location and we thought we would just leave the car there and walk back to the event. But the navigator said that would be a walk of 10 minutes ... 10 minutes on heels? NEXT!.

So we got back into the car, then a call came through. It was a call from one of the organisers of the event. He wanted to know where we were. He also wanted to let me know that they needed me to MC the show because the planned MC could no longer make it to the event... We told him of our dilemna and he came to our rescue :) He came out to the main road, jumped into the car and led us through to the VIP parking space and the rest was history: In one night, I was reporter, MC, and 'Cameratician'. I have been fortunate enough to meet some incredible people and been given the opportunity to do some adventurous stuff in the past couple of weeks. A big shout out to my girl, Rita Batuo, for helping make this happen.



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