Here it is

Mohammed Ammar Bin Yaser

That day Sir Humair Istiaq explained the concept of ‘nose for news’ to us. It’s one of the essential characteristics of a reporter: the ability to smell and question any wrongdoing around him or her that is usually overlooked by a layman, and put it in perspective by exploring the idea in detail then developing a story out of it. The idea hit me. I thought it’s actually easy to intelligently write about anything as long as the facts are correct and the story can be put in perspective.

I came home excited but caught cold, and my head started to ache. My nostrils got blocked so I was unable to smell any object whatsoever, let alone situations. In other words, I was sick so I didn’t feel like to write. But I didn’t stop toying with ideas. I thought I should write about the interminable load-shedding we bore on Wednesday. But then thought no, it sounded clichéd. They happen all the time. I wanted to unravel some juicy scoops about departmental corruptions that are open secrets among students in the department but are never written about or discussed formally. Then I thought, I shouldn’t get entangled in needless controversies.   

But I didn’t give up. I thought I should dream up some phony news story and let it go. Something like: Somali Student Claims to be Obama’s Cousin. And make a hilarious news report out of the headline. But I wasn’t in a funny mood. So I sat down with a single purpose in mind: to write a blogpost not more than three paragraphs long, that is coherent, intelligible and which crisply explains my situation. And here it is.