Where are we going?

"Where are we going?"
"I don't know. I thought you knew."
"No, I don't know. Maybe he knows."
"No. He definitely doesn't know."
PAUSE
"Maybe no-one knows."
PAUSE
"Oh well. I hope it's nice when we get there."

- Edward Monkton

"Where are we going?"
"Morocco, man. We're going to Morocco."
"How are we getting there?"
"We're hitching!"
"That's crazy! What if no one picks us up?"
"Don't be ridiculous. That's impossible."
PAUSE
"How can you be so sure?"
"I'll just flash them my pearly whites. You'd be crazy not to pick ME up."
PAUSE
"Woooowww! Jom ambik gambar!"

Wani, Faeez and Lutfi would like to wish everyone...

Merry Christmas.

Selamat Hari Raya Haji.

and a Happy New Year.

God bless and stay charitable.

I cleaned the groud floor!

I cleaned the ground floor of the house! I have not succeeded in keeping my mouth shut for a whole day YET... will try again soon! =]

from right: dira, sheryl, (yung hui), soraya (guest from bristol), me beneath soraya with the sad face, marisa, fazura, and yazmin (guest from london)

Picture taken during XRV after the auction where I was bought by my housemates for 40pounds. Thanks girls. You rock my world!

Happy Holidays!!!

We recently finished our first term at Warwick and fundraising-wise it has been pretty amazing to say the least. As already mentioned, we've reached the minimum fundraising target of £300 each necessary for us to hitch. But we're still pretty intent on reaching our personal group target of £2,000 so we'll still be doing more fundraising activities before we hitch in March.

Got this from a recent e-mail from Sam and Becca, the Hitch Reps for Warwick:

Last, but by no means least, we have awarded our Christmas fundraising prize to Syazwani, Lutfi, and Faeez who have raised an incredible £ 1,044 over this term, which is absolutely fantastic! An example to us all, showing how possible fundraising is if you have the motivation. Well done to them, they have won a copy of the Rough Guides to Morocco and Prague, as well as maps of France and Spain to help them along their way, and a compass! This will all be awarded next term.

Actually as of today we've raised £1,217.69, and i have to say that we could not have done it without YOUR generous contribution! Thanks for believing in the cause, and stay charitable!

Thé à la menthe

Our charity event at this year's XRV in Warwick was a mixed success. Mixed because we managed to raise almost 325 pounds (woot woot) and incidentally ensuring that all 3 of us can participate in the hitch now that we've raised the bare minimum. Mixed because the price we'll have to pay may very well shake the foundations of this world as we know it. No, we haven't sold any organs off.

It's actually worse than that.

But it's for the kids. It's for the kids. Thank you to everyone who was generous with their money. It's for the kids!

Anyway, to tide the time over before we humiliate ourselves in public, I present to you Thé à la menthe by Nikkfurie of La Caution, a French rap duo from Morocco.



Not that I normally get off to this kind of music, but that beat is sick! If it sounds familiar to you in any way, that's because the song was used in the infamous laser dance scene in that movie we call Ocean's 12.



In doing my part to enlighten the rest of society, thé à la menthe means (I hope) mint tea in French. The most popular drink in Morocco, according to Wikipedia is green tea with mint. And umm...

Traditionally, making good mint tea in Morocco is considered an art form and the drinking of it with friends and family members is one of the important rituals of the day. The technique of pouring the tea is as crucial as the quality of the tea. The tea is accompanied with hard sugar cones or lumps.

Moroccan tea pots have long, curved pouring spouts and this allow the tea to be poured even into tiny glasses from a height. To acquire the optimum taste, glasses are filled in two stages.

Enjoy and stay charitable!

Freedom

My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used.

Milton Friedman

It's all relative!

Alhamdulillah, we have so far raised quite a lot of money, and on track to reach our target. Our next fundraising event will be at XRV on Sunday 19th November (which Faeez will elaborate on later). Hopefully, by then we will have raised the minimum amount required for us to hitch to Morocco!

I didn't expect to raise this much so soon (thank you so much!), but I'm glad that we have and I hope it doesn't stop there.

In the mean time, it's good to get some perspective.

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance to find out.

www.globalrichlist.com

Stay charitable and God bless

Krispy Kreme Donut Donations

Hello Warwick MSA!

We have an interesting, fun and charitable proposition for you and you.

In the spirit of Deepavali, Hari Raya and Christmas (also known as XRV!), we will be providing Krispy Kreme dedications for you to send out to your friends, loved ones, crushes, strangers and even yourself if you so please!

Imagine the bliss on that lucky person's face when he or she receives a bundle of joy (and yummy cholesterol!) complete with a personalized message, just from YOU!

Proceeds from this little endeavor of ours will of course go to Link Community Development.

This is how it will work:
A) You write to us stating how many Krispy Kreme dedications you want to send out (it can be anyone!) with your optional personalized message.
B) We buy the Krispy Kreme and attach your message.
C) Your friend gets your dedication on Sunday during XRV, guaranteed!

See? Easy peasy.

Each donut dedication will cost a reasonable price of 70p. Remember, it's for the kids! Send all requests to faeezmali@gmail.com. Be creative, be coy, be anonymous. Don't worry! We won't tell! Just be sure to get your requests in by this Saturday!

Additionally, we will also be auctioning ourselves off during XRV. Wani will commit to the most impossible of tasks by pledging to keep quiet and not say a word for a WHOLE day. Gasp! Lutfi and Faeez have something special in store for you as well. But we can’t tell you just yet. Be there to find out! :)

Till then, stay charitable!

Your Sponsorship At Work

Taken from a Link Community Development leaflet:

Rosina walks three miles to a roofless school each day. She sits on the floor to study. Some of her 84 classmates are lucky and use a stone for a desk. The teacher is under-trained and has only five text books to share amongst the class.

Link can't make Rosina's walk to school any shorter but we can make it more worthwile. Here's how your money can help:

• ₤10 can pay for a desk for Rosina
• ₤20 can pay for literacy training for two teachers. Literacy will provide Rosina with an essential skill and a better chance of a job when she leaves school.
• ₤50 can pay for five of the teachers in Rosina's school to attend an HIV/AIDS training session. Education remains one of the most powerful weapons society has against a disease which has orphaned nearly two million children in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa.
• ₤100 can give 10 community members fundraising training. These skills will enable the community to support the school's development far into the future.

Thank you for giving children a chance.

A picture to remember!

us with the three generous ministers!

:)

Nottingham Games 2006 Charity Drive

We're happy to announce that our fundraising efforts at the Nottingham Malaysian Games today were a great success!

It was some hard work but we managed to collect a grand total of ₤104.65 from everyone who came. There were lots and lots of 1p's and 2p's but that doesn't matter since every pence counts! I have to admit however, my eyes lit up everytime I saw someone slip a golden pounder into the umm.. tin. And there were many of those as well!

Thank you to everybody who contributed! Thanks also to Jynn for benevolently donating 35p to make the figure a nice round number of ₤105.00!

And another round of thanks to those who have already donated through our Justgiving site. Pictures of all online donors in various questionable poses will follow shortly!

Till then, stay charitable!

Faeez

Hello, world.

My name is Faeez and I currently have trouble crossing roads. I also have a bad sense of direction, can't read maps for shitters and tend to get lost a lot. You may be wondering why I signed up to hitch-hike to Morocco, then.

I guess I make up for all that lost sense of direction in my sense of humor. Which is limitless. Ho ho.

Okay, not working.

I'm also known by my friends to be brutally honest and quite frank. And I'll be frank with you right now. I understand you're cynical about this. Heck, I would be, too. So from one cynic to another, let's get some facts straight.

You're not funding our trip. We can do that just fine by ourselves. That's the point. And therein lies the beauty of it.

What you are funding is the education (and ultimately, the hopes and dreams) of underprivileged children. Children who probably wish they could be you sitting in front of a screen reading blogs and stuff.

The way I see it, sharing your love is wonder-dee-dandy.

Sharing your money is even better.

With love, that is.

Lutfi

"The boy's name was Santiago."

Fact: I'm from Brunei

Fact: I have kind and generous friends, who are intelligent, goodlooking and all-round awesome. (especially yulia, azurin, kathrina and mardhiana - in no particular order of course) Thank you so much! Thanks also to everyone else who have kindly donated their hard-earned money.

Fact: I love travelling.

Fact: Before I join Wani and Faeez collecting donations at Notts Games tomorrow, I will be playing five-a-side football for Warwick. It'll be my sixth football tournament in Notts (previously 2 Malaysian, 2 Bruneian and 1 Singaporean) since 2004.

Fact: I do not have a quarter-life crisis.

Fact: If we do well in the tournament, then the less time i have helping faeez and wani out. If we don't , then the more time i'll have.

Fact: Basic education is a right.

Fact: More facts will follow

Alms! Alms For The Children!

As Wani mentioned, we'll be at the Nottingham Malaysian Games tomorrow for a charity drive. So if you see people wearing really nice green t-shirts carrying around those charity tins(?) in the picture, please give generously! 

Wani

Hello! Assalamualaikum

To introduce myself, I am syazWANI fatkhi. studying Economics in Warwick.
Very excited about the HITCH. from Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Loves Travelling. Feels strongly that everyone is entitled to education.

Interesting Fact: I acted as ELI, a chef, in ALONG on TV1 when I was 8!

:) Updates: Thank you to everyone who has donated on www.justgiving.com/wanifaeezlutfi
You guys rock!
Faeez, Lutfi and myself will be collecting more donations tomorrow during the Nottingham Malaysian Games. Let's hope the Malaysians are in the mood of GIVING!

Just Because

Just because someone liked this pic I put up during the blog test phase, I decided to post it again.

Pleased?

We please, you donate! :P 

Introducing the Hitchers

Just because you might not know all of us as well as you should, (from left) Lutfi, Faeez and Wani!

Aren't we adorable? 

Welcome!

Hey everyone,

Welcome to the Official WaniFaeezLutfi Hitch Morocco Blog!

To blatantly quote from our Justgiving site,

We have pledged to raise a minimum of £300 each in sponsorhip on behalf of Link Community Development. As being privileged with (relatively) sound education since young, we feel compelled to do our part in assisting children in more impoverished regions who seek the same benefits.

In return, we will be hitching our way all the way to Morocco. The exact route hasn't been determined yet but we will definitely be passing through France and Spain. The Hitch will take place during our Easter break (mid to lateMarch onwards) and we plan for the whole trip to take around 10 to 14 days.

This blog will account everything that's involved in planning and executing our Hitch. Everything from our fundraising activities to the shopping that we'll need to be doing to the pictures and camwhoring that we will be involved in to the actual Hitch itself!

So keep checking for updates!

In the meantime, please donate to our cause at our online charity site, www.justgiving.com/WaniFaeezLutfi.

Till then, stay charitable!