Sky’s the Limit: Photo 5 – Cape Maclear, Malawi – Day 100: While bartering with Chembe Eagles Nest Hotel for five days, I walked into the tiny village about a mile down the road. When I pulled my camera out, all the children gathered around to see what I was doing. It was a special moment. 📖Excerpt from Sky’s the Limit (link in bio): Malawi turns out to be even more challenging to travel across than Mozambique; quite honestly, I didn’t think such a thing was even possible. The buses are smaller and hotter, and they seem to break down twice as often. The drivers are constantly pulling over so they can buy soda bottles full of gasoline, which they then empty into the gas tank so we can keep going. As we’re plodding around the southern end of Lake Malawi, our bus driver falls asleep at the wheel. Thankfully I’m sitting in the seat behind him and am able to hop up and rattle his shoulders just before he veers off the road. It’s not just the treacherous travel; other issues keep coming up. Embarrassing as it is to admit, our intimacy or lack thereof is one of them. Since the beds are so much smaller here than at home, I’m having a hard time getting a good night’s sleep in the same bed with Naomi, so we start asking for two twin beds instead of one queen-sized bed. Sleeping separately only makes matters worse between us. At the end of a long day, she doesn’t curl up next to me and rest her head on my chest anymore. Instead, we retire to our own sides of the room, and our gap continues to grow. When we wake up Christmas morning in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city, we find ourselves missing our friends and families. We decided to create our own version of Christmas here in Africa. We find a roll of candy cane–striped wrapping paper in the Woodlands Hotel lobby just after breakfast and use it to decorate the lamp in our room. Naomi cuts out several shapes that mimic the ornaments we both grew up hanging in our homes, and I tape them to the lampshade. Once we step back and looked at our “tree,” we quickly realized what’s missing. “Presents!” Naomi shouts...

. . After a long break - due to pandemic and stuff - here's the footages of our filming day 2. On day 1, we visited the school without the students since it was Sunday so today we got to mingle around with the students (and also the kids from the neighbourhood). It was heartbreaking to see the students learning in such conditions but it was also inspiring to see the hopes in every of their eyes; the courage, the determination, the spirit. About Bikema, I'd like to thank all of you for your generous donations now we've painted and fixed the windows of some of the classes. You can clearly see the difference of before and after. We need more funding for water tap, buying tables for the students, new blackboards, fixing the floor so that we can legally operate the school (We couldn't register the school yet since it's not properly equipped). I'm hoping for that day to happen soonest 🖤 📍 Lilongwe, Malawi : 021219 🇲🇼 🇲🇾 MAYBANK Acc No: 5122-6853-4093 Name: Nurfarahin Romli More info at IG @africainnovate, @fl.childrity or website https://www.africainnovate.org #FLhopes #FLworlds #FLchildrity #FLinMALAWI #charity #humanitarian #lilongwe #malawi

. Sempena #OEgarisSE in LILONGWE ni mari Farah cerita sikit kenapa Malawi ni special di hati Farah. Farah suka pergi travel, but not like many who usually suka pergi tempat cantik2, Farah suka pergi tempat yang rakyatnya struggle to sustain life or even survive. Tempat yang susah2 macam tu. Because I travel to learn life; and people. Jadi memang dari dulu berimpian dapat visit negara2 di Africa. Farah rasa dorang sangat unik. Masa jadi ikon kemanusiaan this one NGO, ada option nak pergi negara mana, Farah harap sangat terpilih pergi Malawi tapi Allah pilih Farah untuk ke Bosnia instead. Tapi Allah kan lagi indah mengatur. One day, classmate Farah masa kat UK tetiba ajak Farah join dia and kawan2 untuk form an NGO based in Malawi. Ya Allah happy gila.! So as committee member, Farah banyak cover part crowd funding and marketing. Jadi Farah plan ke Malawi untuk buat short documentary about our projects. So sesaja DM Harry Fear kat IG tanya dia nak tolong ktorg tak haha sekali Harry pun ons je. Alhamdulillah ala kulli hal, 2019, jejaklah kaki Farah ke sana, dengan inisiatif sendiri. Puas dia lain macam sebab semua plan sendiri. I made a lot of friends too. InshaAllah akan revisit in the future. Doakan 🤲🏻 @fl.childrity #FLhopes