Herman Teo’s 425km walk for his beloved papa

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Driven by his father’s cancer battle, Herman Teo will walk from KL to Singapore - subsisting on water alone - to raise RM2 million for cancer awareness and inspire others to fight on.   Sign up for the fun runs (3km & 5km) by Nov 10 at:  https://getbiib.com/events/1231   Story by: Dinesh Kumar Maganathan  Shot by: Fauzi Yunus  Presented by: Theevya Ragu  Edited by: Andrea Edmonds   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2024/11/08/from-kl-to-singapore-herman-teos-425km-walk-for-papa/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTLifestyle #HermanTeo #WalkForPapa

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00:00Wellness coach Herman Teo is getting ready for Walk for Papa, a journey that will take

00:09him 425km on foot from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.

00:15And if the distance wasn't enough, he'll be doing it while fasting, relying only on water

00:21for 9 days.

00:23Herman has been pushing his body to new limits to prepare for this feat.

00:28Every day he clocks 40km in a single walk, trains in the gym and runs dozens of miles.

00:36For the 50-year-old, Walk for Papa is all about inspiring cancer patients, especially

00:42his father, a stage 3 lymphoma survivor, to keep fighting.

00:48Herman came up with this event when he witnessed his father's deteriorating health and realised

00:53that time is precious.

00:56I was trying to motivate him, you know, to have that fighting spirit, therefore I came

01:02out with the walk.

01:04And I think that, you know, the walk is nothing new, many people have done it, but to do it

01:10without food, that's something, you know, almost humanly impossible.

01:16And I think I could do that to prove a few points that, you know, the body, a human body

01:21can do wonderful things.

01:23You know, we do have superhuman powers within ourselves and the body is able to sustain

01:30this kind of stress and I would like to do that in order to inspire cancer patients who

01:37are suffering from, you know, their illnesses to have the bright side of life by fighting on.

01:45Today, the duo spend time sharing meals together, enjoying a pot of tea or simply watching television.

01:52Still, Herman would be the first to admit their relationship has not always been the closest.

01:58We have very different thoughts, you know, and very different way of doing things.

02:04And you know, sometimes life is so funny that, you know, it takes certain things for you

02:13to realise stuff.

02:16It took an illness, you know, of my dad to make me understand how much I love him.

02:22His father, Teo Eng Swee, remembers how Herman casually told the family about Walk for Papa

02:28last December.

02:30So I was amazed, even the whole family was amazed, because this is not a normal project.

02:40It's very, very dangerous.

02:45But I know he won't change his mind because he was young, he was a boy, he was very, very

02:56persistent in doing what he thinks is right to do and very independent.

03:03So I cannot stop him, we also cannot stop him, we got to support him.

03:10Through the Walk, Herman aims to raise funds for the National Cancer Society of Malaysia

03:15and the Singapore Cancer Society.

03:17He will kick off his journey on November 16th with a flag-off event in KL, which includes

03:23a carnival and fun runs.

03:25Additional events will follow in Johor on November 23rd and Singapore on November 24th.

03:31With the aim of raising RM2 million, one way you can help him is by signing up for the

03:36fun runs in KL by November 10th through the registration link that accompanies this video.

03:42I'm inspired to do this Walk because of my dad's persistence in life.

03:51He has never given up, he will never give up.

03:54So likewise, it gives me inspiration to do this Walk that I will never give up no matter

04:02what and finish what I set out to do.

04:06So that is what I've always been brought up with and I will embrace that and I hope

04:16that it inspires other people for not giving up because fighting cancer is a daunting task.

04:24Divya Ragu and Dinesh Kumar Maganadan, FMT Lifestyle.

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