Walking Across Countries What?

Hello!

So yesterday, Ica and I were joining the news team (Meja Redaksi) of the UMN TV, Azmy and Monica, to do an interview with Arjun Bhogal while he was still in Jakarta. Arjun, if you don't know him, is one of the men behind Border Walk from the UK. He's on a mission of raising funds for charities for two organizations, Water Aid and Marine Conservation Society. Basically, he documents his journey to raise awareness of the environmental issues of our mother earth. He has been walking (yes on foot!) for four years now, Indonesia is the 19th country, and is now heading to Australia as the final country. He believed that by walking across countries and spreading his concern about the issues, the more people know and understand about this project, the more people can be involved in. You can go straight to his blog to have a complete description of what he's been doing on this project or maybe you're interested to donate. 

I can say that we were nervous to meet him yesterday and turns out he's very friendly and easy going. The interview went very well, Monica did a great job as the reporter, still I'm a bit shaky (no wonder, I'm always awkward), we did a nice chit chat, then Ica and Azmy tried out the backpack that Arjun carried along the way from the UK (which is heavy). And fun fact about Arjun is that he only got two pair of clothes for four years! I can't imagine myself being like him lol. There are also lots of obstacles he has been facing for the last four years (like when he was in Afghanistan) but I know he did his best in his mission. He's a good guy with a good heart and good heart will take to a good achievement as well. 

UMN TV, as a community television, got a chance interviewing him and it was such a good honor. I mean he has been interviewed by the one and only Desi Anwar from CNN Indonesia (and he said that she was kinda intimidating lol, of course she's brilliant) and also Kompas TV. So, we're as cool as both of that well-known media, right? *self-proclaimed* You can watch the final soft news of the Border Walk probably on our first streaming in the beginning of this semester at UMN TV.

By Arjun answered the last questions of the interview, the question that I've been wanting to ask him, what value did you get due this mission as a human? 

"One of the reason for doing this is to prove that you don't have to be special to achieve something special. That's kind of the idea behind this project when we started. We're just normal guys and do normal things, but we just have a big concern in it. I've learned through the Border Walk that all we have to do is make a decision to do it and do it."

Well, Arjun, you're so inspiring and good luck in your mission! Thank you for your time and see you on top!

Cheers,

Gendis.