Our dear brother, Markus has gone back to be with the Lord on 4th February 2009.
http://markusng.last-memories.com/
http://markusng.memory-of.com/
Message from Markus' family [February 5th, 2009]
To all of Markus' friends and extended family:
Thank you all so much for the support shown to the family and all the heart-warming tributes to Markus. The family is truly touched by all the messages from everyone who have come together to share stories about Markus and how he has touched your lives.
You must all be wondering what actually happened to Markus. The truth is until now, the cause of his death is still not certain. Postmortem findings were negative so far, but there are more tests to be done.
Markus started working with UNICEF in November 2008. He had been working almost non-stop in the past week, sleeping only 3-4 hours a day. He came back from the office at 3am the night before his death and was found dead on his bed the next morning. His computer was still switched on. Obviously he had continued working even after coming home.
After much discussion with doctors, our theory is that his acute stress could have caused some biochemical (electrolyte) imbalance which triggered a cardiac arrythmia (sudden disarray of heart rhythm) and cardiac arrest. The whole thing is at the biochemical level and therefore, there are no organ changes to be detected at post-mortem.
The family is still trying very hard to cope with this sudden loss. Markus was not an ordinary son, friend and person. He was a future leader who genuinely cared for the society and the country. In fact, he had been in contact with former student leaders from the UK to nurture the next generation of political leaders for the country. Markus had truly been an exceptional young man and his passing is a great loss to the family, his friends and the country. May he rest in peace and the memory of him live on forever.
Markus at iBridge Camp 2008
Alvin Ung, was the one of the Headstart leaders in Markus' group. Read here for his sharing, The Last Supper.
David, Markus' brother's sharing which throughout, is full of the grace of God. Read here.
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Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones... Ps 116:15
I would like to share my experience with everyone and hopefully everyone takes this seriously.
We are still human beings, we cannot stress our body to the limit very often because we are not made to be stressed. If a task is too much to handle, it is best to distribute and share the work of the task.
More than 5 years ago there was one case that was similar to this. Unfortunately, that person involved is a great teacher of mine. She worked stressfully for 3 days and died in her sleep. It came as a shock for all of us especially for her son which is my friend and yet she was healthy all the time before this happened.
I hope everyone can help remind your friends and family that we are not "IronMan", and spread this message to others if possible. God bless, take care.
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