20 February 2009

Moving to Google Groups


We will soon deactivate iBridge's Yahoo! Group and discontinue using the email thread for announcements. Kindly use this group to communicate with other iBridgers. Feel free to post and fully utilize this tool. Follow this link to join us!

http://groups.google.com/group/gcf-ibridge

To decide how you would like to receive updates from this group, go to 'Edit my membership' to edit your preference.

iBridge will still maintain this blog, here at http://ibridge-gcf.blogspot.com/, so do check-it for the latest updates / announcements on iBridge and its activities.

Other sites you might be interested:-

GCF Website: http://www.gcf.org.my
GCF Blog:http://gcfmy.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18658303936

If you have questions, do write back to us.

iBridge welcomes you to our activities. Do join us, and bring your friends along!

-iBridge Exco-

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Here is the group's description:

iBridge, a ministry of the Graduates Christian Fellowship (GCF), comprising of young professionals and graduates in Malaysia. iBridge is a growing community of Christians who are fresh graduates & young professionals with 3 years or less working experience in the marketplace and below the age of 30.

04 February 2009

Rest in Peace, Markus Ng Chung Yau (1985-2009)

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.