Chang Koh Gay Memorial Page

Yesterday was very special as my family was invited by Liza, KG's sister for lunch together with Jen Huat and Theodore at the Sentosa Golf Club and we had a wonderful time catching up and sharing our stories about our beloved KG. I promised her a video that I shot many years ago of myself and KG cycling in Bintan Island, Indonesia and here it is. This was in June/July 2009. Koh Gay was cycling his Surly LHT 700c wheel touring bicycle while I was riding my Bike Friday Tikit ultra small 16" wheel folding bicycle. Two extremes in the bicycle world - one was the best touring bike and the other, the best folding bike. In a sense, our bikes reflected how different we were. KG is so tall while Im 5'6".  He loves running while I don't. He is so strong while I am average physically.  He is quiet and I'm chatty. He is serious and determined while I am playful. But we got along like a house on fire and were the best of friends since we met in ACS in 1977 or

We all received gifts of tea from KG at our last gathering.  He knew that I love tea esp English Breakfast from Twinnings and being the practical person that he is, I suspect he got all of my friends Twinnings Tea. In Rev 22:2, tea is said to be used for healing the nations and indeed, we are called to heal the nations through God's Euangelion or Good News!  God has sent Jesus into our world so that we can be saved and healed, to give freedom to those who are chained and sight to those who are blind. Somehow, we will be drinking Twinnings Tea in a different light, with fond memories of a great friend.  Thank you so much dearest brother for the tea, and more importantly, the message of the tea. Then the Angel showed me Water-of-Life River, crystal bright. It flowed from the Throne of God and the Lamb, right down the middle of the street. The Tree of Life was planted on each side of the River, producing twelve kinds of fruit, a ripe fruit each month. The leaves of the Tre

Hi Alvin,  This is the best I can do as I think fondly of Koh Gay. Thank you Alvin for introducing me to him. Thank you Alvin for showing us how to have a great time. Although my meetings with Koh Gay were few but those times were very meaningful. I also know how much frustrations you had to endure when KG has his demons. But I am sure KG also had to deal 100 x more too. Yes I was crying when I wrote this - still sad as I think about him.  Sharon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tall, shy, sensitive, generous, big-hearted, quiet and... surprising. He was a tiger who liked to keep to the back of the pack, happy to follow, but was quick in stepping forward to help his friends whenever the need arose. I love this photo of Koh Gay because, even in his midst of a serious conversation, his smile was often infectious. And this photo also reminds me of his love for kids and his desire to be a positi

Koh Gay's Eulogy on 3 Oct 17 SMALL ACTIONS, BIG IMPACT by Vincent Chan from COOS Pardon me if I appear a bit disorganised as I just wrote this eulogy on my Samsung Note while on the way here by bus to the wake. As I was praying on the bus, I changed the most appropriate words to describe KG as Small Actions, Big Impact from Fight the Good Fight. On Sun, 1 Oct while I was in church worshipping at abt 9am, I opened my WhatsApp text from Bro Francis How, Chairman of Men@COOS sent to HealthServe grp chat at abt 7.30am that bro KG had passed on. That shocked me but the next text Bro Francis sent was how he passed on affected me so badly that I could not worship anymore, standing in church rather numb. I got to know bro KG only barely a few months ago thru COOS. Being part of the Men@COOS network of abt 200 men, he came occasionally to some of our events. However, I came up real close with him when bro Marcus & I met him on 28 Aug at 2pm at CCK Econ Medicare Centre as m@c

Good evening family and friends  My name is Annie and my husband is Koh Gay's cousin. Their mothers are sisters. I guess I'm a cousin in law. On behalf of my husband who is in South Africa and so unable to be here and our family, I wish to say to Liza we share her grief and pain over the loss of her beloved brother who is as much a brother to us. In fact, my Mil was his Godmother. I recall my husband used to tell me how Liza and her brother would come over to their house to stay with them as children. And over the years the cousins have stayed close. Strangely Liza and I also found out after I joined the family that we actually share some mutual friends.  Her Hwa Chong classmates turned out to be my ex VJ C colleagues and she never fails to try to arrange get togethers for us. So over the years our relationship has continued to grow. So perhaps God had already planned this affinity between Liza, her brother and myself.  In the last three years however w

Good morning family and friends of brother Koh Gay, I met KG sometime 2 nd quarter of 2011 when he responded to FIN’s call for volunteers. Family Inclusion Network - FIN in short, was founded by Gerald & I with a group of passionate believers, comprising families and volunteers who desires to see the inclusion of children and persons with special needs in our church and the larger community. I enlisted Koh Gay right away to work alongside us on the launch of FIN at COOS as I sensed in this forthcoming and well-spoken intellect, a great passion for our cause! Koh Gay was totally focused on his task from the start and constantly challenged me (sometimes cornering me!) to think beyond my boundaries. Yet, his gentle and caring side was evidenced when he bonded with our young persons with different abilities. He was candid and would share his personal challenges with them. My daughter, Cheryl and her friends called him “Gor Gor” Koh Gay.          We worked well tog