Tribute
From his best friends:
Bryan "Bintong / BW" Wong attended St Margaret Bougeoise and St Justin Martyr for elementary school, in addition to the French immersion program at St. Matthew's. It was during this time where he would meet the friends with which he would spend the majority of his later years with. He went with them to Las Vegas, on several road trips, played basketball and road hockey and any other team sports available, and really hung out with them a lot. He always had time for his friends, and always made sure that everyone was included. When he was young, Bryan's parents used to drive all his friends to and from movies, the mall, and Laser Quest. Bryan was close to his family and relatives; he spent time living with both of his grandmothers while attending college and university, and his summers with them usually involved fun vacations and camping trips together.
After elementary school, Bryan attended Brother Andre Catholic High school, went on to Seneca College to get some hands-on skills through co-op placements, and then Ryerson University to complete a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Information Technology. He made good friends everywhere; we were all jealous to learn one of his classmates and friends was a recent Ms. Universe winner. Upon graduation, Bryan started his first full-time job at a large law firm, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. He was enjoying and excelling in his IT Support role before he was diagnosed with cancer. He had also started making short business trips, which included traveling to New York City and Calgary. This year he was looking forward to moving into his new condo downtown near the Eaton Centre.
Easy going, intelligent, funny, a great fighter, and an awesome person. He was a big fan of Wrestling, Star Trek, all types of movies, downloading just about anything, and following NBA basketball. One thing that everyone knows about Bryan is that he always did what he wanted to do and was very candid in his conversations. He was always himself and we loved everything about him. He worked hard, and he played hard; he was always good company. Bryan also enjoyed riding his bike around the city, he was very good at it given how dangerous it can be. He liked playing basketball and volleyball in the summer, and really enjoyed the hot weather and the beaches. Bryan was a friend you'd always want on your team. For example, as many people can confirm, in video game challenges, he'd always be quicker at pressing the right combination of buttons. 'I'll be there in 10 minutes' usually meant a couple hours though, so as long as you could wait, it would all be good. He'd often have video game, movie, and pizza nights when school and work weren't too busy. Bryan was easy to eat with because he would eat anything and at any time of the day. He would always make sure that food wasn't wasted. Bryan loved life.
A great son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend, and colleague, we are all lucky to have been close with him. Basketball, one of his favourite sports to watch and play, was an area where he dominated when he had the ball. We could always recite jealously his quotes such as "There are 5 people on the court and I ain't passing to anyone", knowing that he could and would get the job done. Another favourite quote of his was "Don't shoot, you're gonna get rejected", which he more than enough times shouted and carried out, to the disappointment of his basketball opponents.
His journey continues beside us, with us and in us.
After elementary school, Bryan attended Brother Andre Catholic High school, went on to Seneca College to get some hands-on skills through co-op placements, and then Ryerson University to complete a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Information Technology. He made good friends everywhere; we were all jealous to learn one of his classmates and friends was a recent Ms. Universe winner. Upon graduation, Bryan started his first full-time job at a large law firm, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. He was enjoying and excelling in his IT Support role before he was diagnosed with cancer. He had also started making short business trips, which included traveling to New York City and Calgary. This year he was looking forward to moving into his new condo downtown near the Eaton Centre.
Easy going, intelligent, funny, a great fighter, and an awesome person. He was a big fan of Wrestling, Star Trek, all types of movies, downloading just about anything, and following NBA basketball. One thing that everyone knows about Bryan is that he always did what he wanted to do and was very candid in his conversations. He was always himself and we loved everything about him. He worked hard, and he played hard; he was always good company. Bryan also enjoyed riding his bike around the city, he was very good at it given how dangerous it can be. He liked playing basketball and volleyball in the summer, and really enjoyed the hot weather and the beaches. Bryan was a friend you'd always want on your team. For example, as many people can confirm, in video game challenges, he'd always be quicker at pressing the right combination of buttons. 'I'll be there in 10 minutes' usually meant a couple hours though, so as long as you could wait, it would all be good. He'd often have video game, movie, and pizza nights when school and work weren't too busy. Bryan was easy to eat with because he would eat anything and at any time of the day. He would always make sure that food wasn't wasted. Bryan loved life.
A great son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend, and colleague, we are all lucky to have been close with him. Basketball, one of his favourite sports to watch and play, was an area where he dominated when he had the ball. We could always recite jealously his quotes such as "There are 5 people on the court and I ain't passing to anyone", knowing that he could and would get the job done. Another favourite quote of his was "Don't shoot, you're gonna get rejected", which he more than enough times shouted and carried out, to the disappointment of his basketball opponents.
His journey continues beside us, with us and in us.
posted by Robert Mah @ 6:14 AM
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After the reception on Saturday, a number of Bryan's friends decided that if we honoured Bryan's appetite, we should also honour his sense of fun. We did so by enrolling 11 people, all over the age of 25 and all dressed formally (many in suits)... in a game of Laser Quest.
Many of the names chosen were a tribute to Bryan's sense of humour; Andrew used KFC as his codename, while Alex used "Loser's Mom"; Bryan enjoyed putting "Loser" as his codename, because his victim's laser gun would read "YOU WERE SHOT BY: LOSER". He then would let out a trademark chuckle and disappear into the shadows. Darren and Dave alsp continued their long-standing "Yo Momma" grudge by choosing the name of the other's mother.
The 11 of us that played had a blast, remembering all the games we played with Bryan. It was a fitting way both to honour and remember the person we all missed. It also helped to bring warmth, fun and positivity to our hearts on such a long and difficult day. I doubt I am alone from that team of "Lazer Quest"ers when I say the fun and energy we felt was shared in some way with Bryan.
We will never, EVER forget Bryan or the way he touched our lives. He always made us laugh and enjoy life, and we will all treasure the wealth of incredible memories he left with us.
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