Mr Menon brought different groups of friends from football, cricket and St Patrick’s School together.
“So many of us have moved, you know, thousands of miles away, but (Mr Menon) connected all of us in this very, very big way,” said Mr Ashley Nonis, who met Mr Menon in St Patrick’s School.
“He’s a larger-than-life character, literally, I would describe as a gentle giant.”
“GAVE HIS WHOLE LIFE” TO CRICKET
Mr Menon always gave and “never expected anything in return”, Mr Nonis added. His passion for cricket ran deep, despite the lack of infrastructure and progression for such a career in Singapore, he said.
Mr Menon had followed in his late coach Grant Stanley’s footsteps to become the national coach of the men’s team from 2015 to 2019.
In 2017, he led the team to win a historic gold at Twenty20 cricket at the Southeast Asian Games.
“He gave his whole life to it, and he travelled the road less taken,” said Mr Nonis.
Beyond cricket, Mr Menon was always thinking about ways to give back.
For Mr Jeremy Lim, who knew Mr Menon since they were 13, what he will miss the most about Mr Menon is their conversations, he said.
“When guys get together, it’s always about banter. It’s always about having a laugh,” said the marketing sales director. “But when I sit down with Arjun, it’s always about how we can get better. How can we make the world a better place?”
