First Time Back

First time I have experienced what it is like to come back. Of course, my main purpose is to see my mother (I would not have returned just 5 months after I went to Shanghai otherwise), but also found time to meet up with colleagues, ex-colleagues and friends. These are the individuals / groups I met this time round:

1) Edelman office - visited the office, went for their offsite
2) Lunch with Edelman Admin (Mun San, Feon) + Lois
3) Dinner with edelman 'old birds' - Del, Yanni, Mark, Cindy
4) Lunch with Derek Ng, ex-edelman shanghai
5) Coffee with Michelle Ang, my ex-edelman director
6) Drinks with Keith morrison + stephen robertson (1 ex and one current edelman)
7) Meeting my ex boss Bob grove for drinks tmr
8) Breakfast with Ting Ying, my uni coursemate
9) Lunch with Telli, Hwa Chong schoolmate
10) Coffee with Kim Hock, ex hwachong classmate
11) Dinner with Qiyun and Lianyi, NTU coursemates
12) Breakfast (x2) with Jet, Filipino friend I got to know in Paris
13) Dim sum with Edelman Alumni (Stephanie and Nicki)
14) Breakfast with Hui Zhen, ex edelman intern

>20 people I care about. Also saw some of my aunts and uncles who came to visit my mom. I am glad to see that some are doing very well, entering new phases in their lives, others are ok, no one is miserable at least!

But it is a pity that I did not have the time to meet up with some folks:

1) Esther low, my ex-client
2) Joanna, another ex client
3) Some edelman alumni
4) Mark Gordon - sort of mentor
5) Kok Chiu - table tennis kaki
6) Chinese high guys (Met up with a couple in Shanghai, but I also hardly meet up with them when I am here!)
7) Other people that I dont really meet up with here but I still do care about - uni coursemates, a couple of army friends, Clarice (ex-edelman intern - She used to read this blog so I better mention her!)

I guess there's always next time!