and what better way to start off the year than joining my fellow schoolmates in the bp marchback! despite having to wake up damn early and having a blister on my poor little toe, it was all worth it :) well initially, i was too lazy to join the actual marchback and wanted to just wait straight at the new and revamped cck campus. but after certain 'complications' in the morning, i ended up at the old teck whye campus waiting with the rest of the school to set off for the walk. 

so, the day started off at the old (and horrible) teck whye campus. joined my fellow alumni and waited for the flag lowering ceremony to start. then after more waiting, we finally set off to the new campus with the alumni being graciously the last group to set off. haha. it was a pretty long walk but walking with such great company, you don't really feel the distance :) as we were approaching the cck campus, our dearest tiger urged the alumni to do some cheer or sing some songs to "let the neighbourhood know we're back". and after much much persuasion, we did some bp cheers. a weak attempt but an attempt nonetheless. haha. and i think after about half an hour of walking, the alumni made our grand entrance in the new building. heeeheee. i felt really honoured and old. heh. 

oh but i must say that the school looks damn niceee! they retained most of the old buildings and added a few extra blocks here and there. and the school was too colourful. haha. i like the name of our canteen: "Long Hill Cafeteria". get it? pretty lame huh. haha. oh and they even have that high school musical-ish scoreboard in the indoor sports hall. so cool! it felt nice being in the school. it felt both unfamilar and yet, very familiar at the same time. unfamiliar cuz physically, the school is not exactly the same anymore. familar cuz it was where i spent building friendships and memories for three wonderful years :) 

when we reached the cck campus, there was some fanfare with the gamelan and lion dance troupe putting up some performances. and after more waiting, we had a flag raising ceremony. sang the school song and did the ever popular bp cheer! i miss doing that cheer! haha. after all that, the alumni were invited to reception at the indoor sports hall. free food is the best! hahaha. 

but i think the greatest part of the marchback was being able to see all my schoolmates from all the different batches. there was the guy who i used to like and now, wonders why. haha. he looked totally different seh. there was the guy that used to like me and is now nicknamed mr. scary. haha. there was the senior who always used to torture us during sjab. even shawn lee was there this morning. and most importantly, there were all my dearest friends and the teachers too. all these people are the ones who made every moment in bp the most memorable ones yet. 

to sum it up, today was great. with just one event, people of different ages, different schools, different sizes, different colours came together to share the one thing we have in common - BPGHS :)