high school life, oh high school life...

early this week, i "re-watched" the anime, Azumanga Daioh. I've seen it about 4 years ago and i remember liking it back then. Azumanga Daioh is about the life of 6 high school girls who are... well, going through high school. It is very funny, very addicting and very catchy. i assure you that you'll fall in love with AT LEAST 3 of the main characters. anyway, after watching it again, i realized that i like it now more than i did before. watching the last episode (it only has 26 episodes) made me very sad. probably because i will miss watching it and i will miss the characters. but it is more because i realized how much i miss high school. their sports fest reminded me of our intramurals; that cheering competition and soccer game during senior year.. and the first time i played basketball back in freshman year where i always get the 3-second violation. their culture fest reminded me of the "linggo ng wika" days where we did "sabayang bigkas", "kundiman" and interpretative dance. It also made me miss that day in our 4th year, where we have to make a "live diorama". most of all, those group of friends reminded me of my girl friends from high school. each one different, each one great in their own way and each one i love. the "graduation" episode was funny, but left me with a heavy heart. watching it made me relive my own graduation day, and i remembered those old feelings i've long forgotten. well, these are things for sure: (1) until now, those 4 years in high school were still the best years of my life, and (2) Azumanga Daioh is my rediscovered favorite. whenever things get out of a hand, i'll watch it and relive the happiest days of my life.