Pounding The Keyboard

       When I first heard and learned about fidget spinners, my first thought was, It’s a toy for idiots. (A remark I instantly regretted when somebody told me that fidget spinners help people with autism and ADHD cope with psychological stress and nervous energy—although there is yet no scientific basis that the toy really does that). How can watching something spin be entertaining? Other toys like yo-yo or Beyblade, for instance, offer more challenges ( yo-yo’s a lot more challenging, in fact, that up to now, I still can’t do the “walk the dog” trick.) If I were still a child wanting to play, I’d pick slinky anytime over a fidget spinner, I thought.        Then, one day, somebody requested a fidget spinner gift from my sister. She obliged and while at it, she saw a Game of Thrones-themed fidget spinner ( it has the insignia of House Stark). We were GoT fans so she bought it and gave it to me, knowing that, somet...

       Season 6 of Game of Thrones has ended and a lot of fans are saying that it is probably the best season of the show, owing to the strength of its last two episodes, Battle of the Bastard s (Ep 9) and The Winds of Winter (Ep 10, Season Finale). There’s a word that best describes these two episodes: stunning. It bolsters my suspicion that TV, really, was invented for Game of Thrones.        Battle of the Bastards features a mind-blowing battle (see fantastic GIF above) between Ned Stark's bastard, Jon Snow and his wildlings-fortified army and Roose Bolton's bastard, Ramsay Bolton and his soldiers. And yes, Ramsay Bolton finally dies in this episode, but not in the battlefield. Sansa feeds him to his dogs, which is a far more fitting death for this repellent character.        The Winds of Winter is literally an explosive episode. It is here where Cersei unleashes her villain...

       One of the most twisted narratives in HBO’s Games of Thrones is the incestuous relationship between siblings (they’re twins, actually) Jaime Lannister and Cersei Lannister. Of the two, it is Jaime who’s faithful and who’s more in love. Cersei, who is married to a king, clearly loves him but cheats on him.        Jaime often rues that you can’t choose whom you love and he is probably the best person (or fictional character) to complain about it. Gorgeous, princely, swashbuckling, a legendary swordsman and scion of the richest man in Seven Kingdoms, Jaime can have any woman he wants, but he’d rather be with his sister. She is the only woman he’s been with. They, in fact, already have three kids who are heirs (and heiress) to the throne. The king thinks they are all his children but the whole kingdom know they are not.        If everyone can choose whom they will fall in lo...

We were at the airport the other day, waiting for someone to arrive from Lion City when the lady beside me whipped her cell phone out, and as I, mindlessly, glanced at it, I thought I saw Jon Snow in her wallpaper. Okay, it might just be her boyfriend or another celebrity but too late, it already spurred me to think of another blog entry about Game of Thrones. Here’s what I think are 12 of the best moments(there are lots of astounding moments in the show, I assure you) in five seasons of Game of Thrones that either made its viewers smile, astonish, upset or angered them or plainly shocked them:  12. Daenerys walking into the fire unscathed and the birth of the three dragons. 11. The bonding between Jamie Lannister and Brienne of Tarth. 10. The relationship between brothers Jaime and Tyrion. 9. Tyrion killing his father, Tywin, and Shae. 8. Ned Stark’s execution. 7. The ultra-bloody Red Wedding. 6. The Purple Wedding. 5. The brutal combat betwe...