The last two episodes of How I Met Your Mother have both been about the titular couple letting go of their greatest loves lost so that they can finally move on and find the love they deserve – each other. The mother’s story is one of my most favorite episodes in the entire series. I […]
When Your Bestfriend Gets Married
The second episode of Sherlock season 3, “The Sign of Three” made me weep. It is the episode when Sherlock’s best friend John gets married, and boy oh boy do I know how that feels.Warning to Sherlock fans: spoiler alert. Don’t read if you haven’t seen the episode yet. Near the start of the episode, […]
I Couldn’t Have Imagined How Good My Life Would Get
The Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite TV shows. I can always count on it to make me laugh out loud literally. But a few weeks ago, they had an episode that made me tear up, not from laughter, but from being touched. This was when Howard decided to celebrate the anniversary of […]
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Heroes & Villains
When the word “hero” comes up, what first springs to my mind are the superheroes – Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Aquaman, Iron Man, X-Men, insert-name-of-whatever-you-can-think-of-man. But what does the word “hero” really mean, though? Google to the rescue. HERO – A person, typically a man, who is admired for courage or noble qualities. See, even Google […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Break the Rules
The season 4 finale of Modern Family, “Goodnight Gracie,” made me think. In the episode, Phil’s mom died, so everyone flew over to Florida for the funeral. Alex said she and her grandma had a special bond, that the latter had always said that Alex was a lot like her. But she didn’t get why […]
The Mother
“I am going to kill The Mother on HIMYM,” Chi typed in our chat room of four, after three of us gave our opinions about The Mother. “I don’t understand you!!” Poor Chi doesn’t watch How I Met Your Mother. “Hahaha. Sorry! But after 8 seasons of waiting, they finally showed The Mother,” I explained. […]
A Sign from the Universe
If you haven’t seen the latest episode of How I Met Your Mother (S08E23: “Something Old”) and don’t like spoilers, you might need to skip this blog. So in this episode, Robin digs all over Central Park to find a locket she buried in there years ago so that she can use it as her […]
Worst Weakness
My friend once described me in a lengthy post which ended with this line: “Greatest weakness and strength – Love.”Oh boy. Is it ever. One of the most painful moments of my life was when I first got my heart broken as a teen. He was my first love. I was so crazily, unhealthily in […]
Valuing Vincent
Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Do you know that song? It was one of the songs on our multiplex tape when I was a child. I didn’t like it then. Whenever the tape came around to […]