How to exercise while watching T.V.

It’s summer and I’m sure that some of you might be glued on your sofas or chairs watching your favorite movies or shows.   You can’t get enough of it even after 2 or 3 hours.  After a half an hour of  not moving, sometimes you feel that your legs or your arms have that spiky and…

Book Review: A Song of Fire and Ice

Over the past summer, I started reading the Song of Fire and Ice series, by George R.R. Martin after browsing through the library one day. An epic fantasy that currently spans five of a planned seven books, A Song of Fire and Ice paints the picture of a fictional society split into two continents –…

Emmy Award highlights 2011

According to Jane Lynch from Glee, host of the 2011 Emmy Awards, in her opening musical number, “TV is a vast wonderland, a kingdom of joy in a box.”  I’ll admit that there is some truth to that statement, even where there are better, more productive things to do… like IB homework. Nonetheless, here to celebrate another…

TV Spotlight of Week: Curb Your Enthusiasm

This week’s TV spotlight is on a  TV sitcom called Curb Your Enthusiasm. It stars and was created by the one of the co-creators of Seinfeld. This TV show started on October 2000 and revolves around a fictionalized version of Larry David, who he portrays himself. In the sitcom and partially in real life, he…

TV Spotlight of the Week: Seinfeld

For the past month I have been watching the popular comedy Seinfeld, despite it being a pretty old show, as it was cancelled in May 1998. This TV sitcom is about a fictional version of Jerry Seinfeld which predominantly revolves around his interactions with his friends, family and acquaintances around New York City. The main protagonists…

TV Spotlight of the Week: Doctor Who

Recently I fell in love with a TV series called Doctor Who. This TV series is actually with the British TV network(s) and is often called the best and most popular British TV series. This TV series originally began in 1963 and ended in 1989, but in 2005, a newer version of the series began,…

TV Series Review: Pawn Stars

Who knew a reality show about a pawn shop would be so interesting? To clear up some confusion, to pawn means to give up an item as security for a loan, like collateral. But you can also sell items at a pawn shop usually at a super low price so they can resell it for…