"Survive"

"Survive"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

Another day

Another month

And I am still here saying that

II

For all the things I wanted

None of them have passed

Still keep on wishing

And a little for time to stop

III

But I still feel like I am sinking

To a bottomless Blue Unknown

Drowning while breathing

The realities that I have known

Optum , UP-Ayala Technohub , Quezon City. 7/1/2020 4:57am

"The Night I decided to be back"

"The Night I decided to be back"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

It has been awhile since I have written...well posted something in this blogpost. I have been writing a lot of things but something that I felt that is not worth posting at all. Or when I finally decide to post something I just decide not to. There are things that I wanted to put here even before the lock downs started but I felt like I was in that survival mode or at least in my mind it was just better to think of other things rather than to write.

I initially thought that without work and a lot of time to kill there would be tons of opportunities to write at home or at the duties I had left but there was simply something missing , a drive to do so. When I was at home I spent time with my family , talking , joking around , living the life that we have and being able to take care of them was enough. So for awhile I did not write at all.

And then there was the news of the virus that I did not want to look at but had no choice but to be updated. It was simply everywhere and once I had the chance to update myself daily there would be moments that I would isolate and not look at anything online. And there was my chance to post something. Gone.

So what was different tonight? I felt like the past few months have been a big burden on my soul and I have done a lot of work toward lifting it by writing once again. It simply feels wonderful to see the words jump from my mind and into this blank page.

And so I am back and I don't to go away for another extended period like this. Whatever may come.

"The Great EDH Resurrection Project"

"The Great EDH Resurrection Project"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

It has been the 2nd month without a single Magic game for me this year. It can be quite hard with all the toys but no one to play with and so instead of focusing on that little fact I am simply going back to what always works. I have decided to restore all of my broken decks and store them until the day finally comes that I come play with them again.

Since I have bought my Keter tool box not recommissioned as carriers for my decks. I have been able to fit in 32 working decks. And the realization hit me hard that I had more decks than this. At my height there was more than 50 decks that I have built from scratch. And now those decks lay in incomplete states from my research and need to build EDH decks that can actually compete. After a lot of fine tuning pieces have been scattered. Some have complete shells but missing lands.

And this February I have embarked on the great EDH Resurrection project.My first restored deck is my Locust God deck that keeps on drawing and produces tons of insects.

I am now on my second deck...The Zacama Dinosaur deck that was gutted for other decks. I am determined to let it be the 33rd deck to go into the 3rd Keter Case. 

I will make it so.

"Rot"

"Rot"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

The Night stays lonely as clouds are lifting

In the city the dead are stirring

Staring at the gadgets as their eyes opened

Closed as it were they start walking

II

And they see but cannot see

Nothing but the enormous tragedy

And they write and moan

without knowing what it is to groan

III

And with their ears closed

Just go about their day

The matter in between of them

Just floating in decay.

Optum Bldg. N , Quezon City. February 04 , 2020 4:01 am

"Doc In , Doc Out: Free Corona?"

"Doc In , Doc Out: Free Corona?"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I was about to give a talk about the 2019 nCoV when I heard this:

Woman on PA: To all participants please proceed to training room for...(Woman Hesistates)....Corona Virus.

Me in training room: ("Ano ako mamimigay ng virus?")

"4 things from the Loona- Say What MV that you might have missed."

"4 things from the  Loona- Say What MV that you might have missed."

by:

The Vole

The Loonaverse is a long story that unfolded over time and there are elements of it spread over the whole Loona discography. Orbits have fun looking at the details and Say What continues where things have left off after Hi High.

1) Olivia Hye and her Burning

Olivia is still the wolf who is angry and at the beginning of this MV. Igniting a torch that will eventually burn the moon at the very end.

2) Heads Turning Back

With the girls from Eden , AKA Olivia Hye's other personas now able to live in the real world with the others  , they seem to be enjoying their lives but they sense that something is wrong. And hence a lot of head turning to signify the coming of the Burning Wolf.

3) Double Double 

Choerry and Hyunjin are paired together in this MV in the scene of the Toktoks. Almost identical in dress and hairstyle that you can see them as twins. And this signifies that the link with Eden and the Real World is stable. Allowing the girls to travel to and fro from each others worlds.

4) Haseul's Feathers

Haseul is not promoting in this era but they managed to work it out in the story board as well. Normally paired with Yeonjin the maknae , the latter seems to be out of control and wild in this MV a big difference from when her "older sister" was with her. I mean calmly running in the fields as opposed to throwing things and leaading a delinquent army.

With Haseul being hinted as destroyed in the MV or at least injured by Olivia Hye's actions it is now a question of what other significance she will play in the Loonaverse as all seems to be unraveling once more.

"A Cough"

"A Cough"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

I never thought that a cough

Could reveal so much of a person

Someone who is consumed by fears 

And then abandons all reason.

II

Dirty , unclean , not worthy

All ringing in their heads

You deserve it,damned and filthy

From their waking to their beds

III

Why is it that their humanity dies?

Is it something innate in them?

Self preservation at this price?

Closing their eyes as others die

Optum Bldg. N , Quezon City. February 04 , 2020 3:54am