"For Tonight"

 "For Tonight"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

I don't know why

but the chains were off tonight

And I could say what was in my head

like nothing would ever happen again

II

And yet I know that it wont last

this feeling of a high

because it all crashes

but it might let me soar for awhile

III

I sway my head to the music

let it carry me there

this place I founded

where I keep all that is decent/indecent

IV

The waves they engulf me

and I stand in the sand

sinking but not sinking

with this knowledge in my hand

V

And I heard those distant things

the memories that I have locked

Maybe tonight , maybe tonight

I can say goodbye to my chains.

The Gatehouse Loft , Valenzuela City Jan 21 , 2021. 1:27am

"The End but Not Yet"

 "The End but Not Yet"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

The year is almost over. Only a full day left as I write this but one cannot help that there is no difference when that last second hits and the new year begins. 

For one it just feels like a continuation rather than a fresh start. Nothing gets reset, nothing starts from zero or so they say. It is the same old thing stretching on from the pandemic filled year to the new strain ushering the next wave that seems unending.

Of course there is hope for this new year and I am thankful for that but the general mood is that despite the holidays it will always be just business as usual and it should be.

The End is almost here but it is only for this year not for that which we all wish to end.

"Doc In, Doc Out Presents: Isolation."

 "Doc In, Doc Out Presents: Isolation."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I had a patient in Isolation tent due to Covid19 precautions. After I had assessed him through phone teleconsult I cleared him to go to work on his shift.I advised that someone would come and get him from Iso tent.He seemed disappointed that I let him go to work. The time was 9pm. The clinic was busy during this time so we thought nothing of this case any longer and moved on to the next.

At a little after Midnight. This same patient came in to the clinic. He claimed that No one fetched him so he slept in his car. For 3 hours. (Forehead Slap)

Hay.

"Isang Day Off ko"

 "Isang Day Off ko"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

On my day off I was settling down and about to watch an anime series that I have put off for awhile: 

Me: Guys nakaheadphones ako ha so if you need anything just text...

Hanie De Leon and Aven: (Silence)

My Phone after a few seconds....

Hanie: text text text  text text text text text text

text text text text text text  text text text text text text text  text text text text text text

text text text text text text  text text text text text text text text text...ang tagal naman sumagot.

Aven: text text text  text text text text text text

text text text text text text  text text text text text text text text text text text text  text text text text text text text text text. Daddy daddy daddy!

Ang kukulit ng mga kasama ko sa bahay.

"A new way to pay for tokens?"

 "A new way to pay for tokens?"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

From Maro's Blogatog Clues for Kaldheim

"A card that can make a token that’s a copy of target permanent for no mana"

Nothing is ever free in Magic. Certain conditions have to be met even if at first glance it seems to be free. In this card which we do not know at the moment. Is it a creature , Enchantment , Artifact or Land or a planeswlker perhaps?

So if you are not paying in mana then what are you paying with? Are you paying with your life points?(This makes it seem like Phyrexian Mana!!!) or are you paying with sacrificed creatures? Or cards from your GY like in Delve? Are you paying by milling yourself? Are you tapping creatures like in Convoke?

So many questions and ones that can only be answered in time.It is great to be able to speculate though.

"3 things I would do if I had the Power of Teleportation"

 

"3 things I would do if I had the Power of Teleportation"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Teleportation. The ability to be in another place with the speed of thought. Someone would think travel to another country. Go into a bank and steal stuff to be rich for life. 

I am not those people. If I had the power of teleportation this is what I would do:

1) Work in 5 different clinics at the same time. They have to be in different parts of the country!

Yup. I would use my powers to help me at work and earn a living fair and square. Although being to be able to work 5 jobs at the same time does not really same fair but heck I was given these powers for a reason. 

And to be able to do this feat I would pretend to go to the bathroom and just go to the other clinic to be seen there by my staff.

My staff in all 5 clinics would think I have a really small bladder or really Diabetic from all the bathroom trips that I would be taking all day.

2) Play with 3 different Magic Groups. 

No game will be too long or too short. No format will be taboo as I could spend more time playing even if there are multiple places to go to. 

Not only could I hang out , I could also trade cards , buy from binders and whatnot and enjoy myself more.

3) Time for my family anytime they need me.

The main reason I chose my career path is so that I could be with my family any time they need me and having teleportation powers would not change that priority. Aven could just be needing something in school or at home and I could teleport to the store and teleport back to the house to get it for her and then teleport back to work if I have work that day.

I am sure it would make me a more efficient Dad and Husband.

"The Counterflowing Idiots"

 "The Counterflowing Idiots"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

On my way to work last November 27 , 2020 I let a car pass by and that is the Blue car that you see. In my opinion he did the right thing he put his car as far into that right area to let the vehicles passing on the left lane to go by unimpeded.  I knew that when the traffic up ahead started to move he would need to back up and correct his car so I left this space in front of me so that he can safely do so.

And in a matter of seconds these 2 suddenly just occupied that space that I gave this car. And they were even trying to counterflow the one lane traffic. This motorcycle on the left almost got hit by that cement truck but he just stayed there. Almost doesn't count daw siguro.

In the meantime I was thinking that if the traffic moved the blue car would back into these two. Well surely enough the car almost did hit them and sila pa yung galit! 

It is at moments like these that you see the actual worst in people in our country. 

Di makapagintay , singit ng singit tapos kapag nadisgrasya kasalanan nung nakaatras o di nakakakita.

Moments like these just make me question where certain people were when they were handing out IQ points. Probably counterflowing somewhere too.