R.E. de Leon

Novelist, entrepreneur, consultant, and former Professor of Development Communication. Back on twitter for real for the first time since the days of multiply.

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

@btsvtlife Thanks for this. Wonder if you have thoughts: If on first try you got the code, but the verification fails, and then on the second attempt, you no longer receive the code in your email, does that mean you oughta give up on that first email and try a different email?

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

Not good.

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook 23 April 2021 - Today’s guilty “too sick to work but okay enough to create” guilty pleasure: how to portray objective and subjective experiences of (1) external fear and of (2) personal beauty (ungender that please).(Yes sorry... https://t.co/Q5hoqoYDFm

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

23 April 2021, Quarantine - I suppose it must be differrent for each tongue? But to me its like everything has been slathered with stale molasses.Even the tolak angin.Ugh. https://t.co/VLabhjsFre

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook 22 April 2021, Quarantine - “You’re not done, it’s time for oral care,” says Nurse Kaycee. I’m 41 and being told to brush my teeth (well, that and gargle to reduce viral load); and because it’s got a fancy schmancy name I almost... https://t.co/fFBl6LKZCr

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

22 April 2021 - Parlade’s public facade, ultimately, is a media product. His ramblings, the unfortunate consequence of a commercially-beholden news industry constantly seeking soundbytes while shirking its responsibility to provide in-depth... https://t.co/x84lac3JFJ

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook, 21 April 2021 (Reposting Howie Severino) - The last freedom By HG Severino A commencement address FEU High School April 4, 2021 I’ve been told that to grab the attention of people your age, I need to show a funny tiktok dance... https://t.co/fAu1UkBDN1

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

21 April 2021 - Today I am reminded to praise God for the science that made Remdesevir possible.211Lynette Carpio-Serrano, Len Cee and 209 others19 CommentsLikeCommentShare Pearl Bambico-estradaThank you for the wisdom that God has given the... https://t.co/lEccbskOW1

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

21 April 2021 - Hindi ko pinagdadaanan ito ngayon kung nagawa ang mga ito in March and April 2020:Close the borders early, docontact tracing, and put epidemiologists in charge of the lockdown.And you are responsible now for more than 16,000... https://t.co/bYsEHcewab

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

21 April 2021 - Why are patients reporting having breathing troubles on Day 14? This is very worrisome. Day 12 used to be “out of danger.” Am on Day 13 today. :s Katrina G Gomez-ChuaImmune system response. I had a patient who was ok day... https://t.co/FcD5Iys39g

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

21 April 2021 - The doc and nurses encouraged me to sleep early last night since my sleep tends to be pretty broken up. Whaddaya know. Couple of hours straight. And now for the first time in years, I’m awake early enough for a Ria Tanjuatco... https://t.co/xHPCVDrUOh

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook 21 April 2021 - All due respect, ha? Pero ganon ba talaga kahina ang tingin natin sa utak ng kapwa Pinoy? Na kaunting “impluwensya” lang e mapapapaniwala na? E ano kung mey marinig na kurokurong di gusto ng AFP? Bobo ba ang... https://t.co/G8FVj966eV

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

Comments for the previous thread, 20 April 2020 - Ginger Grace GalutiraYay get well soon sir1 Sarah Enriquez GarciaPraying you recover soon, Kuya! Floyd GondaGet well soon kapatid! Urb Ino LMGet well soon!! Jaets Salomon-LontocGet well soon... https://t.co/4rhxlFL7EF

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook 20 April 2021 - Almost out. Excited to be able to hold a pen again https://t.co/rQZ6UfFPLX

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

20 September 2021, St Victoria Hospital, Marikina - That last needle didnt sting as much and I knew what to expect. Nothing to it.But why am I in tears. Cumulative effect?43Lynette Carpio-Serrano, Jabez Flores and 41 others8... https://t.co/42gFhxnGIS

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

20 September 2021, St Victoria Hospital, Marikina - Todo supporta ako sa Community Pantries bilang Isang sistema na nagpapatunay na hindi kailangang magtanaw ng utang na loob ang mamamayan sa mga opisyales na EPAL.Hindi sa masama ang gobyerno,... https://t.co/tvp7MIR9Ju

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook, 20 April 2021 - Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s... https://t.co/9bfRJLpNNg

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook, 18 April 2021 - My nurse still believes in “strong leaders” while I believe strong leaders  are universally corrupt. We struggled to find a common candidate and we finally found one we could agree about. Took a looooong time,... https://t.co/oK4YLdDbGQ

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook, 17 April 2021 - We must choose to be an educated people. Leaders always fail because heirarchies are inherently stupid. We MUST have local expertise and discourse, micropolicy and science based consensus at barangay level.... https://t.co/rx9ManJ24J

[R.E. de Leon @isangboses]

From Facebook, 9 April 2021 - Oh Captain! My Captain! https://t.co/kUt8ZH363B