The Pandemic and Filipino “BAHALA NA”
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air." A famous line from the beginning of the movie "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" keeps spinning in my head on the night of March 15, 2020, a few hours after former President Rodrigo R. Duterte placed the entire Metro Manila under lockdown and the rest of the regions followed. I might have misattributed the line, but for me, the meaning is fear and uncertainty.
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Rae is a software engineer with more than 15 years of experience in back-end development using Java and Go. He loves to stay with his wife and son during his free time. He likes to read books authored by Ryan Holiday and Adam Grant. He was a fitness freak in his 20s but now he hits the gym 1-2 times a week. He loves black coffee and croissants. He is a big fan of Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves.