You really brought back old memories! Parang kaylan lang ano! Of course, special occasions such as this are not an excuse to miss our deadlines. As central bankers, we know that even as we complete tough assignments in an excellent manner, there are always many more programs that we need to work on, asap!
Even at a later stage, when experts agreed on the need for public support for financial institutions, such measures met with opposition from the general public, influenced by the lingering effects of the underestimation, which was also seen in the case of Japan. In particular, injecting public funds into financial institutions was universally unpopular across countries.