Engr. Michael Lyndon Chua
Typically, self-doubt hinders us from reaching the issues we would like. However that’s not the case for this newly licensed civil engineer.
Engineer Michael Lyndon Chua, a civil engineering graduate from the Cebu Institute of Know-how-College, used his doubts to push him even more durable to efficiently place Eighth within the just lately concluded April 2024 Civil Engineering Licensure Examination.
He’s simply one of many 4 graduates from Cebu universities who made the checklist. Nonetheless, Ryan Sylvester Chan and Cedric Jerome Donguines, each from De La Salle College-Manila, clinched the highest rank with a 94.30 score.
Even so, the Eighth-placer carries an inspirational story that some future check takers or dreamers would possibly wish to tune in to.
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In an interview with CDN Digital, Engineer Chua shares his journey from faculty in the direction of taking the licensure examination. He candidly stated that he was apparently “picky” concerning his course hundreds as a pupil.
“I used to be the kind of pupil nga pilian og topic. Dili sa dili na nako sudlan ang klase if wa ko ganahi sa topic pero akong full effort ug focus adto nako ihatag sa mga topics nga ko. Pero if ko sa topic, 100% jud akong consideration sa lecture and energy,” he stated.
(I used to be the kind of pupil who’s picky with my topics. It isn’t that I cannot attend lessons that I don’t like, it’s simply that I give my full effort and focus to these topics that I’m interested by. But when I’m within the topic, I give my 100% consideration to the lecture and energy.)
Being an interest-driven pupil, he focuses on what drives him to be taught extra, which invokes an oz. of self-discipline. This in all probability fueled him to stay to a strict routine throughout his evaluation season.
Hailing from Minglanilla, he wakes up as early as 4:30 at daybreak to keep away from the heavy visitors on his option to the town to attend his board evaluation lessons, which begin at 7:30 a.m. and finish simply earlier than midday.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t cease there for Michael. After taking a lunch break, he goes the additional mile and returns to the evaluation heart to proceed learning along with his fellow reviewees till as late as 10 within the night.
Coming dwelling a couple of minutes earlier than midnight, he takes a well-deserved relaxation and repeats the cycle for the next day. This was his typical day till the week earlier than the boards, when he selected to decelerate and put together himself mentally for the examination.
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From the surface, some folks might imagine that it’s a good board examination story from a topnotcher however a lot extra lies beneath this floor of his self-discipline and examine ethics.
Rising up, Engineer Chua considered himself as an academically inclined pupil, maybe performing effectively in class-related actions and getting good grades in his favourite topics.
When requested whether or not he noticed himself topping the boards, he stated he used to think about it when he was younger, however the thought bought misplaced when he studied civil engineering at a college.
True to the expertise of most academically inclined younger college students, issues modified for him when he entered faculty, the place he met numerous units of individuals whom he thinks have extra potential to excel and even prime the boards in comparison with him.
However, he didn’t let his perseverance wither, as he used these doubts to not really feel defeated however to gas him to remain disciplined as he aimed to safe a spot within the prime 10.
His self-doubt drove him to stay to his routine and keep disciplined in his evaluation preparations for the licensure examination. He carried this drive up till he took the check.
Listening to the excellent news concerning the boards
Proper after taking the board examination, he nonetheless felt overcome by self-doubt as he didn’t really feel assured about his solutions. He retains flashing again to his recollections of when his evaluation scores weren’t that top for somebody aiming to prime the examination.
“Whereas, after all, ma-fix ra man good na siya kay there may be nonetheless time earlier than the boards, lahi ra god if mo-take ka og examination nga not ka’g efficiency sa amongst previous exams,” he disclosed.
(Whereas after all, it may be fastened as a result of there may be nonetheless time earlier than the boards, however it’s actually totally different in the event you take the examination and also you don’t have efficiency amongst previous exams.)
Thankfully for him, all his unfavorable ideas cleared out 5 days after he took the examination because the Skilled Regulation Fee launched his examination outcomes.
He particulars discovering out the end result when a buddy referred to as him to have a look at the checklist of passers. He initially appeared on the full checklist and was overjoyed when he learn his title. When he shared his pleasure, his buddy advised him to have a look at the checklist of topnotchers as a substitute.
There, he noticed his title, inserting Eighth on one of many comparatively hardest board examinations within the nation. At that second, every part he labored so laborious for was fulfilled. It grew to become a fruit of his self-discipline and immense examine ethics.
Engineer Chua dedicates his achievement to his household, pals, alma mater, and evaluation heart.
When requested what recommendation he would give future board examination takers, he stated to at all times give full effort in the direction of securing the stuff you wish to obtain to depart no room for regrets sooner or later.
“The one recommendation I can provide to all future board examination takers is sa evaluation pa lang, at all times give your 100% para after the boards, regardless of the outcomes, you understand nga tanan imong kaya buhaton imo na gyod gibuhat in your dream of changing into a licensed civil engineer,” he conveyed.
(The one recommendation I can provide to all the long run board examination takers is at all times give your 100% while you’re nonetheless reviewing in order that after the boards, regardless of the outcomes, you understand that you just did all that you are able to do in your dream of changing into a licensed engineer.)
