DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A 26-year-old Ilonggo who’d rather play football than be in class when he was a kid in school recently nailed his accountancy board exam on first take. Janiel Alcalde of San Miguel, Iloilo said the sport has instilled disciplines in him that made it possible for him to pass the exam. “We’re trained to endure, understand and work well with our teammates, play hard and take responsibility for our own development.
In being an athlete, it is important to have an understanding of yourself, of what it is you need to work on,” he said. He said football taught him “how to play with the advantages I have and deal with the disadvantages facing me” just like how it is when preparing for the board exam. “You need to keep moving on, so you can recover and be ready for the next,” he said.
Saying he had tried his best, Alcalde recalled telling himself after taking the exams, held on June 16,17, and 18, 2024, “It’s now out of my hands.” “I moved on. I never bothered to check for the results.
I heard it was expected to be (released) on the 3rd of July 2024. So, when the news didn’t come out. I said, ‘Ahhh.
Leave it. There’s always another one,’” said Alcade who, back in his grade school and high school days, would spend most of his daily allowance playing video games than in food except for a small pouch of pancit canton. He got a call the following day, however, congratulating him for having past the accountancy board exam.
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