Watz up madlang CCNAers! I hope everything is doing good on your end. Mine? It’s great! I just passed the CCNP Switch exam last tuesday. Can’t express the happiness!
Kagaya nga ng na-ishare ko before, I decided to limit the articles and update on this blog this year-end kasi busy sa work and I am reviewing for my next Cisco certification exam. And after taking the CCNP Switch v2.0 exam last Tuesday, boy I made it! I passed the exam! This is a very nice gift for Christmas and a great way to start a New Year. Yay!
I took up CCNP Switch version 2.0. This is the most updated version of CCNP Switch exam provided by Cisco as of today. Passing this exam renewed my CCNA certification PLUS I’ll carry this CCNP Switch certification on my profile too.
This will extend both certifications for another 3 years. Para maging ganap na CCNP, I need to take 2 addtional exams which are CCNP Route and CCNP Tshoot.
I’ll have that in the future. Ngayon, time to relax and enjoy muna. Time to celebrate. Wohoooh!
My CCNP Switch self-study
This time, I didn’t took a formal training. I just gathered resources and did a self-study. Since kahit papano ay may alam naman na ako, I thought na no need to to enroll for a training. Isa pa, ung mga topics at lessons naman is kasama na rin sa mga ginagawa namin sa trabaho so hindi na ganun kahirap para mag-aral at mag-review para sa exam.
I just read CCNP Switch ebook and watch CCNP switch videos. Then practice the lab and the exam. Self-discipline at effort din kasi gusto ko talaga matutunan yung mga hindi ko pa nalalaman not just for the exam but for my job too.
But before it happened, as I shared before I am a very big fan of planning and settings goals. After deciding(August 2015) that CCNP switch is the exam I’m going to take, I created a simple plan and set my goal. Kagaya din ng ginawa ko nung sa CCNA journey ko. I made a simple excel sheet with schedules and kung anong lessons/topic ang aaralin ko on that given schedule. And I just followed them.
In fact, I also put a sticky note on my laptop para lagi ko s’yang nakikita at nababasa. One way yun para ma-push ang ating brain to achieve our goals.
I spent 2-3 hours on each schedule para manood ng CBT nuggets video or magbasa ng CCNP switch v2.0 ebook. Then on the succeeding month, practice the lab and exams. Paulit-ulit lang. Minsan tinatamad din pero lagi ko pinu-push yung sarili ko to stick on it.
In fact, nag-logoff ako sa facebook for almost a month nung malapit na yung exam para ma-relax at ma-focus sa mga reviewers. Discipline at dedication lang talaga.
Hanggang sa dumating na nga yung araw nung exam and luckily naipasa ko naman.
I passed CCNP Switch exam. Now what?
My initial goal for taking the CCNP switch exam is to renew my previous certification, yung CCNA nga. And now that I passed the exam, my plan is to continue the journey. No plans when I will take the other CCNP certifications but maybe that’s after a year or two na. But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop studying on my own and learn.
My goal is to learn more everyday. To share more on this blog. No plans for finding new job. I’m still enjoying where I am and what I’m doing for now. Please join me to conquer this exciting journey!
This will also be my last post for this year. Time to relax and spend quality time with the family especially it’s Christmas season. Time to enjoy and celebrate. Time to set new goals for 2016. I hope kayo din.
Next year, I’m planning to publish more articles and CCNA tips and tutorials for you guys. We will continue the remaining CCNA lessons about switching then we’ll move to routing topics. I’m also planning to create videos and will try to interview Cisco friends and colleagues to provide you with more valuable information. Just stick around mga idol!
If you’re following this blog for quite a while, I hope kahit papano ay may natututunan ka or kahit papano ay na-iinspire ka.
I’m sharing all of these not to brag or mag-malaki. I’m posting this to share the lessons and provide inspiration to others lalo na sa mga beginners at gustong pumasok sa Cisco networking career.
I’m just normal guy like you. I’m not geek or super-techy like the others. Sabi ko nga I consider myself as a beginner, kasi alam ko na there is so much more to learn. I just set goals and take action. I hope you do the same. Godspeed!
Advance happy holidays everyone. Cheers!
Paul says
December 8, 2015 at 9:41 AMWow, congratulations po at magkakaroon pa ng video tutorials, thankyou!
Billy says
December 11, 2015 at 2:49 AMThanks Paul! Stick around, in time makukumpleto natin mga tutorials! 🙂
ef says
June 23, 2019 at 9:33 PMSir, anu po ung email address nyo? salamat po
mark says
December 9, 2015 at 5:03 PMsir share nman po kau ng mga ebooks or epub ng gnagmit nio po sa review… slmat po and congrats
Billy says
December 11, 2015 at 2:48 AMLet see. But you can also google them and download from the internet. There’s a lot there. But too technical and advance for beginners, that’s why I created this blog. 🙂
sel says
December 11, 2015 at 12:37 AMCongrats sir 😀
Billy says
December 11, 2015 at 2:46 AMThank you!
Kevin says
December 11, 2015 at 9:16 PMCongratulations! I am looking forward on your video tutorials. Palagi talaga akong nag aabang ng blog mo. Nakakainspire kasi. Cheers!
Billy says
December 12, 2015 at 12:34 PMThanks Kevin. Just stick around, more to come. 🙂
Eurethel says
December 29, 2015 at 6:43 PMWow! Congrats! I finished my CCNA 3 training and was supposed to finish ccna 4 this month pero I stopped for a while. Hoping to be CCNA certified next year. Sobrang naging busy lang sa work kahit blog ko di na ganun kaactive. 🙁 Your posts motivates me to start another year right. And follow goals as planned. Keep posting! I love reading your posts as well in your other blog.. 🙂
Happy New Year!
http://www.eurethel.com
Billy says
January 2, 2016 at 3:44 PMThanks Eurethel. Goodluck on your CCNA journey, hope you’re able to finish that this year. Nice blog too! 🙂
mhaj says
January 8, 2016 at 4:51 PMHi, can you share po ung excel sheet with schedules & topic na ginamit nio po? At kung ano po mga resources na ginamit nio para masearch at mdownload ko po… Hirap na kasi mag-uwian uli para mgtake ng bootcamp for CCNP. Wala na ata MNET at wala ding sched sa RIVAN. Nung sa CCNA, nagbootcamp din aq sa MNET last feb2014, every Sat ako umuuwe ng Pinas (from Taiwan) kaya super dami gastos. Hope maishare nio po para mgka-idea ako kung ano pwd sundin sa pg-study.. thanks po.. BTW, nice blog, easy to comprehend (gaya ng turo ni mam elena! 😉 )… 😀 and I always recommend this blog sa mga friends kong may balak mgtake ng CCNA… 🙂
Billy says
January 9, 2016 at 9:50 AMWow! That’s what we call passion and commitment! Imagine uwian weekly from Taiwan to PH just to study? Hanga ako sa dedikasyon mo mhaj. Good to know dn na ka-alumni kita sa MNET. 🙂 Shoot me an email using the contact form on this blog and I will do my best to help. 🙂
Are you working now as network admin? Goodluck on your Cisco journey. 🙂 Feel free to search and add me on facebook too. 🙂 Thanks!
mhaj says
January 11, 2016 at 11:59 AMHi, I checked your fb profile, ikaw din pla author ng thinkpesos.com… Nice! 😀 And also, we have a common friend, si Rodaje, barkada ko… Hehehe… LTE/3G RAN engineer po ako dito sa Nokia TW.. 😉
Billy says
January 11, 2016 at 3:21 PMSmall world. Haha. He’s my officemate. One of my seniors. Kwento ko sa kanya. 🙂 Nice! Congrats on your job. 🙂
BM says
March 3, 2016 at 7:58 PMvery nice kakaingit gusto ko rin tong work na to kaso di ako palarin may problem sa english com skills.
jielon says
July 17, 2016 at 2:37 AMHi, saan po kayo nakakuha ng mga practice Labs for ccnp switch? And what software po gamit niyo? Thank you!
Billy says
July 17, 2016 at 7:16 AMHello Jielon,
Meron kami sa ofis tapos basa basa at review review lang ako sa bahay. 🙂
Robi says
August 11, 2016 at 11:31 AMSir Billy,
Congrats po CCNP ka na nakakSir may idea ka po ba sa difference ng CCNA v2 at v3???
di na kasi ako aabot ng v2 ongoing palang po kasi ako nagsstudy ng CCNA.. baka marami madagdag na hindi ko alam.. huhuhu
Rein Cabrera says
October 5, 2016 at 12:52 AMI red your blog twice now. Pa send naman po ng reading materials or lead me kung saan pwede mag download ng videos. I will take certification exam next year po. Salamat
Billy says
October 12, 2016 at 8:06 PMHi Rein, we have full account in CBT provided by the company. Un lang ginagamit ko, then practice sa mga switches sa office. Ayun. 🙂
Kyle Relos says
May 2, 2017 at 2:41 PMwow! sobrang nakakainspire naman to idol! gawin mo kong studyante sir! 🙂
Kyle Relos says
May 2, 2017 at 2:42 PMnaghahanap po talaga ako ng mentor huhu :(( seryoso po
Billy says
May 5, 2017 at 9:15 PMThanks Kyle!
Jefferson Tope says
May 4, 2017 at 11:59 PMCan you share with us your reading ebook file as your reference and reviewer since nagstart k p lng magself-study ng CCNA. I can’t afford kc at masyadong mahal ang training lalo’t marriedman na ako at anak.
Billy says
May 5, 2017 at 9:17 PMIdol Jeff, outdated na yung mga references ko dati kasi bago ng ang mga topics ng ccna. This blog is enough to help you with the basic and fundamentals, if you want a offline and more additional topics, check the CCNA Basic and Fundamentals Ebook. Let me know. God bless!
ryan escuadra says
June 25, 2017 at 10:50 PMhi sir billy,
noob po ako sa networking need some advise to continue my journey like you.
Billy says
June 27, 2017 at 7:42 AMIdol, It’s all here on the blog. Or you can subscribe to get more tips and advices via email. 🙂
Junjun Garcia says
July 28, 2017 at 12:29 PMSir wala talaga akong pera pwedi kalahati lang ng ebook mo libre na lang. Thanks sir…
Billy says
August 11, 2017 at 9:53 AMYou can read all the free lessons here idol. Ipon ka muna tutal gagastos ka rin ng libo-libo sa CCNA exam or training. 🙂
Jonalyn says
August 20, 2017 at 10:58 PMVery inspiring. I am now planning to save a money to enroll at the training center (one that you suggested).
Because of this blog i am motivated now to have a CCNA Certificate. 🙂
Billy says
August 26, 2017 at 6:02 AMThanks Jonalyn. Godbless your career!
Michaela says
October 5, 2017 at 4:51 PMnakakaiyak. hinayaan ko na mag-expired yung ccna certification ko .. Edi sana. CCNP exam or certification na ung poproblemahin ko 🙁
Salute to you sir. Grabe po! ang sakit sa ulo ng CISCO ..
Billy says
October 18, 2017 at 8:00 AMThanks Michaela! Not too late to start again. 🙂
Ted says
February 13, 2018 at 7:34 PMHi sir Billy, I`m just wondering… kayo po gumawa ng site na to? so it means marunong po kayo ng html,css and other programming languages? May i know what programming languages you know about and ano po kayo the best way to learn them… thanks… , graduate po pala ako ng i.t nung 2015 pa po and i had cisco subjects din po before and i passed them all kaso packet tracer lng po iyon lahat, anu po ba best way to learn this cisco? nag dadalawang isip ako if web designer or mag networking job ako katulad nitong cisco. ang swerte ko nahanap ko blog mo, congrats po pala sir sa mga napasa mong exam… please help me po.
Billy says
February 17, 2018 at 8:48 PMYap, I used WordPress. Madalin lang naman kahit hindi ka marunong ng kahit anong language kayang kaya. Hindi rin ako marunong mag-program. 🙂
Ted says
February 19, 2018 at 5:25 PMThanks very much sir Billy.
Ted says
February 13, 2018 at 8:01 PMHi sir Billy, It`s me again, Ted. Sir dami ko pong questions haha… yung i.t support and tech support ka palang po mahirap po ba yung work ninyo? anu anu po ba ginagawa dun? gusto ko sana ipick yang job yun nga lang hindi po ako marunong mag ayos, magkalikot ng mga computers. (i`m not techie guy) grad po ako ng i.t and more on software po kasi kami and nag cisco din kasi kami yun nga lang packet tracer lang. gusto ko sana mag i.t / tech support job , di ko lng alam if pano mag simula at saan matuto nun… any idea po sir? after nun kapag nakaipon gusto ko sana mag take ng ccna training and exams. please po sana manotice mo yung mga comments ko. Salamat po!
Billy says
February 17, 2018 at 8:51 PMStart with what you’re interested right now. Then change along the way if needed. Sayang oras sa kakaisip, just take action and adjusts. 😉
Ted says
February 19, 2018 at 5:37 PMThanks a lot… Sir, nakita ko pala yung book na pdf ninyong binebenta around 499pesos, Gusto ko magkaroon nun and looks interesting and madaling intindihin, but right now I’m broke haha… Mga months siguro ma-purchase ko din yan… Hindi nmn po sya mag tataas ?? Hehe, and sir na read k din po pala yung awesome journey ninyo. Yung nag bootcamp po kayo nag packet tracer din po ba kayo? Or puro actual ginagawa??
Ted says
February 19, 2018 at 6:58 PM*Sana hindi tumaas if ever na magkapera ako and i hope sana may discount pa hahaha. Just kidding bout discount… Thanks anyway.
Billy says
March 5, 2018 at 11:20 PMActual idol. God bless!
Ted says
February 21, 2018 at 11:34 PMSir Billy, yung nasa college kapalang po ba wla po ba kayong cisco subjects? kasi yung nabasa ko blog mo pag graduate mo sa college then work after that nag bootcamp…… ok lang kaya yun mag aral po ulit ako ng cisco? actually po yung nasa college palang ako may subjects nmn kasi kami nyan 1-4 yata yun puro packet tracer no actual, napasa ko nmn, but now nalimutan ko na po kasi kahit basic.. ginanahan ako mag network job same ng sayo yung nabasa ko blog mo…. ok lang ba if mag aral po ulit ako ng cisco?hindi po ba nakakahiya? hindi po ba sayang sa oras? or take nlng po ba ako ng exam???? actually now po di ko po alam if anu gagawin ko. pa advice nmn po…. if ever nmn po mag aral ulit ako ng cisco. then if ever ko matapos yun. bibili ako ng ebook ninyo after that review review then ipon and take ccna exam. MARAMING SALAMAT PO! looking forward po sa reply sir.
Billy says
March 5, 2018 at 11:16 PMWala ksi sa probinsya ako nag aral at maliit lang ang school namin. It’s all up to you. Kung talagan gusto mo, no excuses and reasons whatsoever. God bless!
Ted says
March 22, 2018 at 11:50 PMHi sir Billy, mag avail sana ako ng ebook ninyo yung 499pesos. may i know your cell # so we can talk there? thanks very much.
Ted says
March 22, 2018 at 11:54 PMSir Billy, anu po bang laman ng pdf na binebenta ninyo? i mean yung matututunan inside that ebook… medyo may similarity kaya sila ng free lessons mo tska ng ebook? thanks. sorry medyo makulit ako 🙂
joshua says
July 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM@billy pre may tanong lng ako… magkanu ebook m0.. yung free lessons at ebook ba same lang ng contents? kung bibili ba ako ng ebook kahit hindi ko na basahin yung free lessons na nasa webpage mo??? hope you reply maraming salamat..