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Published on December 8, 2015 | Last Updated July 19, 2016 By Billy

Yay! I passed the CCNP Switch exam! The journey continues.

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.

ccnp-switch-exam

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.

CCNP Switch exam

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!

ccnaph

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Paul says

    December 8, 2015 at 9:41 AM

    Wow, congratulations po at magkakaroon pa ng video tutorials, thankyou!

    Reply
    • Billy says

      December 11, 2015 at 2:49 AM

      Thanks Paul! Stick around, in time makukumpleto natin mga tutorials! 🙂

      Reply
      • ef says

        June 23, 2019 at 9:33 PM

        Sir, anu po ung email address nyo? salamat po

        Reply
  2. mark says

    December 9, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    sir share nman po kau ng mga ebooks or epub ng gnagmit nio po sa review… slmat po and congrats

    Reply
    • Billy says

      December 11, 2015 at 2:48 AM

      Let 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. 🙂

      Reply
  3. sel says

    December 11, 2015 at 12:37 AM

    Congrats sir 😀

    Reply
    • Billy says

      December 11, 2015 at 2:46 AM

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Kevin says

    December 11, 2015 at 9:16 PM

    Congratulations! I am looking forward on your video tutorials. Palagi talaga akong nag aabang ng blog mo. Nakakainspire kasi. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Billy says

      December 12, 2015 at 12:34 PM

      Thanks Kevin. Just stick around, more to come. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Eurethel says

    December 29, 2015 at 6:43 PM

    Wow! 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

    Reply
    • Billy says

      January 2, 2016 at 3:44 PM

      Thanks Eurethel. Goodluck on your CCNA journey, hope you’re able to finish that this year. Nice blog too! 🙂

      Reply
  6. mhaj says

    January 8, 2016 at 4:51 PM

    Hi, 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… 🙂

    Reply
    • Billy says

      January 9, 2016 at 9:50 AM

      Wow! 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!

      Reply
      • mhaj says

        January 11, 2016 at 11:59 AM

        Hi, 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.. 😉

        Reply
        • Billy says

          January 11, 2016 at 3:21 PM

          Small world. Haha. He’s my officemate. One of my seniors. Kwento ko sa kanya. 🙂 Nice! Congrats on your job. 🙂

          Reply
  7. BM says

    March 3, 2016 at 7:58 PM

    very nice kakaingit gusto ko rin tong work na to kaso di ako palarin may problem sa english com skills.

    Reply
  8. jielon says

    July 17, 2016 at 2:37 AM

    Hi, saan po kayo nakakuha ng mga practice Labs for ccnp switch? And what software po gamit niyo? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Billy says

      July 17, 2016 at 7:16 AM

      Hello Jielon,

      Meron kami sa ofis tapos basa basa at review review lang ako sa bahay. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Robi says

    August 11, 2016 at 11:31 AM

    Sir 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

    Reply
  10. Rein Cabrera says

    October 5, 2016 at 12:52 AM

    I 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

    Reply
    • Billy says

      October 12, 2016 at 8:06 PM

      Hi Rein, we have full account in CBT provided by the company. Un lang ginagamit ko, then practice sa mga switches sa office. Ayun. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Kyle Relos says

    May 2, 2017 at 2:41 PM

    wow! sobrang nakakainspire naman to idol! gawin mo kong studyante sir! 🙂

    Reply
    • Kyle Relos says

      May 2, 2017 at 2:42 PM

      naghahanap po talaga ako ng mentor huhu :(( seryoso po

      Reply
    • Billy says

      May 5, 2017 at 9:15 PM

      Thanks Kyle!

      Reply
  12. Jefferson Tope says

    May 4, 2017 at 11:59 PM

    Can 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.

    Reply
    • Billy says

      May 5, 2017 at 9:17 PM

      Idol 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!

      Reply
  13. ryan escuadra says

    June 25, 2017 at 10:50 PM

    hi sir billy,

    noob po ako sa networking need some advise to continue my journey like you.

    Reply
    • Billy says

      June 27, 2017 at 7:42 AM

      Idol, It’s all here on the blog. Or you can subscribe to get more tips and advices via email. 🙂

      Reply
  14. Junjun Garcia says

    July 28, 2017 at 12:29 PM

    Sir wala talaga akong pera pwedi kalahati lang ng ebook mo libre na lang. Thanks sir…

    Reply
    • Billy says

      August 11, 2017 at 9:53 AM

      You can read all the free lessons here idol. Ipon ka muna tutal gagastos ka rin ng libo-libo sa CCNA exam or training. 🙂

      Reply
  15. Jonalyn says

    August 20, 2017 at 10:58 PM

    Very 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. 🙂

    Reply
    • Billy says

      August 26, 2017 at 6:02 AM

      Thanks Jonalyn. Godbless your career!

      Reply
  16. Michaela says

    October 5, 2017 at 4:51 PM

    nakakaiyak. 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 ..

    Reply
    • Billy says

      October 18, 2017 at 8:00 AM

      Thanks Michaela! Not too late to start again. 🙂

      Reply
  17. Ted says

    February 13, 2018 at 7:34 PM

    Hi 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.

    Reply
    • Billy says

      February 17, 2018 at 8:48 PM

      Yap, I used WordPress. Madalin lang naman kahit hindi ka marunong ng kahit anong language kayang kaya. Hindi rin ako marunong mag-program. 🙂

      Reply
      • Ted says

        February 19, 2018 at 5:25 PM

        Thanks very much sir Billy.

        Reply
  18. Ted says

    February 13, 2018 at 8:01 PM

    Hi 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!

    Reply
    • Billy says

      February 17, 2018 at 8:51 PM

      Start with what you’re interested right now. Then change along the way if needed. Sayang oras sa kakaisip, just take action and adjusts. 😉

      Reply
      • Ted says

        February 19, 2018 at 5:37 PM

        Thanks 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??

        Reply
        • 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.

          Reply
        • Billy says

          March 5, 2018 at 11:20 PM

          Actual idol. God bless!

          Reply
  19. Ted says

    February 21, 2018 at 11:34 PM

    Sir 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.

    Reply
    • Billy says

      March 5, 2018 at 11:16 PM

      Wala 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!

      Reply
      • Ted says

        March 22, 2018 at 11:50 PM

        Hi sir Billy, mag avail sana ako ng ebook ninyo yung 499pesos. may i know your cell # so we can talk there? thanks very much.

        Reply
        • Ted says

          March 22, 2018 at 11:54 PM

          Sir 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 🙂

          Reply
  20. 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..

    Reply

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