Growing up in a little town in the ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ, ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข ๐๐ช๐ป๐ค๐ข๐บ๐ข, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ was remote from the fast-paced, high-tech life of the city. However, her path to where she is now โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ โ was not simple. Struggles, sacrifices, and an unyielding will to succeed formed it.
PCDT Buyuccanโs narrative begins with the modest yet solid basis her family created for her. Every morning at 3:30, her father, a committed farmer, got up to work their rice field. Though his early mornings and exhausting labor wore him out, he always managed to get home and play his part as a caring, committed parent. A teacher, her mother balanced her obligations with love and dedication, striving to educate others while looking after Cadet Buyuccan and her six siblings.
PCDT Buyuccan stood out as a diligent and driven student despite the difficulties of growing up in a remote village. Though the pandemic made her rethink her course, she aspired to be a neurosurgeon. Quarantine made her feel unproductive and worried about the time running out. In those uncertain times, she understood how precious life is and how crucial it is to seize every chance.
โ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ง ๐โ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ,โ she said, considering the hurry she felt to succeed. Her will drove her to take chances, and she gave up many thingsโincluding the opportunity to remain a DOST-NAST scholar and a promising editor-in-chiefโto follow her heart.
She did well in Academics and accepted leadership responsibilities. Though she also needed a goal, she discovered the benefits of discipline and effort as a platoon leader and community affairs development officer. During her slow mornings as a Slow Drill Platoon Aspirant, she posed difficult questions such as โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด?โ โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ?โ These thoughts drove her to put even more effort into her career, hoping to change things.
She remained focused despite difficulties like the challenging professor who nearly caused her to give up. โ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ,โ she said. Deep down, though, she knew her mother had not brought her up to give up easily. She carried on and got through with faith and will.
Her dedication to development went beyond the academy. ๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ 1๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ.For her, this was more than a simple victory. It reminded her that the world is far larger than what surrounds her. She saw that everyone can soar high, no matter their background.
Her straightforward yet strong advice to the young people following her path is: โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ; ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ.โ
She is concentrating on finishing her training and providing her family the life they deserve. More than anything, she is committed to helping her community, notably the Kasibu residents who backed her all along. She understands that her origins will always be with her, no matter how far she travels, and they will always be her source of fortitude.
Her path from the rice fields of Kasibu to the top of her class is a tribute to the strength of tenacity, faith, and family love. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.
Source:ย Kalasag-PNPA Corps Publication