The journey from the tranquil City of Island Adventures to the demanding environment of the Philippine National Police Academy in Cavite is a major shift. For ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, it was more than simply a change of environment; it was an opportunity to develop and challenge his boundaries.
From the quiet surroundings of Surigao City, this driven young man not only survived cadet life; he excelled in it, securing a position among the top cadets in his class, completing his cadetship as the remarkable Top 8. This accomplishment reflects his development in all respectsโhis discipline, character, and strong will to serve the nation, not only in grades.
PCdt Lisondra at the institution did not just perform well academically. He also assumed leadership responsibilities, acting as ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ. It was not simple to balance these duties with the rigorous requirements of cadet life, but with careful time management, he made it work.
Good time management allowed him to juggle his academics, drills, and leadership responsibilities all at once, demonstrating that even the most difficult tasks may be more achievable with a clever attitude.
Starting the academy as one of the youngest in his class came with its own unique difficulties. PCdt Lisondra says, โ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
But rather than letting this age difference stop him, he utilized it as inspiration to perform his best and show that age does not limit capacity.
โ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด; ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด,โ he says. โ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ค๐บ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ.โ
His tale serves as a reminder that achievement is not about perfection. Itโs about never giving up, learning from your errors, and being tough.
PCdt Lisondra is ready to meet new challenges with honor and honesty as he gets ready for a career in law enforcement. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด.
Source:ย Kalasag-PNPA Corps Publication