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REO CPALE Review Program

Princess Shaira C. Alipio

Oct 2025 CPALE Passer

"God did it all" A not so little background sa CPA journey, I was a 2019 graduate and one of the 85.69% who didn't make it in the October 2019 cpale. After the failed exam, I chose to work na since were not financially stable. Siguro maiintindihan ako nang karamihan na pag nasubukan nang makatanggap nang sahod parang nababaon na sa limot ang pinapangarap na titulo, that's the case for me. Until I met my man, with his encouragement pinush nya ko na mag take chance ulit and my family as well they all belive na kaya ko. He enrolled me in sa REO batch 8, I was a working reviewee back then and sa totoo lang nag self pity ako noon. Yung mga kasama kong reviewee nakikipagsabayan sa reviewer habang nagdidiscuss tapos ako nganga na para bang balik grade 1 haha. I came home from my very first review class, umiiyak ako sa family ko na baka hindi ko na kaya napepressure ako kase parang wala na kong alam, but still pinapalakas nila yung loob ko. Pero hindi yata talaga para sakin pa yung panahon, sobrang daming nangyare sa 2024, I was medically diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis then I got married so I chose to defer. Here comes 2025 naoperahan ako, I almost died on the table but God has better plans He gave me my second life. Few months after the surgery I was retrenched from my job which is very devastating kase ang laking tulong samin nang work ko nayun. Pero kinausap ko yung husband ko na what if magreview ulit ako, we agreed na di na muna ako maghahanap nang work focus muna ako sa review so I enrolled in REO batch 10. Pero kapag sinusubok ka talaga no, biglang natawagan ulit ako sa dati kong work and eto na yung decision na pangmalakasan talaga, mahirap kaseng bitawan yung trabaho na yun since maganda yung pay, so I ask Lord for a sign, kung bibigay ang offer na gusto ko then defer ulit sa May 2026 pero kung hindi focus na ko sa review. At eto yung sagot ni Lord, nagtiwala ako sa plans nya. I always pray, not directly na "Lord ipasa mo po ako" but it's "Lord kung ano man po ang plano, bigyan mo lang po ako nang katatagan para iaccept ano man po ito" and He did it. It's not me, it's the Lord who made it all possible. Andaming nagdadasal para sakin, mga kasamahan kong nagseserve sa church, they were all very supportive. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of them, my family, my husband, my friends and LECCOM family who supported me this whole CPALE journey. I am very proud to say that I am a CPA by God's grace!