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Devang Patel

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Antonio Dee <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hi Guyz,
>
> Just arrived back home from my Lab exam last Friday.
>
> And yes, I conquered the beast on the first try, CCIE #26509 !!!! I
> basically shouted my heart out when I saw that I passed, I placed my face on
> the bed and just shouted, I just couldn't believe it. I gave my wife the
> honor to login and see the result :-)
>
> First, want to thank GOD for everything !!!
>
> Second, I want to give a special thanks to my wife who has been there all
> the way and the pain that we need to endure for more than 11 months of
> preparation. She had to endure my stubbornness :-( and temperament :-(.
> Thank you Kay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Third, I want to thank you to a very special friend of mine, he saw how it
> is prepared till we went to Sydney to take my exam, he was there till the
> day I took the exam, rode with me to the lab center in the morning :-) Thank
> you Lix !!!!
>
> And Lastly, thank you IPExpert and this list, I may not be that noisy on
> this list, but i've been absorbing all i can from this list and taking notes
> of the problem and issue that can arise from each different technology. I've
> compiled everything i can on all situation that can arise.
>
> So, here it it, it's really doable guyz, no magic!!!
>
> To be honest and not breaking anything on the NDA, I didn't finish all the
> task, I had 5 task left out so it was really close a call , I told my wife
> and my friend afterwards that if i'll fail this, it's really going to be
> very close to the passing mark of 80. But I really knew i locked down those
> task that I answered.
>
> I followed what Joe and Jared has always said, don't be tempted to pound on
> your keyboard immediately, I wasted close to an hour just drawing and
> internalizing what they want before starting.
>
> I screwed up on my Frame Relay in relation to OSPF, it was really my fault,
> i guess i was a really nervous, lost 15 minutes on there troubleshooting, i
> said to myself, i'm already dead if i can't get this up and running in 30
> minutes , no way i'll pass, it was when i got back on my feet on this that I
> got the confidence to have a chance to pass the exam. and i just pounded on
> the keyboard like crazy to catch up thinking along the way all the task that
> they want me to do. This is where I said to myself, thank GOD i read the
> whole thing already and I knew which direction i'm going to take.
>
> What I did for the OEQ? On my last week before leaving for Sydney, I just
> reviewed the CCIE Written Study Guide, TCP/IP Vol1 and Vol II. took notes on
> those little things that you take for granted while simulating.
>
> Wish everybody all the luck, don't let it get into your nervs , if you will
> let it, you already lost the battle during the exam. Take Control and stay
> on top.
>
> I'm taking a month off, get back to the world now and ordering the
> resources for SP, will be at the SP mailing list absorbing again what i did
> from here. :-)
>
> Cheers!
> *Antonio Dee*
> *CCIE #25609*
> *CCNP,CCDP,CCSP,MCSE,LCP,CNA
> "Patience is the virtue of success"*
>
>
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