Thank you all Guys !!!
I would say it's been a painful but wonderful journey i would say :-)
It's all worth the effort and stress? :-)
Antonio Dee
CCIE # 26509
> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:49:15 +0530
> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] CCIE #25609
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
>
> Congrats mate ! Enjoy your success !
>
> Gaurav Madan
> CCIE # 23863
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:21 AM, 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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