From: Jeremy (jeremy19@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2001 - 14:55:19 GMT-3
Congratulations on a job well done!!! I've been once and failed....I'm going
back in April....I have a little brushing up to do, but I think you hit it
right on the head with the mental preparation technique. Thanks for your
valuable thoughts.
-Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Himawan Nugroho" <nhimawan@id.ibm.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: 15th Indonesian CCIE
> Well, it's my turn to write this mail
> I passed today in Tokyo at my 2nd attempt
>
> I can't give you more than you've heard from previous ccie
> I just want to tell something to everyone who will attemp the lab:
> when you go to ccie lab, from hotel or from your home,
> tell your self that you will pass today
>
> ccie is like a mental game, you can study everything, you can practice
> every scenarios
> but if you don't believe that you will pass..than you will fail
>
> When I failed in TS section in Brussels last month,
> I knew that I have the ability to become ccie, I only didn't believe that
I
> could pass
> I always had a feeling that ccie is beyond my knowledge
> Then I failed, I failed because I didn't believe I could pass..
>
> Then for my 2nd attemp (I was lucky someone dropped his date in Tokyo
> so I could take the lab again immediately) , I only did a little
> preparation
> I told my self everynight that I will pass
> I have studied 16 hours a day for the last 4 months, so there is no reason
> for me to fail this time
> I really enjoyed my last week before I came to Tokyo
> Read a little and use bootcamp 1-19 only to remind my finger
> (Thanks to Marc Russels for his ccbootcamp, don't attempt ccie lab without
> it!)
>
> When I went to CCIE Lab infront of my hotel, I knew I would take full
point
> for day 1
> I told my self that I'm going to have 'just another ccbootcamp scenario'
> The power of belief, it's really work!
> I get 44 point, only miss 1 point for very very silly mistake
>
> Before morning session in second day begun, I knew I would pass
> So I went to troubleshooting with about 66 points, the proctor didn't tell
> me exactly
> I lost 8 points for misunderstand some concept
> and one question that I could not understand at all
>
> It was only 1 hour in TS section, when I realized I have found 14 problems
> Then I went to the proctor and asked him to check my work
> He asked me to explain all the 14 problems and asked how I found and fixed
> it
> He checked something in his desk and came back to me and told me that I
> just reached 80
> well, why continue if you can finish all the nightmare right now?
> So I just stopped and asked him my number..
>
> The last 6 months was incredible; study hard, practice scenarios,
> sacrifice family and social life, never read anything except ccie
related..
>
> Thanks god, I have very kind wife
> and kid! I really miss my 3-years old daughter
> Without them, I could not go this far..
>
> Proctor in Japan, Ootsuka (I don't know if I write his name correctly,
> since
> he wrote his name using japanese character!), is very proffesional
> He's very fair and helpful, even we have some 'communication problem'
> I believe I always have communication problem with most japanese :-)))))
>
> Thanks to Paul for this list
> Thanks to everyone in this group who answered my silly questions
> I know I can't learn so fast without the presence of the group
>
> Well, it's time to get another cert
> it's time for security..
>
> Regards,
> Himawan Nugroho, CCIE#8171
> -15th Indonesian CCIE-
>
> ps: Marc , I bought your bootcamp using my manager's credit card,
Endrarto,
> in case
> you didn't find my name in your customer database ;-)
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