From: Ahmed Mamoor Amimi (mamoor@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 14:40:32 GMT-3
Really feel great to see ur #. I knew it u will get through.....
Ur a real asset of this group too..
Congrats on ur success.... and now pray for us.
-Mamoor
----- Original Message -----
From: Shadi <ccie@investorsgrp.com>
To: ccielab <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 9:39 PM
Subject: CCIE # 9047
> I MADE IT, I MADE IT, I HAVE JUST PASSED THE CCIE FROM THE FIRST ATTEMPT
IN
> JOHANNESBURG.
>
>
> If I told you my story, you will not believe it, my exam was last Thursday
in
> Johannesburg, and distance between my home and Johannesburg is about 2
days
> flight.
>
> I have finished the lab just on time, I didn't have time at all to check
> anything back.
> I was staying in Palazzo beside the MonteCasino. it was a very nice hotel.
>
> Believe it or not, I didn't want to check my email at all that night, I
said
> to myself, you still have that tiny hope that you have passed, so leave it
in
> your heart and don't kill it. but I started to convince myself that I have
> failed my exam and started to plan for the trip to Brussels in SEP.
>
> Next was my flight to Dubai, Dubai was my transit to my home country, it
was
> at 7:00pm, I tried many times to check my email in the Hotel Business
Center,
> but the Business Center was closed because of Holidays, and when they
opened
> it for me, I could not find an empty PC to check my email, to tell you the
> truth I didn't want to see my email at all, each time I see the PCs full,
I
> become happy ;-)
>
> Then I said you have a long flight to Dubai , about 8 hours, so why to
spoil
> your flight, make that hope in you, and went to Dubai.
>
> Again the same thing, I didn't want to check my email at all, because I
will
> stay in transit in Dubai for about 8 hours, and I was upset because I
didn't
> find a room in the airport hotel, they are all full, so I slept on a
chair, so
> I was upset, and I didn't want to add more on me.
>
> In the morning, I said I will check in the airport business center at
11:00am,
> before my flight for about 2 hours, because if I passed I will buy for my
> family a huge punch of chocolates, and to my young brother a full option
> digital Camera.
>
>
> I went to the Airport business center, I sit, and opened my hotmail; I saw
34
> new emails, then I opened my inbox, but before that, I put my right hand
on
> the subject field on the emails, and I saw that I got an email from Cisco.
I
> closed my eyes, and removed my right hand just a little bit, I saw
> C........O......N......G.
>
>
> I removed my hand, I started SHOUTING, all the airport was looking at me,
I
> was shouting "Yes, Yes, I did it I did it" the security guards came to me,
I
> told them this is the happiest day in my life. even I forgot my email open
I
> left my desk and I was dancing in the airport hallway. All was staring at
me.
> but I didn't care at all, I was so tired for about 2 days not sleeping at
all
> because of the long tiring flights.
>
>
> I know it's long to say that, but imagine that you have convinced your
self
> that you have failed, and you actually you didn't. I had a strong feeling
that
> I did great, but because I didn't check anything at all, I convinced
myself
> with failure. Because I hate bad surprises.
>
>
> I would like to gift this HUGE success to my parents who am sure without
their
> prayers, I could not make it,
>
>
> And I would like to thank some guys who really helped me alot during my
> studies:
>
>
> Thank you Marc Russell and Brad Ellis, your CCIE Bootcamps were great,
Thank
> you Derek Small for your very nice Fatkid site. And to my first friend in
this
> track John Mcgauy.
>
> And the best guy who helped me a lot and supported me, the real CCIE Jeff
> Kesmeyer from Bradshaw labs, I read his CCIE notes all over my flight to
> Johannesburg, all the passengers were sleeping and I was the only guy who
was
> lighting up his lamp and reading all the whole night flight to
Johannsberg.
>
> I love you Jeff, you are great a man. You helped me a lot, and your site
is
> really great.
>
> Thanks for people who responded to my questions on this group study, you
> helped me a lot guys, you were great. Thank you all. And I will do what
you
> did to me with others, as I will help others the much I can.
>
>
> Johannesburg is a very nice city, I wish If I could check my email before
I
> leave it, if so, I would go to Safari tour and camp in the jungle ;-)
>
>
> Am feeling great, because I did it the first time, and in Johannesburg /
South
> Africa too. And it adds a lot value to your CCIE achievement to have it in
> Johannesburg in the oneday lab ;-)
>
>
> Shadi
> CCIE# 9047
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