From: Yonkerbonk (yonkerbonk@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 16:12:31 GMT-3
A big contratulations. I find that a moving story.
Enjoy your accomplishment :)
Michael Le, CCIE #6811
--- Shadi <ccie@investorsgrp.com> wrote:
> 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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