From: AdebolaA@mtnnigeria.net
Date: Thu Oct 21 2004 - 10:59:11 GMT-3
Congrats Anthony I can imagine the stress of travelling as you described. I
have a few stories to tell about my own experiences on this journey. Except
it isn't time yet cos I haven't gotten that number yet after 3 visits round
three continents to get this number. Thanks for drumming it in again that it
is
ATTAINABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of Adam
Roth
Sent: 21 October 2004 14:40
To: Hoyle, Anthony (AL); 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'; 'anthony.hoyle@eds.com'
Subject: Re: I finally Made it: CCIE # 13948
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
> Whew!!!! What a nightmare. I just passed the lab this past Monday
in RTP. This was my fifth attempt. On my fourth attempt, I missed it
by
> 1% I even asked for a re-score, and still missed it by .5%. I won't
go into details about what happened, we have all seen the e-mails in
the past, same
> story...almost. It seemed impossible, very difficult, but I came out
on top. I too, was expecting to get that e-mail, and see the fail, and
start wondering
> in bewilderment about what I barely missed, but not this time. Great
does not explain the feeling. How I made to RTP..well that have to
tell you about:
>
> I am from Rochester Hills, MI (Near Detroit) , and was flying out of
Lansing. The flight was from Lansing to Chicago, and from Chicago to
Pittsburgh, then
> from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, NC. Well, of course United overbooked
most of the flights. When we landed in Chicago, the plane going to
Pittsburgh
> was boarding (what?) I couldn't believe it. SO we missed the
flight, now were standby (worse than coming in 3rd place in a contest)
We barely caught a flight
> to Pittsburgh. Now...we are in Pittsburgh, and all of the flights
going to Raleigh,NC are overbooked by at least 11 people (mind you it
is almost 9pm at night)
> I was almost at the point of breaking down (given the fact we are
still 11 hours away from Raleigh, and it is not looking good) We (me
and my wife) managed to get two seats
> going to Charlotte, NC (as close as United could get us and because
two other people missed their flight). We get to Charlotte...but oh -
by the way Charlotte is 3 hours away from NC. Soooo..
> we hitch hiked to Raleigh (since all my credit cards were maxed (from
taking the lab a few times this year and who knows what else) and made
it there at about 2am.
> We arrived at the Wingate at 2am. I had to wake right back up at
6:30am, and go take the lab at 7:15am. There goes that whole "get a
good night's rest before the lab"
> plan out the window. I almost decided back in Pittsburgh to just go
home and call it a day. But I kept going -very happy now :) After
going through that experience, if Cisco even considers having a remote
CCIE lab, I will rally and picket outside of CISCO /w
> big signs -hee hee hee hee :)
>
> I said to myself: If I didn't pass this time, I was going to change
careers. I kept questioning myself, what's wrong with me? Maybe this
isn't for me?
> The CCIE is attainable (obviously from all of the talent on this
list) but you have to have perseverance and dedication.
>
> What's next?..well I haven't seen my wife and kids (like I should)
for the past two plus years..I also just got this new X-Box game
yesterday called
> burnout 3 (wow that game is awesome). & I m' catching up on a few
movies. I can't help it though....now I'm reading the Cisco call
manager
> Fundamentals and Troubleshooting Cisco IP telephony. I went through
all of the AVVID classes at CISCO last year..but that didn't do me too
much justice..
> I am so use to staying up all night and studying, and on the rack, I
don't know what to do now?
>
> Oh yeah, I just want to chime in about that thread we were all
reading a while back, about the guy forgetting his CCIE number. HA! I
would probably
> forget me SSN or, even my home phone number, before my CCIE number.
That was an interesting thread though :)
>
>
> Thank you group study for letting me participate in this list, and
all of the great comments from everyone who answers questions all of
the time
> (Scott Morris and Brian that sticks out in my head), as well as all
of the other great contributors on this list. I'm here now :) *
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Anthony Hoyle, CCIE #13948
> EDS
> Infrastructure Specialist
> anthony.hoyle@eds.com
>
>
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