From: Leigh Harrison (ccileigh@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 29 2005 - 05:21:55 GMT-3
Simon,
A truly deserved number.
Nice work
LH
simon hart wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Today I travelled to Brussels for my second attempt at the Routing and
>Switching CCIE lab. To my delight the exam seemed far less of a mountain to
>climb than the last attempt. I felt fairly confident after finishing the
>Lab (having said that I felt confident the last time!!).
>
>I sat in the airport sipping on what I felt was a well deserved Pint of
>Stella Artois. After the second pint :), the doubts started to creep in -
>Did I really put a permit any any on the end of that Deny ACL, Should that
>have been a mac ACL, of a VLAN Map, did I use the right RP, did I
>advertise the right summary into the Backbone.
>By the time I arrived in the UK I was far from the confident guy who left
>the lab (somewhat sober) 4 hours earlier.
>
>I got home, and with baited breath, my wife and 3 kids watched me download
>my email - and there it was an email from Cisco 'CCIE Lab Score Report'.
>Okay, followed the link, IE seemed to take an age to boot up - put in my
>Candidate ID, and then forgot when I had taken the written!!! Could not log
>in :( Spent around 30 minutes looking for my old written score report,
>found it, finally I could log in.
>
>There it was ---- PASS CCIE 15277 ---- I was jumping around the room with
>delight, could not contain my excitement.
>After what seemed like a good 18 months of reading books, configuring
>routers, reading books, configuring routers, reading group study etc etc it
>had finally happened, I had got my number.
>
>I truly believe that without everybody who cares to contribute to Group
>Study, I would not have had this success, I thank you all. I really do want
>to pick out some for special mention
>Tim ccie2be (now is!!) - Tim without your probing questions, our long MSN
>conversations, and the odd R&S curveball I do not think so much would have
>sunk in.
>Scott Morris - A true Guru - Scott you knowledge is truly encyclopeadic,
>and your contributions well thought out. The dose of humour is always
>welcome.
>Chris Lewis - Chris your posts and assistance on all things QOS is awesome -
>thanks
>Bruce Caslow - For picking me up and dusting me down after my first attempt.
>Bruce thanks for the NMC library and the overall Lab strategy.
>The two Brians - IE workbooks - solid labs that really help after reading
>all the theory!! Thanks for responding to Q's when clarity was required.
>Gladston - Our regular exchanges on various technologies in the past.
>Particularly a clearer understanding of SRTCM - certainly came in handy
>today.
>Jongsoo Kim - Jongsoo's pre lab checklist was an inspiration. If you have
>not seen it check out the archives!!
>
>I also need to thank my wife Andrea and my 3 children for putting up with a
>bear with a sore head for most weekends over the last 8 months. No more
>'labbing' till Xmas - I promise honey!!
>
>I think that is about it for now, another Stella and off to bed
>
>Simon Hart
>CCIE #15277
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