From: R S (ccie17030@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2006 - 14:26:51 ART
Congratulation, Jung-I : that # now owed by you :-).
Take 3 months off from a live work to practice, That
is DEDICATION !!!
Enjoy,
#17030
--- Jung-I Lin <easyman.lin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All GS guru, study mate,
>
> Thanks for your help, I passed my 3rd attemp on Oct
> 31 2006 in Japan.
> At this moment I still need to login into ccie
> website to ensure I'm not
> dreaming.
> This journey has been for 3+ years, now I can take a
> rest for a while.
> I want to share this moment with you all especially
> for Mr. Brian Dennis.
> He gave me not only the technical foundation but
> also other support which is
> very important for me and my family.
> I should say thank you sir on behalf of my family.
>
> The only man should but not be able to share my
> honor is my Father who
> suddenly passed away after my 1st attemp.
> I had never told him that I love him, hope he can
> see this right now.
> So I will pay the most attemption to my family now,
> "Family First" - said by
> Michael NewMan(Adam Sandler in "Click").
> I wish I could had that remote controller to bring
> me back to that mement
> andy say "I love you" to my Father.
> Hope that you all can balance between this journey
> and FAMILY.
> Sorry for the boring story, if any one need my
> suggestion, I have some to
> share.
>
> I got a lot of help from the Proctor in Tokyo this
> time.
> During the lunch break he gave us his precious
> opinion -
> "........
> Believe it or not, it took me four times to pass my
> Lab, I know how you feel
> in the Lab room for the long eight hour. But you
> shouldn't been nervous all
> the days, I personally would not gave you any extra
> bonous point if you are
> keeping nervous all the days. (Everybody laugh but I
> believe also been
> relax).
> Some of you might hear that CCIE Proctor is a
> horrible guy, but trust me at
> least this is not true in Tokyo. I sincerely hoping
> that you all can pass
> the Lab, that will make my job easier.
> .......
> Keep two MOST IMPORTANT thing in you mind.
> 1. READ YOUR EXAM VERY VERY C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y.
> 2. VERIFY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE MADE ON THE DEVICES.
> ......."
>
> I'm a person who would getting nervous very easily,
> I couldn't sleep in the
> night before the Lab date for my three attemps.
> But his wording really help me relaxed and
> concentrated again in the
> afternoon.
> I hope these word can help someone who might be
> nervous easily like me.
>
> I'm a self-paced student, I mean because of my
> budget I could not be able to
> attend any bootcamp or on-line classroom, another
> reason is my English is
> not very good.
> I decide bo buy some self-paced materials.
> So as soon as I passed my written test, I survey
> some books from Cisco Press
> and bought the following.
>
> 1. Routing TCP/IP Vol I & II.
> 2. CCIE Pracital Studies Vol I & II.
> 3. CCIE Routing and Switching Practice Labs.
>
> At that time, all the stupid thing I was thinking is
> that "I want to pass
> the Lab as soon as possible"- an extreamely big
> mistake.
> I just want practice every labs/scenarios inclued in
> these books, I'll only
> read into the related theory portion if I can't
> finish some part of the
> labs.
> As BD. said -- "I use a brute force method to
> prepare this exam and obvious
> I had a lot of learning gaps".
>
> I failed my first attemp on 1st Mar. 2005. I felt
> very frustrated at that
> time but still very ambtious for this game.
> Then I switched to another vendor "IPExpert" by
> another great guru - Mr.
> Scott Morris.
> After receiving their v7 workbook, I'm amazing that
> how could he develop
> such a great workbook.
> There are too many things/scenarios I have never
> seen before.
> Then my senond big mistake, "I think I should
> practice all the Labs included
> it, if I finished them all I should pass the labs".
> If I don't understand why they use certain way to
> solve the task, I should
> commit these scenarios into my memory in case I meet
> it in the real exam.
> 9 months after my first attemp I went to Tokyo for
> my second try on 23 Dec
> 2005, then I failed again.
> The IPExpert's workbook is a good product but I
> didn't use it in a correct
> manner.
> I'm disappointed about this failure although I'm
> still hungry in getting the
> number, but I really don't know wherer to go and
> what to do to improve my
> self.
> In a fortuitous chance, I know another vendor
> "Internetwork Expert", and
> search through their website.
> These time I decide to stat-all-over again, I
> followed the ways provided by
> BD in their website.
> "How to Pass the Routing and Switching CCIE Lab
> Exam"
>
http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/ccielab.htm
> And ask another great guy on GS -"Victor Cappuccio"
> - for his precious
> opinion about this product.
> This product really contains everything you need for
> passing the Lab.
> And most important they have a structured way to
> help you improve your self.
> I stick on the method describe in above URL, and
> "back to the basic" in case
> I have any doubt in my Lab practicing.
>
> But I really didn't have enough time to prepare with
> this excellent product
> very well.
> So after disscussing whith my wife I decide to
> suspend my job for 3 months
> and concentrate on IE's Product 100% of my time.
> Although I spend almost all my saving, but now it
> worth.
> Sorry for this LONG posting, I just want to share
> all I have.
> And thanks for you all, hoping that all of you can
> get your numbers.
>
>
> --
> Thanks
> Best Regards,
>
> Jung-I Lin
>
>
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