From: Jinhong Im (jhim@kornet.net)
Date: Mon Jan 15 2007 - 21:17:54 ART
Deji,,
Please don't do that.
I failed three times last week. If something can be accomplished at the first attempt, it won't be worth at all.
Believe yourself, and you will get it.
Regards,
Jinhong
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deji Steve-Fagbemi" <deji500@hotmail.com>
To: "'Danny Cox'" <dandermanuk@gmail.com>; "'Scott Morris'" <swm@emanon.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:58 AM
Subject: RE: RE: Brussels next week
> GS,
>
> To all those who offered various tips and advice and words of encouragement,
> I am very grateful. I hope to share my experience with you after my lab
> unless I am extremely miserable (in which case I'll just burn my lab and all
> my Cisco books).
>
> Once again, I am thankful for your advice.
>
> Deji
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Cox [mailto:dandermanuk@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:58 PM
> To: Scott Morris
> Cc: deji500@hotmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: RE: Brussels next week
>
> I didn't see the original for this - don't know why. Perhaps it got
> caught in the spam filters or something .... anyway ..
>
> Brussels - last time I went, I flew out from London City airport,
> which worked very nicely. It's quick and leaves you by the airport
> which is where you want to be - the train will leave you in the heart
> of Brussels.
>
> Near Brussels airport are a number of hotels, including Holiday Inn
> and the Holiday Inn Express, NH and others. The Cisco office is only
> a short walk from them. I suggest you get to your hotel the day
> before and ask the reception where the hotel is. Once you've got your
> bearings, take a walk to find the office so you know what you're doing
> the following day. They'll want you there before 08.00 so you want to
> have an easy time finding it if you're a night-owl (like me).
>
> Holiday Inn has a little swimming pool in it, so take your trunks if
> you choose to stay there and like to swim.
>
> Getting home on the 20.25 is no problem at all - you're only about ten
> minutes drive from the airport at the Cisco offices. You'll want to
> kill time so just head back to your hotel, or another one and sit in
> the bar for a bit, then get the free shuttle bus to the airport. Some
> hotels need you to tell them and ask the bus to come, others just do
> it in rotation, but either way, it's easy enough.
>
> You'll have no problems with your belongings - they just get put at
> the back of the room you're doing the exam in, and that's locked at
> lunchtime when you're not there.
>
> Don't let this bit get you down - it is easier than you might fear.
>
> Have a quick play with what Victor's shown for the tcl scripts - it's
> worth doing. You can collect your IP addresses for each router as you
> go along and store them in files, or use a 'show ip aliases' on each
> router then cut down the output in notepad and build the tcl script.
> You can certainly do manual pings, but the script makes it easier.
>
> Lastly, know that we've many of us been there and felt the stress, but
> we've all come through the other side.
>
> I wish you well and every success
>
> Danny
>
> On 15/01/07, Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com> wrote:
>> I can't answer your questions about the flight schedules as I haven't
> flown
>> in/out of Brussels before. If you're only going to London, what about the
>> train? That was what I had taken anyway. *shrug*
>>
>> As for anxiety, try hard to relax! Don't study the day before. You
> likely
>> will not retain anything new anyway, so spend the time relaxing. Site-see
>> if you haven't been to Brussels before, just wander around. Have a good
>> dinner (not much alcohol!) and go to bed early. Plenty of sleep will help
> a
>> lot!
>>
>> As for TCL scripts, you can get away with manual pings it's just that the
>> TCL makes it faster. There are plenty of examples if you search the
>> archives here and it really is not a complicated script just to ping!
>> (There is much about TCL that is above my head and level of care!) but
>> manual works just as well, just slower.
>>
>> If Brussels is like any other lab, they should have a place for your
>> belongings while you take your lab. But I have no idea how far away from
>> the airport it is, so sorry I can't help with that!
>>
>> Best of luck in your exam!!!
>>
>>
>> Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
>> #153, CISSP, et al.
>> CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
>> IPexpert VP - Curriculum Development
>> IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor
>> smorris@ipexpert.com
>> http://www.ipexpert.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> deji500@hotmail.com
>> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:04 PM
>> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Brussels next week
>>
>> Hi GS,
>>
>> I have my big day next week (1st attempt) and just want some tips from
> what
>> not to eat to what not to wear. Basically, anything that will make my lab
>> experience more comfortable.
>>
>> Is it safe to book my flight to leave brussels at night? The last flight
>> back to london that night is at 8.25 pm Brussels time. Will i have
>> sufficient time to get back to the airport or should i just stay the
> night?
>>
>> When will i know the big decision after the exam?
>>
>> How do i overcome anxiety the night before the exam? Its still a few days
>> away and i am so nervous.
>>
>> Do i really need to use TCL scripts or can i just do manual pings (I don't
>> know how to do TCL pings).
>>
>> If i check out of the hotel in the morning, will i be able to put my
> things
>> in a safe area while i take the lab?
>>
>> How far is the centre from the airport?
>>
>> Any suggestions would be very welcome.
>>
>> Thanks for your anticipated input.
>>
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