From: Gregory Gombas (ggombas@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 21 2007 - 12:00:36 ART
So what did you do during a typical conference call? Did you do a lab
scenario together, or just discuss various topics?
On 9/21/07, Salau, Yemi <yemi.salau@siemens.com> wrote:
> Well,
>
> All I can say:
>
> INPUT:-
> - About 15years industry experience across the group
> - About 11 CCIE attempts across the group
> - 2 Assessor Lab Experiences across the group
> - About 3 IE MockLabs across the group
> - Over 25 Conference Call sessions across the group
> - 25 times reading IE Tech Labs, in-&-out
> - HardCore CCO/DocDVD "swimming" across the group
> - 1 Life CCIE Rack, 2 Dynamips' Powered CCIE Racks
> - 3 of us hooked up in March, I must admit, I was still a networking
> baby then ...
>
> OUTPUT:-
> - 2 CCIE out of 3 so far, and guess what, these guys scare me, because
> if they continue this way, only God knows how many CCIE will span across
> the 3 of us.
> - 1 Married, 2 still Single. (I personally one should be single before
> getting 5 CCIEs, cause men, I don't want to stress my partner at all!)
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Yemi Salau
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Gregory Gombas
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:07 PM
> To: chika acha
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: IT'S DONE. CCIE#18904
>
> Congrats - sounds like you had a solid study group going! Can you
> share some tips on how to have a productiive group study session? Did
> you do mock labs together?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> On 9/21/07, chika acha <achachika@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Guys....for soooooo long i have waited for this opportunity,...to tell
> you
> > guys...I DID IT!! Hmmm.....what a journey. It all started in 2002 in a
> > friend's car..i saw a CCNA book at the back of his car.... (whom a lot
> of
> > you might know...his name is kunle Ayodele..## CCIE) and after going
> through
> > it for a while, i fell inlove with Cisco. I made CCNA in 2003 after i
> > finished college....further pursued my Cisco career.....made CCNP in
> > 2005...then i thot to myself.....hmmmm....."how 'bout i give the CCIE
> lab a
> > shot"? I knew it wasnt gonna be easy, but i did not expect it to be
> that
> > hard and gruelsome. I started studying fully for the lab in mid 2006,
> > .....not until i met some Godsent gurus.
> >
> > I will be honest.....giving God all the glory, i owe my success to
> these two
> > guys.....trust me...they are the best you can ever come across...they
> are
> > Tayo Fashina (aka Mr. T) and Yemi Salau (Aka Oga yemo). Guys....i cant
> thank
> > you enough.....Mr. T,....first off, i want to congratulate once again
> for
> > getting your number two weeks ago,....it was a huge motivation for
> > me....thank you for all the times you'd stay up so late....so you
> could
> > teach me some stuff...sir...the knowledge you impacted in me in highly
> > invaluable.....may the good lord bless you for everything.
> >
> > Hmmm....yemo.....BABA!! World, look out for this guy.......he's pretty
> > young,.....but he's a loaded gun. Where you get you knowledge
> from....i
> > honestly dont know.......and when i told you i owe you a lot...i meant
> it.
> > Thank you for your patience with me when teaching me QoS
> (hehehehe)....no
> > one else in this group deserves their number as much as you do.....i'm
> ready
> > to clear my account now o.....cos i wan carry you go chop ise ewu
> (that
> > includes you Mr. T).
> >
> > The Brians,....how can i ever forget you guys? I thot i knew
> Cisco,...not
> > until i stumbled across the CoD and IEWKs......in my opinion, they are
> the
> > best in the industry.....i'd recommend them time and time again.
> >
> > Hash and Kunle Ayodele....how can i ever forget you
> guys......Hash.....aka
> > aboki....i'd never forget you constantly telling me...("man...make you
> pass
> > this thing")...constantly assisting me,.....always there to answer my
> > questions.....i really cant thank you enough. Kunle.....you are a
> Diamond in
> > the rock....people think you have arrived, but i say this is just the
> > beginning for you...God will lift you higher than you can ever think
> or
> > imagine....thanks guys.
> >
> > Nisha....never before in my life seen a lady so knowledgable.thanks
> for
> > answering my last minute call before i left for Belgium. Yours is
> next.
> >
> > My little story in Brussels.
> > - Unlike my previous attempts (this was my third attempt), i woke up a
> few
> > minutes before 7am (had a very good night sleep..even watched the
> > championship game)
> > - got to Cisco systems with my PSP .....play some solitaire before
> going in.
> > - Said a prayer before starting my lab
> > - after lunch, the fire alarm broke out,....they had to evacuate
> everyone
> > from the building including us candidates......wondered if that was
> part of
> > the lab exam (laughs!!)
> > - finished so early, that i had time to sleep a little.
> > - Got back to london in the eve.....did not get an email from cisco as
> at
> > 12am. Went to bed thinking i failed again......woke up at 4am to check
> my
> > breakdown......lo' and behold'.......i nailed it.
> >
> > Now i can go to bed with the mind that you dont have to be superhuman
> to
> > make CCIE. Cheers.
> >
> > Chika Acha
> >
> > CCIE #18904
> >
> >
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