From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2007 - 19:15:13 ART
Sadiq,
Keep studying. You will be fine. You may pass in the 007 year (2007) if you
can get a slot.
Regards
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sadiq Yakasai" <sadiqtanko@gmail.com>
To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:37 PM
Subject: First attemp, and counting...
> Hey Guys,
>
> Please if anyone has a date he/she is giving up in December, I am very
> interested to take it up please...
>
> By the way, I just had my first attempt....
>
> Overall, I think the exam was really fair...i had a good strategy, but
> got caught up in a troubleshooting for some good time, which had an
> effect on my speed and consequently, interpretation of other questions
> (I guess).
>
> I came out of the exam a happy guy actually - thinkin I had nailed
> it.. (but apparently not, hehe).. even though many keep saying you
> need to wait unitl you see the score report.... i believe you all
> now...
>
> My advice, dont over complicate the exam questions.... as a result of
> my over complicating what I refer to a basic question, I lost about 2
> hours of the total exam time. And by the way, I actually fixed the
> problem at the very last 2 mins of the exam and yes, it was right.
>
> Would you see stuff you would think you dont know? Yes. Would you
> later in the exam realise you even know what you thought you didnt
> know? Yes. When you come across something that sounds soo complicated,
> try it out first. If you havent got the slightest idea on what to do,
> improvise, move on, and come back to it later. I had about 3 questions
> which I though I couldnt do the first time I read them, but I did
> them the second time and got them right actually...
>
> But indirect weight of this throughout the entire exam, huge! I
> thought my BGP was as easy as a IE Lab difficulty level 5, but I still
> got a 0 actually. Not because I cldnt do wat they wanted me to do, but
> because I had missed out something they wanted me to do alongside the
> others (which I still havent f**king figured out). And because all
> questions depended on that, I lost all my marks for even what i had
> configured to be right :-)
>
> KISS - Keep It Simple Silly ... the basic design principle. My profs
> have been telling me this for the better part of the last decade ( and
> i cant believe I have still failed them by the way - not a good
> student i would say).
>
> For those thinking about quitting, im not part of your camp! You would
> be suprised how closer to it we all are actually...Is my spirit low,
> yes. Am I giving up the fight? Im not even thinking about it!
>
> So please, if anyone wishes to drop a date in December, unicast me..
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Sadiq
>
> PS: So whats really the deal with OSPF distance command guys? Does it
> really work or not? I have tried this command many times over and it
> just doesnt work as expected. Is this really a bug or what? Can the
> guys really experienced with it say a word on this please? And no, its
> not a problem with the advertising router's router-id..... there has
> to be something else about the usage I think! I am sure many others
> are in on this one with me...
>
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