From: Muhammad Nasim (muhammad.nasim@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2007 - 09:46:51 ART
Very motivated at least for me to hear and read many first time passers
these days : )
Congrats
On 11/5/07, Gary Duncanson <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations Con,
>
> Great to see a first time pass.
>
> Regards
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Con Spathas" <con@spathas.net>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:05 AM
> Subject: Thanks...
>
>
> >I made my way to Brussels for my first lab attempt (R&S) last Friday!
> >
> > My results came through the Saturday morning and I can only imagine it's
> > the
> > norm but I was shaking profusely. Well upon seeing the words 'Certified'
> > along with some digits under my profile was nothing short of OMFG!!!!
> >
> > It still is!! I think I checked a dozen times over the next 24 hours
> just
> > to
> > make sure there hadn't been some kind of error and I'd mistakenly been
> > issued a number!
> >
> > Well it's all still there now so I think I'm pretty safe!
> >
> > I'm not the most active member on the list but I'd like to indulge in a
> > few
> > thankyou's - so here's goes...
> >
> > Thanks to my wife whom without I probably would have been diagnosed with
> a
> > severe case of malnutrition, and any number of mental disorders. Her
> > support
> > and constant sanity checks were my lifeline to reality - not to mention
> > her
> > feeding me at regular intervals when I'd forget to worry about trivial
> > things such as sustenance.
> >
> > Thanks to my best mate Edo who has encouraged and inspired me all these
> > years. I still remember when we thought that getting our CCNA's would be
> > the
> > coolest thing ever - let alone one day becoming CCIE's! I wouldn't be
> able
> > to type this now without your constant insight and advice over the
> years.
> >
> > Thanks to my man Boris! It's an honour to have someone offer to name
> their
> > kid after you but please mate - seriously don't name your Kid after me -
> > it'll scar him for the rest of his life! ;))) Dude thanks for believing
> in
> > me and the belief is mutual!!
> >
> > A quick thanks to all the friends and family. It's been so long since
> I've
> > seen any of you I've forgotten your names and even what you look like.
> No
> > doubt I'll be re-learning them again once my social life kicks in again.
> >
> > Thanks to Christophe Fillot and Greg Anuzelli for their awesome dynamips
> > and
> > dynagen software. Moving to a new country was hard enough without having
> > to
> > think about setting up a lab etc and still be "mobile". Having a lab on
> > the
> > PC made all the difference in being able to work abroad but still enjoy
> > the
> > luxuries of a lab at your disposal.
> >
> > I'll remain vendor agnostic here - but thanks to all the vendors in
> > general
> > for doing what you guys do best!!! I know that many success stories
> would
> > have taken a lot longer to achieve without your valuable training
> > products.
> > I know I'd still be at the professional level had it not been for the
> > excellent workbooks on the market.
> >
> > Lastly - to all the GS members that make up my list of over 18,000
> > messages
> > since I joined the list. Whilst the technical know how of the many
> Guru's
> > has been invaluable, I personally got the most from reading other
> victory
> > dances - it was these that kept me inspired and made me work harder so I
> > could one day join in the party.
> >
> > Thanks for reading...
> >
> > Con Spathas
> > CCIE #19226
> >
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-- Muhammad Nasim Network Engineer Saudi Arabia
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