From: Olugbenga Adanlawo (gbengaadan@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2008 - 11:31:02 ART
I feel you shine...............
Congratulation, treat her to a nice holiday before SP .....
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From: "Shine" <shinejoseph@iprimus.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:29 PM
To: "'Cisco certification'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: My Story CCIE #20466
> Hello Folks,
>
>
>
> I have passed the Lab in Sydney today on the first go
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>
>
> I thank God Almighty for His blessings on me during this journey which I
> started in Oct 2006.
>
> I don't know how many times I said it to myself that I wouldn't be able to
> pursue this. But with the support from wide and kids, and by the grace of
> God I could complete the first lap.
>
>
>
> There are the materials I used:
>
> IE ver 3.0 and 4.0 and NMC work books. IE workbook must have repeated at
> least four times - all labs in full from Vol1 and Vol 2
>
> IE CoD - an excellent product, which gave me insights into lot of
> technologies.
>
> Geoff Doyle Vol 1 and 2
>
> Wndell Odom
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> Solie Vol 1 and 2
>
> Doc CD - I didn't have to check the doc cd except for one task.
>
> NO BOOTCAMPS - I am with Joseph Brunner in this regard.
>
>
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> These work books helped me learn lot of technologies and SRT (as Brian
> Dennis loves to call). NMC helped me understand the L2 technologies better
> and to draw up the L2 diagrams. I was always amazed at the speed and
> accuracy of Brian McMahan in the CoD lectures. I have taken a couple of
> days
> holidays during the Easter period, which helped me prepare for the last
> week. For last three days, I have not done much at all either on Rack or
> reading. I was just idled around and did some exercises.
>
>
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> The proctor in Sydney is excellent. I must thank him for directions.
>
>
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> The exam was very fair. There were no any ambiguities. When I read a task
> for the first time I thought there were conflicting points in a section
> and
> read it again, and again, then you can interpret the question correctly. I
> completed all the sections in about 6 hours. Of course some of the tasks I
> didn't attempt and went back after completing all the other sections.
> Verified each section and did pick up a couple of things. One of which was
> a
> major issue. If I hadn't pick that up I doubt, I would be writing this
> e-mail. The verification is VERY VERY important.
>
>
>
> I thank my wife and kids for the sacrifices for the last one year without
> any outings and holidays. Now they deserve a BIG holiday.
>
>
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> After a break I think I will start SP. My wife has threatened me if I
> continue to study she wouldn't divorce me but live separately. SoI have to
> consider that before actually deciding on SP track :-)
>
>
>
> Shine Joseph
>
> CCIE # 20466
>
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