Re: Well I went to RTP yesterday and..........

From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2009 - 14:10:02 ARST

Congrates mate, good job, relax and spend sometime with the family, they
must be proud of you.

This time you had both hands on their shoulder. hahahaha

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Jason Morris <mcnever@gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats Peter
>
> go spend some time with your family!!
>
> Jason Morris
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Tony Schaffran (GS)
> <groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com> wrote:
> > Congratulations Peter!!!!
> >
> >
> > Tony Schaffran
> > Sr. Network Consultant
> > CCIE #11071
> > CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
> > NNCDS, NNCSS, CNE, MCSE
> >
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> > Your #1 choice for online Cisco rack rentals.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Peter Grewal
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:02 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Well I went to RTP yesterday and..........
> >
> > I passed on my second attempt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Its been a long journey, one that has taken a great deal of time away
> from
> > my family. I started my journey in earnest in 2006, passed the CCIE
> written
> > in December of that year. In January 2007, I assembled my own rack and
> > started working on the lab on and off for the rest of the year. At the
> > beginning of 2008, I felt that I needed to get more focused and decided
> to
> > attend Narbiks bootcamp in Passadena. I can't say enough positive things
> > about his bootcamp, his humor and the caliber of the material he has
> > developed. My first attempt at the lab come in June 2008, after getting
> > through the lab I had that feeling that I didn't pass, which was
> confirmed
> > in the dreaded 3:00AM email. So why did I fail ? In part due to the fact
> > that I just was not ready, the material that Narbik had given me was
> > awesome, but I just didn't know the material as well as I thought, plus I
> > was fumbling with the document CD.
> >
> >
> >
> > I took a slight break to enjoy the summer with my family, my wife and son
> > had already been greatly deprived of quality time with me, and I felt it
> > unfair to start hitting the books straight away. After a two month break,
> I
> > added Internetworking experts 5.0 Vol 1 work book to my study material
> and
> > used it to hone in on the technologies and provide me with a slightly
> > different perspective on the material. Completed Narbiks advanced
> technology
> > work books twice, made sure that I went through the document CD from top
> to
> > bottom as I was studying. By November, I felt like I was finally ready to
> > take this thing head on, the first available date I could find for either
> > RTP or San Jose which was Jan 15, 2009. So what does one do when they
> have a
> > couple of weeks prior to their exam, I took a cruise with my family !!!!
> I
> > don't know how big of a factor this was, but as an IT consultant I work a
> > pretty hectic schedule and trying to study can be a tough balance, I
> didn't
> > touch a computer/laptop for a good 8 days, relaxed and spent time with my
> > family. When I got back, I felt as though my head and been cleared, and I
> > had a renewed fire in me to knock the exam out of the park. I spent the
> > final weeks, re-reviewing all of my study notes, reviewing the document
> CD,
> > and labbing up areas that I considered to be my weak areas.
> >
> >
> >
> > I flew into RTP on Tuesday, and stayed at the Holiday Inn express (really
> > nice hotel, and they offer a complimentary shuttle to/from Cisco and the
> > airport. I took it easy on Wednesday, reviewed my notes and read through
> the
> > varies posts on the upcoming changes on the lab, more on the upcoming
> > changes in a moment. On the day of the exam, I got up around 5:00AM, I
> just
> > couldn't sleep, I wouldn't call it nerves, I felt like I was ready to
> pass
> > this time. As Anthony Sequieria from IE has often stated, I just had that
> > feeling of I was going to pass this today, at no point did I feel like I
> was
> > not going to make it.
> >
> > I worked my way through the lab, verifying as I went, working a little
> bit
> > slower and more relaxed that I should have been, however by lunch time, I
> > had completed all the core requirements, as well as IPv6 and completed a
> > reboot of all the devices. After lunch, I worked my way through the
> > remaining sections and completed my verification, which took me until
> > 3:00PM. So what did I decided to do at 3:00PM start tweaking my IGP, bad
> > move as I had to undue all the tweaks, but I tested my network just to
> make
> > sure everything was working. I walked out of the lab at 3:30PM, feeling
> that
> > I had a really good chance of passing, then it hit me, did I save my
> configs
> > on the routers that I decided to change last minute ? I was pretty sure I
> > had, but this late in the day I just couldn't remember. I spent the next
> > couple of hours wonder had I saved my configuration, prior to leaving the
> > lab, I had done it consistently through earlier parts of the. My words of
> > advice, don't try to make any changes to your network late in the day
> that
> > could break your network for a few points and "wr mem" after any change
> on
> > you make.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:00PM I received the confirmation email, since I was fast asleep, my
> > wife checked when she woke up in the morning, and informed me of my pass
> > status. I would like to thank my wife who has stood by me in my constant
> > studying, and my son whom at 20 months old walks in to Dad's study and
> > doesn't understand why dad can't play with him. For any parent, this is
> one
> > of the hardest part of pursuing this exam, the time spent studying really
> is
> > time that you could be spending with your family. I would also like to
> thank
> > Narbik, the InternetworkingExpert team for their material and mock labs,
> as
> > well as the wonderful folks on this forum. I'm going to take some time
> off,
> > before reviewing my next mountain to tackle......
> >
> >
> >
> > One last thing concerning the upcoming change to the lab, according to
> > Howard and Robert yesterday at RTP, the questions will only take up to 15
> > minutes to answer, and should be nothing to worry about if you are
> properly
> > prepared. I feel the pain of people that are under pressure studying and
> > have this thrown at them, but from what I've heard from the proctors, if
> > you've prepared properly for lab, then there is nothing to worry about.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter Grewal
> >
> > CCIE RS 23211
> >
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Narbik Kocharians
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