From: Khurram Noor (engr.khurramnoor@googlemail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 23 2009 - 10:22:42 ART
Hello Gaurav,
My story resembles yours i have also not taken any short cuts to reach here.
I am CCIE written and i did CCNA in 2007 and after that i did CCIP in 2008.
you have posted some valuable comments in your email that will be very
helpful for me.
i also dont believe in single vendor. but i wanna know more about IE mock
labs!
i have done advanced technology+ 10 core lab and 11 ierswb labs. what should
i do ? My lab is scheduled in MAY. i have two months should i go for mock
labs ?
i would appriciate if you can give any suggestions.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM, GAURAV MADAN <gauravmadan1177@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Friends
>
> No no .... not to bug you all this time .
> This time I am mailing to you people .. to share my good news . I got my
> longggg awaited number this time on 17th March . The number is 23863. Wow
> .. what a feel
>
> This time I am gonna write a big mail ( yeah something diff from my short
> stupid questions and replies to this group)
>
> I didnt took any shortcut towards this goal . CCNA , then CCIP , then CCIE
> .
> Did my CCIE written on 31 Dec 2007 ( again .. wow ! what a day to choose ).
> gave my 1st attempt on 16 Sep 2008 in Bangalore . Was 100 % sure that I
> have
> got my number . After the exam ; I had called my mother and sister also
> that
> I have made it !
> But when the result came . I saw a FAIL over there . Was hard to accept
> that
> but yes that was the fact . I got low on 2 sections and I accepted that .
>
> Gathered all the courage and said to myself .. Gaurav ! 1 more time .. lets
> do it !
> I literally had no social life since I cleared my CCIE written . and
> continuing the same after failure in lab ..... was a real tough decision .
> And that too when u know that journey is not smooth ahead ! but i went and
> straight away booked the date exactly 6 months away . 16 Sep ----> 17
> March.
>
> 1 thing i need to tell u all .... i follow this grp very closely .. i talk
> to myself a lot and always say to myself " gaurav ! if you can answer even
> 50 % of questions in your area .. u are making a improvement" . Yeah yeah !
> my replies are not those many in number because i always wanna give 100 %
> accurate reply :) In last 6 months i have realised that yes i was making
> improvement .. atleast i could make sense what ppl are asking in grp and
> what problems is faced in this particular scenario .
>
> Regarding differences in 1st and 2nd attepmt .. what i did differently ...
> hmm .... nothing much .....
> But the approach was very diff .. At 1st attempt .. i was thinking what if
> i
> fail .. what if i dont make .. will i still continue ? ... At 2nd attempt ;
> my thinking was " if i fail this time ; i wil go ahead and buy diff vendor
> material ..but i wont leave this in middle .. If I pass ; what track next
> :)
> "
>
> In 1st attempt ; I was labbing ; labbing ;labbing and labbing till the last
> night as well .. On 2nd attempt ; I left my rack in last 2 days . I have
> got a lot of my white paper notes which I have jotted down during this 1.3
> years of practice ....i was giving 2 hr daily to these for last 10 days and
> last 2 days was just revison . no labbing .
>
> I was lucky to have a nice frnd circle with me who always keep on
> encoraging
> me towards achieving the goal and i finally met their expectations .
> 1 advice .. dont stick to 1 vendor workbook and think you are done ! Keep
> rotating .. yeah this will require some money but if possible do it !
>
> The IEWB Mock Labs are wonderful . These give u an idea where u stand , Ppl
> might say that the day matters ; mock lab dont .. But I dont agree to those
> .
> I mailed Anthony from IEWB after taking my mock lab and seeing a score of
> 60
> over there and asking why my marks was unnecessarily deducted .. H e gave a
> wonderful reason saying the last thing these ppl want is to give a wrong
> self confidence to someone that they are doing good ! And I agree .. I
> accepted that and worked really hard .
>
> Anthony , Scott , Narbik , Jared ..... U ppl are real chaps .. sometimes i
> wonder .. How many hours you ppl have in a day ? huh ? :)
> Narbik ; your long posts in this grp are simply awesome .. i always save
> them in my study folder . Keep on mailing them :)
> I realy felt lucky whenever you guys replied to my queries .
>
> For all the people working on CCIE .. Good Luck ! Dont leave it till you
> achieve this .
> Thanks a lot for all the support that I got on this group .
>
> Gaurav Madan
> CCIE # 23863
>
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