Re: Passed 4th May in Brussels

Congrats RIch ! Time to take well deserved break now

Gaurav Madan
CCIE

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Mr and Mrs Lowton <lowton_at_elocust.net>wrote:

> Hi Group
>
> I've not been very vocal on here to my discredit but this group has been
> far and above my greatest technical support.
>
> The CCIE has been in my sights for almost 3 years and my long suffering
> wife and children have been putting up with the constant clack clack of the
> keyboard for many a long night. For-going family life was by far the hardest
> part of this goal and my wife Lisa has been by my side throughout offering
> support and kind words. My two fails were as hard for her to take as they
> were for me and I thank her for allowing me to keep going. Lisa is and has
> been wonderful and I thank her with all my heart for giving me firstly my
> wonderful children and secondly for being my constant shoulder throughout
> this trial - love you missus!
>
> So, CCIE 24290 and I passed at my third attempt on the 4th of May. So what
> was different this time? Well, May the Fourth is of course the best time for
> a Jedi to do anything. This date supported by my 'third time is a charm'
> attempt and ... well how could I go wrong? The exam was excellent and just
> like Mr Scott Morris says in his audio CD's (which have haunted me in my
> commute to work for nearly 1000 days)....this paper seemed so much easier
> than the others! Hey if Istvan from Brussels gets this...curse lifted mate I
> passed this time!
>
> Any advice? I can only say that for me I needed a good support mechanism
> and that was my wife Lisa. Technically, IPExpert and Internetworkexpert were
> my two resources and I kinda followed Scott Morris since 2005 (sorry Brians)
> so I'll give this win to him if thats OK.
>
> So, good luck to all you candidates - this is something you CAN do and I am
> living truth of that.
>
> Thank you for all your support over the years!
>
> Rich Lowton
> CCIE 24290
>
>
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