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"There were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers and some
chips. I
ate as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a cigarette."

This is off topic... but I've wondered this for some time. Once you start
your exam, can you leave for a smoke, or toliet etc. Or am I going to wear a
headband lined with nicotine patches?

Chris

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM, nAyYAR <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Ryan, I suppose so :-( or could be Monday
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ryan West" <rwest_at_zyedge.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:16 PM
> To: "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>
> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Subject: Re:
>
>> Does this mean you'll have to wait till Sunday for your results?
>>
>> Sent from handheld.
>>
>> On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:10 AM, "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning
>>> Group,
>>>
>>> I've just recovered from my
>>> visit to Brussels yesterday, to summarize my whole experience this was
>>> more of
>>> a psychological stress test than a test of technical knowledge depth (so
>>> i've
>>> been told until i realized first hand)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The day before: Arrived at the hotel the
>>> evening before took a walk down to Cisco which was just a few meters
>>> behind
>>> the
>>> hotel i was staying. Did a little revision the night before at the
>>> hotel.
>>>
>>> The morning: We got called in and
>>> assigned our rack numbers moved in to our desk. I must say the sizes of
>>> the
>>> screens were of great help. They were 21" screens which really aided
>>> in carry out the exercise and isolating faults.
>>>
>>> I don't think of the time
>>> i've spents on this planet and through out my educational journey that
>>> I've experienced anything remotely close to what I experienced
>>> yesterday, Its impossible to describe even though I had practiced quite
>>> frequently to control such panic attacks -in short, I was broken (at
>>> least
>>> initially before I fought back). Basically, I spent the first 2-3hrs
>>> looking
>>> for
>>> my mouse on the table - (Oh it was on my desk alright i'd didnt go
>>> anywhere).
>>> At
>>> this point I realized I was heading for failure without the slightest
>>> chance
>>> of
>>> success , and only then did I step back and look back at the journey up
>>> to
>>> this point. Was i prepared to fail without an attempt? The dreaded OEQ
>>> went
>>> well
>>> so I had one leg in? eventually I got my act together shortly before
>>> lunch. I
>>> was just about to start redistribution when I heard the proctors voice
>>> saying
>>> .... 3min to lunch .... good time to save configs. OK, this IS IT.
>>> During my
>>> preparation I knew that section was not something I rush and it would
>>> usually
>>> take me some time 20-1hr depending how complicated it is. Within those
>>> 3min I
>>> put the requirements in my head and pondered over it at the lunch table.
>>> There
>>> were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers and some
>>> chips. I
>>> ate
>>> as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a cigarette. I
>>> had
>>> about 15min to come up with a solution to this redistribution and a
>>> method to
>>> approach the remaining sections if i still wanted to put up a good fight
>>> ..... shortly before lunch time was up I had my plan for redistribution
>>> and
>>> how to approach the last section. Also a previous configuration fault in
>>> my
>>> core!!!
>>> Went back in working as I
>>> should have been from the start, keeping track of time. I had made up my
>>> mind that if my redis. solution didnt work within 20min i would give up
>>> the
>>> points and move and just enable minimal connectivity .... i dumped my
>>> solution
>>> in a text file and went over it again again before applying. The
>>> solution met
>>> 80% of the requirement and i had to put additional changes in to cover
>>> the
>>> remaining req. this lifted me mentally.
>>>
>>> ........ to be continued
>>>
>>>
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