Re:

You can take as many smoke or bathroom breaks as you need. However, you
will not be granted any extra time due to your nicotine handicap. ;)

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Chris Breece wrote:
> "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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