Re: I passed

Can you give us an idea of what the OeQ's were like?

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Nickelby Thane
<nickelby.thane_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Congrats!!!!! :-)
>
>
> --
> Warmest regards,
> Nickelby Thane
> Personal Blog : http://nthane.blogspot.com
> CCIE Blog : http://cciecisco.blogspot.com
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Peter Kurdziel <usaccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to first and foremost thank God for this amazing gift.
> Praise
> > God. Jesus is always with you. I like to think about the poem "footprints
> > in
> > the sand" when times are tough and when times are good.
> >
> > I would like to thank Narbik, Bruce and Val, INE, IPE , Paul Borghese,
> Joe
> > Astorino, Bill Burns, Jean Morlan, groupstudy and my family for helping
> me
> > along the way. Thank you everyone.
> >
> > This was my second attempt at the lab.
> >
> > I have been working towards CCIE certification since 2004. I attended a
> > CCIE
> > boot camp by Paul Borghese back in 2005. I went to NMC's two bootcamps
> last
> > year. Where I was part of the CIERS 360 pilot. Know your options!!
> >
> > I heard so many good things about Narbik's bootcamp. I just had to go see
> > what everyone was talking about. I took vaction and I went. Narbik's
> > bootcamp was the missing link for me. With his workbooks and learning
> > strategy I started to address my weak area's with a systematical approach
> > which worked great for me. I think Narbik and Cisco 360 is a winning
> > combination. I remember one day during his bootcamp after everyone left
> the
> > room he must of noticed I was confused about a topic and he came over to
> me
> > and told me he will be at my side through out the process, always
> available
> > to answer questions and help me along the way. Sometimes I think he might
> > have thought I was a pain in the butt. But he has always been there for
> me.
> > If you have a problem with the lab or otherwise he is there for you.
> Thank
> > you Narbik and God bless you.
> >
> > I used INE and IPE's quizzers, polylabs(beta) and graded labs. They
> helped
> > me with task interperation and with time management. I was upset at the
> > score reports but I learned valuable lessons with each one. Especially
> from
> > self created mistakes!
> >
> > For the last 16 months the time investment was very significant. I
> studied
> > 3-4 hours after work everyday. On my weekends and days off I studied 8-12
> > hours per day. I missed most of my newborns first year. She started
> > crawling
> > while I was away at one boot camp and walking while I was at another boot
> > camp. We have another baby due any day now and it looked like I was going
> > to
> > miss that also. But thankfully I will be at my wife's side when my son is
> > born. I missed countless family functions. I stopped doing things that I
> > loved to do so I can study instead. I had no time for them. Studying took
> > over everything and it was my only focus. My job was outsourced so I
> used
> > the time off to study longer and harder, often times studying over 16
> hours
> > a day and sleeping only 4-5 hours. I would lose track of what day it was.
> > But the end result is worth it.
> >
> > I highly recommend Narbik's bootcamp. Narbik is a good guy. He bends over
> > backwards to help his students out. Follow the process and it will work
> out
> > for you.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Peter Kurdziel
> >
> >
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Received on Thu Sep 17 2009 - 01:05:54 ART