Re: Passes CCIE Lab(CCIE#25652)

Thank You Anthony ....Heartly accepted your wishes ...Hopefully should be
back in a year for CCIE security

Regards
Anantha Subramanian Natarajan

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Anthony Sequeira <asequeira_at_ine.com> wrote:

> I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you my friend! Excellent work!
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
> http://www.INE.com <http://www.ine.com/>
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>>
>> Here by unicasting the below message as I am having problems with
>> posting to groupstudy since thursday.
>>
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> I passed the CCIE lab today and the number is CCIE#25652.There is no
>> question that,group study is the main part of my success.For last 5
>> months,its really my friend.My questions (even some are stupid,irrelevant)
>> are always answered.Sometime I use the groupstudy as an energizer,whenever I
>> feel to get deviated from the regular study ,I just post questions which I
>> have in my mind and dwell in the replies.
>>
>> Without the support of the below persons I wouldn' be able to even come
>> close to pass the lab
>>
>> 1) God
>>
>> 2) My parents
>>
>> 3) My wife,she was so supportive during this process.I once mentioned that
>> ,in groupstudy ,experts mentioning how their wife was supportive for the
>> success in the lab preparation ,she asked humorously whether I will mention
>> her in the groupstudy email, while I pass the lab exam hhahaha.....Without
>> doubt ,even if i passed or not,she is in my top of the list ,she sacrificed
>> lot of stuff during this process,it really amazed me how great she is and
>> also made me feel how selfish I was to go toward accomplishing this by
>> sacrificing quality time with the family
>>
>> 4) My boss,he was so supportive in accomdating time offs for making me
>> available to the bootcamps and study related time offs for preparation.He
>> was even morally supporting me during these periods.He is a great boss.....
>>
>> 5) I have couple of friends in UK and a friend in US ,with whom I prepared
>> for the lab exam....They were really great in helping me out ..One among
>> them was literally on the cisco webex with me for past 4 days and helped me
>> in revising the topics...
>>
>> 6) I would like to personally thank these below groupstudy members who
>> assisted or helped me in my questions .I am sure missing some names,please
>> forgive me so..I really mean it..Also other members of this group who
>> provide valuable inputs to many and through which I learned a lot
>>
>> "Jake,garry baker,usainthe thunder bolt,swap m,Roro,4g1vn,Ryan
>> West,ftt,Darby,Iwan,CCIE_RS,Scott Morris,Anthony Sequeria,Bryan
>> Bartik,Guarav Madan,Divin Mathew John,Narbik,Joe Astorino,Lejoe,R B
>> Kumar,Larry Hardava,Noel Debouver III,ccie19226,ron wilkers,Nathan,Sadiq
>> yakasai,Salah Elshekil,Lenny,Steve Lyons,Tharak,pramod,Terry,NN
>> Kumar,william Mccall,petr laphukhov,kaniyath Mina,Aundra Browning,Ravi
>> Singh,Nicholas Davitashvali,Jarad Scrivener,L Jankok,
>> S Malik,Santiago Enciso,q ospf,nayyar,Dale shaw,Thameem Maranveetel
>> Parambath,Modular,Petr Kurdzeil,ALL_From_NJ,Michael Haynes,Syed Ali,Scott
>> Vermicillion,vincent Tray,Mohammed Elway,"
>>
>> Lab experience
>>
>> 1) OEQ were moderate and answerable
>>
>> 2) Lab task are to the point and test most of the technical stuff.If I
>> could pass,anybody can ,so people preparing kindly don't worry and just
>> concentrate on the blue print and master the subject.
>>
>> Some Materials/Tools used for preparation
>>
>> 1) INE Workbooks (Awesome workbooks) --Special thanks to Brians and Pert
>> Laphukhov
>>
>> 2) Scott Morris Audio boot camp (I have listened so many times,I even can
>> mimick him now :) ..Great work)
>>
>> 3) Narbiks workbook (I looked into this workbook in the later part of my
>> preparation ,one thing sure is,even if you are new to the lab process,you
>> can immediately start understanding the content,so well written)
>>
>> 4) Atended INE bootcamp twice (One done by Marvin Greenle(Good one ,first
>> three days were aswesome and the last 2 days I couldn't grasp much,as I was
>> not fully prepared that time on those topics) and the other instructed by
>> Anthony Sequeria/Keith barker(I enjoyed this)
>>
>> Kind Note:Anthony Sequeria a nice attitude person and he provided a great
>> deal of confidence in approaching the examination while I attended his
>> bootcamp..Great instructor..He is so focussed in techniques of how to handle
>> te lab exam ...He provided me a "IPV6 theory,protocol and Practice" to
>> read,very nice book .......
>>
>> From Keith barker I learned good key points on security topics
>>
>> 5) CCIE Command Memorizer (Nice tool as much as i used ..Not able to
>> dedicate much time on it )
>>
>> 6) INE VideoOndemand Technology -----Great Great one ...Brian rocks
>>
>> 7) Since one of my friend had subscribed to IP expert,So I was able to
>> understand many things from there material...I would say even that is nice
>>
>> If I go back in time,Things I may have done in other way for preparing for
>> the lab
>>
>> 1) Read the whole Doc CD first
>>
>> 2) Read the whole INE work book/IP Expert workbook and practice labs
>>
>> 3) Read Narbik workbook
>>
>> 4) Then schedule the lab (I forced myself to give the lab exam before this
>> version,which I think was not be good for me,sometime I couldn't enjoy
>> reading because of pressure in completing the topics)
>>
>> Sorry to take all your time ...I just want to thank you all and share my
>> thoughts .......
>>
>> People pursuing keep studying,everytime I see a lab sucess story,I used to
>> dream when I will write one and so I got one by gods grace.So you will also
>> ......
>>
>> Thank you all
>>
>> Regards
>> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
>>
>>
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