RE: Got my CCIE #

No Luck involved as far as I am concerned.

Saying V3 is "harder" than V4 is playing it down I think. Sure V4 has
it's quirks but its new. These will soon be overlooked and when V5 gets
released people will say bring back V4

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:00 AM
To: Yasir Faiz
Cc: Ivan; Salah ElShekeil; oluwaseyi ojo; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Got my CCIE #

v3 ... YOU ARE LUCKY!

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Yasir Faiz <yasir.faiz_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Older.....I took my exam on 5th Oct, 09.
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ivan <ivanzghr_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have you taken v4.0 or old version?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Salah ElShekeil <
> > salah.elshekeil_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Congrats bro, well done ;-)
> >>
> >> SE
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:05 AM, oluwaseyi ojo <sameoj_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Yasir Faiz
<yasir.faiz_at_gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Dear All,
> >> > >
> >> > > A few weeks back, I had asked for suggestions regarding a
re-read
> for
> >> my
> >> > > lab
> >> > > exam and whether it was worth it or not. I had done pretty well
in
> the
> >> > > configuration section but was declared fail in the OEQs. After
alot
> of
> >> > > discussion from you guys, I finally decided to fight my case
with
> >> Cisco
> >> > as
> >> > > they were not allowing me a re-read and yesterday I received my
CCIE
> >> > number
> >> > > which is 25675. I am extremely grateful to all my colleagues at
> >> office,
> >> > my
> >> > > parents, my family esp. my wife without her support I could
never
> have
> >> > done
> >> > > it (both the lab and the fighting with Cisco :) ), my 4 months
old
> >> son, a
> >> > > very old friend Syed Adeel Qamar (he's also a member of this
forum
> and
> >> he
> >> > > practically guided me alot) and all of you who helped me out
and
> >> > encouraged
> >> > > me to go for it.
> >> > >
> >> > > Mr. Anthony Sequeira......Sir I am grateful :). I cannot thank
you
> >> enough
> >> > > for listening to me and helping me out during all this time.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > > Yasir Faiz
> >> > > #25675
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >>
Received on Thu Oct 29 2009 - 08:58:37 ART