From: Bernard Omrani (one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 16:14:31 GMT-3
   
Congratulations! Rob.
I knew you would make it.
You were good, what can I tell you.
Bernard
        -----Original Message-----
        From: Rob Fielding
        Sent: Mon 8/13/2001 10:30 AM
        To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
        Cc:
        Subject: CCIE #7996
        
        
        Finally!!  I passed yesterday in San Jose.  It was my second
attempt.  It
        feels good to be finished with this.  Now I can relax a bit and
get to know my
        family again.  It feels wierd to get out of bed and not have to
study for 8
        hours.
        
        The materials I used were the same as everyone else.  Tons of
practice lab
        time.  For the last few weeks, I have been doing the bootcamp
labs as speed
        drills.  It helped to boost my confidence alot.
        
        I drove to San Jose with my wife and my 10-month old son.  I
figured they're
        my good luck charms, so why not have them with me.  It worked.
        I sat in my hotel room all day on Friday and practiced.  My
friend set up his
        lab so I could telnet to it and practice all day.  ( That was a
very cool
        thing to do.  Thanks, Bernard! ).
        
        The test was brutal.  I felt pretty confident most of the time,
but at the
        same time, I felt like I didn't have a chance.  The proctors
were great.  I
        had tons of questions, and they were very professional the whole
time.
        The waiting was torture.  I spent all of the waiting time second
guessing
        myself and counting points.  I'm glad its over.  Good luck to
everyone.
        
        -Rob Fielding  CCIE# 7996
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