Re: Passed 4th May in Brussels

Rich,

That's great news and we can certainly relate to your story in our house.
Hopefully our email will be similarly happy in September.

Congratulations!

Regards
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr and Mrs Lowton" <lowton_at_elocust.net>
To: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:43 PM
Subject: Passed 4th May in Brussels

> Hi Group
>
> I've not been very vocal on here to my discredit but this group has been
> far and above my greatest technical support.
>
> The CCIE has been in my sights for almost 3 years and my long suffering
> wife and children have been putting up with the constant clack clack of
> the keyboard for many a long night. For-going family life was by far the
> hardest part of this goal and my wife Lisa has been by my side throughout
> offering support and kind words. My two fails were as hard for her to
> take as they were for me and I thank her for allowing me to keep going.
> Lisa is and has been wonderful and I thank her with all my heart for
> giving me firstly my wonderful children and secondly for being my
> constant shoulder throughout this trial - love you missus!
>
> So, CCIE 24290 and I passed at my third attempt on the 4th of May. So
> what was different this time? Well, May the Fourth is of course the best
> time for a Jedi to do anything. This date supported by my 'third time is
> a charm' attempt and ... well how could I go wrong? The exam was
> excellent and just like Mr Scott Morris says in his audio CD's (which
> have haunted me in my commute to work for nearly 1000 days)....this paper
> seemed so much easier than the others! Hey if Istvan from Brussels gets
> this...curse lifted mate I passed this time!
>
> Any advice? I can only say that for me I needed a good support mechanism
> and that was my wife Lisa. Technically, IPExpert and Internetworkexpert
> were my two resources and I kinda followed Scott Morris since 2005 (sorry
> Brians) so I'll give this win to him if thats OK.
>
> So, good luck to all you candidates - this is something you CAN do and I
> am living truth of that.
>
> Thank you for all your support over the years!
>
> Rich Lowton
> CCIE 24290
>
>
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