My CCIE Journey

*whooosh!* .. then I am awakening my hibernated CCIE 'personality' :)

The notebook that I mentioned is almost ready. Hopefully by tomorrow I can start putting the dynamips to simulate my labs again.

Now is the warming up time: I need to pickup where I have left.

Lessons learned from the previous two attempts:

• Focus!
• Aimed and believe that you will pass
• FAce the fact, if there is still weaknes(ses) in several areas, either patch it up or strengthen other area that I am more familiar with
• Keep doing it (I read this from several post from Group Study

I am still one of CCIE candidate that is using poor man's method and approach. It is also more towards stabilizing the areas and link between the knowledge and experience of being a CCIE itself.

Out of majority of CCIE candidate, I could be one of the odds that is not dealing directly with all CCIE needs. My work at client's requries me to provide service beyond my CCIE-ness.

Thus, even though I have the knowlede and skills, my clients asked me to carry out tasks in areas outside network.

The good news is: I like doing it, so no big deal ;)

the even better news is: it give me more challenge on how to separate between the real life needs of my work and the CCIE lab that I prepare.

I must admit that since the preparation of this CCIE track (R&S), I have improved a lot of things in areas beyond my prediction.

Let's head back in prepration and stay tuned!

*WHOMP!* here it is!!! My notebook is here!!!

Intel Core2 Duo 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HDD, 14.1" widescreen (1280x800), nVidia integrated graphics with 128MB memory, oh ... and the integrated webcam.

So what??? I can now bring my CCIE lab virtually anywhere. With this notebook with me, my CCIE lab is now "anytime anywhere".

The first step before really making the lab possible: to put the proper Linux that can have a well-defined kernel fine tune to ensure the dynamips works at its most.

No, no I am not putting this because I have attempeted and failed (again). Instead, I am setting several additional preparation at my end for the next attempt.

The bad news is that, as you all knew, I have to postponed the next attempt to December ;)

While the good news is: with that crazy and chaotic schedules, commitments, etc, I have managed to spare some funding to properly get a notebook that I can bring anytime and put on my lovely dynamips lab in there ;)