Finding Nemo

When things are solvable and not that challenging I could afford to get lost in the material world and the mess that surrounds me.. but Since the going is getting tough I need to find that true self of mine that got lost in the clutter.... Finding my most truest form is not impossible... in this quest surely I will rediscover things about myself. Finding nemo is to find my lost "me". Im sure its there within me somewhere..just need to give it more voice than the noises that surround it..

Why i want that CCIE #

Many say its for the money...even i came in for that...but frankly the # takes money from u... its take.. not give...heck not even the airfare is refunded nor the hotel expenses.. and after that its not going to give u any easy job...u'll have to find it and you'll have to be ready for it just like everybody else..

So now why would i give into such a tough regime of exam...just for an ego boost with the #?? i could get a better ego boost by getting into linux kernel dev.. or into some core commit team of some really famous open source projects... oh heck..i could even try that google code jam a shot and who knows.. ;)

What excuses do i have left??... well for one it was getting real tough to motivate me to continue... i mean i havent reached anywhere in my journey yet..just reached the 2nd lab of ipexpert workbook.... lost focus and motivation... But i think i may have just found them back... CCIE journey gives you a lot of new ways to think about certain problems... u will learn a lot of self-confidence-depended-learning-skills... and also how to meet tough learning targets under pressure... the wealth of information and the quantity of it will make you want to get that datamining skill with exponential efficiency ;).... it will in a practical timeframe make you want to avoid common errors of judgement and technical gotcha's that you would have encountered and wasted time in say the first 5 years of work... It will give you a pretty accurate foundation upon which you can build your networking career.. once you have got that # and also put some genuine personnel effort in career development/progress then surely u can after 4 years of solid work get to go to some good Bschool and come out as prospective IT Managers in your specialised domains... ;)... sounds kwel to me... in short CCIE # is everything about the journey...its so very little about the # itself...with the #, its cisco who stands to gain more than you...but with the journey..its all about you..;)...so happy studying... be true to yourself... if you take crazy shortcuts...remember u r only cheating yourself out of the journey... best of luck to us all... ;)

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"Get Busy living...or Get Busy Dying" -- The Shawshank Redemption

Well.. i just decided to get busy living.. ;).. CCIE preps get back to full flow after i wake up.. Heard from " cisco live " that I wil be able to book the lab at banglore july16 onwards... so i will keep my same shedule(dec 22nd 2009).. but instead of brussels..will be at banglore... ;)

to keep my humanity in check and to truely be satisfied and give meaning to my existance.. i have to start getting socially active..along with my work...

http://www.indianredcross.org/education.htm

http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/What-we-do/Pages/default.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity

Scheduled Lab at Brussels on 22nd DEC 2009

now onto serious studying... I plan to study for the next two months using only my home lab. It covers most of the core topics. I use gns3 and vmware. I have a laptop for internet and gns3 that is 2gb ram and dualcore. Also for the vmwares i have quad q9550 8gb system.

i build my lab based upon inspiration and initial knowledge from : www.blindhog.net.

Materials i use for LAB study : ipexpert workbook1&2 + cisco srnd + cisco.com + ciscopress + forums/mailinglist/blogs(to interact and get clearer understanding) + Misc materials(objective here is to learn from as many sources(potenially unreliable) as possible, but always crosscheck it with cisco.com and forums)

June and July i will be covering all the technologies that can be done in my home lab. In August i will use online rentals to study the leftover topics say 25% of the whole. Also i will do 3 fullscale labs by sep7th. high accuracy and moderate speed/timemanagement will be my goal here. then on september7 till 11th i will attend a mocklab workshop of ipexpert lead my Mark Snow. I plan to get more extensive experience in hardtolearn technolgies and polish my strategy and get lifesaving tips. finally i will be doing fullscale labs and improving my speed and accuracy in the remaining months of october and november. I will be using 25 X 7 hour onlinelabs within the time from the mockweek till exam. ie 2 labs a week. that will continue till dec20th.. after which time i will just stop looking at any book/lab..and be prepared for lab with a good sleep and good state of mind.

Second Chance

The thing I like about life is the second chances we get at every moment. Anyone can always rebound from any failure; no matter how big it may seem a task, its always possible. One time i was asked in the final round of a "best manager" competition that what is the one thing that i like about life.. i had said that i liked the "opportunities" that every instance in life presented us with.

Things haven been going well since a long time.. failures, one too many have bogged me down. People who i cared and loved, have left me .. Life has come a full circle to where i had to sitdown and introspect... to see with more clarity, the things i love, the principles i will die for. That life presents itself with imense opportunities to move ahead, to move left or right..is an experienced reality for me.

I have decided that i will not change. But instead i will try to rediscover what it really means to be "me". away from the commercialism and the material world around me.. i will find the power to really uncover and reclaim the lost meaning that "i" always stood for. I will be leading a life that is based on principles and that reflects the real person that i am.

Yes everyone deserves a second chance.. there no person so evil that he can be denied of it. I know that the universe will be happy to give me a second chance, for i have taken a vow to make my life worthy of every breath that i am allowed to take.

I passed CCIE VOICE Written!!! 350-030 today!!!

after a whole season of hugely frustrating on and off studying.. i pased today.... on first attempt.... now i get the privilege to to schedule the laab!!!..... rtp or sanjose... lemme see....