Kim's Ninja Way to CCIE

Great book! I finished this in 2 days. I recommend this book to everyone that is planning to take the CCIE lab.After reading this book, I will be more strict on my schedule and will aim higher than before. More studying. HA! I thought I was study hard but after reading their experienced, Im not even close to their level. Im disappointed at myself. I have a lot of work to do! I want my CCIE #!!! I WILL GET MY CCIE #!!!!!!!!

“Perseverance and unwavering commitment. Dont let anything get in your way even FAILURE” I saw this at Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy: The Non-Technical Guidebook.

Pretty strong words. Back to labbing for me. 3hrs of labbing tonight till friday. Ive been lagging on my labbing since I get tired. My body just gives up since I work on the day like everybody else. I really have to follow up my commitment.

Must not go out. Must lock myself in my room and lab until I passed.

I WILL become a CCIE!!!

I like how it says on the video:

“I’ve been overlook, bench and cut. Ive been told no a thousand times. But on this journey, I had a chance to grow, develop, to keep the faith… there will be highs and there will be lows.”

Ahhh dont you feel like that sometimes? You try your best everyday, you study so hard, you lab hundred of hours as soon as you get home from work, you invest on cisco gears to learn it hands on, sacrifice time on the weekend for learning cisco technologies and its still not enough.I have to admit that it hits me. Why am I really studying for if other people are getting paid more than me when they are not even studying at home? Whats the point? This is the time I MUST keep going. At the end of the day, nobody really cares about you and nobody will really help you.  You are on your own. You are the key to become who you want to be. If you want it, then keep pushing even if other people think/says that its impossible. Truth to be told that I am having fun labbing but shi* like this gets to my head.

Anyhow, I didn’t get a chance to lab this morning since I went to the gym and run some errands.  6 hrs of labbing tonight! Back to the CLI

Ive been labbing the whole day since Saturday! I finally got my schedule lock down.

• Monday- 3hrs labbing at night
• Tuesday- 3hrs labbing at night
• Wednesday- 3hrs labbing at night
• Thursday- 3hrs labbing at night
• Friday- REST!
• Saturday- At least 8hrs of labbing
• Sunday- At least 8hrs of labbing

Also, I’m having hard time to lab since I’m get tired after work. So I’m going to share my techniques that works for me to keep me awake while labbing.

1. I exercise before I lab. Normal lifting weights to keep my blood up. Also, there was an article that says you need to exercise to help your brain.
2. Take a cold shower after exercise. This wakes me up even though Im tired. Usually this does the job of keeping me awake.
3. Stretch when you falling asleep while labbing. Try to stretch every hour. This will help you take out the stress. It’s bad for our body to be sitting down all the time.
4. Grab an “ice pack” and put it at the back of your neck. For some reason, this wakes me up and helps me take out the stress. Believe it or not, I feel so stress while labbing. Things gets to my mind like, am i doing it right? what if i fail? how can i make myself more time efficient while labbing? Sooooo many questions runs in my head! lol
5. Take a snooze! I usually set my alarm for 30mins to take a nap. It helps a lot. Takes out the stress from my eyes after looking at the LCD at work for 8hrs.
6. Last resort. Drink monster aka any energy drink. I don’t really like doing this because it gives your heart palpitation (irregular beating of the heart) and its bad for your teeth. They have high sugar that makes your teeth yellow.

So there you go… Back to labbing for me and I hope you apply this when you feel sleepy or tired!

Listen to this. Its so true! You dont need motivation. Its INSIDE YOU!  Now lock yourself in a room and study!

What a great quote right? I bumped into so many people like this. They tell me you are obsessed being successful.

I try to explain myself which I shouldn’t be doing. The truth is, it annoys me that if other people have the opportunity to become successful and they dont do anything. They feel like the world will give them what they need or the world owes them something. Guess what? The world is cruel. It’s a competition out there. It’s hard to find a better job if you can’t offer something better to a company. What more is if you did not graduate from a great or big shot school like MIT or cal tech.  It annoys me that other people are just happy of what they have. WHY? I don’t get it! If you have a choice to become better or to have a better quality of life then why don’t you bust your ass and reach for that? Yes it will be hard and you have to sacrifice a lot. However, going through that will make you stronger and change you for the best. Your character change and you can tell yourself, I did it on my own.

Guess what other people do? They waste their time watching TV, going out with friends, spending money that they need for rainy seasons, and balling on a budget. When you hit 30′s or 40s and you look at yourself in the mirror. You tell yourself, “WTF!!!! Where the hell did I go wrong?” Yes, you Fd up! You were lazy and now it’s too late. You wasted all your years having fun that you didn’t accomplish anything. Yes, that’s you!

Success is stepping out of your norm. It’s about getting out of that box that you have always been inside. Working and studying hard, sacrificing time, and dedication.

Back to labbing. DAMN you OSPF!

You’ll be amaze what you can do if you have no alternative but to become successful.  Am i right or AM I RIGHT? lol This is what I feel. I feel that my back is pushed to the wall that my only option is to keep trying until I pass, until I become a CCIE. There is no what IF. There is no 2nd option. This is the ONLY option. Ive been feeling burned out. The saddest crazy stupid thing that will happen to someone that is studying a CCIE.  That feeling of WOW its too much. The information is as big as an ocean. I’m trying to understand and keep all the information in my head but that’s just tough to do…

Things that I learned today:

• Worrying does not solve the problem. The same problem of me worrying what if i fail? Whats the 2nd option? It doesn’t help the situation.
• Worrying is a waste of time. Isnt it? It drains me, its discouraging and I feel that I dont want to study since im going to fail.
• Worrying is wrong. Its bad for my health!

I started labbing at 4:20pm and now its 11:26pm.

Back to labbing! Stay hungry, stay foolish.

I got home, took a shower, ate dinner, start watching INE and CBT IPv6 videos again! I feel like a zombie. The feeling of partying from 8pm till 6am and then partying again from 6am to 12 noon. Yes! thats how I feel. I feel like a PC. I just want to crash or go on blue screen! lol Remind me why am I doing this again? ahhh yes! i remember. I like networking and I dont want to be broke, EVERRRRRR!

Do you know how many times I have listened to IPv6 INE and IPexpert audios while driving to work? not twice, not 5x, it has to be more than 10x. Whats weird is , I learn something new every time I listen to it. Although, there are still so much to learn. The hardest part is that I don’t use some of these technologies at work!

Damn you CCIE! I guess I am overwhelmed AGAIN. I should get used to that. I felt that before when I was starting on my CCIE studies. Now its back to hunt me. Its like another me whispering to myself “Are you that CRAZY to study for CCIE?” ahhhhhh yes, I feel it. The feeling of damnnnnnn, its too much information! No really? ITS SOOOOOO MUCH. Check out the blueprint!!! Well, at the end of the day, I MUST keep pushing forward. I MUST not stop.

Time to close my eyes and listen to this video again!

Play this video below also while listening to the first video:

Stay hungry and never get stagnant my friends.

I heard this from my Pastor today.

A daughter was eating while watching TV. The mom told the daughter that she should stop watching that since its garbage. The daughter then told the mom an excuse so she can keep watching it. So the mom went to the trashcan and grabbed the garbage. She then pours it to her daughter’s plate.

Daughter said “Mom, What are you doing?!”

Mom said “You’re okay feeding your brain garbage but you’re not okay feeding your body garbage. Why is that so?”

Does it make sense? It’s so true that the TV has so much garbage in it. Pointless shows from MTV, Jersey Shore’s, Kardashian, and etc. People think that life is like this. We professionals actually work 7-4pm the whole week, ran errands, and spend our free time to which ever, like with our family or study so that we don’t become stagnant and keep getting better.

I have to admit that it annoys me when other people stop trying to become better.

Cheers to anybody that is pushing it hard to become successful for the future!

A glimpse of my day! I started at 11am and ended at 1020pm. Goodnight!

Its 2:40am here, yesssssss AM!!! lol 11hrs of labbing today! 8hrs straight and then went to bed for 2hrs and then lab again for 3hours. Im tired but my body is awake since i went to sleep for 2hrs. I dont even think I can consider that Powernaps. Kinda sucks since I missed the UFC fight! My friends were calling me to come out and here I was labbing away! I know 11hrs is not enough to lab!

Anyway, I saw this video of Michio Kaku about H1B. Technology is our career. I believe that we should keep up of whats going on and our competition(s). We are not only competing with people from US but also from Asia (yes India is in Asia continent).

Study hard and be hungry! I feel that someone is studying harder than me and smarter than me, no matter how hard I study.

Sometimes I wish I was in Matrix. I would plug in a cable at the back of my head and just suck up all the information that the whole internet have! Especially, Cisco books, white papers, and the business books. The more I read, the more I understand that I need to learn more! There’s just so much!

Oh well, Goodnight or should i say Good morning! Time to sleep so I can lab tomorrow again!