When all your knowledge is not enough!!!!!

Recently, I've been attending an International Symposium about Environmental Biotechnology, having a really good topics to be discussed, Bio Energy and Bio Remediation, some how both of them are really important around world now days, well the event was hold it in English, and of course as foreigner I feel kind of shy about my poor english, and as same time expect too much about it. 

I remember once one of my professor in undergraduate program told me "is not about how much you know, is about how much you can make understand people about your product" , well I just can say is true, after to listen people with highest degree from Singapore, Poland, Japan, China, Taiwan, i just can say the purpose of a symposium is make discussion about up and downs in our research and find solution, is kind of sharing ideas , and if we just wanna show our knowledge better publish a paper and be happy and proud about it.

After too long days, sharing with people that english is not their tongue mother, as well me, I ask myself  it was really constructive for me????,  the answer is Yes, it was, because i got a lesson about  that what really matters is not how much english you know , or how much knowledge you have about certain topic, or how much advance technology you have in your laboratory, not at all .. research is not about all this, i understand that if you wanna show all the people that you are really smart  you must teach them in their level, because the most complicated you make it , the most difficult that can be discussed.

And yes, my lab-mates also learn something, they must talk to me everyday in english, and stop doing chinese mimics communication,  yes, is funny but is true.

After at all , Is not how bad it was, is about that sometimes people just like to show the best they are, and just  they forgot that they were talking with students and as students we still in process to learn, as the diamond we still trying to be polished.