Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Resourcefulness and Resiliency

It took more than two months before I heard about the two abstracts I submitted in the first e-Learning conference of KSA. With God's help I was able to finish a 15-page paper about the e-Learning Best Practices of South Korea and Thailand. It took again another month to learn of the results. My paper was accepted. The paper after acceptance was submitted again to the conference' scientific jurisdiction, and finally after two weeks, my paper was approved for participation in the conference.

Still I couldn't be excited, I cannot find any financial support. I tried to be resourceful~~I am presently seeking the support of my supervisor, my college dean, our research director, my mentor in South Korea and even alliances from the Dept of Foreign Affairs. I am in search of countries or embassies who have extra funds and will be willing to support a zealous lecturer from Manila. Maybe I should also try to seek help from Thailand. The conference is 18 days away and I still don't have funding..

As my resourcefulness becomes futile, I have to become resilient to accept that the fruits of sacrifices will have different faces. I have to be resilient to continue writing and do research, not just for myself but for my teaching, my family, my university and my country. I have to be resilient to realize that there's a plan or a way to any endeavor. My timing right now is not just right..

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm doing a reseach on other countries expo and it would be realy helpful if you can send me ur paper the Korean elearnig expo..I think ur a very lucky person 2 have the chance to attend all these confrences though its difficult u know how 2 enjoy it...I wish u all the luck
and as they say ...no pain...no gain...i'm from kuwait by the way..f..27..
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