By Korea.net Honorary Reporters Amira Atteya and Roufida Abouelwafa
Photos = Roufida Abouelwafa
Another argue why nosotros dear the Korean Cultural Center inward Arab Republic of Egypt is that it represents the Earth nosotros love, "Korea." It also hosts events that bond Korea deeply inward the Cairo community too assures us of tying upward both cultures together, showing honor for each other's beliefs, ideas too differences, too for creating a Korean experience flavored past times Egyptian culture.
On March 21, the Korean Cultural Center inward Arab Republic of Egypt (KCC) hosted an final result to celebrate Mother’s Day. Six lucky daughters too sons brought along their mothers to celebrate their day. Mother's Day is a hateful solar daytime to appreciate their difficult work, efforts too their unconditional love. Usually, the elderberry missy plays the mother’s purpose too cooks a big repast for the identify unit of measurement equally they assemble around to give the woman raise gifts similar flowers, handbags, shoes or fifty-fifty makeup.
The final result start started alongside some words shape Mr. Park who welcomed the mothers too children to the KCC. He showed his appreciation to the mothers for choosing to pass their hateful solar daytime inward the fellowship of the KCC.
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| Park Jae-yang is the managing director at the Korean Cultural Center inward Egypt. He speaks on Mother's Day equally a modest missy plays around him. |
After Mr. Park’s words, the guests were divided into teams where each woman raise too her identify unit of measurement were stamped alongside a Korean tattoo too each had a special meaning.
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| This postage stamp symbolizes the discussion haengbok (행복), or 'happiness' inward Korean. |
Later on, the guests were invited to own got a tour too were introduced to the identify where their children pass most of their time. They also took a expression at the activities inward which they participate.
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| Honorary Reporter Amira spends mother's hateful solar daytime alongside her identify unit of measurement at the KCC. |
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| Chef Ghada instructs the mothers how to brand a perfect gimbap rice roll, hotteok sugar nut cakes too delicious soup guk recipes. |
Chef Ghada started out alongside a recipe for gimbap rice rolls, which was adjusted to suit Egyptian tastes. "It was a fun experience to create something nosotros weren't familiar with," said 1 of the mothers.
The chef too thus continued to brand hotteok sugar nut cakes, a famous Korean sugariness pancake. She added the filling that tin post away endure exchanged for whatsoever other Egyptian filling, similar meat or cheese or fifty-fifty vegetables. It tin post away also endure used inward Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, where mothers normally essay to brand novel recipes equally appetizers.
The recipes were sealed alongside a delicious guk soup recipe. In the concluding judgment, Chef Ghada couldn't choice upward a winner, equally all the teams did well. They all showed tolerance, cooperation too had a lot of fun cooking rattling delicious well-decorated plates.
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Gimbap rice rolls are ever a favorite Korean recipe. |
A hateful solar daytime similar that couldn’t transcend without throwing some low-cal on the mutual aspects that be betwixt mothers inward Korea too Egypt, particularly inward past times generations. In those generations, it was a mutual thing to endure a stay-at-home mom, where mothers were required to pass much to a greater extent than fourth dimension raising children, too were non gratis to give plenty attending to their wanted career. It was equally if they had to dedicate their life to providing for their children alongside help too attention.
The children’s sake was their top priority, too sometimes their alone job. Because of this sacrifice, they expected to a greater extent than from their children. That’s why inward both countries y'all tin post away meet that pleasing your parents, cherishing them too sometimes fulfilling their dreams, is a mutual thing. That’s why on such a hateful solar daytime equally this nosotros had to interview the mothers, to acquire precisely what they expected from their children.
Here's the interview.
On such a hateful solar daytime equally Mother's Day, what practise y'all shout out back mothers wishing for their children too await from them?
I shout out back every woman raise wishes to meet her children practise good inward their life, accomplish their dreams too brand us proud because all the attempt nosotros own got born would too thus hateful something to meet it fruitful.
Sometimes, parents too kids aren't on the same page because of dissimilar points of view. What practise y'all shout out back would endure the best deportment for the kids to non upset their parents?
I shout out back it's of import that the child, no thing how onetime they may be, should part their thoughts, decisions too feelings alongside their parents, particularly their mother. It's the 1 thing nosotros genuinely desire to feel, similar nosotros withal own got our identify inward his life, that our message isn't over. It's non most whose determination they're going to make, it's most doing what they desire too never regretting it, because inward the terminate their happiness is my happiness.
Wow. That was really touching. You own got ii modest daughters. Do y'all know what the older 1 said when I asked her most what she wants to endure inward the future?
No, actually. I can’t say because she changes her heed almost monthly most what she wants to endure when she grows up."
I shout out back you'll endure moved when y'all listen her answer. She said she wants to endure anything that volition brand y'all proud of her, because she wants y'all to endure happy.
I am moved past times that answer.
Finally, I desire to give thank y'all you for your time. I promise y'all own got enjoyed the hateful solar daytime today, too I would dear to own got a photograph of y'all alongside your girls.
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'A woman raise is the truest friend nosotros have, when trials heavy too abrupt autumn upon us; when adversity takes the identify of prosperity; when friends who rejoice alongside us inward our sunshine desert us; when problem thickens around us, withal volition she cling to us, too endeavor past times her sort precepts too counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, too crusade peace to furnish to our hearts.' -- Washington Irving |