The hero in the
kitchen
What do you like the most about your job? That was the first
question that I asked for Mr.Mouath Dyab, even before I asked him about his
job. Then he kindly answered: I like the way that the students smile when they
see their favorite food cooked.
Mr.Mouath is the official of the night shift at the kitchen
at King’s Academy. His work starts at 2pm and ends at 10pm. I asked him about
the biggest problem that they face on work, and he told me that they don’t like
the students who keep asking for boxes before 7:30pm. The real reason of that
rule is because that the students keep the food on the box for more than 2 hours and
the food spoils.
I enjoyed my time talking with him about his work. And I
also asked him about his dream. I said: “Mr.Mouath, do you believe in dreams?
And what do you think about the person who hasn’t a dream to achieve?” He answered: “everyone has a dream, if
someone doesn’t have a dream or an aim in his life, so he hasn’t any reason to
stay alive, because life without dreams is nothing. DREAMS ARE THE OXYGEN OF
OUR LIFE.” So I directly asked him about his dreams and he said that he wish to
work in a five stars’ hotel and to be a famous cooker. He said: “That is the
place which I wish to reach one day.”
Mr.Mouath is one of the heroes, they have the hardest work
at King’s. Every day they have to cook for all the students, teachers, workers
and every single person at King’s. They cook three times a day. And that’s a
big challenge. I asked him about how can they finish cooking at the right time,
and how can they cook for all these people. He said:” Managing time is the most
important thing we do at King’s. We divide the work between us, so everyone has
to finish his work, and then we set the tables.”
He has three children and he lives in Madaba. He’s a real
hero, because he works for 8 hours then he comes back home to see his family
and that’s a very big sacrifice from him, just because he loves his work.
His favorite food is
(Mlokheeh). And he loves to cook all the meals. He says that cooking is his
soul, and he can’t live a day without making food. He said: “Cooking is my
fourth son.”
If you had the chance to be in someone else's place, who
would you choose? I asked him. He told me that
he would be in Ola Bseso’s place. He
wishes to be like her and reach her place one day.
The wisdom that he believes in is “Never give up on your
dreams” Everyone can do that. If you believe in your dreams, you will work so
hard to achieve them.
Mr.Mouath started working at King’s Academy since 2007. And he
said that the best thing that happened at King’s that he knew a lot of good
friends who will never find anywhere else.
He told me that he wishes to take more courses in cooking to
improve his skills to be the best chief at King’s.
He would never go to another place to work on, because he
likes everything about King’s. His friends, the students, the kitchen and every
small detail about his job.
I liked talking with him and I knew lots of things about his
life. He’s a great and a giving person. And even though he was busy, he gave me
a part of his time to interview him and to talk with him about his work.
I learned lots of things from him. And I knew the real
meaning of dreams. And he taught me a very important thing. That the person
can’t live without dreams. And the most successful person is the one who can
pass the problems in his life with smartness and wisdom.
