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.