Motivation Story

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.However, each one reacted differently.The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “

Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

Recipe Kimchi

Ingredients:

§  1 piece of chicory.

§  1/2 onion, thinly sliced.

§  1/4 carrot stems, thinly sliced ​​lengthwise.

§  1/4 white radish stems, thinly sliced.

§  4 spring onions.

§  2 tablespoons of garlic, then grated.

§  1 teaspoon of ginger, grated.

§  1/2 cup of Korean chilli powder.

§  2 teaspoons of salt.

§  1 tablespoon sugar.

§  1/2 cup of coarse salt / sea salt.

§  1 cup water.

§  1/4 cup Korean fish sauce.

§  1/3 glass of water.

§  1 tablespoon rice flour.

How To Make:

1. Sawi is left intact and wash thoroughly with running water down to the deepest leaves of mustard greens. After cleansing, soak the mustard greens in a mixture of three handfuls of salt that has been diluted with boiled water for at least six hours, until the chicory looks withered.

2. After six hours, remove the mustard greens and wash again with clean water up to the sides of the mustard leaves for salt to be washed clean. Drain. If the mustard greens can be left whole or cut into two parts by removing the ends of the mustard greens.

3. Time to process the mustard with a mixture of ingredients. Mix it into one sugar, chili powder, ginger, garlic, watercress, spring onion, radis, fish sauce, and a little salt. Mix the spice mixture evenly to cover all parts of the mustard greens to the sidelines of the deepest leaf sheets. Store in a tightly sealed container and leave at least 2 × 24 hours until the spices seep into the mustard greens and do not store in the refrigerator. The longer storage process will be better because the fermentation is perfect and the resulting flavor will be maximized. After that, just save kimchi in the refrigerator.

4. Kimchi ready-to-eat can be eaten simply or served as an appetizer before the main meal.

Princess & Snake (Korean Legend)

Since ancient times, a sad story became a legend between a princess and a snake who fell in love with her in the Cheongpyeongsa Buddhist temple.

During the Tang dynasty, ancient China, a young man fell in love with the king's daughter, but did not bear fruit, because of the difference of his social standing. Finally, the guy died of his love affair and his spirit became a snake.

One day, the snake appeared in front of the princess, then wrapped around her body. The king was shocked and called a doctor and a shaman to release his daughter, but the serpent did not move at all and the princess grew more and more thin. The princess is advised to pray around the temples in Shilla's kingdom and she gets to the Cheongpyeongsa temple.

By sunset, the princess dwells in a cave sounded the bells of the temple. The princess said to the serpent, "Should not get out of my body for a while? There seems to be a temple nearby, I want to ask for food there but it's hard to walk because my body is heavy." After the princess said, the snake let go. The princess bathed in the valley, then both inside the temple.

While the snake was suddenly agitated the princess would run away for a long time not returning. He entered the temple door to find the princess. At that time, suddenly there was a lightning and the snake died of lightning. The princess who returned looks the snake dead and feel sorry. He buried the snake well and built a tower over Guseong waterfall before the princess went home.

Since then, the cave inhabited by the princess named Gongjugul is meaningful, the princess cave, the door that the snake incarnated is called Hwejeonmun, and the tower above the waterfall is named Gongjutap or the princess tower.

Tour Infromasi The Cheongpyeongsa Temple was built in 973 and has many cultural heritages, including Hwejeonmun which has been designated as national treasure no. 164. The temple that has a sad story is also known as a temple inside a small island. The scenery of Cheongpyeng temple is equipped with Obong Mountain and Soyang Dam and its special building is beautiful. In addition to using a car, visitors to the temple Cheongpyeongsa can use boats in Soyang Dam. It is one of the attractions of the Cheongpyeong temple.

Korea Legend:Goblin

This goblin legend tells of a monk who was sentenced to death and after being declared dead, his corpse is now a goblin, consider his story. Once upon a time there was a monk, he had a mission to seek wealth and also more power than he loved his own God.

Daily monks always hear the recognition of the people who acknowledge the mistakes and actions that have been done, and then the monk began to blackmail those who have confessed his actions to immediately provide gold and silver to keep the secret they have done so far.

But not long afterwards the monk was reported by an elderly lady, that all this time the monk always blackmailed them. Feeling deeply threatened, the monk is now planning an intention to get rid of the old woman who has reported her. After he killed the poor old lady, it was not long before the evil monk was arrested and imprisoned, then sentenced to hang for his deeds.

After he was hanged and declared dead, his body now began to change in the eyes of those who saw his death. The monk's face now began to look scary and pulled out a small fang that appeared from both sides of his nose, then white hair began to grow long and oily, and two pointed canine teeth emerged from both slits of his mouth.

The monk has now turned his figure into a goblin, when he opens his eyes, looks yellow and shines even in the light of day, then he jumps towards the people who see him. Then people started screaming in fear and running away. No one can dispel this goblin and eventually he disappears and hides in the forest.

This goblin will only return at night, only to prey on those who have been responsible for his death. After killing and avenging him. Since then, many people say that the goblin legend is real and true, it is said that the forest in Scandinavia, British Isles, is home to where the goblin now.

Korean Legend:Story of Arang

In the 1600s, during the reign of King Myeongjong (Joseon Dynasty), in Miryang, Gyeongsang, there was a judge named Yun who was sent from the capital. Judge Yun has a beautiful 19-year-old girl named Arang. Not only beautiful, but he is also very clever and talented, kind hearted too, then that many young men come to propose to him, though always rejected. A servant in his house named Jugi, interested in Charcoal and always teasing him, but always ignored by Charcoal. But instead just replied with a smile. When asked why, Arang replied that he should be nice and polite in front of anyone, including his father's subordinates. Jugi is interested in Charcoal since he first saw Arang coming to deliver his father's lunch. One day, Jugi pulls Charcoal hand, he wants to talk about something. But refused with charcoal by Charcoal, after all he had to bring his father's lunch as soon as possible. Irresponsible, he and Baekga eventually conspired to bring down his Charcoal and his father, and Baekga also hated Judge Yun, because it meant that the corruption of officials would be followed up, so he was ambitious to seize his father's authority, and Even making an appointment with corrupt officials, he will relieve them of legal action. Jugi then bribes the caretaker Charcoal to bring Charcoal streets to the bamboo forest. That's where Jugi tried to declare his love for Charcoal once more, but still rejected smoothly by Charcoal. Because of anger, Jugi desperate to seduce him and laugh: "Wahahahaha! You are tarnished now, so there is no choice for you to marry anyone but me !!". Hearing this Charcoal irritated and kicked him down as a resistance, though he was still tied with rope. Upset at the resistance of Arang, Jugi kills Charcoal and buries his corpse in the bamboo forest as well. Immediately word got out to the whole town that Charcoal was gone. Judge Yun became very sad and returned to Hanyang without Charcoal.

After Judge Yun came down, several other judges took turns at Miryang because every night after taking office, one by one died mysteriously. A brave and curious young man Yi sought to run for the next judge. On the first night after being appointed a judge, the young man was approached by a long-blooded woman covered in blood who was none other than the ghost of Charcoal. Arang initially hesitated to speak, but after being persuaded, he then admitted that his nurse was bribed by Jugi to take him to the bamboo forest. Judge Yi then asks Arang to leave for a while. He then asked this to the caretaker of Charcoal, but he insisted he did not know it. Judge Yi then invited him out of his room. Just for a moment, there was a hysterical scream. After Judge Yi checked to the location, he found out that the caretaker of Charcoal committed suicide, and he also found the handwritten handwritten letter confessing his mistake and he himself did not expect Jugi to kill Charcoal. When Charcoon came back and received the letter, she burst into tears as she said she did not blame her nanny, she already thought of her as her own mother, but she was just disappointed that her nurse had been bribed by Jugi. After telling his story to the boy, the ghost of Charcoal said that tomorrow he would be a white butterfly to show who killed him and begged Judge Yi to help him investigate the case. Judge Yi agreed. The next morning, the new judge summoned all the servants. A white butterfly flew and landed on the hat of one of the servants, Jugi, and then another servant, Baekga. The judge then interrogated them. At first they denied, but eventually confessed that they were the conspirators and Jugilah who had killed Charcoal and buried his corpse in a bamboo grove near the Yeongnam Pavilion. After being dug, it turns out the corpse remains intact, possibly because the spirit is still curious. After Jugi and Baekga were punished, the ghost of Charcoon never appeared again. Until now, in Miryang still held anniversary every 16th of the 4th month of lunar calendar to commemorate Charcoal. A temple named Arang-gak built for him. Konon, if there are people who hurt to come to the temple and pray, then the Arang will come to the perpetrator until the culprit apologize and supposedly Arang will maintain the love of couples who visit the temple simultaneously

Dheda And Five Potatoes

Once upon a time, in a hamlet there was a wood-burner named Dheda. He lives with his wife and three children. They are very poor. For everyday meals they often lack.It has been a week of continuous rainfall. Dheda can not go to the forest to look for firewood.

They survive with existing food supplies. Of course, their supplies grew less and less, until one day Dheda's wife said, "Dad, we have no more food. The remaining food is five potatoes. It is not enough to eat the five of us, "he said.

"I know" Dheda said.

"But how else? The rain does not stop. I can not look for wood into the forest. Be patient, hopefully tomorrow it's not raining and I can work! Let our last supply to eat only children, "said Dheda.

By late afternoon, someone knocked on Dheda's door. Apparently, an old beggar who was soaked in rain. Dheda immediately told her to come inside.

"Thank you, sir," said the old beggar.

"I've been in rain for days. My stomach is hungry. If I may, I want to ask for food to prop the stomach, "he pleaded.

Dheda paused. He was sorry for the old beggar. But, they have no more food supplies. "Too bad I have no leftovers. We were in short supply, "Dheda said.

"Oh, have mercy on me, sir. I have not eaten these three days, "said the beggar.

Dheda felt very pity. He went to his wife and said, "Mom, I pity to see the beggar. Why do not we just give us our last food supply. "

"Okay, sir. I'll cook his potatoes soon, "his wife said.

Finally, Dheda's wife boiled the five-pointed potatoes and served them to the old beggar. The beggar ate all four potatoes and left a single potato.

                                       

Then the beggar excused himself: "Thank you, sir."

"It's the same, Kek. Be careful on the road, eh, "Dheda said.

"Oh yeah, I left a potato on a plate. If you later want to eat, sliced ​​the potato into five slices! It will be enough for all five of you. Well, goodbye, "said the old beggar.

After the old beggar left, Dheda looked at one remaining potato on the plate and thought, "Mary maybe this one potato can be enough for the five of us?"

But out of curiosity, he invites his family to gather and then sliced ​​the potato into five slices. Wonderful! Apparently, the five potato slices were turned into five potatoes. When a potato is sliced ​​into five more slices, it will turn into five more potatoes. And so on.Since then, Dheda and her family have never been short of food again. In fact, their food supply is now abundant. Dheda passed them out to their needy neighbors.

Moral Value:From the legend of Dheda and Five Potatoes is a child who always does good. Have mercy on a man in distress. And remember, anyone who cultivates kindness will definitely get a good grace too.

Motivation Story:Small Fish And Water

One day a father and his son were sitting chatting by the river. The father said to his son, "Look at my son, water is so important in this life, without water we will all die."
At the same time, a small fish heard the conversation from beneath the surface of the water, the little fish suddenly agitated and wondered if that water, which he said was so important in life. The little fish swam from upstream to downstream, asking every fish he met, "Do you know where the water is? I have heard human conversation that without water life will die. "

            It turned out that all the fish that had been asked did not know where the water was, the little fish was more confused, then he swam to the spring to meet the experienced elderly fish, to the elder fish that this little fish asked the same thing, "Does water? "The elderly fish replied wisely, "Never mind my son, the water has surrounded you, so you are not even aware of his presence. It is true, without water we will all die. "
What does the story mean to us. Humans sometimes experience the same situations as small fish, searching for life and happiness, while they are living it, even happiness is enclosing it so that it does not even realize it.