2024-05-08 09:38:36
Global Grandmother Sympathy Reality EBS <왔다! 내 손주> The episode ‘Hung Mansour
On this day’s broadcast, we leave for Thailand, a country loved by people around the world. In Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, today’s grandchildren live in ‘Rachapruk’, a neighborhood with luxury housing complexes. The main characters are Yumin (5 years old), who spreads bright energy to those around her and is a member of the top 1% of Thailand, and Yubin (3 years old), a jealous fairy who shows a calm and dignified appearance but wants to keep all of her older sister Yumin’s things. After living in Thailand for 25 years, the Korean father Cho Young-wook (41 years old), who seems more Thai than Thai, and the eldest Thai mother Napasawan Chanaveribunchai (37 years old, hereinafter referred to as ‘Naan’) reveal their family’s life in Bangkok.
Common parenting scenes of Korean and Thai families revealed
‘Rachapruk’, located in the western part of Bangkok and an hour’s drive from Thailand’s ‘Suvarnabhumi International Airport’, is famous as a wealthy village with luxury residential complexes. The garage holds 9 passenger cars, including both personal and family vehicles, and the three-story house where the family lives is fully equipped with a playroom and dressing room just for the grandchildren, and there are as many as 9 bathrooms. A Korean♥Thai family enjoying luxurious Bangkok life.
However, Korean father Youngwook and Thai mother Nan are suffering from extreme parenting. As a home for two sisters, aged 5 and 3, there is never a quiet day in the family’s daily life, and even at the breakfast table, the short-spoken grandchildren would stop eating and sit down without even taking a few bites. They often break away and run away. Father Youngwook and mother Nan find it difficult to eat even a single bite of food in front of a sumptuous feast. Just when things seem to be a little quiet, the sisters fight again and a loud noise is heard… . Korean♥Thai family’s turbulent childcare scene! What does it look like?
Three mothers and daughters filled with Buddhist desires…Bangkok tour on a water boat
The family went out somewhere after busy getting ready in the morning. As soon as we arrived at our destination, there was something that caught the attention of the whole family: a huge 69m high Buddha statue towering in the middle of downtown Bangkok! A giant Buddha statue that is famous among locals and tourists as a specialty of the temple ‘Wat Pak Nam Pa Si Charoen’! The Thai mother, who has a deep devotion to Buddhism, prays reverently in front of the Buddha statue, and Yumin Yubin, who is only 5 years old and 3 years old, also prays with her hands joined together as if she is used to it.
Thailand is a country with deep Buddhist beliefs, with about 95% of the population being Buddhist. In particular, the Korean-Thai family’s home has a place where so many Buddhist statues are enshrined that it could be considered a small temple. However, Korean father Youngwook says his family is Christian, so he is very far from Buddhism… .
Next, the family went on a tour of Bangkok on a water boat, as befits Thais living in the ‘land of water’. You can enjoy a fruitful outing by seeing floating houses built on the river and meeting small boat shops floating on the river. However, the eldest child, Yumin, suddenly started throwing a tantrum by shouting “Ice cream!!” on the water boat. There’s still a long way to go before he gets off at the dock, but no matter how much he comforts Yu-min, he won’t stop complaining. The ‘ice cream dispute’ suddenly broke out! Will this family be able to come to an amicable agreement?
A love story between an easy-going mother and a kind father.
<왔다! 내 손주> First ever! A Korean-Thai family with a dressing room reminiscent of a department store showroom. The grandchildren each have 50 dresses, and the Thai mother also filled her dressing room with numerous clothes and all kinds of accessories, including bags, shoes, and hats. “Even if I have a lot of clothes, I buy them if I think they will be cute for my daughters,” she said. She is a Thai mother who spends a lot of money. On the other hand, father Youngwook, who buys only what he needs and pursues a frugal life, finds it difficult to understand his wife’s tendencies. A big-handed wife vs. a minimalist husband: how did these two so different people meet?
My wife Nan attends a year-end party held at a Thai friend’s house. There, she first sees her husband, Mr. Yeong-wook, who was grilling her meat. She sees him with a cute (?) appearance and falls in love at first sight. She later discovered Youngwook’s SNS and became even more interested. Nan asked her friend to introduce her, and she actively approached Youngwook. Eventually, the two become lovers, and the wife decides to get married with just one small action from her husband. “oh my god! What was the husband’s small action of shouting “It’s this man!”? We introduce the sweet love story of her couple.
Living in Thailand for 25 years… “I want to be proud as the head of the family” A Korean father’s struggle story
During an interview with the production crew, father Youngwook shed tears, saying, “I’m so sorry to my family.” What story is hidden behind him? In 1999, Youngwook went to Thailand to study at the young age of 16, then settled down in Thailand and started his family. But in fact, her mother, Nan, is the CEO of a business that landscaping luxury houses and townhouses in Thailand, and her father, Youngwook’s father-in-law, runs a well-established company that exports tractor parts to various parts of Southeast Asia.
Although he married the daughter of a poor family in terms of economic power in Thailand, he pioneered his own path without ever receiving support from his father-in-law in order to lead his family on his own. After working in advertising and working at an embassy, Youngwook opened a Korean-style Chinese restaurant in Bangkok in 2018, but unknowingly took the stress of running a restaurant out on his two daughters and wife.
I started this for the happiness of my family, but the weight of it was too much, so I couldn’t raise my head in regret as I remembered the past days when I hurt my family… . Since realizing that the most precious thing that needs to be treated better than anyone else is family, he has been doing his best to bring happiness to his two daughters and wife. Let’s meet the story of Youngwook, who is struggling both internally and externally to become an honorable head of his family.
D-DAY to Korea! No matter how long I wait, my grandchildren don’t show up…
The couple, who do not want their two daughters to forget their Korean identity, is trying to help them learn the Korean language and culture by sending them to a Korean kindergarten a two-hour round trip away. A family who looks forward to going to Korea every day. And so the long-awaited D-day to Korea arrives!
Meanwhile, in Korea too, grandmothers and grandfathers are eagerly waiting for their grandchildren. She prepares clothes for her grandchildren in Korea, and draws pictures of their faces when she misses them to soothe her missing heart. Finally, the day of reunion comes, and the grandparents go to the airport to meet their grandchildren and wait with excitement… ! However, even after the plane arrived from Thailand and it was long past time for them to come out, the grandchildren showed no sign of coming out. Grandma and Grandpa are becoming more and more anxious, wondering if something has happened. Can the reunion between Thai grandchildren and Korean grandparents take place safely?!
[왔다! 내 손주] Heung Mansour
Photo by Reporter Park So-gi EBS ‘Here we come! ‘my grandchild’
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2024-05-08 09:38:36