Chinese New Year

Our Korean students celebrated Chinese new year on February 7(this post is a little late!) by making Korean pancakes. These pancakes were very good - made of egg, vegetables, and a spicy dip. Mmm! Mmm!

At noon they shared the pancakes with fellow BFA students. Every one LOVED them!

On Chinese New Year it is a tradition for the Korean young people to honor their elders (grandparents) with a short greeting and a bow. Since our Korean students board at our school, they are far away from their elders. This year they chose the Director of BFA as their elder. Here is a picture of them bowing to Tim. You can see his knees in the bottom right corner. What an honor!! Tim loves these Korean traditions.

Just after the bow, Tim was informed by eager students, that it is ALSO a new years tradition for the family elder to hand out gifts of money to each child. Oops!
Below are Tim and Samuel just after the Chinese new year celebration. Samuel and his wife Haesook are Korean staff members at BFA. Tim happens to be holding a box of Turkish delight, a gift from a parent of one of our students. Have you ever had Turkish delight? It's very very nice.