I have obviously become addicted to korean dramas.. korean dramas have changed my life drastically, in many ways they have made me a better person and shaped up my life. Because of kdramas, i have become a nicer and freindlier person to approach and i always have hope b/c kdramas teach me that something good will happen eventually. secondly, korean words tend to slip out of my mouth although not on purpose.. B/c I'm so used to of the korean language I am picking up on it a lot lately and now i use it in my everyday life, at home, at school, and on internet. I speak with my friends in korean and translate what i m saying so they understand although it does take a bit of time. kpop songs are understandable without eng subs because I can understand korean better now and speak it more fluently. I am still improving-I am currently learning how to read and write in hangul. thirdly, korean dramas have changed my food choices. i prefer eating kimchi, kimbap, potato pancakes, seaweed salad and tofu and vegetable soup. i love eating bibimbap one of my favs <3 fourthly, I somehow manage to relate korean things like music, actors, singers, dramas to school related activites, projects and assignments and presentations. In one class i have related 3 assignments to korean things already. My teacher got tired of it but i told him you are always learning something new and once he heard my presentation on jang geun suk, he immediately surrendered. So i love connecting school related things to korean things b/c it gives me a chance to better express myself. Lastly kdramas , have changed the way I think. It has made me realize that i should always think about others before myself instead of being selfish. I made a pact with my friends that before we all turn 30 we all will go together to korea hopefully, our promise comes true. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN :)

I started listening to kpop and use Korean words here and there. I also started to watch raw videos since I can't wait for the subs! I understand some of the conversations and some- I have to wait for the subs or for your recap! LOL.

This obsession just started in June. Thinking about stopping over to Seoul, Korea when I visit Asia. =) In preparation, I want to learn more Korean.

I am a US resident

I think the most crazy I did because a K-drama was wake up at 7.45 am in weekend only for Ojagkyo brothers live stream

(and i'm still doing, it's a little sad the 12 hours of difference with korea)

*I’m not a resident of US/Canada.

watching Korean dramas has made my whole family start eating Korean food, and love kimchi, and track down all the OSTs from all the dramas.

I've learned Korean just from watching the dramas!!!
and I've persuaded my dad to buy all sorts of box sets from yesasia!

Korean dramas have become a part of my everyday life. I feel incomplete if I go a day without watching at least one episode of a Korean drama :P

I started learning hangul, eating Korean food, and seeing the world through the eyes of a kdrama addict. For example while watching an American movie/show I will start to think "if this was a kdrama, this would be happening by now."
Oh, and I also try to get everyone to watch kdramas, spreading the addiction one person at a time (though admittedly, people are not as open to them as I was).

What have I done in the name of k-dramas?

-Well I've started learning Korean because I wanted to understand what the were saying without the subs.
-I've, also, started eating korean food like kimchi.
-And I have learned more about Korean practices and custom from reading through the Internet to understand more about what I see in dramas.
-Oh and now I make those sounds that Koreans do when they're frustrated.

What new things have I done in the name of Kdrama? A lot. Both negative and positive.

POSITIVE first: I learned and got to know a little bit of Korean culture. The basic Asian culture or characteristics are almost the same (i.e. respecting the elders, remembering ancestors during death anniversaries, etc.), but I think Koreans are more modern in their outlook of life, more westernized with a twang of the east. After becoming a drama addict, I started to cook Korean food. I learned by myself how to make kimchi (although I don't know if the taste is the same), tried to make ja jang myung (although it didn't succeed), make and love tofu seafood stew and bulgogi. My friends and I went to Korea for a very short visit of 5 days and 4 nights. I marveled at Namsan tower, seen the changing of the guards in 1 palace, visited a king's tomb in Seoul, went to Gangnam, Dongdaenum market and did lots and lots of shopping. We met friendly people. Specially 2 men who brought us to the Folk Village park and introduced Seoul to us. Met male shopkeepers who giggled and laughed when one of the girls called them Oppa. We would loved to go to Busan or Jeju island if not pressed with time. Most of all, we would loved to meet Lee Min Ho if we knew where to go. He is the reason why we went to Korea in the first place :)). I love the variety show 2 Days 1 Night, because I've got to see the marvelous various scenes of Korea and the food. Yum, yum, would like to taste all of them.

On the NEGATIVE side: sometimes, when I am IN with a drama, I will pretend to be sick just so I can finish the drama. Example: City Hunter, Jumong, to name a few. I became tired and stress out in my work because of sleep deprivation arising from late-night watching of the drama. Every day off I got is glued to the computer just to watch Kdramas. I am like a robot who do my household chores in a hurry so that I will not be interrupted in my Kdrama sessions. I even tried to be a matchmaker for my daughter to a Korean boy, unfortunately, it didn't worked out.

One thing good comes out with my Kdrama addiction though: I spend less money because I don't go out shopping and buying unnecessary things anymore :)) Is this being sick or what?

I came from Finland.

Because of Coffee Prince I tried Jjajangmyun for the first time, because Yoon Eunhye made it look SOOOOOO delicious. Now I've got my friends addicted to it too ^_^

K-drama have made me adept at finding good and safe websites for downloading shows and subtitles.

Because of K-drama, I have: braided my hair in a million different ways (thanks, Coffee House), dressed like a boy, a girl, a vigilante, an alien, and a historical figure (thanks, Coffee Prince, City Hunter, and SKKS!), listening to K-pop (thanks, You're Beautiful), read up on Gumiho myths (thanks, WOONG-AH), become a fan of K-drama stars (so many, oh so many), cried buckets (thanks, ALL OF THEM), discovered I really like kimchi and jajungmyeun (thanks, Wish Upon A Star), and ...started reading recaps online. Lots and lots of them. Thanks, awesome Dramabeans people!

I listen to a ton of OSTs, I catch myself saying "aigoo" and lot in real life, and I often fantasize myself having a k-drama love life T__T

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I've started learning Korean, bought incredibly expensive special goods and DVDs, did some fanart (I never do fanart. EVER!)... but the strangest thing is: I made my mom watch K-dramas. I specifically bought her an English language course-book-set (her native languages are German and Swedish; English to her is something she learned 40~50 years ago in school and hasn't used since), set up Anki for her (with all the useful vocab), installed and set up everything to make her watch it. The greatest hurdle were the subtitles. In the past, my mom would never ever watch anything that wasn't dubbed, not even English with German subtitles or something. So, I got her HanaDan Jap and K (Kkot boda Namja, y'know) and You're Beautiful, of which I had some German subs for the first few eps. Worked like a charm. Nowadays, all we ever talk about is what dramas we've been watching. She started listening to K-Pop, too. We've got Japanese friends and Korean neighbors. Now she knows more about their popular culture than they know themselves. ^^;

I'm a resident, but not of USA or Canada. :3

Watching Dramas changed me a lot. I learned Hangul and basic Korean. 한국어 공부했었어. ^^ I started listening to more K-Pop also. I even tried to get my friends (and my mom XD) to watch some dramas. It also changed my view on the other countries' dramas (or soap operas) and somehow I don't find them that appealing anymore. Korea has dramas on another (way better) level. All my friends think I'm weird because of that but they just don't know whats good XD There isn't a lot of Korean culture in my country except Tae Kwon Do so it's hard to follow everything that's happening there since Korea has become like another country for my but I work hard to keep up with all the updates thanks to the sites like these :)

And to add, I'm from Croatia, Europe ^^

When I was in college and supposed to be studying for finals, I started watching "Goong". I could not focus on studying, so decided to sit and finish the ENTIRE drama so I could focus on my finals.

Totally worth it.

One of the main impact would be MUSIC!! I love the OST of the dramas and have korean songs in my ipod!

Secondly I am very slowly learning the Korean language and the nuances with regard to specific words like "oppa" and its various meaning. As they say "what's in a word"? but in such cases a lot!

I also begun to realise that some words are from the chinese language - after listening many times and verifying the translation!! Another lesson learnt - any language is alive and evolving. That's the beauty of languages....

ALOT of all nighters for sure!! Just couldnt stop watching and all of a sudden its 8 in the morning and time for school!

I'm screaming "Hwaiting" when I want to cheer me on. Well...when you're doing that in the university library the people there will give you weird looks... -_-

I like to say aish, aigoo and chincha when I'm annoyed.

I began to learn korean. I guess it's not so good yet but at least I can talk about the weather. ^^

Everytime I meet an asian looking man or women at the street I try to figure out if they are korean, japanese or chinese. If they are talking I can figure it out more easy and I'm really happy when my guess was correct. (When they are talking in korean I begin to smile foolishly. It just makes me happy to hear it.)

I'm a european resident.

I am one of the many fans who have become interested in Korean food through kdramas. I have a wonderful Korean dumpling restaurant close by, and whenever I can I pick up dumplings and chap chae there.

I also pick up a bit of kimchi every time and try valiantly to eat it, but fail miserably because it's too hot for m. I can't eat hot foods at all, but watching kdrama makes me want to eat kimchi so much that I keep trying even though I know I'll just fail again. ;-)

I became more patient and friendly to my Korean counterpart, not that I was mean to him before. It's just that he's a bit on the 'give-me-updates-everyday-or-else' side and I really lose my nerve whenever I receive e-mails from him. :P I guess, it was a success as he sent me several Korean DVD titles and a 'Learn Korean' book which I'm enjoying at the moment . . . and another thing, I'm not such a fan of cosmetics. I go to work and just wear lip balm and a touch of lip gloss on top. Just this December, on my vacation back to the Philippines, I discovered that there already is an 'Etude House' boutique in one of the malls. Needless to say, I splurged on the different lip gloss, lip glitter, eye glitter, eye liner products without even thinking that I really don't have any use for all of them, except of course on special occasions which don't really happen that often. Trying all these stuffs and bringing them home with me made me feel closer to all those Korean stars endorsing the product/s, weird huh?!? :)

*non-US/Canada resident

Like most other people here, I started understanding a little more Korean and eating more Korean foods. I used to really hate spicy food, but I've started liking them a lot more now since I really want to eat all the awesome food I see in Korean dramas :D

Apart from a love affair with the cuisine and unthinkingly saying things like omo! and djang! to people when I'm surprised, the major impact has been on my time. Such as getting up around 3am to catch the new - raw! - episodes of City Hunter (I don't understand the language much).

Or - ultimate geekery - when I get an extra 15 or 20 minutes minutes here and there, they are no longer spent on phoning a friend or plucking my eybrows or paying bills or a nice bubble bath with a book but on obsessively entering complete KDrama cast lists at my drama site of choice.

So that if I decide that I've noticed - say - Lee Soon Jae in rather a lot of dramas I like, all his dramas will be indexed and tagged on the site I use so that I can see his whole oeuvre at a click and add dramas to my subscribed shows lists.

Many Kdramas are uploaded with apparently 4 or 5 actor tags BUT on looking closely you discover it is really on the male lead actor with his name in all anglicised spellings and all his nicks. If all the cast lists are filled in properly you can track the work over time of the female leads and second leads as well as a lot of the older character actors.

Saying "aja! aja!" with hand motions before I start anything I'm reluctant to do.
Eating rice w/ kimchi or a bowl of instant ramen and calling it a meal.
Dining out seems to always end up at ayce kbbq (tried & failed at feeding my hubby lettuce wraps).
Paid 15$ for one bottle of soju at a restaurant just to try it... and failed (I'm not much of a drinker).
Always threatening my hubby that I'll leave him for a rich chaebol when he crosses me.
and the list goes on...=P

Erm, I started learning korean, eating korean, drinking korean, and travelling to korea...

but its not just korea! Its kind of made me realise how interesting other cultures are and made me want to explore them. I've also started learning Chinese and I want to learn a bajillion other languages. I think because Kdramas really connected with me on a level that I could understand, and yet at the same time was totally foreign to me. I now want to recreate that feeling of exploration with other languages and cultures.

Its gotten me interested in culture, linguistics and definitely had an impact on the direction of my university study. Plus, the soju. Can't forget the soju.

Congratulations to the three winners! :)

How have Korean dramas changed my life? Let me count the ways...

- Whenever I hear someone having a conversation in Korean and I recognize a word, in my mind I go, "Omo! Omo! S/he just said ______!" I've developed a tendency to tell myself, "Aja! Aja! Fighting!" and when I'm frustrated with someone, "Aish!" pops out of my mouth.
- I'm always craving Korean food now, and I've tried kimchi only to find it too spicy for my liking.
- Because I've watched so many scenes where people eat in K-dramas, I've gotten better at using chopsticks. (Plus, I want that Korean spoon with the long handle so badly!)
- Sometimes I tell my friends I have other plans when they ask me to hang out, those plans being marathoning my newest drama addiction.
- It is my goal in life now to travel to South Korea and meet Kim Bum, get his autograph and a picture with him, and get him to come back with me to the US and fall in love with me. (Just kidding, he's 8 years older than me and kinda too old for me.)
- It is also my goal to eat at a pojangmacha, drink myself into oblivion, and have a really cute guy piggyback me home where I will later throw up and look absolutely grotesque but he will take care of me anyways.
- I am now convinced that it is cute to shove food into your mouth and chew with it open.
- I am also convinced that I am not working hard enough unless I have fainted or have gotten a fever or some other sickness.
- And last but not least, I've learned that guys who are jerks to you actually like you and will - if they haven't already - fall in love with you.

By watching Korean drama, it made me crave for Korean food even more.

Learning Korean! And eating kimchi and bulbogi ^^

I practically changed after K-Dramas. I:

- Everytime I watch a drama and if something goes wrong or get exciting I start to scream and shout "aigoo", "Omo", "shincha", and "eottokhae".

- Listen to K-Pop. Wait...there are still english songs in the world???!?!!!!

- CHOCOPIES!!!!

- PEPPERO!!!

- K-Dramas have made me innocent again because kissing is equivalent to making babies.

- Most of the ridiculous words they make up, seem pretty logical to me.
ex: selca, dica, skinship, etc

- Flower boys = THE HOTTEST BOYS IN THE WORLD
(they used to be the girliest)

Hahaha. I've been lurking here for about 2 years :P

So, like many others k-drama lovers out there, I've started using common korean expressions here and there. I've recently started learning how to read and write a bit of korean. (especially since i listen to kpop too! ^^ heehee)

I've also been craving kimchi like crazy and wanting to eat korean food. Been eating more ramyun too...

and I can't forget to mention visiting this site everyday. :)

1. Reconnected with an old friend...I got her hooked on Korean dramas and now we talk every day to recap what we are watching.

2. Tried several Korean restaurants, having never had Korean food before, and ordered bibimbap at a non-Korean restaurant.

3. Went to a Korean grocery store and bought chopsticks.

4. Installed several apps on my iPhone, including Crunchyroll, Google Translator, and Let's Learn Korean.

5. Listen to Korean OSTs daily.

6. Follow Korean actors on Facebook and Twitter.

7. Read Dramabeans daily.

Yay!!! Freee things again...¬¬ i must say i would have answered the questions anyways XD

Well, i started learning Korean, but i dropped it due to my f***** lack of time!!!

Maybe the most important thing is that i met ramen. Omg, i started eating it very frequently .i introduced it into my family. And sometimes i go to the supermarket just to get it...i really miss it...

The use of language too...words like "aish" "shh" "gominam" and expressions " take care of me"...

Also i have very high romantic standards now ...XD

korean dramas have sucked away my life and made my grades drop xDD but other than the obvious i've taken to learning korean and i've picked up quite a bit from just watching korean drams upon korean dramas but it's my goal to one day be able to understand a korean drama without subtitles! :D

Watching Korean drama's made me want to learn the language and to add spice to our family I decided to teach my to kids as well! They speak a little hangeul to add confusion to people that know us! And to add I made kimbap and many other dishes from the drama's I watched.

i like male korean actors now. <3

i am a us resident!

Watching k-drama has made me want to eat lots of korean food. Especially kalbi over a grill. I saw it all the time in Korean dramas so I was always craving for it. My friends and I love going to korean restaurants to grill our own meat. Um..also, it has made me want to better my personal appearance (like dressing better and exercising) because how can you not be jealous seeing all those hot korean actresses!?!

I went to a korean church in the name of k-drama. Yes you read that right --- I went to a korean church. Although I'm asian, I'm not korean, and I don't speak korean, nor do I have any korean friends in the All-American town I recently moved too. But in my quest for an asian church, I found a large Korean church. Figuring that if nothing else, I can satisfy my interest in korean culture, I went there one sunday to their "english" service. However, what I found was not a Korean-American church, but a straight up korean church! The entire service was in Korean! Realizing I was in the wrong service, I went out and asked for the English service, only to discover that it was really a youth service (and while I'm not quite an ajumma just yet, I'm also not a youth! :p) The funny thing is, while I was there, I met another non-korean who started going to the church after she got hooked on k-dramas too!!!

Since my kdrama addiction i like to use korean words with my wife. I also listen some k-pop.
And my ringtone is from a korean drama. I also dream of traveling to korea but my health and my fear of planes won't allow it.

*I'm not a US/Canada resident.

Well, I wish I'd be able to travel to Korea and experience the culture first-hand but alas my Korean vocabulary is limited to words featured in high frequency in K-dramas. ;) I'm studying ASL so don't want to confuse myself and being a Speech-Language Pathologist I know language aquisition for a fourth/fifth language would be quite hard...not impossible but hard.

Like others I spout Korean one-liners randomly much to the surprise of my siblings -- the most famous one being 'aja aja fighting!!' Not to forget the hand gesture, heh. I've started doing the slight head bowing thing when I great elders. Also stopped watching American television and download mostly Asian music (don't even know the current American music scene, oy!). Yeah, so quite a bit of changes!

Hmm... I didn't eat kimchi.. and I still don't however,.. I did start to eat kalbi and bulgogi.... I am a vegetarian and I usually don't eat this kind of stuff. However, seeing in the dramas eat that kind of stuff =0 amazing~!

I've done all kinds of crazy things, these things may not seem crazy to many on this website but the people around me find them very weird.
I started to make kimchi at home, no one in my family eats it and they hate the smell yet I make a new batch every time i run out. Haven't really got the perfect taste yet but I'm working really hard.
I listen to Kpop music (I can name all the SuJu members), I make MVs on Korean Dramas sometimes with korean songs, I also started watching raw episodes of the longer weekend shows and because of daylight saving time I had to get up early (around 6 am) on the WEEKENDS to catch the live broadcast for A Thousand Kisses, and I'm a full time student so the only free time I get is the weekend, but I think everyone has made that sacrifice, losing sleep to watch dramas. The funny thing is my my mom saw me watching and got interested so now she will ask me for updates on what happened recently in the show.
After watching dramas for a like 6 months I started responding to people in korean without noticing, I would say "neh" or "Bien" even to strangers and have see the most blank expressions on my friend's face because she had no idea what I am saying.
I try to speak Korean with my whole family, but almost every line has to be followed by translation. I find myself talking about events and incidences in drama that relate to my everyday life and now even my parents tell me to shut up every time I open my mouth. When making my class schedule I choose professors who are Korean, even though I don't have the courage to speak with them. LOL

*U.S Resident

Well, I've been watching Korean Dramas since I was 12 and it's been 6 years. I know how to say some Korean word like umma, oppa, ajussi, ajuma, (Please understand my spelling) and some other words. For my friend and me, whenever one of us dressed like an old woman, we used to call each other "ajuma". Sometime, when my mom asked me to do something i dont like, i sighed "agoo" and she even actually said "agoo" back too!! Watching Korean drama, i learn a lot about their cuisine, and how they eat the food. Last time, my family went to a Korean restaurant and I was so exited when seeing all the dishes we had there were the ones I saw on drama. This school year, i met a new friend, who appears to be my very first Korean friends ever, and she also loved Korean drama. We had a long talk at lunch about K-dramas and it continues for the next two days... hihi... Watching korean drama, I also pay attention to how they dress, since where I live and Korea have the some kind of climate, I know what is trendy now and start to mix my clothes like them when going to school! I LOVE YOU K-DRAMA!!

I've started learning Korean like others. And after I watched Protect the Boss (and "heard" about BB cream from Jaejoong) I tried some Korean beauty products (sheet masks, BB creams - and I like them). :)

*I’m not a US/Canada resident.