*before I forget. I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF THE US/CANADA

As I became a everyday kdrama watcher, and realized kdrama was not just a fad of my life, I realized this thing called ramyun kept popping up in every drama. One fine day, I check out the noodle section in the grocery store snd see that the store sells ramyun. Eating it makes me feel somehow closer to kdrama land and it has sort of become a ritual for me to eat a bowl of ramyun along with my current kdrama! :-)

I had my Korean-ness set before dramas but if anything, dramas helped me get more in touch with Korean culture in general. In the past, I didn't really care but now I have more genuine interest!

I am obsessed like most people with Korean things and I have picked up the language for one; but to answer your question, recently I tried makkgoli. I almost NEVER drink - have never liked too but I HAD to drink this. I had tried Korean food before - my favorite being kimchi pancakes and fish cakes; but makkgoli was a whole new experience for me. I loved it! I think I might get another bottle for myself and maybe I can join yall in a drinking game! =P
*Here's to building a tolerance so I can graduate to soju and start drinking like a heart broken male lead* Gambai!

Watching kdramas had me starting eating more kimichi! The food always appear so appetizing in the drama I just want to have some. I remember in Coffee Prince when they were having Kimichi Fried Rice.. that fried rice looked so delicious I just wanted to have some. I haven't tried soju but I probably will soon. ahah

In the name of kdrama, i ended up going to dramabeans and allkpop every single day without fail! And listening to a lot of kpop (my ipod is filled with soooo many korean songs!) I ended up going to last year's MAMA concert too which turned out to be a blast and a great experience :)

I'm NOT a resident of US/Canada

due to lack of worthwhile jdrama, i’ve switched to kdrama last year and, boy, what a rollercoaster ride my life has become…i’m a doctor but still i make the extra time to watch the latest kdrama (per DRAMABEANS recommendations, i must say. honestly. no crossed-fingers there). I only miss watching kdrama when I am 24-hour duty in the hospital. But i catch up real good the following day, even with lack of sleep.There is Dramabeans to help me with the chore…despite being a “newbie”, my fellow residents call me an “addict”… i have become a kdrama guru to them. i recommend dramas based on my critique as well as Dramabeans’. my parents are aghast on my new-found love. They can’t understand how i laugh, cry, curse, cheer while watching K drama… Try watching it yourself then….Kdrama has made me love korea… I began to teach myself Korean by downloading “talk to me in Korean” podcasts from iTunes. I am also learning how to write Hangul. TTMIK has a video on how to write the “letters”. Kdrama has also made me love KPOP because the OSTs are just awesome. Even if I don’t really understand what the song is about but the music and “feel” is simply just right for the selected scene… (sigh!) It made me love korean groups like Super Junior, Big Bang, 2ne1 to name a few. I must admit that I can sing to a number of their songs — and then some…I have to download the lyrics in romanized hangul for me to read it and sing it. It made me dine in a Korean Restaurant for the first time which has been in our city for at least 5 years. It made me start to eat “ramyun” (even if it is in a packet). It has made me want to wear a hanbok. The best thing is, I have filled up my 1T hard drive (which I bought early last year) with kdrama (downloaded althrougout 2011) — and more so that I have kdrama in my laptop (~300G). my ipod Touch (64G) is now filled with at least 30G of kdrama (without subtites though) and kpop. my playlists include K OST, KPOP, SUPER JUNIOR. In my Top 25 Most Played Songs, you can find Jejoong’s “I’ll Protect You”, JYJ’s “Found You”, Park Sang Woo’s “Saranghango, Saranghamnida”, Sung Si Kyung’s “You are My Spring”, Jo Hyun Jae’s “If I live for one more day”, Heo Gak’s “Don’t forget me”, Hyun Bin’s “that man”…These are my lullabies at night…(sigh) so much has happend because of Kdrama but I have no regrets. It is my oasis, my refuge, my R&R after long hours of work in the hospital. The funny thing is, I have yet to watch medical dramas. I prefer to watch non-medical kdramas to keep my mind off anything work-related to keep my sanity rooted, while my imagination runs away with the likes of Cha Seung Won, Hyun Bin, Jo Hyun Jae, etc, etc, etc…(blush! blush! — at my age, I’m actually blushing like a teenager again) (nyahahahaha!). Lastly, my love for kdrama led me to DRAMABEANS, which is, by far, my official “guidebook” (or “guideblog”) for anything related to korean entertainment. Everyday, next to facebook, I would open Dramabeans page in my second tab and read the latest entries. I love read the witty prattle, the honest-to-goodness critique, the informative banter in the recaps, the tactful and, yes, even tactless verdicts of most (if not all) kdrama’s on-air at the moment. (seriously!~) all in all, there is no room for regrets for this “addiction”. this Kdrama fever. I would, could and must wallow in this for years and years to come. I LOVE KDRAMA!\

* I am not a resident in the US/Canada

One thing. Very obvious is the change in my fashion. Recently, the IN has been the circle scarf and I just bought, not one, but TWO scarfs today. ;] Almost everytime I watch a kdrama, I always crave korean food. Most especially, kimchi. ;]

eat kimchi, kimbap, basically become a korean food addict. Also, fashion taste has changed. and yes, watching dramas late into the night despite an important school assignment being due the next morning.

Watching Korean dramas has led me to learn Korean, want to study abroad in Korea even though I am studying Chinese in college, and also appreciate the culture and food so much more!! I have a few Korean friends, and I now can understand them a bit better (language, culture, media. I very often now beg them to take me to Korean restaurants and malls that are around my area and even bother them about questions about the Korean language or culture. Some car rides back from a Korean restaurant I will just ask my friend to Korean names of everything around me, like tree, car, sky, etc. I'm sure that I have become quite an annoyance, however we have been friends since middle school so I think that she has accepted my eccentricities by now. Anyway Korean dramas have change my life to such an extent that I did not even realize it until I wrote this post!!
Thank you dramabeans, I honestly love you guys!!

Korean drama make me like korean food. I go to korean church twice and I was so happy to be able to say kamsamnida or annyong haseyo to people that actually understand it.
It make me call my mom omma, my brother oppa, my cousin and my friend unnie.
I ponctuated some of my phrase by a arrata, arrata, I say anyo, or when I'm really upset I'm like " Aïch Aïgo aïgo aïgo".
When I went to LA I spend time at Koreatown, eat Korean pizza and watch the Korean channel on TV.
My familly and friend think I'm weird, but I show some drama to some of them and they become to understand. I'm going to korea next years.
And everytime they heard something related to Korea they're like " hey its your country!".

* I'm not a US or Canada resident

i say "yah" a lot now..especially when i call my sister. i have a whole new appreciation for korean food..but best of all got my sister hooked too. needless to say we loved my name is kim sam soon :))

I watched fantasy couple with my mom when i was younger and i remember craving jjajangmyun ALL THE TIME. That's when i really learned the taste of jjajangmyun much to the relief of my parents who worried that i didnt like korean food

I started learning Korean on my own. I bought dictionaries and all that stuff that will help me learn. In school, whenever I hear Koreans talking, I can't stop my self from smiling. IDK. Haha. And there was also a time when I got to sit beside Koreans in a bus. Though I can't understand what they are saying, it just makes me happy. =))) It's also my dream to go to Korea once I pass the board exam. :D Also, two years ago, my doctor advised me to stop eating noodles. But I can't help it. I regularly buy ramyun in the supermarket =)) My addiction also lead me to kpop. Korean expressions are already part of my life. When I ask my friend if they knew this show or song, they would always ask, "Is that Korean?" They really know how addicted I am. :))

*I'm not from the US/Canada.

In the name of the K-drama Universe I have now:

Yes, I eat kimchi now even though I hated it. I changed how I held my chopsticks just cause I saw Jiwon from 1N2D holding it a different way. I bow to everyone as a sign of respect. I say "aigo" like an ajumma. I know more of Korean gossip than my home country. I know MORE Korean celebrities more than I would have thought. I can read Korean now (there will be a day where I can speak Korean fluently!). I SOOOOO want to travel to Korea. I buy my groceries at a Korean store. I say thank you in Korean to everybody. Before, I can't take it that I don't have TV in my own room, but now, as long as I have access to my internet so I could watch my Kdramas and variety shows, I'm set. K-drama has pretty much, taken over my life.

The End.

Truthfully, before realizing kdramas even existing I didn't really take note of koreans. Although, ever since i started i can distinguish when a stranger is talking korean to another and it feels weird to realize it when before I didn't even notice.
I must admit, kdramas have made me fall in love with kimchi and I really want to go visit Korea and learn to speak semi-fluent korean enough to have a conversation. More would be even better (;
Not only that, I seem to be more aware of korean guys

That's an easy one! I've started to learn Korean.

watching kdramas almost everyday for more than 5 years now and counting makes me want to visit korea and be a korean girL**...:)i gradually learned basic korean language and hopefully i can speak fluently..i love korean fashion, the styles and everything, i tried to be a korean wanna be but i failed:(...and oh yeah i luv their ost's "ive got tons of them on my ipod and every time 'm driving kpop songs pumping out loud on my car's stereo!full blast!Take me to Korea baby:)

THERE ARE SEVEN THINGS I'VE DONE IN THE NAME OF K-DRAMAS :

1. I started to blog about it.
2. I forced myself to eat kimchi even though I can't stand the smell.
3. I learned to stalk! This one is kinda creepy but yes! I am now a certified online stalker of Korean celebrities, especially those that I love. *cough Lee Seung Gi* :)
4. I started to study Korean language.
5. I always go to our school's library only to research about Korean history and culture.
6. I am more of a silent type. Usually, when people tell something bad about me, I just ignore it. But nowadays, I become outspoken. I bash those people who belittle and cuss out K-dramas.
7. My room turned into a K-drama museum. I used the K-dramas posters I bought as wallpapers. :D

When I watched Kdrama,I'll spend my next 16 hours(for 16 eps drama) on my macbook screen. I always want to try korean food because the way they represent it in the drama is mouth watering.But it was hard to get good korean food in Indonesia.Then 1 years ago I study abroad to United states,and coincidentally my college is next to asian area.There are a lot of korean restaurant. So basically I spend my lunch time trying every korean restaurants on the street. The funny this is sometimes I went for Korean bbq for lunch and then after that I have to go to my class. So I was smelling like korean meat during my anthropology class (and it was hard to keep my eyes open because I was too full and anthro is boring).Kdrama also introduced me to kpop(even though I don't like the dance music,I love their ballad)

after watching k-dramas i started learning their language so i can easily understand the dramas..... I started to eat kimchi, ramen and other spicy food.. and whenever i eat kimchi my father always tell me that it smells bad, but i always tell him that it's delicious... Now my parents are also eating kimchi, hehehehe......... now a days i prefer korean food rather than my native food,hehehe.... also kdramas influenced my fashion sense..... i like the way koreans dress so i try my best to wear clothes similar to them... i like the colors of their clothes its so bright and lovely..... one of my dream is to visit korea and i asked my parents a trip to korea as a graduation gift. kdramas really influenced my daily life big time,hehehe :)

not fom us/canada...

- say annyeong instead of Hi
- say Kamsahamnida instead of Thank you... at times i say Komawo.. hahaha
- say Deh~ instead of Yes

- crave for samgyupsal a LOT of times..
- call my friends "chingoo~"
- buy tons of BB cream..

^___^ i love Kdramas... they're my life! hehe

*Not from the States :)

after watching k-dramas i started learning their language so i can easily understand the dramas….. I started to eat kimchi, ramen and other spicy food.. and whenever i eat kimchi my father always tell me that it smells bad, but i always tell him that it’s delicious… Now my parents are also eating kimchi, hehehehe……… now a days i prefer korean food rather than my native food,hehehe…. also kdramas influenced my fashion sense….. i like the way koreans dress so i try my best to wear clothes similar to them… i like the colors of their clothes its so bright and lovely….. one of my dream is to visit korea and i asked my parents a trip to korea as a graduation gift. also when you listen to my ipod you can't find any single english song because it is full of osts from kdramas.... some of my friends tell me if i even understand the songs and i always tell them yes,hehehehe kdramas really influenced my daily life big time,hehehe

not fom us/canada…

K-dramas introduced me to my future. When I first started watching K-dramas I was like they're so good, interesting, funny, cute, and twisted....I LOVE IT! After watching a few dramas I began paying attention more to the Korean language indicating words I recognized and understood. After a while since I have always been a natural language fanatic I started studying Korean in every way possible! I ate Korean food, I drank soju, I freaking love kimchi, and I started speaking more Korean as I kept meeting more. Now I am proud to say I plan on majoring in Korean in college and after college I plan to go to Korea for a couple of years and teach English as well as soak up more of the culture that I have so dearly fell in love with(:

Well there you have it!<3

K-drama love has started to make me say "Aish" a lot (after hearing Kim Joo-won in Secret Garden say it so much) when I'm irritated. And "aigoo" after hearing so many k-drama ajummas saying it.

Before KDrama: bringing my sons to eat Japanese food
collections of Hong Kong dramas DVDs
logged into asiafanatic.net frequently
using wooden chopsticks to eat rice
eat longevity noodles during birthdays

After KDrama : boys nagged I frequent Korean restaurants
collections of Korean drama DVDs
logged into soompi site 20 times/day
using stainless chopsticks
eating seaweed soup during birthdays
knocking sons' head
saying yeaa instead of yes
checking the Korean section in the marts

# non US\Canadian resident

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I've failed several diets because of all the food-related dramas I've watched. I mean, who can not resist Pasta and Flower Boy Ramyun shop and all its shining food glory? All I have to say is, no regrets :).

Happy Anniversary!

I love this question. Ok, here we go. Ahem. Let me count the ways I (and my family) have been influenced by k-dramas....

1) We changed out our silverware for metal chopsticks and and long-handle spoons
2) Our refrigerator is filled with the plastic korean pitchers used for soju (or water)....it's filled with either coffee soju or yogurt soju.
3) On any given day we have spicy cold noodles, seasoned mung bean, spinach kimchi, cucumber kimchi, or pork bone soup in the fridge.
4) Had we lived in a cooler climate, my sister would be burying kimchi pots in our backyard. Her Christmas wishlist last year included a kimchi refrigerator and earthen pot.
3) We almost named our newest puppy 'Puchai' from city hunter.
4) Our other dog (we call her 'Nana' for short) is now referred to as Kim Nana.
5) I am determined to learn Korean so that I can watch dramas without subtitles and be able to read the directions on skin care bottles.
6) Most of our family conversations are spent talking about dramas - catching each other up on recent episodes someone may have missed, new recaps for dramas, or which dramas we should watch next.
7) The ringtones on our cellphones are soundtracks from Korean themes (I still have Secret Garden's cute text alert, my mom and sis have songs from Lie to Me). My workout music mix now includes tracks from 2NE1, Nu Abo, and DBSK.

Thanks to korean dramas, I finally visited Seoul and Jeju-do, and they are my favorite places in the world now!

Well, K-drama has made me less awkward at apologizing to people since all i have to do is give them an apple, best apology ever!

I took Korean classes and I hope to be fluent enough to have a full on conversation with my best friend's Mom (cross your fingers Eunhee :D!!) without sounding spectacularly clueless.

I now love Korean Food with all my heart. It's a serious obsession of mine but i'm sad that there is only one Korean restaurant in the whole of Nairobi City that has variety.

My Drama Obsession has reached worrying heights. I literally dont sleep, eat or move till my pile of DVD's is done with. The hangover on the next day is a killer but Must.Know.What.Happens.Next.

Everyone i know is worried that I've finally gone nutters except my best friend who thinks i'm completely hysterical.

I have been to Korea and spent six glorious months in Busan and Itaewon. Sigh... Good times. My Korean Family there is convinced i was Korean in my other life...

As you can tell I am a resident of Nairobi Kenya.

Starting to take Korean classes and went to Korea in 2010.

Kdramas make alive and its will always be a part of me. 8 years has past but I still love watching it.

and I'm from Malaysia. :)

I would have gone to Korea anyway (my boyfriend's half Korean and the trip was to visit his family), BUT I certainly would have gotten less out of the trip.

I had a little bit of trouble crossing roads there at first... I mean, I was fine, but the sheer amount of people getting hit by cars in dramas and music videos made me really apprehensive. It is really just the product of unimaginative, harried writers, but it honestly made me wonder if it was really a *thing.* People just got hit by cars all the time.

I ended up visiting his family friends at the polo club on Jeju Island- seeing a section of its inside as the set of Paradise Ranch ("I was there! Shim Changmin was there!" *screenshot, screenshot, screenshot*!) later got me more excited than the actual drama. Or going to places that were in dramas on Jeju... it wasn't so surprising to see elderly ladies diving and wrangling with squid, but still pretty jaw-dropping baller.

So many things! Like learning Korean (echoing the love for Talk to Me in Korean), making trips out to Hmart, cooking kimchi fried rice/bibimbap/ddukboki, eating Shin ramen (initially because of Goong), starting an Asian pop culture blog with a heavy drama-focus, and (most embarrassingly), using typical exclamations (esp. "aish" and "ya"). To be fair, those sound a lot like noises my Hispanic family members make to express the same emotions, so saying them feels natural to me (unlike "omo" or "aigoo," for example).

On the flip side, I think k-dramas desensitize me to yelling.

* I’m not a resident neither Canada or USA.

Last year was the year I caught the k-drama fever. And also the year of my SAT’s (or vestibular – how they’re called in my country, Brazil). I was studying practically 8 hours a day, but still made time to feed my addiction. My mom first thought that it was very irresponsible – which it was – but i converted her too and brought her to the dark side.
Fortunately I passed, YAY! Thanks to countless sleepless nights – either watching the latest episode of my crack dramas or reviewing for the tests.
I’m in no way encouraging anyone to follow in my foot steps because this was not healthy! I’m getting all the sleep I want this year. Or at least that’s my new year’s resolution. It’s a bit hard when my k-drama to watch keeps getting bigger and my spare time keeps getting “smaller”.

I’m sorry for any mistakes in gramar or anything. English is not my first language. Also sorry for the long rant. There’s somethings we just need to get it out =D

Learned korean, went Korea, named my cat SuJu and talk korean to her! :)