I have been hit by the Hallyu Wave. It's all Bernice's fault. She only meant for me to watch the drama she was watching, but i tend to have a habit of going above and beyond with things. It started off with one drama, "Boys Over Flowers". then it went on to another, and then another, and these dramas aren't short. for instance, Boys over Flowers has 25 episodes, and each of those are at least 1 hour and 10 mins. If i calculate that, it's almost 30 hours spent watching 1 drama. i think I've watched at least 10. but lets count:
Boys over Flowers, Oh My Lady, Playful Kiss, Heart Strings, You're Beautiful, The Greatest Love, My Lovely Sam Soon, Coffee Prince, Dream High, and i'm currently watching The Musical and Flower Boy Ramen Shop.
that doesn't include other ones that i watch here and there. So as you can see, i have spent a lot of hours on watching Koreans. but it doesn't stop there. I am one who loves music. If it sounds good to my ears, i love it. weather it be Hindi, African, Spanish, it doesn't matter. If it's good and i like it, i'm going to listen to it.
with that being said, when i watched "Heart Strings", a lot of it was based around music. It was were i was introduced to Jung Yong Hwa, lead actor of heart string, and Leader of real-life group, CN Blue. When watching Heart strings, i always use to think "wow, this guy can sing". i then did some more research on him (me going the extra mile again), and i saw that he was a part of this reality-type show (in Korea, they call it variety shows) called We Got Married. i can honestly say that this is the show that got me hooked on Koreans (look it up to see what it's about). In the show, he married SNSD's maknae, Seohyun.
I didn't know much about K-pop, but that all changed after watching WGM. why? Because, staying true to who i am, i started to research who Seohyun was. It was there i was introduced to So Nyuh Shi Dae, aka SNSD, bka Girls' Generation. These girls open me up to Korean Pop. Singing, dancing, acting........it was all there. and then i found out that the average idol (what they call pop stars in Korea) trains for an average of 5-6 years before actually being about to sing. Most of these kids start in Junior high. In SNSD's case, the majority of them trained for 7 years, Seohyun starting at a mere 13 years old.
The more i research, the more i started to appreciate Koreans. In watching variety shows and interviews, i have learned that these kids (i can call most of them that because i think i'm older than a lot of them) have sacrificed a lot to achieve their dreams. I hope all will be successful in the future.
So there you have it, in black and white. My obsession with Korean Culture.
to watch dramas in Korean with Eng Subs, go to:
1. http://www.hulu.com/genres/Drama/Korean-Drama?type=tv
2. http://www.dramafever.com/
to watch some variety shows with Eng Subs, go to:
1. http://ithetimes.wordpress.com/
2. http://www.kshowonline.com/
3. http://www.kshownow.net/
or just youtube it!
to get the latest on all things kpop:
1. http://www.allkpop.com/
Annyeong!!!!
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