There are so many long and interesting stories that have way more substance than mine, but I just want a shot at the YAB set, okay? :D

The most outrageous thing I've ever done was to pretend to be completely, utterly devastated (as in, sobbing, crying, threatening to suicide and just die because life wasn't worth it anymore) about breaking up with my boyfriend that my mum had to call my school and tell them I wasn't going to be able to complete the assessment task that was worth 45% of my final mark, just so I could wrap myself in bed all day and catch the finale of IRIS. Without subs.

...I didn't have a boyfriend.

I've been a super fanatic to 2 Kdramas namely "My Girl" and "Boys Over Flowers"
but i can exactly tell my addictness to both are different from one another a fact that Boys Over Flowers is closer to my heart because of my extreme addictness to the story...Just love it! (though to admit it's plot has flows hahah...im just really to a fairytale like stories!and i want my own Gu Jun Pyo! heheh..opsie going overboard....)
First of all i want to talk about the first Kdrama that that i loved so much!
MY GIRL!
-I first watched it when my cousin bought a dvd of it and i tried to peek what she is watching...and yeah the first parts were really funny easily got my attention and i started sitting to their sofa feeling like it's our home hahah!
-I hate it everytime my cousin would close the Television at six o' clock since the Television is over heating hahah!that's just the time i would go home and crave that it's now tomorrow so i can watch My girl again...
-the next day I went to their home early haha..yeah and im the one demanding to watch my girl hahah...they were eating breakfast and i was watching,they ate breakfast and i was watching they ate lunch and i was still watching hahah for MY GIRL i would make my face thick and never mind them hahah!and yeah i finished it and got the burden to watch it again i borrowed the dvd...
-watched it again and again until she just gave me the DVD hahah but from to much watching almost everyday i was broken!
-and i even ask people to give me a MY GIRL DVD as gift so on my birthday i received 3!
-from to much addictness to this drama i even copied JOO YOO RIN'S hairstyle hahah! even her earrings!and i would talk about it about school even it's repetitive until they would be encourage to watch it...
that's how addicted i am to my girl...
But it felt like i was on a different world with BOYS OVER FLOWERS!

my story about BOYS OVER FLOWERS!

~I started watching boys over flowers from a good friend's recommendation so I watched it on the Internet ...The first scenes i was like okay it's the Korean version of Meteor garden I love that show..and the first time I saw the Korean F4 I was like.. EH?? what's with the leader of F4??but it started to grow on me.And now im super Inlove with GOO JUN PYO!
~So i was too impatient to wait for the next episodes hahahah...sometimes my parents would get mad at me for being greedy with the computer hahaha...and would told me.."What are you watching?!why were you like that??you would use the computer like forever thus never want to let your brother borrow...you're too addicted to that! and i would be badly affected and cry like a child..and would say "Oh please Mom!it's my only happiness !"hahahah
~ And yeah at school it's the only thing i've been chatting about telling the whole story until the last episode i watch so far...
~I printed pictures of them and would ask everyone who's the most handsome guy for you??
~i would make a survey at school about BOYS OVER FLOWERS!
~ I waited for news to when it would be shown at our country
~ and when they first showed it i even fall the the place i've been sittng!(IT HURTS YEAH) but i never mind i started shouting calling all my friends and delivered the news!I told them to watch it!
~then I started joining forums,making fanmade music videos, and using the computer everyday which was not me...
~when the DVD was out I bought one! hahah...i downloaded all Boy Over Flowers song memorize them
~And then I started watching the DVD everyday!
~bought the necklace GU JUN PYO gave JANDI on net hahah
~bought Boys Over Flowers stickers,pins,and even designed my notebooks with their pictures!hahah
~during the first weeks of BOF airing in our country we have to go to Hong Kong for a trip...and I was so sad that i'd rather be left than go to Hong Kong the first time for the sake of watching Boys Over Flowers with I had already watched a plenty of times hahah
~At our stay in Hong Kong I would often times say i miss our country but the truth is I just want to watch Boys Over Flowers hahah
~and everytime I would listen to BOF songs
~one time my father was interested watching the other show at another channel during BOF Hours so they switched the channel and promised to return it but I walked out crying, locked my room and icried so badly like no one would stop me hahaha...
~i even dream of the BOF cast when im asleep hahah....so wonder how i daydream about them??
~and now i was making a scrapbook about the casts hahah!
~ my wallet is filled with pictures of the cast especially GOO JUN PYO my wallet is about to exlode and many times i would change for abigger wallet that would accommodate those pics...
~and I even talk about BOF to my teacher hahaha!
~and now from my too much addictness my brother whose 4 yrs old knows GOO JUN PYO alot when it's about korea It's always Goo Jun Pyo he remembered...one time.."what's the capital of South Korea??" my Brother's answer would be..."GU JUN PYO!" hahah

And yeah I joined here because I am starting to be addicted with You're Beautiful and now they started appearing in my dreams!

I have never been one to think I'd fall head over heels with korean dramas but thanks for them, I added " visit seoul" in my bucket list and I am glad I've done it once. I plan to visit again. Soon.

It was mid 2005, my sister handed me what looked like an innocunous looking DVD box set which changed my life. It was My Name is Kim Samsoon, and she said her older male colleague strongly recommended it, she had never seen it but she wanted my opinion on it after I had finished it. Up until that point, I had only watched TV dramas made by our local (Singaporean) TV stations and TVB dramas from HK. Then, I wasn't into Korean and hadn't started Korean lessons yet so I watched it in Mandarin audio. I finished it in 4 days straight and that was the start of my very intense K drama addiction. I was 29 that year, the same age as the Kim Samsoon the female protagonist and I could relate somewhat to some of the scenarios she was facing. Hyun Bin became my biggest and first ever K crush, I soon moved on to Rain, Kwon Sang Woo, Lee Byung hun etc.

Full House was the 2nd drama I ever caught and both these dramas are firmly perched as number one and two respectively on my all time fave dramas of ALL time. Over the years, many dramas have come along that I enjoy - Que Sera Sera, Sang Doo Let's go to school, IRIS, All In, Dalja's Spring (incidentally I was 33, the same age as Dalja when I watched it) could relate again !! But nothing comes close to MNIKSS. I trawled the net for any thing that was remotely related to Hyun Bin, I even contemplated going to Korea for a holiday and stalk him.

Because of K dramas, I've learnt to embrace so many korean things - language, try to appreciate its culture and I am even taking korean language lessons. I eat Korean snacks, instant noodles, use Korean cutlery, cosmetics, embrace korean girl's fashsion ( i even dress like them sometimes, except the winter stuff because it just too darn hot here in the tropics) etc. And when I walk pass a camping tent, I cannot erase that scene from Full House.

At last count, I have completed about 50 dramas and I am still going.

My sister never got around to watching MNIKSS but I got her to watch FH and she found it ordinary at best

Because of my fanatical Rain addiction, I have travelled within Asia to catch him in concert, I've spent heaps merchandise related to him (some of them are collecting dust) and I don't think I'll find a country or culture apart from my own that I'll embrace so much.

You're beautiful.
Revolutionary simply.

For the first time in my life that I have,

- recognised the growing appetite for younger men - oh my!
- referred JGS as Geun-suk-obba, though i am the noona of course.
- obsessively checked on news, videos about YB, JGS. finally caught up with new technology playing youtubes on my mp4 player, which is yepp btw ;)
- registered korean class and yes i am still going.
- started to mentally divide my friends/ colleagues into 'kdrama-able' and not
- preached kdrama in my capacity to every human being. and i would proudly say i succeeded!
- hopped on a tour to taiwan with 3 YB gals and 1 non believer. i brought my netbook along so the non believer could enjoy the conversion in 4 days 3 nights. we four sat in 2 rows on the coach, 2 in the front watching by sharing ear plugs while we 2 at the back watching behind the seats without sound!
- shamelessly posed like ANJells in nearly all taiwan trip photos, actually we all did! hahahah

gooosh the list can still go on and on....

last but not least i have the kdrama buddy to thank for. we discuss about the dramas we watch and even role-play sometimes, whenever wherever we get a chance to!

Oh and I didn't mention. Full House was probably the one drama my sister watched. I had watched up until the 2nd last ep (15) and waited for her to complete ep 15 ( thinking back, I don't know how I managed to hold in the suspense). We agreed that we'd watch ep 16 together. She had school camp over the weekend ( I remember vividly it was a Friday) and I was at work. So I came home on Friday evening eager for the weekend to come when we could watch it together over the weekend. What I didnt know was that she had taken the disc containing the last disc with her (WITH THE LAPTOP) to camp. I went ballistic when I called her when I found the disc missing. She said she took the disc because she couldn't wait to finish it and find out the ending !!!!!!!

So there I was stuck for the whole weekend waiting for her to return. I looked forward not so much to the return of my kid sister but my DISC !!!!

She had taken the laptop so I couldnt watch it online either !

To this day, I give her grief when I think about it.

All this from someone who initially thought K drama was crap. I think I'll watch k dramas until the end of my life. I am so glad I discovered them

wow!!
this is cool stuff... and i just celebrated one year of watching kdramas yesterday !! :D...

well nothing spl on my side,,, not like some of the fantastic experiences some ppl have,,, but still go through the list... for me these are crazy things to do normally, but as a kdrama addict its pretty routine i guess

1) stayed up all night /checking for ppl checking up on you/parents yelling at you: yes
2)called in sick/reached late to office/work school.. : defi...
3)more than half your music collection is drama inspired: YES!
4)learnt everything korean there is to know: of yeah.. i kept writing my name and every other word i could think of in korean
5)tried desperately to convert ppl around u to addicts.. done!
6)shouted out phrases in korean when you are suddenly disturbed/astonished: yeah.. and i get away with it.. as many of them sound similar to indian exclamations and questions
7) have a secret love affair with something/someone related to korea: yeah.,.. this is lame.. but i stared at the korean restaurant on the way to my work ev erytime i passed it...
8) invest in the latest technology so that u can get ur daily dose:.. YES io spent a fortune ;D
9) Still havent been to korea to visit a filming location.. but i DID seriously think of studying there...
10) still havent stalked a kdrama star.. unless you count googling and visiting their pages and fanclubs :P

the wierdest thing i did was wen YAB was being broadcast... I cought up with first 12 eps and then had to desperately wait every week for the latest eps... and i rem my dad screaming at me to go to bed at 1 am.. but thats wen all eps wer usually uploaded on youtube,,,.. anyway..I i didnt realise it but the last ep was to be broadcast the day i was to go to mumbai... 10 min before i left home to go to station i was still downloading the last ep of painter of the wind and second last ep of YAB... i rem my dad shouting "You are not having me miss cos of something you are downloading... anything that can be done later"... hehee.. i forced him to take his laptop and wireless connection so that i could buffer the last ep on the train...
anyone who has travlled to mumbai on the train will know the HUGE amount of tunnels when you cross the mountains to reach the coast.. man! it was funny... everytime the train entered the tunnel, it would stop buffering and JGS 's with the manliner would shine brightly for everyone in my train compartment (and my dad... my DAD! .. of all ppl) to see .. i never heard the end of his teasing .. to this day,,, (and i never could finish watching the last ep that week... :(... laptop was confiscated... had to wait an entire week! )

this is a great post with the best comments section ever!

:D
cheers!

I am a mom of a 2 year old and an infant. I have been sleep deprived almost continuously since my first child was born. I work full time and I take on the full mom role. So I am usually overwhelmed and under-rested with no time for myself. However, my Korean drama addiction kicked back in a few months ago and I started watching Boys Before Flowers. My husband was out of town on work travel at the time. I ended up staying up ALL night watching all of the episodes of Boys Before Flowers!!! I was COMPLETELY exhausted and crazy!! I did not tell my husband about it and I managed to barely make it through my day. I think I let my kids watch a lot of t.v. and just roam around and play by themselves. I may have also fallen asleep at work in the bathroom! ;o)

I watch K-dramas so much to the extent that I have dreams about them..

Sometimes it feels as if I am half awake and half asleep and I just have these nonsense images going through my head of the drama I watched the day previously.. I think maybe other people also experience this as well?

But other times I end up having actual dreams about dramas..

I once had a dream that Hong Gil Dong was coming on American television, and for some reason they were also speaking in English. o.O

Also, sometime after I had finished You're Beautiful and was obsessing over Jang Geun Suk I had dreams where I was together with him. Ah, if only that happened in reality.. T_T

For me, taking up a drama is curiously similar to going cold turkey if any other type of addiction were to be addressed. It often involves dropping all my plans, locking myself in my room for the next few days, and only going out for bathroom breaks. The aftermath is always a bit dramatic too, as I usually step out red-nosed, bug-eyed and disheveled, but beneath the ratty exterior is renewed vigor to spread the love for these productions -- which I manage to do by ceaselessly talking about them to whomever crosses my path.

I suppose the one deed that has truly defined my addiction was my attempt to watch an episode of Cinderella's Sister while being interviewed for admission to college. As I was tearing up over a drunk Ki Hoon calling to his Eun Jo-ya on that fated wall for the first time and barely holding myself from squealing and flailing, I struggled to explain why I wanted to pursue studies in English communication arts. I pointed out that mis-communication is often a problem in interpersonal relationships and daily interactions in various public settings. A week later, I was notified of my admission.

From 1 Litre of Tears, for which I am quite sure the tears I shed exceeded 1L, to the more recent Cinderella's Sister, I have written blog entries, made friends, joined online communities and risked my academic future.

Is the addiction worthy of all that? For fans of these tales of love collectively labeled as Asian dramas, there are very few things in the world sweeter than a smoldering leading man, a sprint across an airport full of people, and a well-executed reunion kiss -- the gooey center to an angst-covered ball of drama decadence.

Let's face it, if you consider yourself a Korean drama addict, then you are more likely than the casual drama viewer to do something a kinda crazy in support of your fix. But some fans can go even further, depending on the circumstances.

Do I consider myself a drama addict? Yes. Have I made some crazy attempts to assure that my hunger for dramas are satisfied? Oh yeah. Heck, on a recent trip to visit see family in Korea, my first, I oogled at the vending machine near Namsan Tower where Gu Jun Pyo and Jan Di had coffee more than I did at Gyeongbok Palace.

What makes my case a little different than others? I'm a dude. A thirty-something, American born and raised white dude. So, doesn't just making that statement come with a bit of a negative social stigma? Or worse, that I might have some sort of bizarre fixation?

Not necessarily. You see, I married into a Korean family. My wife's side of the family came over to the United States in the early seventies, and they speak in Korean predominantly at home. When I first met my (then future) wife's parents, I knew immediately that I would have to learn a lot more about Korean culture than I had originally expected to. So, with spousal encouragement, I turned to dramas, which taught me as much as an American could learn about Koreans customs, family dynamics, even the expected "rules" of dating in Korean culture. Since then, I've been hooked.

There's plenty to love about the atmosphere that surrounds Korean television–whether it be the universal themes that anyone can relate to, the trendy fashion and technology highlights, the candy-like pop ballads, or even the way that the Seoul city night seems to glitter like gems in every single episode. For me, it has been the medium's ability to bring me closer to a culture I had never really experienced, and in the process brought me closer to people I love, that has kept me coming back for more.

But I wouldn't consider my addiction crazy. I think of it more as a sensible dependency.

I have always loved watching dramas and I started at a very young age. I think my first drama was around the time I was about 7 years old. Since then, I've been watching them on a daily basis (I'm 25 now!)

The worst thing I did for my drama addiction was called in to work AND school last summer for a whole week because I wanted to watch Brilliant Legacy!!! I LIED THAT MY AUNT DIED and the funeral will be for about 7 days (our culture funeral lasts about 7 days). I feel extremely horrible about it and it still bothers my conscious when my co-workers asks me about my aunt or how I'm doing now, since it's supposed to be her death anniversary.... (feeling guilty again!!!).

Yeah...when it first came out, I didn't think it would be as good, but then in mid-June, I picked up the drama and OMG! I knew I have to catch up with the whole series and since that week, I've been staying up till 6AM here to watch it live on the internet. For several weeks on the weekends, I would only get about 2-4 hours of sleep because I would be re-watching BL or staying up waiting for the live broadcast in Korea. After it finished airing, I got crazy making MVs for it and I still am re-watching it on a weekly basis.

It might not be as crazy as some people's but OMG... that was the worst lie I have ever told and it's still kills me to think about it..... *whew!

My so-called addiction to Korean dramas came about 2 yrs ago watching Lovers in Paris --- I can't wait for the rest of the series on local station that I searched all over to find the DVD set....I luckily found it online & normally when I buy something I had to think twice if the price is too high. This DVD was THE most expensive I bought & I didn't care about it which was uncharacteristic of me I must admit! I watched till about 2 a.m. till my eyes dropped and this is also true, I had to call in sick for work as I was too exhausted to report the next day!
Another great drama I got hooked on was Star in My Heart & I fell for Ahn jae wook I still do as we speak. So till this day I've never cured my Kdrama addiction & I don't suppose there's a Rehab for this madness I've succumbed myself into hahahaha!

I wanted to share so much about my Kdrama experience that I had to tell my friends & siblings who are now just as addicted as I have become!! It's funny from the years that I have been addicted or consumed by Kdramas, I never wanted to watch any other type of shows....everything for me seems to revolved around it, and every time I see a new face of a Kor. actor without adoubtl, I get to like him so my list of favorites are countless to this day!

Sometimes I even wished I were Korean truly, to the extent that I wanted to live & work in Korea and searched online how I can get employment working for foreign companies there since I don't speak the language! Furthermore, I struggled to learn the Kor. language & can read & write after a few months' of self study & still struggling to understand though what I'm writing & reading :) however, I can speak some basic words/phrases & to me that's already an achievement! Through their dramas I came to love the country, Korean people more & more and their culture and this year after praying so hard my wish have been granted --- I finally was able to take a trip to Korea & up to this time I still can't believe I stepped foot into Korean soil & that's I think how far my addiction to Kdramas has taken me and I look forward to going back soon! (I'll go back in a heartbeat)!!!

First let me introduce myself. My name is Melissa, I'm 20 years old and i'm a Caucasian fan of K-dramas. I started watching them in 2006 after stumbling upon a video on youtube. The rest is pretty much history, in the making. lol

So, what have i done in the name of my k-drama addiction?
Well i dont know if i've done anything quite crazy like breaking down in k-drama mode (crying out for a character who just died) out in public. Although, sometimes at work i randomly speak korean...I'm always saying "aigo" like i'm korean when something stresses me out...People just look at me funny. lol
I can only think of a few dramas that have made me go almost insane while at work knowing that a new episode is comming out or airing at the same time i'm working. (i understand that pain) Then running home after work just to watch the show without subs (which doesent help much) lol
I also started making fan made music videos and posting them up on youtube with my most popular video gathering over 1.5 million views and counting.

But i think a lot of people do these things in the name of their k-drama addiction.
What makes me different from the rest of them? I'm not really sure. I wish i could say i got a tattoo of Jun Pyo or visited all of the filming sites for Kim Sam Soon. But thats not true, nor have i even been to korea yet. (I wish)

But something i am doing in the name of my k-drama addiction?
I'm going to college for Asian Studies and majoring in Korean. What started as a hobby (*cough* addiction) is turning into a career for me. In all reality k-dramas have actually changed my life. The way i see other people, countries, things...it's opened my understanding to other people. Its made me set a goal for my future and follow it....

@ferngully--- yes i'm from manila. i took korean language at languages internationale in makati.

My name is Angelica( anne-ja-lee-ka)...my friends say thats the black-i-fied angelica..like on rugrats, but whatever, anywayz.... I have a SerIOUS!!!! problem. I stumbled across dramas on accident. I was looking to buy the manga series MARS, it was the first manga I had ever read, and I really wanted to own them, sooo , Im not quite sure how it happened bit I ended up on link for a show called MARS ( yes i know this one isn't Korean) I was really confused..theres a show? they made a show from this manga?( We make shows and movies from books and stuff ALL the time but it really wasn't clicking for me) "Hhm , Let me check this out"...I DID NOT KNOW what I was getting my self into. 21 episodes later and I am amazed. It was just like the manga, they were really good and gave me that instant gratification of completing a book series. " I wonder if they have any more" (LOL) So I started with the girl in the show, i really liked her and wondered if she was in anything else. Meteor Garden pops up with just gobs of praise, and it was based on BOYS OVER FLOWERS, yes!!!! What is the heaven I have stumbled across. Too bad it sucked. Im really sorry but I really didn't like that one no matter how popular it is, MARS...WAY better. Turned out there are other versions of this, next up HANA YORI DANGO..I was in LOVE. I LOVED EVERYTHING about this one So I had to watch part two, and then I had to wait for the movie.....WHAT ELSE IS THERE, THERE has to be more!!!!!!! Mainland China, Taiwan, KOEREA, Japan...so many dramas, so few hours in the day( not occupied with school or work) I started looking up the actors and reading about the culture, trying to pronounce words correctly, still trying to figure out the OPPA thing, yelling at the computer asking how a person could be so evil and manipulative (Shining Inheritance), How many times is she going to move out of that house( Full House) ..YES you love her you idot!!!( well.....) watching a show on youtube and readind ALL the comments below to see how they feel, is something bad going to happen, just ONE MORE episode and Im going to sleep, no just ONE more I should stop on a even number, Its 6 o'clock in the morning already!!!! I dont have to go to school today, we just reviewing, maybe I can call in today at work, i only have two more episodes to go..... THATS IT!!!! you cant keep watching these shows youre obsessed. You have bills to pay, and a test on friday and you really want to call out of work and miss school. NO MA"AM! Thats IT. THIS IS THE LAST ONE, so pick a nice and easy one...let's see. THis COFFEE PRINCE one looks okay, let end it with this one......... ARE YOU KIDDING ME, that was the BEST one I had ever seen, what the hell!, Iv e been watching all these shows and they still have shows like this that i haven't seen.. So yeah, I have a major problem, i though i could just end it. (not gonna happen) I am SOOO happy to have others like me( completely obsessed and proud of it) Makes me feel like Im apart of something great. I really think we need ,like monthly AA meetings though , just for drama. Not so we can quit, just so we can take it down a notch, have someone to call when were thinking about skipping class, or if we think its a good idea to make up a lie about your already raggedy car, so you can miss work ...... So yeah

also sorry about the punctuation, and spelling. Im terrible at writing (:

The most I've been addicted to a drama was during the Boys Before Flowers craze. I religiously watched it twice a week with friends in our tiny apartment all the while yelling at the TV for the ridiculous plot twists that unfolded.

I even went to Bon Juk restaurant with some friends to eat some juk special so that we could get posters of the four boys. Unfortunately they were all out of them so we had to settle for computer mouse pads. However, the best was when we were walking back to the subway from work one night and we saw a life-sized standing cut out of Lee, Min-Ho by a store. It was for the cookies that he had been endorsing, but was by the trash. We asked the store lady if we could have him and she agreed. My friend proceeded to carry this life sized cut out down the streets of Apkujung and onto the subway where we rode with him for 4 stops. There were quite a few stares and giggles directed towards us, but the desire to have Gu Jun Pyo with us was stronger than our embarrassment. The night of the last episode, life-size Gu Jun Pyo once again made an appearance at our friend's apartment where we all were able to take pictures with him.

You would think that the craze would have ended there, but right before I left Korea my friends and I had a Boys Before Flower day. We went to Namsan and rode the cable car to take pictures of the bench in the cable car, the coffee machine where Geum Jandi got the instant coffee and the spot where Gu Jun Pyo waited for her to show up. Finally, we ended the day at Banpo bridge to take pictures of where Geum Jandi and Ji Hoo saw the water light show.

With the end of that day also ended the longest obsession I've had with a drama so far and hopefully in the future as well. Hopefully I won't be seen walking around with a life-sized cut out of a Korean star again, unless I happen upon one of Gong Yoo and then all bets are off!

Hi
I went to HK (actually I am here now and want to post this story cause i ll fly back to Moscow 2 days and miss 1 july deadline. So while in HK I went to MACAU to search for the church where the wedding in GOONG took place. My friend asked me why to go to Macau if u not playing casino and I looked at her like she is crazy. They actually MARRIED there in Macau told I and that scene in BBF (korean) where Lee Min Ho falls down on the floor while watching her go away is also filmed there!
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Don’t we k-drama lovers have these same symptoms before?

Can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t think of anything else but the plot – what’s happening next? Will it be a happy ending? And how about that suave (not necessary handsome), sometimes cute, sometimes mean, sometimes charming, sometimes insensitive and yet, oh so loving male lead? *blinks*

You have that tinkling, itsy feeling crawling under the skin every time you think of him? Does it makes your heartbeats x 2? Or when he looks lovingly at you (in your dreams) in the eye without saying a word? Can die right!? *^^*

Honestly, for 5 years I been trying to figure why or how these k-dramas have such magical powers that could just draw me in deeper each time an interesting new drama came about. Maybe it’s with each new drama, I find new love! So it’s just like falling in love over and over again, that’s why I can never let go?! Lol.

Actually it is more like a drug that I have been addicted to. I love the food, love the language, love the culture, love the history and love the, err men? Sorry no thanks but keep the real k-men! I only love the reel k-men. *^^*

The most outrageous thing that I ever did for this love was to travel to Buyeo (somewhere down south of Korea) equipped with my limited Korean words and a brave friend who speaks no Korean at all. Together, we traveled all the way from Singapore to Seoul, then 6 hours on the road from Seoul to Buyeo, just to go see the history of the Baekje Kingdom. How mad was that?

I guess I could go on and on and on about many other visits I made to Korea just to satisfy a particular craze or to go see a celebrity but ultimately, it is the same thing that all k-drama lovers does isn’t it? The same road traveled. The same experience and the same craze, again and again. So when will this madness stop?

Never!! ^^v

p/s: I love dramabeans too!

At first, I wasn't too interested when I watched Autumn in my Heart in 2000. I totally did not enjoy 'tear-jerking, everyone dies at the end ' dramas and at the time, I had the impression that was what Kdramas were all about. After a huge lull, I discovered Full House in 2004 and I was hooked.

I was so hooked, I learned the entire Korean Alphabet and can now romanize, read signs and other stuff in the dramas. I also set up a dedicated server just for dramas so anyone at home can watch them anywhere in the house with wireless laptops. So I could be watching while cooking, exercising, sitting in the backyard...even in the bathroom if I wanted to!

I am a Korean-American gal, married to an American guy. I just embraced my Korean-ness early last year when I was forwarded an email with a Kpop youtube link from a friend's son, who is teaching in Korea. After I was introduced to Kpop, I found Star Golden Bell, where an actor (Jung Eui Cheol) from Boys Before Flowers was a guest. After googling the title of the drama, I found your site and learned about DramaFever (back when it was in beta). I signed up and started watching BBF with my husband while he was home from work ill.

We watched three episodes that afternoon and only took a break after we realized we had to feed our children dinner, as it was approaching 7 pm! After dinner and putting the kids to bed, we'd watch more drama. Every. Night. My husband isn't a night owl, but we stayed up until 2 or 3 each night for several nights in a row for a couple of weeks until that drama was finished! We even put 'Chuck,' 'Lost,' and other favorite shows of ours on hold until we finished the drama.

After we finished BFF, we started watching other dramas - Air City, City Hall, Fireworks, Goong, Iris, Korea Secret Agency, My Lovely Sam Soon, OB-GYN, Pasta, Personal Preference/Taste, The Man Who Can't Marry, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, Style, Sweet Spy, Triple, When It's at Night, Witch Yoo Hee, and You're Beautiful all in the span of the last year!

I rarely watch television now that I'm addicted to dramas! My list of dramas waiting to be watched is so long, and more intriguing sounding dramas keep coming out! Who needs non-drama shows??

My parents think it's crazy that I'm up to date on dramas and actors (thanks to you and your site!), and that I'm learning trendy vocabulary from the dramas. They can't believe how much Korean my husband has learned just from dramas, let along what he's learning on other language sites so he can embrace "his" Korean-ness.

This crazy drama addiction has also helped me brush up on my Korean and allowed me to spend more time speaking with my 95 year old grandmother (who speaks very little English). I was asking her about her siblings and what her family was like when she was younger. Imagine my surprise when I found out her older brother's name was Jun Pyo! We've been talking more by phone and she keeps marveling at how much better my Korean has become -- all because we stay up waaaayyy too late watching dramas and shun most other shows. She keeps saying, "What a great world we live in where you can learn so much from that computer!"

Should be BBF not BFF above. :-)

I hope I'm sending this to the right place. My name is Sumi. I'm 81and a Japanese-American. In my family room I have pictures 8 x 10's of the hunk plastered on he wall. Probably 230 to 300 of them I don't know if pics are allowed. I also have 20 boards with both sides filled with pictures of the hunks. I've been on three drama tous and one short two nighter combined with three nights in Tokyo. I went to see Rain in Vegas and also attended a Korean Music Festival at Hollywood Bowl with 20,000 Koreans. Wemt to a luncheon in Honolulu by the Hallyu Club in Honolulu. I love my Korean hunks, but why are there names so hard to remember!!!

My kdrama addiction began in the days of VCR rentals, and before I had a driver's license. That meant my drama dosage was at the mercy of my parents and our weekend trips to rent those VCRs. I did some ridiculous things to quench my thirst for kdrama during the week, like rewatching and re-rewatching those VCRs, or going online to read the scripts of aired-but-unwatched episodes, unable to wait for the weekend to find out what happened next.
Kdramas became an integral part of my weekends, since I could do nothing else until I watched my VCRs. So integral, in fact, that the night before my SATs was spent watching my drama's newest episodes! This has become a sort-of ritual for me now. The night before my MCAT, I couldn't fall asleep and decided to relax with some drama-watching online. While studying for my medical school national boards, I swore I would go cold turkey but instead found my days revolving around my daily dose of drama. I'm pretty sure that whatever national standardized exams I take in the future, the night before will be spent prepping with my latest episodes.

It's funny because I made a self-diagnosis of drama-addiction long before going to medical school, but everything I learn about addiction during medical school confirms and re-confirms the diagnosis. For example, I test positive (for dramas) on the CAGE questionnaire, a common screening tool for alcoholism. I've modified it here to fit drama-addictions:

1) Have you ever felt the need to [bold]C[/bold]UT down on your drama-watching?
2) Have people [bold]A[/bold]NNOYED you by criticizing your drama-watching?
3) Have you ever felt [bold]G[/bold]UILTY about drama-watching?
4) Have you ever felt the need to drama-watch first thing in the morning ([bold]E[/bold]YE-OPENER) to steady your nerves [or get rid of a hangover]?

If you answered yes to 2 or more questions, you may have a problem with drama-watching. Remember though, this is a screening tool so testing positive does NOT diagnose you with drama(alcohol)-dependence. If you answered yes to 1 or less questions, you're pretty much drama-dependence-free.
As for me, I recently completed my psychiatry rotation, part of which was dedicated to the addictions unit. When it comes to dramas, I completely fit the official psych diagnosis for substance dependence!

In case you're curious, the official diagnostic criteria for substance dependence:

DSM-IV defines dependence as:

* A maladaptive pattern of substance use, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by three (or more) of the following, occurring at any time in the same 12-month period:
1. tolerance, as defined by either of the following:
o a need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication or desired effect
o markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount of substance
2. withdrawal, as manifested by either of the following:
o the characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance
o the same (or a closely related) substance is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms
3. the substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended
4. there is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control substance use
5. a great deal of time is spent in activities to obtain the substance, use the substance, or recover from its effects
6. important social, occupational or recreational activities are given up or reduced because of substance use
7. the substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by the substance (e.g., continued drinking despite recognition that an ulcer was made worse by alcohol consumption)

Let's see, my drama addiction is pretty serious and it has basically taken over my life. Generally, when a new drama releases, I have to read the synopsis and check out the genre before I begin watching the first episode. My standards for dramas are fairly high, which makes it hard to find one that I like. I'm very picky with these sort of things and will completely stop watching a drama if I start to lose interest. I perfer the more tragic and sad mellow dramas over the romantic love comedy ones. In other words, I like watching th dramas that make me cry): lol. To start off my story, it was way past midnight and I still did not finish watching " I'm Sorry I Love You." [ That drama is absolutely magnificant btw(: ] My parents had warn me for the second time to get off the computer and go to bed. As rebellous as I was, I ignored their request and continued to cry at parts. They were use to my strange behavior with dramas and did not find it unusual when I cry. They've accepted that, but have not yet accepted the fact that I was insanely addicted and needed my drama time~ My mother returned back to my room again and told me for the last time to sleep. With her angry glare, I obediently listened and scattered my way in my blanket. Little did she know that the minute they was sound asleep, I would jump right back out and continue watching the drama. I cried and cried all night and then realized that I had to go to a party early in the morning. I was dead tired, but that did not prevent me from watching. Nearly to the last episode, my mom called my on my cellphone and said that she could hear me crying. I felt a little embarassed and went back to bed. The next day I felt like I had a hangover and hovered around in a sloppy way throughout the whole party. I have to say that that night was worth it(: Although I felt horrible the next day, I managed to finish the drama that night. Good times~...

Hehehe...funny stories there!...
Hola!...
Im a Mexican leaving in Chicago!...
I am not only a Kdrama addict...I consider my self as a Korean addict!...
my Korean addiction started with Boys Over Flowers/Boy Before Flowers!....in (2009)
before, when there was no converted box to watch the TV, BOF was broadcasting in the channel 41, KSB I think!.
well it was Saturday in the winter and there was nothing to watch in the Spanish channel, so my whole family had no problem watching it every week...well after watching cute guys like the F4...that same day after watching the first two episodes we were like "WOW!!!... this is fantastic!" we had no idea about Korea at all. We though that they were Chinese because of how they look (sad but true [ =( ] ) so on the credits we found out the name on the drama...immediately as it finished I went to make a WHOLE research about it!...i found out everything!..the name of each character, i went to youtube and watch videos, i research pictures, fanmade myspaces,everything...I even have folders of pictures of Lee Min Ho!
then other sisters watched the upcoming episodes on youtube before i watch them, i used to get mad at them because they told my other sister and me what was going to happen... during the broadcasting of BOF we used to yell "GOO JUN PYO" more than once everyday!....my mom just ignore us!..
We were in love with the Drama..we told our family about this everytime we could!...well one of my cousin decided to give it a try!...and the other called us crazies (some still do) well my cousin watch the whole drama in 5 days!!!....and she worked!!!
we got her in love with the dramas...and to return the favor she told me about the Taiwanese dramas Devil Besides You and Why Why Love, and I watched them as soon as possible, lucky to me it was summer!...well i watch them...
At the time i wasn't that crazy, well now i am more...
i thought that that was it..no more Asian stuff!...
well that wasn't it!...
One of the BOF fan-made myspace post a bulletin about a BOF alike drama, You're Beautiful. I thought "BOF alike...it must be great then"...so i decided to watched it!...and it was school time again!....
as i watched it i made a research again, and that was the way i found this and other websites!...and i was SOO happy to find that i am not the only one in love with KOREA!!!....then thanks to this website i found out Dramafever.com...
dramafever was my solution, on youtube i read comments about other romantic comedy dramas...so i started to what Goong one of the dramas on different list...
On youtube the videos were low quality, on dramafever i can watch any drama that i want in a high quality!...
reading post on websites like this, whatcing drama, and hearing to music I FELT IN LOVE with Korea, I fought for the TV every day since i discovered that channel 41 was still airing...now is different because they air arirang and ond other channels in the same one..is kind of weird...but still!...
my family now was against me...they prefer to watch the Mexican Novelas (which now i dont find the point of them...they have the same story...3 ladies fighting for one dude, and some one gats pregnan, so the lovers can't be together..blah, blah, blah!) they did not let me watch Show biz Extra nor Pops In Seoul!...i am soo addicted that i decided to put my kitchen tv in my room!...I try to watch it every day and when i cant watched it early i wait until 11PM to watch it...sometimes i even watch this shows 3times a day!!! =)
With dramafever available, during school days i prefer to watch Kdrama rather than do my homework...I am so crazy about Korean that i talk about it A LOT!...every day in school my friends call me Korean Freak....i have a picture of Lee Min Ho in my pencil box!, most of my teacher know that i am a korean freak, even a Philippine teacher singed my yearbook telling me to continue watching the korean novelas!...=)
ive also shut peoples mouth when they watch a korean video, either a mv or a drama !... i got one one of my cousins addicted to k-dramas, and one of my friends!...i get criticized everytime because love Korea!...
My love is that huge that i made a youtube account to rate vedeos, post comments, have my playlist etc. i have also made a lot of accounts in different websites to have more contact with Korea, I have a myspace dedicated to my obsession, another account is in livemocha that is to learn korean!...
i am soo in live with the culture that i want and am trying to learn Korean..when i go to universities i ask if they have korean studies!....
i also know and support the movements to have Asian culture in Latin America!...
i even know people that send i birthday give to Lee Min Ho!... people in Jalpa (where i was born in Jalpa Zacatecas Mex) have fanclubs!...and there is a movement about people demanding Asian Culture in Latin Amercan...
i used the computer soo much to listen to kpop and watch kdramas that my brother block dramafever, so i have to used proxy sites to watch dramas, i dont care if i get a virus!...
Now i have watch more than 5 dramas in less that 2 years, I am trying to learn korean, i fight every time that people call Korean Chinese, i listen to kpop more than to Spanish music and English together!...and i am planning to study abroad in Korean for the future!....I just love Korea!....
Thank You for letting us share our korean addiction stories!!!...

Oh!...
and i have watch dramas more than twice such as Boys Before Flowers that i have watch it like 4 times already!...
and i don't get tired of them!...
Korea is just great!

hmmm...I was and still am addicted to Winter Sonata..I was always into the Japanese culture and One day I was reading shojo beat and they had a short article on K-Dramas and the tiniest one was Winter Sonata. Then I read the tiny araticle and I got so hooked on the little summarization they had for the famous drama. then by fate 2 weeks later on Imaginasian tv they showed the series..I saw it and one was like 'that sounds familiar' so I saw it because I remember I read an article about it--& I became hooked on the whole lovers by fate storyline..I would watch every episode at least twice..I didnt care if I knew what was going to happen it felt new each time. I would just sit there all googly eyed at the tv..I was just a hispanic 13 year old girl venturing into a new world of Korean Dramas. I fell in love with Bae Yong Joon & thought I want to meet Park Young Hwa..I became totally immersed itno the story...I became totally immersed that I wanted to meet Bae Yong Joon and marry him..I was sad when he left Park Ji woo..I was just immersed into a new world of romance without violence and over drama of hispanic dramas..I got me hooked into the world of Korean drama and after that I started watching other dramas but I never finished them because someone always took the tv and I didnt have internet but I just love the freaking characters..it takes me into another world when I need tooo..and takes me another culture.

I just get hooked like In Your Beatiful--ah I did not want that to end
Iris-one word-Epok
ah and Cinderella's Cister has gotten me also
it gives me an escape from a world way different from mine but tat the same time so familiar

First of all, thank you, JB, for this contest, which is about so much more than the giveaway. It’s an amazing opportunity for all of us to document our k-drama love and our community here. I don’t have one singular story like some of the hilarious, moving, and wonderful prize contenders here, but I feel the wish to be part of the record ~~ perhaps even more so after hearing the sad news about PYH who starred in the very first miniseries I ever saw, yup, Winter Sonata.

Quite simply, k-drama changed my life. It went from watching tv to something so much bigger and more profound. I will try to list some of the ways that has happened over the past 8.5 years.

* I began studying Korean after two years of watching k-drama. I am painfully slow at it, but I keep going. I doubt I will ever be able to watch dramas w/o subs, but I still enjoy the process of learning this difficult language, b/c the culture unfolds in the language. And I treasure the weekly meetings with my tutor, who is infinitely kind and patient even when I don’t do my sukje (homework).

* I no longer watch American tv or movies. I know more about Korean celebrity news than what’s happening in Hollywood.

* I persuaded my dear husband to apply for a job in Seoul, so we could live there for 5 months. He worked while I went to language school and had fun. ^^ I felt culture shock only when I returned to the U.S.

* Since then I have promised myself to return to Korea for a visit once a year.

* Four days after arriving in Seoul, I met someone who became a dear friend, and she told me about Dramabeans, thus leading to a daily (oh, who are we kidding? constant) habit. Gomawayo, eonni!

* Nampyeon excepted keke, I swoon only for hanguk namja, on screen or in person.

* I regularly eat Korean food, see Korean friends, watch Korean movies, and follow news of the Korean Peninsula. In so many other ways in my daily life I’ve been “Koreanized” (see the wonderful post and responses by the comic artist ROKetman http://bit.ly/bc08l0).

* I wouldn’t own anything else except a Korean phone with multiple accessories.

* Watching k-drama is a part of the daily ritual for my husband and me. We don’t always watch the same dramas but usually we do. The long-running daily dramas, weekend dramas, and sageuks may be old-fashioned or slow to many of you, but we love the opportunity to get to know characters over a long arc (and then FF over the repetitious bits).

I could go on and on. K-drama -- always in my heart.

OMG. everyone's story was so funny!!! LOL [i need something to laugh about after the devastating news today..]

i think i should share a story too. My obsession with K-drama started with Full House, even though I had been watching a few dramas before that, namely Winter Sonata, Autumn in My Heart, Successful Story of a Bright girl etc etc. I found myself obsessed with Rain and Song Hye Kyo tandem!

but the funny thing is, although i watch this drama by downloading it, i watch only once in a day. which means i took 16 days to complete watching. the obsession started only after. i watched every episode everyday, replaying scenes i love, when i felt down i replayed the sadder scenes so that i can cry, when i'm in a good mood, i'll do fanmade MV, posters or fanfics featuring the 2 [which, was never published because i thought they were utter crap]... and i also found myself spending more than 300 pounds [I live in the UK, that's like more than a month rent. -_-;;] buying the director cut DVD, collectibles including Rain's trademark Key necklace in Full House from Yesasia.

and to think that this goes on from december 2004 until the year 2008! almost for 3 years straight!

when the obsession ended, i was mentally and physically tired. XD and when i saw the DVD sitting on top of my cupboard, i thought 'I'm over with you!' But I did feel sad, as if i am parting with my boyfriend. [tsk] I continued to watch another drama, relieved because none of them started the obsession all over again.

but i still found myself spending 18 hours watching all episodes of The World They Live In [Song Hye Kyo effect again] from 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night to 2 p.m the next day without a blink of sleep and only 2 packets of 500 g crisps. and to think that I missed a 2 hours compulsory lecture for this feat. Not that I forgotten about the lecture, i just not able to leave the drama without knowing what happened next.

I was crying so hard because of the final episode that I had a severe headache, which was made worse for not sleeping and eating well. went i finally went out of the room to find something to eat, i bumped into my housemate who said, 'OMG. you look like a ghost!'

i still remember i begged her to give me her freshly bought cheese and onion pasty from Greggs. the smell was so nice that i even thought of kneeling in front of her so that she will give it to me. but in the end, she just gave me the pasty and said, 'someday K-drama will kill you.'

I just laughed it off. But following that I watched K-dramas like a normal person, one episode per day or at most 2 episodes. I was actually afraid if my friend's words will come true. XD

the latest crazy thing that happened to me regarding a k-drama took place just 2 months ago. I was watching 'I Came In Search for A Flower'. It was aired on KBS World, and every single day i would rush home from work to catch it. and every single day, the drama will make me bawling my eyes out. even though just looking at Kang Hye Jung brushing Cha Tae Hyun's shoes. OMG, SAD!

And for the last two episodes, i was crying so hard that i finished almost 6 boxes of Kleenex. My housemate was alarmed when she saw me crying on the sofa alone [she thought something bad had happened because coincidentally i had a huge disagreement with my fiance].

After that drama, I stopped watching K-drama for a week. But my life felt incomplete without watching any. So I started to watch again. This time, I am doing a rerun of Dalja Spring. I need to watch dramas which can make me laugh now. I definitely doesn't want to look like a ghost [like my friend had said] for my coming wedding!

A lot of people invest money for tangible items such as 'pig-rabbit' or CDs, but I invest TIME. I remember every Monday and Tuesday evening of my senior year in high school was devoted to watching Boys Over Flowers. Yes, you can say that the majority of us have devoted time and even taken personal days for dramas (javabeans), but I remember waiting 3 hours per episode every Monday and Tuesday to stream ONE low quality video of Boys Over Flowers. I dedicated three hours to load seven parts of one episode on a slow internet with-band and another hour to watch it. When I was really desperate, I would sneak re-caps on this blog and then watch later in the week with my little sister. I loved the drama so much I shared it to all the girls in my SPANISH class and continued this routine until the final episode aired and the series came to an end. All I can recall about my senior year is Boys Over Flowers. Whenever I re-watch this drama, I'm reminded of sitting in front of the home computer with AT&T internet, BOF ost on iTunes, and playing hundreds of Freecell games on the computer waiting for the week's episode to load.

Hey Dramabeans!

A friend told me about You're Beautiful. She lent me her copy for me to watch and tell what I think about it. I got out of touch with KDrama eversince Boys Over Flowers. I wanted to be updated once again and so I gave it a shot. Another reason was also because I've known Jang Geun Suk from Hwang Jini. He was always the one I was watching out for everytime the drama aired.

I told one of my sisters about it too and thought that we'd watch it together. When we started the marathon, we hardly slept at all every night!! We would sleep at 3-4am because we couldn't wait for what would happen next! The drama has a very interesting plot after all :)

I found myself youtube-ing videos of Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye most of the time. I really thought they'd make a cute real-life couple!

Time came when we were on the 15th episode. I was very disappointed that it had only a few episodes compared to other Kdramas! Also, the date then was nearing to my departure for Japan for training. I was going to be gone for one month. So, my sister and I agreed that we'd wait the month before we could watch it again. I couldn't get over it that quick :( I feel like there should always be a next episode after watching the previous one until I get tired of it! It's just too good to end that quick :(

So, we did wait for the whole month. Now that I'm back, we still haven't watched it. It's like we're aiming for the perfect timing! I don't know how that'll turn out or when that'll be, just as long as we'd plan the perfect date to watch its finale.

Oh, and before leaving for Japan, my little sister and I went malling. We went to a CD store and found one of the soundtracks! Did I mention that I soo loved the soundtrack too? I thought they were perfect :) I wasn't the biggest fan of KPop but I bought the soundtrack anyway even though I couldn't understand it! I splurged without even thinking of my other expenses. After all, it was the last piece! If I ever thought of buying it online, I'd probably spend more :\

Even now, I couldn't get over the whole drama even though the last month's the last time I ever talked about it! I went buying Beard Papa's and Baskin Robbins in Japan and went even went to book stores to look for Korean magazines that would contain You're Beautiful stuff. You should hear my other obsession stories! I am such a fan girl. Haha!

Well, my addiction is huge, but I am not a korean speaking person, I need english subs to understand k-drama, but I am an addict none the less. SO my story, I was it was my sophmore year in high school, and I had gotten into the craze of k-drama, and I was watching Goong at the time and I was on the 6th episode, and I wanted to know what was going to happen in the 7th episode but I couldn't watch that episode because I had to go to school ( I had stayed up all night watch in first 6 episodes and it was 6 o'clock and I had to get ready for school), I was at school and the teacher told us to research about the city we were assinged in french, but I wanted to watch Goong, and I thought if only I had an I-touch then I could watch it on there, but unfortunatly, I didn't so the only option was watch it at school, get caught, and be suspended for the computers or bare with the agony of not being able to watch Goong!!! So, I went throught that dreadful day thinking about Goong the whole time, and then when I got home, I thought I could watch Goong, but my dad told me that he crashed the computer and we couldn't use it for a week because he needed to fix it..............., but I indured it because I was and still am a K-dram addict!!! This whole indureing happen 3 time again, when I was watching coffee prince, boys over flowers, and you're beautiful.

Thanks for opening up this contest, JB! Now, there are many wonderful entries to read that make me feel practically normal about my Kdrama addictions, since there are so many of us. :-)

I have been into KDramas for sometime, and have enjoyed many of the dramas mentioned in this thread. I have also "bullied" some friends and families to follow the same shows that I have been hooked on, just so I would have people to talk to about my latest obsessions.

For me, one of the craziest things I have done due to a Kdrama addiction was caused by Boys Over Flowers. As dramas go, there may have been some holes in terms of plot points, but the drama was just so beautiful that it sucked me in. I wanted to be Geum Jandi, and be close to the F4. I especially loved the part that was shot in Macau, so I made up my mind to take a vacation to Macau as well. I also made up my mind that I would go whole hog for it, so I also decided to splurge on myself and stay at the Venetian. So, last July, I did take my Venetian vacation in Macau. I went around the hotel and made sure to visit all the places where Jandi and the F4 went. I did the gondola ride and took pictures with my gondolier. Funnily enough, when it was my turn for the gondola ride, I was joined by a pair of Korean girls on vacation as well. I did not sing out loud, like on the drama, but I did request O Sole Mio from my gondolier. I also looked for the shoe store where Jun Pyo and Ji Hoo buy Jandi a pair of shoes. Of course, by the time I was in Macau, the same shoes were no longer available but I bought the most similar one available, even though it was more expensive than what I usually spend on shoes. I call them my Jandi shoes, and when I wear them, it kinda evokes a Cinderella feel for me, and I think they bring me luck.

In any case, whenever I wear the shoes, I remember Boys Over Flowers and how much I enjoyed the drama and my Venetian vacation. ^^

Hi everyone, my name is __________ and I'm addicted to dramas.
I started watching dramas in middle school and haven't stopped since. Although I haven't done anything outrageously crazy for a drama, I have sacrificed a fair amount over the years to get a fix.
During my sophomore year in high school, I learned how to download dramas to my Zune, and boy oh boy was that fun. I remember secretly hunching over in my digital graphics class, PE, and the bus ride home to see MY episodes. Needless to say, my grades took the toll, and my social life was far less then perfect.Thus the end of my secretiveness. A particular day that still brings a chuckle is when I was watching the end to the melodrama Tree of Heaven. Due to it being one of the first of its kind I walked around with tears at the brim of my eyes, and many strange stares throughout the day.
My grades unfortunately still suffered (Many times I stayed up all night watching dramas, despite projects needing to be done), but a lot less after the abolition of the Zune method.
I spent the remaining years of high school slowly bringing my friends into the world of drama. Most of that time was spent converting my best friend, while others were already on the wagon or unpersuasive. Actually, You're Beautiful was the first drama that me and my friend watched. We would always have fights on who was cuter. We were team Jeremy at first, but as the end came close we sided towards Shin Woo (**but secretly I fell in love with Tae Kyung...shh**). Out of declaration of my love for the drama I even bought a sewing machine (that still needs to get out of the box) in order to make Pig Rabbits.
Back in the good old days, when I sincerely believed Cinderella's Sister was going to be epic (total letdown by the way...) I bought 150$ tickets for a meet and greet with the Wonder Girls, just so I could meet Taecyeon(Jung Woo). I was so excited to meet him because it would be the first time to meet a drama person. Unfortunately the meet and greet was a rip off and I had no chance to ask or comment about the drama. Thankfully though, I was allowed a picture, and many thoughts of what could have been...
The last thing that I have done out of the love for dramas is currently in progress. I am watching Kim Sam Soon with My brother, aunt, and mother (separately) in order to hook them into the world. Though I love the drama to death, watching the first episode three times within two weeks is a bit tolling. Its worth it at least. In fact, I plan on watching it once more with my best friend.

Over the years my taste for dramas has refined and I see them as a delicacy that should be handled with much care. There are many things I would do to keep its presence in my life...many things.

hello. im shin mi rae and im a kdrama addict. ive read some of your post and its absolutely hilariously funny. thanks to JB for coming up with this contest. this is my second post. why? coz more than the prize, i want to share with the world the craziness i've been through for kdramas. like the rest of you, i've done sleepless nights, 24 hour kdrama marathons, stalking dramabeans and soompi, stop watching hollywood series and movies in favor of kdramas. i've also done dvd collections and series downloads. i've gotten my parents to respond to omma and appa.

i recently have my hair digipermed by a korean hairstylist. i have to search the internet to look for one near where i live. this is inspired by the picture of kim sun ah that JB recently posted. i've loved kim sun ah so much i've been following her hair style... kept it long during the MNIKSS days. cut it to liberty bell shape for cityhall and now, digipermed.

i was recently in hongkong and i couldnt remember the chinese word for auntie and uncle that was so important when i was haggling in the ladies market. while searching for the words, my brain keeps telling me ahjussi and ajjuma.

now im so hooked with dong yi. i love that series so much that im constantly checking dramasub for the latest uploads. i've watched the raw episodes 29 and 30... gosh, i could only understand about 5% of the spoken words.. such as "jeona...", "orabonim","mama", angkora and "nauri". i couldnt wait for episode 31 which airs tonight... hope someone with a good heart uploads it right away.

also, im more excited to watch queen seon deok in the local channel compared to the local shows...

last time i was in new york, i found myself unable to appreciate the caucasian beauty / handsomeness. the blue eyes and the blondes does not appeal to me anymore. i found my eyes popping when we went to a korean restaurant... so many hot korean guys......

i dream of going to korea and walk the streets of seoul while the cityhall ost is blasting from my ipod. i dream of talking korean lessons so i can watch kdrama without subs (dia you are my ultimate kdrama fan idol!!!)...

i drive to work listening to my favorite kdrama ost. from full house, goong, cityhall to YAB. my friends wonder why i listen to songs i dont understand??? they dont know that not only do i listen, i sing along too... hahahaha

this is way too long already... needless to say, im shin mi rae, a kdrama addict.

It was not to long ago when i started my k-drama addiction.It began when my best friend had a obsession with this drama called Coffee Prince.She loved it so much she had watch it over 10 times.She called me up one day telling me to come over saying it was a emergency.I said ok but telling her i had to ask my parents.They were very strict saying i can go only for four hours.When i got their she had made me watch it with her i didn't agree with her i thought about it saying she was my best friend so i began watching it.It was so amazing i fell in love with it.I was watching it with her in till ep 8 when i remember i was late.So i run back home thinking my dad was at work.But no he call in i was so scared that he was going to get mad at me and he did i got grounded for the first time in my life.I was happy i did not got grounded for a long time so i called my friend up asking for dramas to watch.She even got tried of me called her at night asking her so i stop and look for some on my own.My mom and dad got woried because i stay up so late and school was going to start again.I was late for the school bus every day my bus stop was like 5 bolcks away so i run every day to catch the bus after a week or so my bus driver ask why.I didn't want to think was would think i'm weird but i did anyway.She said she love them to i was surprised.She understand and made a new bus stop in front of my house.The next day i was watching a drama on my iphone wait for the bus it came.Iwas walking and watch at the same time and trip in the middle of the bus and everyone laugh at me i was so embarrassed at least my friends didn't laugh.I forgot about it when i started to watch the drama again.It's the first time in my life that i have real dreams like going to korea with my best friend and meeting good actors and makeing a liveing in korea.

When it comes to k-drama I claim to the number one addict. I have done things in the past that im not too proud but looking back its pretty hilarious. The final episode of SHINING INHERITANCE and i thought i be able to catch but completely messed up the times. I was the maid of honor in my best friend wedding, so before the ceremony i faked a massive stomach ache and watched the ending on my i-phone in the bathroom. She never found out, but, she might now LOL

Another time i was running late for a job interview and I knew I wouldnt make it to watch WISH UPON A STAR ( best drama ever EHHHH) I grabbed the nearest tape I could find and later realized I recorded over my parents wedding video (oops!!!) My mom was super pissed lol but hey i had to see it my parang that little boy was worth it lol : D Hope u enjoy and pick me and its [email protected]

When the Korean dramas began airing on some of our local channels here in our country (which I think was early 2000), I wouldn’t consider myself as a K-drama addict. I only watch it if I have the time or if I need to update myself of what is happening on the series so that I wouldn’t be left-out of the conversation the following day when my friends talk about it.
However, when the Boys Over Flowers (BOF) drama was shown here in our country, I started to get hooked up with the K-drama and from then on the Korean fever got into my nerves.
Well, just like the others, I have bought a lot of DVDs just to satisfy my drama craving since I don’t want to wait of what will happen next on the TV. Besides searching online, I even asked my cousin to buy the DVD of the Korean dramas I like in Korea (I even told her to not go home empty handed or else…hehehe) and when I was in Hong Kong I looked for the DVDs of the K-dramas I want and I even had a fight with the store owner ^.^
But how far have I gone to satisfy my drama craving…well besides having the DVDs I even watch the drama “again” online or read the transcripts/recaps on the internet. Then when a certain drama series gets under my skin or when I feel depressed…I watch it over and over and over again----I watched BOF for 5 times (by the way I also watched the Taiwanese, Japanese and the Anime version of this series just for the sake of comparing which is the best version), You’re Beautiful 8 times and the list goes on…
Then when I am finished watching a K-drama, it’s like a standard procedure to me that I have to get a copy of the soundtrack of the series, save it on my mobile phone and music player so that whenever I travel or jog I can listen to it. Listening to the songs of these K-dramas makes me feel energized and I feel at ease. I remember there was a time that my friends and I decided to jog to prepare ourselves for a 5k run and I didn’t have my music player with me. What happened was, I had a heavy feeling and I only had 5 minutes of running so from then on I always ensure that I have the music player with me wherever I go.
I also did the “background” check of the actors in the series and I even signed up for fan sites (which I TOTALLY don’t do before) and so that I can be updated of what their next projects are. And not only that, my day wouldn’t be complete if I don’t check on the different sites (which includes your site ^.^) to check on the latest gossips about Korean dramas and actors. Sometimes I feel sad that the lead actor and actress are not dating in real life and I pray wishing that someday they’ll end up together just like in the drama (which is kinda absurd right?)
I even influenced some of my friends who were not originally a K-drama fanatic. And now they are also hooked up with the latest K-drama so whenever we see each other we always include it in our discussion. We even have this KDC which means Korean Drama Club and they even joked that I should be the president ‘coz of watching a lot K-dramas, of not being sick and tired of repeating You’re Beautiful over and over again, for being so updated with the latest Korean gossips especially the actors that we love and for studying the Korean language.
One experience that I wouldn’t forget is when I was waiting for my doctor, there was this 2 old ladies beside me chatting about a Korean drama that is currently airing in our local TV. They were so totally affected by the series and concerned of what will happen next. I can’t help to eavesdrop and smile ‘coz you’ll notice on their voice they felt agitated of what will happen to the lead character. Then after a few minutes when I couldn’t control myself I started to join in their conversation and told them of what will happen and that the story hasn’t reached its half. The two ladies were so happy and even asked me why and where did I learn all these so I told them I watched it on DVD. With this experience, I realized that in a way it is an advantage if you had watched a certain series online or in a DVD coz at least you can share it with other people.
Lastly, when you get hooked up in a K-drama series and you need more time to watch (since you can no longer wait for the next episode and you want to immediately finish the drama) you tend to do some stuff just for the love of K-drama. And for my case, when I travel I watch it thru my laptop even when I am riding a bus so that I won't get bored. And the hardest part for me is since I can’t watch on our entertainment room ‘coz I’ll get busted by my mom and I can’t stay up so late ‘coz I’ll get scolded by her the next morning, what I did was watch thru my laptop inside my room. For her not to notice that I am still awake during the wee hours, what I do is turn off the lights in my room, plug the headphones and pretend that I am already asleep when in fact I am lying on my bed happily watching the K-drama on my laptop. Then I make sure that I only stay up until 4am ‘coz that is the normal time she wakes up. However when I wake up at around 6am to prepare myself for work I need to pretend that I had an complete (8-hour) sleep and that I am OK when in fact I only slept for 2 hours and my head feels like it is floating or throbbing and I felt like a zombie.
There are also instances that I can’t focus on what I am doing because I kept thinking about the series I am watching so what I do is go home early so that I can continue watching it. And similar to your case, I also skipped work and called in that I was sick (this happened more than once). One reason I skipped work is because I can’t get enough of the series and I felt that I needed to finish the drama ‘coz I wanted to know what will happen at the end or else I will feel agitated. There was also a time that for 3 consecutive days of not having enough sleep ‘coz of watching a K-drama, I did not report for work just to sleep and watch again.
There are a lot of things I did for the sake of K-drama but what I mentioned above are the most unforgettable things. So I guess when you love watching K-drama, you’ll do outrageous stuff that you never thought you are capable of doing. Remembering these things in the future might make you laugh or smile but then you'll realize that it was all worth doing these things because of your love for your favorite K-drama.
^.^

I'm just a 15 year-old girl from Indonesia.
I love k-drama since I'm in primary school. In 4th grade. There was a local channel play GOONG as an afternoon show. I love to watch it. But, I just a little girl. Just know who he is - in drama. Not in the real life.
Then, it shows full house as an afternoon shows. I love the plot. Since that, I have an obsessed to be a director (not to be the actress.) But, I still only knew han ji eun and lee young jae. Not song hye gyo and rain.
When I'm in 6th grade, in exam month, the local channel shows jewel in the palace as an afternoon shows. I like that drama. Make me have some "want-to-know" feel about korea. Make me feel happy to be a girl.
When I'm in 7th grade, I learn how to use internet. First thing I search in google isn't my homework, but the casts of goong. Than, I found another great drama, such as endless love, illijimae, the devil, goong s, etc. I watch it from internet. I sleep at 2 AM becaus I have to used the computer togwther with my brother. So, my internet connection going slower.
but, its just a little of k-drama world. I still try to search more and more about k-drama. The worst is when I know that Joo Ji Hoon arrested because of drugs used. I got fever 2 days after read that news.
Then, I found another great drama. Boys Before Flower. I know the taiwan and japan adaptation because the local channel have ever show that drama. But, I think korean adaptation is the best. It has beautifull light arrange and nice plot. And many property such as college building, car, motorcycle, and private jet. Its the best adaptation for me.
Since then, I love lee min ho so much. I'll try to search his old drama and I found secret campus. I start to watch it. Buy much magazine about lee min ho. Watch personal taste.
Now, my country's local chanel show much k-drama. And I know a lot of k-actor, k-actress, and k-pop. Also K-drama. I'm try to learn korean language from internet and book. Sometimes from my korean's friend.
Gah, that's all my experience. I'm a k-addict. Not for a long time, but I know k-drama before I know how lung and hearts works. =D.

My K-Drama obsession officially started in 2008. I know, I was really late, in starting my K-Drama obsession, but I guess it was okay since many of the most awesome dramas are available online.
My very first K-Drama was actually Hanoi Bride. I don't know if you can actually call that a drama since it was only like 2 episodes long. Anyways, It was then I thought of watching other dramas, of course not knowing the drama world back then, I just picked something with Lee Dong Wook, and of course that turned out to be My Girl. In turn fell in love with the world of K-dramas. Though 'My Girl' was one of my first dramas, I have decided that it is one of my favourite dramas that I've ever seen, ever, and I've seen as much as I can for a span of 2 years.

(Personally, I love both Javabean's and GirlFriday's drama taste ;)
I love reading your re-caps BTW :D You guys are doing a great service to us drama goers!!)

I've seen almost all of the 'Hong Sister's' work, the most recent being 'You're Beautiful', of course. It also turned out being high on my 'favourite drama list', and naturally, when I saw your give-away just now, I immediately HAD to join.

Well, here I am, and this is the story of the one drama I was most obsessed with ever.

I started watching YB a little after they finished airing in Korea. I just got back to school back then but my addiction to this one drama got my eyes glued to the laptop everyday after school till late at night, sometimes making me totally forget about homework. It was bad. But what was worse, was the withdrawl from this K-Drama.
I loved the drama so much that I downloaded the entire soundtrack online after watching just a few of it's episodes, and I got my best friend to love it too. My friend and I were so plastered by this drama that we subconciously started making piggy noses and pouted like Tae Kyung and sang the korean songs in class, at break, during lunch, and after school. And we aren't even Korean, in fact, we live in Jakarta. I frantically searched for that Rabbit-Pig doll everywhere and I also found the necklace and hairpin available online.
As a result of my obsession, many of my friends started loving this drama too.
I then bought YB dvds and I re-watched the drama. TWICE. In one month. Which is really rare for me to do.
Well, in fact, I wanted to spread the love so much that I gave my friend, who is a guy, the whole set, seeing how my best friend and I always compare him to Tae-Kyung, ShinWoo, and Jeremy made him curious so he watched it.
And he loves it. But he just isn't that expressive :P. He still has my dvd set now, and I think I'm just going to let him keep it, though it's been months, but it seems that he doesn't want to give it back because he loves it too much.

After watching the drama, I even downloaded C.N.Blue's albums, and several FT Island songs. I also watched Jang Geun Seok's movies, and that got me watching his dramas. I think I've read every interview there is connected to YB, and every CF I could find online that Jang Geun Seok apeared in.
Every night, I used the YB storyline as a bedtime story for my brother, telling it bit by bit every night until eventually the story ended.
That, I guess is a way I use to re-live the dramas I watch.

Actually, I did this bed-time drama story telling thing with my brother with numerous dramas (Shining Inheritance, Dal Ja's Spring, You're Beautiful, My Girl, even Boys Over Flowers and most recently, Personal Taste). Sometimes, I would read (or re-read) your recaps just incase I had forgetten a certain part of a drama I had watched some time back, just to tell them as my brother's bed-time story.

I obsess with almost every drama that I think is truly awesome.
I even started learning to read Korean because of my K-drama obsession, and as a result of my K-Drama watching, I can even understand basic Korean (Frankly I'm shocked, my language skills aren't so great).

Well that's about it. My entry's getting a bit long.
Thanks for everything :D

I'm still pretty young, 15, and i've been addicted to dramas for quite some time now and considering the fact that my parents want me to be focused on school, it's not a good thing.

I'm watching dramas constantly and when i started BOF, i didn't want to stop. While my parents thought i was studying or asleep i was secretly attached to the screen watching Lee Min Ho. It got to the point that i locked my bedroom door at night, took our family laptop and sat in my closet (so my parents couldn't see the light of the monitor :D) in case someone walked by my door.

sadly, i got caught and was lectured x a lot.

but i wanted to finish soooo bad! so i swiped the laptop from my parents room again. bad idea.

so now, i'm forever locked out of all of the computers in my house and the only way i can use any computer is if i ask someone to log me in. My dad even installed a security watcher that limits my computer use (there is a timer :( ) and enables my dad to track which website i visit.

but...my love for dramas are so strong that i've managed to bribe the password out of my little sister and crack my dad's passcode :) Currently, i'm watching The World That They Live In, Bad Guy, and almost done Cinderella's Sister!

i except that my SAT scores and report card won't be as high as my parents except :o

Last year i started getting into Kdrama a lot so i was watching You're beautiful, Creating Destiny. I was in my last year of High School and i had to go to school but i really couldn't wait for the day to be over and then watch my drama. So i would sometimes act sick and tell my mom i was feeling unwell so i can stay home and watch my dramas.

If i didn't skip school i would watch my dramas while doing homoework and also when i was supposed to be studying for finals or any important test for school. Now i'm in college and i still get away with watching my Kdramas while doing homework. My mom always yells at me saying that i'm putting my future in danger but it's just so addicting i can't stop.

I recently bought a bigger and better computer because i always watched a lot of drama and i was on the computer for long periods of time and it started malfunctioning. I pposted it on Facebook and many of my friends said "Hopefully you use this computer for more than just watching your dramas".

When they pass dramas on tv that i've already seen, I still watc them and my sister als=ways ask the same question "Why are you wacthing this? Didn't you see it already?" and i say "yeah but i love this drama". haha :D So in the end my parents get mad but my grades are good. I don't even know how they are as good as they are especially because i don't study that much. :)

am I still in time?? :D

SO many awesome stories tho!! Good to know there I'm 'normal' after all, haha.

Well, my obsession with kdramas started with All About Eve & mainly for the A-lister of the A-Lists-Jang Dong Gun! When it was showing on our local TV circa 2002 (?) (dubbed in Mandarin) I only caught at most 3-4 episodes coz it was shown at 3pm afternoon & I was at home from work then. 3-4 episodes was enough to make me wanna know MOAR about JDG. But during that time, kdramas wasn't big in my country & I wasn't computer savvy.

It was about 2 yrs later tht I bought the VCD set & boy, did I watch AAE to-its-death!! :D Yup, watch & rewatched & rewatched again &..u get the drift! Joy joy joy! Coz finally, I get to see the WHOLE darn story, haha.

I was pregnant with my 1st child then & working from home & u know, no matter how many times i watch AAE, I ALWAYS ALWAYS CRY at the touching scenes, altho I've already seen it!! Weird, scientists must find out the reason WHY we addicts do this!!

Anyways, my being preggers & crying constantly while watching AAE was a HUGE taboo coz my old folks said my baby will have a sad/crying face/life. Well, my eldest boy is a happy child, haha!! So gals, this old folks mantra is NOT true!

And as I was SO into JDG, I ACTUALLY NAMED MY 2 BOYS after his character's name (mandarin version) hahaha. Yup, tht's how 'crazy' I was... oh u bet, my family members/friends were like WHAT?? U named your babies after a kdrama character?? :D hahaha, turns out the mandarin name of JDG's character has a pretty nice/good meaning which is important to my in-laws, so all's good!

Second 'craziness' was during BOF!! Oh boy, that was MAD MAD MAD!! Was my 1st time chasing a currently airing drama.

My 2nd boy was like 6 months then & u know, new mothers NEVER get enough sleep as it it but smart me got HOOKED on BOF & boy, had to pull double duty...taking care of baby & BOF addiction!!

Will put baby to sleep by 9pm, sleep about 3hrs, get up to search for latest online streaming & watch, put on pause to feed baby again, resume watching, then login in soompi, search online for BOF trivia/news (& that's how I discovered this WONDERFUL site!) try to sleep for like 1 hr before getting up to work!!! It..was..crazy......panda eyes, messy hair, groggy speech,memory loss, u name it & I got it!! Somehow, I got thru a working day & when I'm back home, well, I REPEAT everything again & will visit your site multiple times just to look for your recaps, haha! CRAZY man... So crAZy that I've sworn NEVER to catch a show like tht again, ever..even tho I like/love it.

But tht doesn't stop my love for kdrama & all things korean!!! I love kimchi-jjigae & must have my korean food at least once a month & my ramyun every week!!

Just wanted to share & thanks for the opportunity, JB & GF!!

It's not something I'm proud of, but it brings a nostalgic smile. There were two things that could get my roommate or I to stay and not go to class: Kimchee jigae and the next episode of Coffee Prince.

Roommate: What are you making?
Me: Kimchee jigae. Want me to save you some?
Roommate: Naw, I'll have some now.
Me: Don't you have class in like ten minutes?
Roommate: And...your point?

Me: I really need to get to class, but one more episode!
Roommate: Your class ended fifteen minutes ago. O_o

Haha. Good thing we did graduate still. =)