Well besides becoming completely devoted to watching dramas and having them take over my life and Tumblr I've started listening to K Pop a lot.
But the big thing is that they have made me really want to eat whatever they are eating . So one day I went to the store and bought some kimchi. Unfortunately the only kind they had was some microwavable stuff but I thought hey it's better then nothing. I was so excited to eat it that I immediately cooked it when I got home. It was so spicy but in a good way! So I was enjoying it and watching Coffee Prince when the phone rang. In my haste I sat the kimchi on my computer which was sitting on an elevated cooler. The phone call turned out to be nothing and as I was walking back to my computer and delicious kimchi when I saw it sliding down the computer slowly heading for the couch and floor. In what to me seemed like slow motion I ran to catch it. But I was to late and it hit the couch before bouncing off hitting the table and finally landing on the floor. It was all over but I did manage to save about half of the kimchi because of some kind of miracle the cup had landed right side up. I spent the next hour scrubbing noodles out of the carpet. I haven't had any since but I plan on getting some more soon :)

1. Kimchi, Ramyun, Jajangmyun! FOOOOOOOD!
2. There must be birth secrets, illegal U-turns, terminal illnesses, chaebols, immature-jackass-eyelining hotties everywhere in real life.
3. I need a Korea town!

Watching korean drama, make me eat a lot korean food, love dukbokki!! & i teach my son ( now he is 4 years old) to bow & say anyhangseo & kamsamidha, when we meet korean people here in US =)

and everytime I need courage I always said Fighting!!! & Aja!!! Aja!! Aja!!! =)

I listen to more soundtracks now, both in k-dramas and in other media. I didn't really give them a chance until I just HAD to get a hand on songs from My Girl, Goong, and You're Beautiful (three of my personal favorites). I tried eating Korean food, but I have a lame stomach that can't handle it. But it made me much more open to trying new things, even if they sound too spicy for me to enjoy. And on a more personal note, I started watching kdramas at a bad time in my life and they have contributed to making me much happier now!

Where do I start! Wow I didn't know what an obsession was until I was introduced to kdrams! I love all things korean, the food, the language, the people, the country, the clothes, the music etc I mean everything. I walk in the freezing Canadian winters just to have Korean food! I think I might be broke. I've been learning the language, my korean handwriting is improving. I don't watch any American tv just kdramas. I look for korean recipes like Kimchi pancakes yummmy and Curry Dobeop!!!
I get excited when I see korean people or hear people speaking in korean or when I hear other people watch kdramas. I tell EVERYONE i know who will listen about Kdramas and how awesome they are. I only go on Korean dramas all the time,allkpop, soompi, and dramabeans. I've learn how to download soft subs and hard subs which I didn't know existed until I was introduced to kdramas. I know the lives and scandales of idols and celebrities something I never did before ahhhh. I shop on korean fashion websites. I wanted to move to Korea even as an exchange student but my parents won't have it booo lol. Kpop and Kdramas unite me with total strangers. I can sing in korean. My sisters think I am crazy obsessed. My computer wallpaper is of korean actors and singers. I colour my hair like the korean actresses in dramas ha ha. I went all the way to a city 4 hrs away just to shop at their korea town and buy kdrama dvds. My twitter account has more updates in korean then it does english. If I had the chance I would be living in Korea!! It's been one year since I started watching Korean dramas and I don't plan to stop.

During my last years' French oral final exam, I accidentally slipped in a couple of Korean words instead of the usual "oui" or "non". It was the most awkward yet funniest thing to see the look on my teacher's face as she realized that I actually didn't answer in French. And this happened after marathoning k-dramas for three days straight, iterrupted only to go to school, (kinda but not really) study and (barely) sleep.

Learn a different language - Korean.

first i got addicted
second i got addicted to kpop
third i got my friends addicted
fourth i started saying korean phrases outloud on accident, which made my friends annoyed
fifth i started joining sites like these

but most importantly i would the desire to keep pushing on. Being oppssessed with kdramas and kpop made me excitied and anticipate what tomorrow will bring. i learned how to find inspiration in the smallest things and made me try to think more creativly (cause you know that each dramas gotta be something new and refreshing). it made me want to be better then kdrama writers. It made me wanna be better then those sometimes really dumb heroines. It made me laugh and cry and just for a few moments realize what life is all about. And so i appreciate what people like you do for me. It made me really happy, happier then i had been in along time. and so thank you so much for the bottom of my heart. I truely love and appreciate what you and Korea has doen for my life. HUgs and KissES! >_<
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- I made my own Kimchi, and turned out I am allergic to the red chilli past
- I found the one and only Korean food restaurant in my country, and eat some Korean food.
- I registered to an online Asian friends community and...
- I bought a dictionary with some customr conversation in Korean.
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If watching 12 hours straight a drama is something ''new'', yeah, I did that

* I am not a US/Canada resident.

...made me start reading "dramabeans.com"

My life has definitely changed since I started watching KDramas this year. I have had a strict policy of not being a fangirl or following an artist or actor I like obsessively since I was a teenager. This has changed. I find myself wondering where I can buy soju because I really want to try it. Like so many others, I have fallen in love with the Korean language and would really like to learn to read, write, and speak Hangul. I know more about Korean Pop Music Stars than American ones(and I don't even listen to pop music) Every time one of my five yr olds sees an Asian person they ask me if they are Korean--and if I hear them speak, I can tell him yes or no. There's a Korean Church at the end of my street, and I sigh everyday as I pass it because it reminds me of the dramas waiting for me at home. I haven't quite progressed to food, but I am sure I will.

My family pretty much thinks I've gone over the edge. And I don't disagree. :)

The kdrama changed my life. I am a very connected in appearance, especially in mine. I think I'm ugly and self esteem.
Some dramas such as My Name is Kim Sam Soon, made me see that no matter how you are but who you are. Inside. Anyway after they learned that you really can be happy, regardless of class, weight, height or beauty.

I DON'T LIVE IN US/CANADA.

l started watching k- dramas a couple of years ago. but long before the dramas, l've already eaten a million gallon of kinchi, ramyun, bulgogi and kibimbap. l had a korean neighbor when we were stationed in hawaii, but she never mentioned anything about kdramas. and that was in the 70's. l would have been speaking korean by now if she told me about the dramas. but anyways, l am now a k-drama addict (l was never into soap opera nor nigh time drama). now l can pick-up a lot of words. trying to learn to read and write korean. after an all nighter with a drama, when l wake up in the morning, it's so strange to hear english on tv. l thought l was in korea before l went to bed. l have a bunch of ost cd's and that's all l play in my car. love, love, love anything korean.

I've grown up learning Korean but I never took it seriously until I got addicted to kdramas. Now I try to study Korean during my free time so I don't have to rely on any subs lol. And recently my love for kdramas made me realize that I want to pursue a career in Asia, so I'm now majoring in international affairs. :D

Learn Korean! I pick up so much Korean from watching drama that when I started taking formal classses at school, my Korean tutor was so bad that I actually was able to stepped up and did review session to my other classmates. So proud to be a Kdrama fan!!!

My daughter is from Korea and I wanted to augment the Hangul lessons I'm teaching her (I'm learning too) and since we can't visit our Korean friends very often, I wanted her to hear it in conversation. So, I found this site and Dramafever. Once the addiction started, we haven't watch much of anything else :) Not only is she hearing it but she knows so many of the quirks of the culture that she is now becoming a teacher to all of her non-Korean friends. Added bonus, she sees a dish on the shows and then goes to Maangchi.com and learns the recipes. I can't say enough as to how much this site has helped me give her the gift of her culture. Plus, I just dig you Korean divas...your humor is my kinda kick. Plus, you always insert music. I don't have a single English song on my iPhone. KPop and KDrama...excellent!

God, korean dramas have changed so much about me. I started watching them in 2010 (Boys over flowers was my first one, i was so hooked that i spent just 2 days to watch the whole thing) and from there it everything just went downhill lol. But back to the point, I'm so interested in korean culture now that I've tried to learn korean (I even know how to read Hangul now!), I've picked up some mannerisms (such as saying aigoo, omo, aish and the like), I even took a Korean language class as an option for my first semester in university lol. I also got one of those portable ramen cookers I always saw in the dramas with the gold pot and the cover they used as a plate when I moved into residence. But the one big thing that changed in my life was my dad. When I went home for christmas, I noticed my dad had picked up some korean mannerisms too (same as the ones I had, saying aigoo, aish, etc). The next day I saw him watching Personal Taste on the computer and realized I had turned him into a K-pop addict too LOL. All jokes aside though, I love everything korean now and I wouldn't miss a chance to go there someday....maybe after I graduate in 4 years T_T.

Make bibimbap from scratch...every component! It wad yummy but thats a lot of work. It wasn't until later that I understood bibimbap is something you do with leftovers! I just order it out nowadays, ha

I keep on saying AIGOOOO all the time haha

Dramas made me get into hot Korean boys!and by boys, I mean eye candy men idols and actors who i can fantasize about! hahaha. That's the only thing i need in k-dramas. Who care about acting or plotlines or choppy editing *cough Dream High cough* WHEN I HAVE PRETTY BOYS??? Army abs! drooool!

before i answer, i just want to say how amazing it is to read other people's answers. it was totally a watershed moment to see other people's stories b/c maybe now i feel like i'm not crazy for spending $600 on rosetta stone korean to learn the language so i can watch the dramas w/o the subtitles, eating at every korean restaurant in town (alone b/c none of my friends were having it), forcing my husband to watch rain's videos and clips on youtube (because did i mention how i REALLY really think i'm going to divorce the current hubby to marry rain!), and being really REALLY pissed when i had to cancel my trip to seoul this fall b/c i got pregnant & would be 35 weeks during the trip and there was no way the doctors (or the airlines) were going to let me go there.

ok, now that's that's out, i guess it's clear that watching kdramas has led me in, under, around, and over the rabbit hole that is korean culture. i really enjoy the food. my first step was kimchi, then it was bulgogi-- over & over & over b/c it's way too good. i even paid $9 for ramyun just to discover that ramyun is ramyun is ramyun & ain't for me even with an egg in it (still haven't figured where this love for ramyun comes from, but oh well). still haven't tried soju yet. i'm saving that for my first night in seoul when i finally get to visit a pojang macha.

that brings me to my attempt to visit seoul and jeju this past fall. my sister (who's also a kdrama addict) & i were planning a trip during her birthday week. i had even stepped up my korean language studies b/c i was going to (attempt to) be our translator there when *bam* pregnant! now our trip is postponed until 2013 b/c of my sister's teaching schedule this year :(

so i haven't actually visited (yet) but i plan to. in the meanwhile, i'm putting rosetta stone to use. that leads me to another thing i did in the name of kdrama. i had to meet a korean speaking person to help me when i get stuck on the program. i met this really nice 17 yr old korean kid & he answers my questions via facebook whenever i have them. so in addition to the food, language, music, and travel influence--i've also approached a stranger to ask for help all for the love of the kdrama--that's dedication!

i learned to read korean! i even bought a english-korean dictionary and tried to learn korean online! wish i could go to korean for a month to pick up more language.

My addiction to k-dramas spawned my ENTIRE family to get addicted to k-dramas. That includes my mom, dad, older brother, sister-in-law, older sister, me, my younger brother and nieces. We ended up trying various Korean food (bibimbap is a fav) and even have a favorite Korean restaurant where we're regulars. We even got distant relatives who visit us try that restaurant and they loved it!
Eventually the siblings all got into various k-pop music. We've even been to the Korean Music Festival twice! Soundtracks and albums are given to each other as presents on Christmas and birthdays. And we listen to those cds in our cars and during work.
Two years ago my sister, younger brother and I stayed in Korea for a week. We had such a blast! We went to the kimchi museum, Bongeunsa temple, the aquarium at the Lotte Mall. I felt like a huge dork taking pictures of myself in front of the carousel in Lotte World (a la Stairway to Heaven), but it was so much fun! This year we are planning to go back. I want to visit Myungdong Cathedral and finally be able to try the food stalls.

I love reading about the things people have done because of dramas!

Hmm…It started with Korean food. Seeing them eat the food with such gusto and enthusiasm convinced me it had to be delicious. For my birthday instead of a gift I asked my sister to buy ingredients to make a Korean dinner and then proceeded to cook it myself even though it was my birthday (made Kimchi, japchae and soybean sprout soup among other things). I discovered the food was as delicious as I suspected. Now I just go a Korean restaurant, less cooking and waiting on my part. My family now regularly has roasted seaweed, aloe drinks and ramyeon. Because of Fermentation Family I tried makgeolli and loved it (unlike Soju).

After that started music, I would order CD’s from yesasia, want to make sure the artists get credit . I also have an iPod list titled Korean, let just say it stays on repeat.

Next thing I know my clothing style slowly starts to change and I check any Asian store I go visit to see what beauty products they sell. I do not wear any make up and am pretty low maintenance, now I wear BB cream (love it) and use face masks.

I started using common Korean phrases in my head , although sometimes they slips out (my family thinks I am obsessed enough without adding to it, I keep trying to downplay my obsession but not succeeding very well). I am seriously considering learning the language because like many kdrama addicts I hate waiting for subs.

After I got hooked on dramas, it also fueled mt obsession for OST CDs.... I usually buy one for each drama I watch so I've got hundreds.

The new thing I'm trying to do is to STOP watching K-drama. Seriously, K-drama has ruin my life to the point that I don't even realize it (from every conversation to speaking and dressing like one). I'm going on a new self-discovery. I mean with all this new idols appearing on TV drama, I'm discovery all these K-pop craze as well (& it's too much for me to handle). I can't help it but fall for those pretty boys too.

My progression is pretty good, I watch only 1 dramas that YOU don't recap (that's right.....you heard it right......You and Girlfriday are helping me get through this). So I keep up w/ dramas by reading your recap instead ( I mean who needs to watch it when you are doing it for us). THANKS! Now I can get back to the real world (work and bills ...hehehhe).

It started my celebrity crush phase. I seriously did not have any celebrity crushes before korean dramas. But then Hyun bin smashed my world in My Names is Kim Sam Soon, then Gong Yoo in My coffee prince and oh my gosh Chansung; okay he's really not an actor, but he was the reason I sat through High Kick. And that was painful man.
It also made me change my type. I used to always like soft spoken and gentle men. Now, korean dramas has converted me. A manly guy with a six pack is good. Lee min HO. Humonah.

Because of K-Dramas, I started going around learning all the Korean actors and actresses' names. I learned Korean, started loving KPOP, then went on to watching VMAN, Love Letter and tons of variety shows and begun stalking your blog... way back when it was javabeans haha. Then I tried the piggy back ride(which was embarrassing) and I tried soju.

In short, I started to feel it's necessary to understand Korea and it's culture in the name of K-dramas.

Watching KDramas has lead me to becoming a RAMYUN JUNKIE.

In most of the dramas i've seen where one character is poor and their love interest is a Chaebol, they're always eating ramyun so now I eat it (like all the time). I'm like Dr. Yoon Pil Joo in Best love my mom hates my addiction so I eat it sometimes as a form of rebellion.

I Love my Ramyun.

When I started watching k-dramas, I wasn't really invested in it. But then, without me noticing it, I am becoming a k-drama certified addict that I came to adopt certain things that I can only see on k-dramas. (though I haven't done things like OPW)

- I even see Jung Il Woo in my dreams which feels so real that after waking up, I am expecting to meet him on the streets, knowing that it won't happen

- I started eating Korean foods and I begin to love the taste of Kimchi

- I always dream of going to Korea after my licensure examination. Upon watching lots of k-dramas, I committed myself on going there and visiting places in Korea. I even want to go to Han River at night while drinking soju and having that "kind" of feeling. That maybe weird for others but I don't care. haha. Of course, spare me the broken hearted scenes on that river.

- It motivates me to study Hangeul in order to understand k-dramas without relying on those subtitles. I also begin to speak short phrases in my broken korean that it became a everyday habit which, on the other hand, earn me that crazy look from other people

- I started to call old ladies "ajuhmma" and my younger classmates "ajussi".. and their faces are priceless; they really give me that WTF look.

- there was once this instance when I was on a bus and I just blurted out the phrase "naega wae?" out of frustation and before I knew it, a Korean national started to engage me in a conversation. I don't know what to do. haha. for I only knew a couple of words in korean.

And last, but not the least, I began to shape the standards of what my "Mr. Right" should be. Sometimes, I get conflicted. But one thing is for sure. Because of DOKKO JIN, I don't give a damn on those so called "age gaps" :D :D

(i'm not a resident of US/Canada)

Become a K-drama watcher has changed me so much. It has given me a purpose to live. That purpose is not to watch Korean dramas. Instead, that purpose is to learn more about Korean culture. K-dramas really sparked my interest to educate myself about what's going on in other parts of the world (specifically Korea), and through K-dramas, I researched so much on different aspects of Korean life. I also started teaching myself Korean through online resources for the past two years (my K-drama addiction began around 2.5 years ago). Because of K-dramas, I know about many ongoing issues in Korea and I am quite familiar with the food, customs, and holidays. Because of K-dramas, I am also proud to say that I can understand conversational Korean. K-dramas really helped me with the listening aspect of Korean and as a result, I understand at least 85% of what Koreans say to each other when I hear it. It has amazed some people, to the point where they asked me if I was Korean (even after I told them I wasn't). All in all, K-dramas opened up a whole new world to me.

Omo omo omo what has Kdramaland turned me into
Let's see
First it was small , I started listening to Kpop, now I can't live without it and don't listen to any thing else.
Then started watching Kdrama shows, it went from zero to sixty in a heartbeat. Now I speak Korenglish which is lovely for me but weird for all those people who know nothing of the magical world of Kdramaland and the side effects. What all nighters, black eyes, no energy to focus in class but hey it was all worth it.
Now I'm fully a fangirl who has her favorites category such as favorite oppas of kdramas, favorite Kpop band, favorite Kpop member who also acts, favorite adjumma, favorite unni, favorite adjussi, which BoF actor do I want to marry this month and the list goes on and on.
I have hunted down any and all things Korean in my little town and basically have become a regular in the supermarket.
I frequent DramaBeans and KoalasPlayground like my life depends in it. My rookies think I'm weird cuz it will be like twelve o'clock in the morning and I'm laughing my head off cuz of something girlfriday wrote in a recap (man y'all are freaking hilarious) and I added so many Korean artists/ personalities to my Twitter/ Facebook account that I'm now officially a Kdramaland pervert :)
Lastly I have been learning Hangul, Korean including history, the food ( omomomo why so good and spicy, just what I like), hierarchy and proper etiquette because I'm headed to Korea to live there for a year and I need to make
sure that when I meet my future Oppa, we fall in love and
get married.

Oh and I'm also turning friends and family members alike
into being obsessed like me, my nephew now knows some
key phrases in Korean ( he's almost two and it's so cute to
hear him say Oma and Appa).

K well I'm done with my rant.

Yay so basically I'm becoming as much Korean you can get
without being a native.

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In the name of kdramas, I have turned to Maangchi for all Korean cooking recipes.

Met my Korean boyfriend-turned fiance-turned husband and married into his family.

Fell in love with the culture, the food, the language, and the people.

Since watching Korean dramas, I've been using some common Korean words/phrases into my everyday conversations with my kids! They used to just look at me funny, but now they use aigoo, aiiish, eonni, saranghae, etc. all the time too!

Also whenever I'm currently hooked on a kdrama, I'll start cooking more Korean dishes. The hubby can definately tell when I've been on a Kdrama binge!!

In the name of drama! There are many thing's I have started because of my K-Drama addiction but to name a few:

-I travelled from my hometown to NYC this past October to head to Korea Town and of course hit up the SMTown NYC concert. (This was done at the expense of a midterm for one of my classes but soooooooooooo worth it!!!!!!)

-I started learning Korean, so eventually I hope to be able to recap drama's like the lovely ladies of this site!!!!

-I have learn't how to cook Korean, and where to purchase the correct ingredients in my small town of 50,000 people.

-I have converted my friends, so I have someone to share all of my drama drama, my drama obsessions, my k-crushes and so I could have k-drama/k-pop parties!

-I find a Korean restaurant in any large city I enter, if there is Korean cuisine to be found I will find it!!!

-I have lost 20 pounds in (and am losing another 45) in a deal with my parents to send me to Korea this summer to vacation for a month with one of my best friends, Seoul here I come!!!!

All of these and more are just a few ways that my K-drama addiction has changed my life, and I am sure these changes will just keep coming!!!!

Watching Kdramas has made me really interested in learning the language and more about the culture, the biggest thing I did last year was attend the Los Angeles Korean Music festival, I didn't really know any of the groups, but it was some of the best 6 hours of my life, and I am now counting down the days till the upcoming one this year!

I started eating ramen directly from the pot! Haha no more pouring into bowls, use the lid as a plate :).

I say phrases like aigo, chincha, araso on a regular basis in my everyday language with english!

I drink soju, instead of vodka.

I now have unrealistic expectation of men, that makes me incapable of falling in love to the 'average' guy. :(

K-dramas have seriously changed my outlook on Asian culture. It may sound cheesy, but I have seriously noticed so many cultural and language similarities between Chinese and Korean that it made me become more interested in cultural expression s and diversity. It seems exaggerated, but it really made me appreciate the Asian race a lot more. Embrace the fobbiness!

i started learning korean hoping to be able to understand raw drama episodes without subs one day, but i think im still far from that. well, at least the dialogues make more sense to me now then before, and i started listening to what is being said in dramas now rather than just focusing on the subtitles below :)

*not a US/Canada resident

First, landed in kdrama land in 2000 (endless love). Then things I do:
* watching kdrama continously: check
* listening kpop uncontrolly : check
* browsing for kdrama recaps : check, especially dramabeans gomawoyo
* learning hangul autodidactly : check
* dreaming of going to korea: check but instead of me, my yoebo did go there because of work
* muttering some korean words : check
* eating korean food : check but not wanting anymore (had tried cold noodle and ginger tea and became nause
ated
* drinking soju : never, due to my beliefs

First, landed in kdrama land in 2000 (endless love). Then things I do:
* watching kdrama continously: check
* listening kpop uncontrolly : check
* browsing for kdrama recaps constantly : check, especially dramabeans gomawoyo
* learning hangul autodidactly : check
* dreaming of going to korea: check but instead of me, my yoebo did go there because of work
* muttering some korean words : check
* eating korean food : check but not wanting anymore (had tried cold noodle and ginger tea and became nause
ated
* drinking soju : never, due to my beliefs

Not an us/canada resident (I'm an Indonesian)

Korean dramas taught me Korean. A majority of the Korean I know was learnt from watching Korean dramas. Korean dramas led me to Kpop, and in turn I taught myself how to read Korean so I could read lyrics. I traveled to Korea last summer to teach English and take classes. I had the time of my life and was introduced to somac. :] Returning to the states was difficult--I've never felt so devastated in my life. I would wish I were kidding but I'd rather have bittersweet memories than none at all. :]

after became a huge kdrama fan i tried to be korean haha, basically I used some common korean terms as i talked to my friends who do not know korean and have no idea what i said..then luckly i went to college and got a korean rommate, but she thought i was too crazy....well at least she understands...

Oh so many things! O.O
First- I started listening to Kpop and now I'm in love with it :)
Second- I started learning a little bit if Korean in hopes of going to Korea someday and meeting some actors (if possible) ^^
Third- I started eating kimchi and wanting to eat other Korean foods. I also found a Korean restaurant !
Fourth- I started shopping for things in Korean dramas- necklace in 49 days!
Fifth- I recently started a blog on Korean dramas. Yes, despite the fact that people think I'm weird doesn't change the fact that I'm obsessed with Korean dramas or just Asian dramas in general.
Sixth- I think at least half of the year is spent on Korean dramas. So many sleepless nights but, I thought it was definitely worth it!

I started eating more Korean food! I would go on "yelp" and try to find the more "authentic" Korean food restaurants just so I can understand the culture more. Besides gaining weight in the process, I would say it was well worth it :).

changed my text alert tone to secret garden's infamous cutesy one

Are you kidding me? I’m indoctrinating all my friends into the religion of k-drama. Actually, for Lent, my mom and I agreed to take a break from Drama Land last year. Do you know what my spring break was like? That started my addiction to Words with Friends...

I started eating Korean food, convinced my family to holiday in Seoul for 2 weeks and started calling my parents "appa" and "omma", instead of mum and dad. My family loves kimchi so much that mum regularly makes a batch of kimchi. So we always have kimchi in the fridge now. :P

*NOT a US/Canada resident