Feel the Korean Wave

Unlike most of my close friends, I get the feel of the Korean Wave only once in a while. If I happen to watch, very willingly, one of the nice Korean dramas, and get hooked on the casting actor or actress, the wave hits me. After several incidents of the same kind, I compiled a list of signs and symptoms of me catching the Korean fever.

Sign 1. Watch the show over and over and over again.
Effect: Will punctuate a few lines from the drama script in all my daily conversations.

Sign 2. Visit all the drama related / actor or actress related websites.
Effect: An instant boost in the Internet and electric bills.

Sign 3. Download songs from the Drama's soundtrack and listen to them most of the time when awake.
Effect: Start singing their songs when bathing and exercising. (Even when Korean is a foreign language to me).

Sign 4. Watch variety shows related to the Drama as well as its casting actors/actresses. Then start to watch ALL video clips (eg. commercials, MTV) of the same actors/actresses.
Effect: More daily discussions about the Drama, especially the actors...and the actresses.

Sign 5. Download pictures related to the drama, actors, actresses.
Effect: Grab any chance to hang them up on my price possessions - bedroom wall, mobile phone, desktop, etc.

Sign 6. Look up on other dramas and movies starring either the same actor or actress.
Effect: Decreasing numbers in the bank account due to spending lavishly on VCDs and DVDs.

It's difficult not becoming a guru at the end of all the effortless study. I even feel proud being this specialist of a particular drama or the biology of some actor. But the awesome feeling doesn't last very long. Once reality seeps in, I find my logic self laughing hard at my emotional self on all the time wasted on such unrealistic ridiculous study.

But reality doesn't settle in me for long too. Strange, yet true. Because once another Drama sparked the interest in me, the cycle starts all over again. This time, the obsession might start with a Taiwanese Drama or Japanese Drama. It will take quite a long time before I regain the Korean thing again.

Well, I would like to enjoy the fantasies of a young girl while I'm still allowed to.