안녕하세요... 데피입니다!
When it comes to Korea, there's so much I can share. It's nothing new to me. I first encountered Korea when I was a kid... so if you ask me about my first impressions, I don't remember. K-Dramas, K-pop, and K-Webtoons have become part of my daily life. I'll tell you how I became a fan of all three...
Since when did I watch K-dramas?
When I was little, there was a TV station that broadcast K-dramas in the afternoon. As far as I remember, the first K-drama I watched was Autumn in my heart... we often called it Endless love. At that time I was still in elementary school and it was my favorite TV show. Then after it ended, there were several K-dramas after that... and I also liked them. I continued watching K-dramas until junior high school and my favorite drama at that time was Full House. As far as I remember after graduating from junior high school I never watched K-dramas again. But I started watching K-dramas again when I started working. At that time I no longer watched them on television channels, but I started buying pirated DVDs. It's embarrassing, but at that time the only way to watch K-dramas was to buy pirated DVDs. But that time is one of the things I can't forget... usually my roommate and I would stay up late to watch K-dramas on those pirated DVDs. Then, with the advent of the internet, there were many sites where you could download K-dramas... this made it easier for me to watch K-dramas. I don't go a day without watching a K-drama, so I've watched a lot of them. In recent years, watching K-dramas has become even easier... thanks to the many paid platforms that offer K-dramas, such as Viu, Netflix, and others.
When did I first get to know K-pop and become a K-poper?
I started to know Kpop in the second generation of kpop. T-ara is my favorite k-pop girl group and became the first k-pop group that I liked. But at that time I was not fully a K-poper. I didn't follow Kpop for a few years and was busy with other activities... but I still listened to kpop music especially songs from the band CN-Blue. Yes! they are my favorite Korean band. However, I still haven't become a k-poper. Then in 2016 I became interested in EXO after watching a movie starring EXO's member, Chanyeol. I started to find out about EXO and immediately liked their songs. Their first song that I listened to was the song "Monter" which had just been released. Since then I have become an EXO-L (Exo's fandom name) until today... and my bias has not changed, it is still Chanyeol.
When did I start reading K-Webtoon?
I forgot when I started reading K-webtoon. But as far as I remember... I started reading Webtoon long before I knew EXO. The first time I read Webtoon was when I saw my friend reading it and it seemed interesting... so I tried it and I was addicted. The first webtoon I read was Nobless and it's also my favorite webtoon. There are several other webtoon titles that I like... but now I rarely read webtoon because I'm busy with activities.
Because I love Korea so much, I even learned to read and write in Korean. I learned Hangeul from Google and memorized it in a day... and I learn Korean word by watching K-dramas and listening to K-pop song lyrics. Although it's not native,at least now I can understand a little when someone speaks Korean. Besides English, Korean is the foreign language I want to learn...
Thank you for reading my blog, which tells about my journey as a K-drama, K-pop, and K-webtoon lover!
Best regards,
Devy
About Author
Devy Swan is an ordinary person. She has many dreams that have not been achieved but she still tries to make them come true one by one. Becoming a writer is one of her dreams. Being able to write on this platform is one of her prides and she is very grateful. Devy's hobbies are cooking, singing, and traveling.