Why is this "Korea In My Heart"?
Since I stumbled across "Cruel Love" on my TV late one night, I've been a fan of Korean drama shows. The more of them I watched, the more I liked it.
After this, I bought Pimsleur's Korean Levels I and II. Kills me they never offered a "III", but the first two series taught me a lot. Well, this led to me making some friends and contacts in what turned out to become my favorite city there: Anyang City, the A+ City. After I contacted their city hall for information, I got this huge box containing giant (5' by 9') city flags, a BTS album and some neat hand-crafted items. I wrote an article about why I loved this town (about 600,000 population) and somehow my family and I became overnight celebrities all across South Korea. We appeared in practically ever major newspaper; it was amazing. Got a lot of emails from reporters wanting to ask me all kinds of questions - it was pretty cool. Back home, I only got published in the local (pop 2,500) newspaper, no emails, but it was our fun 15 seconds of fame.
I've studied Korean off and on for a few years now; I'm no expert but I can say a few things. Lots of times when I'm watching TV, I can fully understand what's being said - and that's a pretty cool thing.
The Korean people I've met are always super-polite and just really nice. Usually pretty funny, too.
So that's the inspiration for the blog - At least I have a title for my massively scattered interests!
~joel
My timing was perfect in that two shows began running every weeknight, and they are still my favorites. The first one was "Likable or Not", which really translates better as "I hate you, but it's okay". Definitely the best drama of all time. The other was "Unstoppable Marriage". The second one was a great mish-mash of some serious episodes, comedy episodes and a continuing story-line.
If you are sick and tired of regular television, give Korean dramas a try. I think you'll like the stories - they are usually warm and thoughtful, with a good moral story, or at least you see people who try to better themselves and are shown as heroes. Definitely worth your time.
After this, I bought Pimsleur's Korean Levels I and II. Kills me they never offered a "III", but the first two series taught me a lot. Well, this led to me making some friends and contacts in what turned out to become my favorite city there: Anyang City, the A+ City. After I contacted their city hall for information, I got this huge box containing giant (5' by 9') city flags, a BTS album and some neat hand-crafted items. I wrote an article about why I loved this town (about 600,000 population) and somehow my family and I became overnight celebrities all across South Korea. We appeared in practically ever major newspaper; it was amazing. Got a lot of emails from reporters wanting to ask me all kinds of questions - it was pretty cool. Back home, I only got published in the local (pop 2,500) newspaper, no emails, but it was our fun 15 seconds of fame.
I've studied Korean off and on for a few years now; I'm no expert but I can say a few things. Lots of times when I'm watching TV, I can fully understand what's being said - and that's a pretty cool thing.
The Korean people I've met are always super-polite and just really nice. Usually pretty funny, too.
So that's the inspiration for the blog - At least I have a title for my massively scattered interests!
~joel
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