HOW FAR GONE ARE YOU?

This is a test from Pat. Feel free to take it. There are no right or wrong answers. However, if you find you are answering “yes” to most of the questions, you might be (shudder) suffering from KDRAMA SYNDROME. There is no cure for this malady. Forewarned is forearmed!

Not Pat nor Judy... we wear our hair short.

Do you:

Take your shoes off when you enter a home? Put on slippers when you take off your shoes?

Shuffle your feet when wearing above slippers? Find yourself saying “Aigoo” instead of “Oh, no” when a distressing situation arises? Use long handled Korean spoons to eat cereal, ice cream, and soup?

Find yourself shopping at Korean markets so you can buy authentic kimchi? Frequent Korean restaurants…even the crummy ones… so you can taste Korean food? Find yourself debating the differences in gimbap among Trader Joe’s and other stores that sell it? Try to use those infernal Korean chopsticks even though they’re next to impossible to maneuver? Walk up to complete strangers when you hear them speaking Korean? Start using Korean beauty products in the hope that it will make your skin look like the actors in Kdramas?

Have a pyeongsang (traditional Korean outdoor bench) built for your backyard? (more on this later)

Try to get tickets to any concert featuring Korean musicians? Have your playlist on Apple Music of Spotify include Korean music groups? Know all the names of the performers in BlackPink and BTS? Want to visit Korea even though you never were interested in it before you watched Kdramas? Think Mr. Sunshine is hands down the best Kdrama you’ve ever watched?

Know the difference between the Silla Dynasty and the Joseon Dynasty? When you have the choice between a Kdrama and something else, choose the Kdrama?

Find this questionnaire definitely NOT too long and could add many questions yourself?

And Judy asks:

Do you:

Expect men to look you deeply in the eyes and simply listen?

Know to pour others their soju and wait for them to re-fill your glass?

Recognize the pink Kahi Moisture sticks when actors use them in Kdramas?

Understand Eomma, Appa, and Halmeoni?

Slurp your noodles?

Distinguish someone speaking Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?

Recognize Hangul when written?

Know who Studio Dragon is?

Have a subscription to Viki Rakuten?

Have the ability to name at least 5 Korean actors?

This will never work, Judy. We’re not disagreeing on ANYTHING!!