Many people know that I have developed a bit of a habit for watching cheesy Korean dramas – specifically the semi-comedic, semi-romantic contemporary genre. My excuse is that they help me learning Korean, and I think that’s true. But I find them just plain entertaining, as well.
I finished watching “별을 따다 줘” a few weeks back (I think when I was tromping around Fukuoka), and have begun watching one called “오 마이 레이디” (Oh My Lady). I don’t like the Konglish title – I think it’s dumb – but the show itself is pretty good. I watched 2 episodes last night.
And then I watched an episode of a sciencefictiony US TV show called “River World” that I’d never heard of before. I found it hard to understand – despite the fact that it was in English. But it nevertheless managed to keep my attention. I’m still getting used to the idea that I have 50 channels of TV to watch. I only got about 5 broadcast channels on my TV in my apartment in Ilsan – and that was only up until my TV died sometime in 2008. I didn’t really miss having a TV – I’m too easily drawn in to watching absolute nothingness.
