LIFE OF A KDRAMA ADDICT IN WEST AFRICA

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Hope everyone is having a pleasant day! In this blog, I'm collaborating with my sister and Chingu! Naiya :two_hearts: ! She came up with this brilliant idea since we're both from West Africa and we have struggles only us can relate with. Hope you enjoy this interview/ collab! :two_hearts: :two_hearts:

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I'm aware that you're Nigerian but you're currently living in Ghana . Can you tell me a little about yourself and how life is as a kdrama addict in Ghana?

Well, actually I am half Nigerian and half Ghanaian, my mom is Nigerian and my dad is Ghanaian. I was born and raised in Nigeria but just recently started living in Ghana.

Ohhhh. That's interesting. How long have you been a kdrama addict? And how did you get into dramas?

I got into dramas late 2013 but I became a full addict last year. My first drama like most people was Boys over flowers, In my final (Senior) year of college (university) I had bumped into some hostel mates watching and the first thing that drew my attention was the language. Like most muggles I cringed and felt "nah this isn't for me" at first. I saw them again another day, they convinced me to sit in for just a few minutes, one thing led to another I went with the full drama to go start on my own laptop and I not sleeping that night :grin: . Now Hangul is like music to my ears :smile:

Lool. Music to my ears. lol. I can relate. Now that you're a full time k drama addict :joy: , How do you watch your dramas?

Hmmm, in Ghana having the Internet is a luxury. It is freaking expensive. But thank goodness I work in a lab where I have access to free Internet. Hence I my dramas when I'm at work and take then home to watch. Yet I still spend alot of mobile data about $4 a week especially when I spend more time on KDA. Itz a pain when I think of how much I have to spend to keep in touch with my KDA pals but its totally worth it :grin:

Yesss. Me too. KDA consumes my data but im enduring it because I love my friends on KDA. Do people in your work lab know that you watch Korean dramas? How do they treat you when they find out that you watch dramas?

Oh! Very much yes cause if I'm not working the only other thing they see me doing is watching KBS world on YouTube :see_no_evil: :joy: . The first thing I do once I check into the office is open kissasian.com They really don't have any comment anymore apart from the usual smirk once in a while and the usual muggle comments like "they all look alike" and I give then the stink eye :unamused: . But I'm actually not the only one, I have a few hoobaes who also watch Kdramas. Also I think my entire neighborhood now associates me with all things Korean, cause I hear from my friends that I've become famous and they usually recommend me to people to come get dramas :grin: #proudfan

Awww. That's good to know. It's not so bad. Lol. I was teased in my office :joy: . What about your friends and family . How do they react?

In the beginning, they were surprised about my taste. But now my mum is even a fan, she watches with me whenever I'm with her. Even my boyfriend watches Korean movie with me, a drama would be just too long but I'm sure if he has the time he wouldn't mind. The only time it gets weird for them is when they see me dancing to Kpop or singing along with the OSTs, they are like "who is this?" They still can't get used to the songs. And also sometimes when they get me yelling to my screen in korean language or see me swooning over my Oppas, then they go like "why don't you just go there and live and marry one of them", duh I would if I could (okay that's a lie I'm crazy about my real oppa :wink: ) just would still fan girl like crazy if I see So Ji Sub or Jung Woo Sung. But most of the time Itz just me, my bed and my laptop since I'm faraway from friends and family.

Awww. So relatable. My dad calls me South Korean woman and my mom asked me once if I would marry one. And I make my boyfriend watch gag concert and listen to kpop sometimes. Im going to try to pull him into drama with Tunnel :joy: . Are Korean dramas popular in Ghana? Do they sell CDS like they sell here in Nigeria?

I don't know about CDs but they sure are popular, just as you said 10 out 25 people have Korean dramas on their laptops. I stay on a university campus so I see it get circulated around. But I'm not sure many have delved deeper into it like I have with the variety shows, kpop, KDA etc.

Okayy. Okay. But the hallyuwave is spreading. That's great :grin:

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Thats all folks! Hope you had fun reading. Since KDA Has a lot of people from different parts of the world, everyone's story would be unique. Are there struggles you can relate to from the interview? Comment belowww and don't forget to check out Naiya's blog Here!

Thank you for reading!

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