A little about me:

Age & Background: I am a 17 year old girl living in the Netherlands with Turkish roots. 
Hobbies: Walking, writing and watching K-dramas. 
Learning Korean: I've been learning Korean since October 2024. My goal is to get fluent at it. 

My MBTI: INFJ-T

My Pets: I own a cat named Sarabi and a bird named Zazu. They are both girls. 

Education: I'm in my 2nd year of (lower) college (for the Dutch people: MBO). It's not my favorite field, but I am going to finish this course first and then make future plans. 

Dreams: I would love to travel in the future, either alone or with my significant other. 

 

Get to know me:

I met one of my best friends on TikTok. (We met twice in real life) 

My dream countries to visit are: South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and I would love to visit Turkic countries. (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan).

My favorite chocolate is Kinder.

I stand with Palestine.

I've watched the drama ''All of us are dead'' so many times that I can literally name every scene. 

My fav lip combo is Elf Cream Glide Lipliner Baddest Beige with Maybelline New York Lifter Gloss 002 Ice 

 

My story of how I started watching Korean dramas:

It's actually because of my friend. She introduced me to ''All of us are dead'' and after that drama I got obsessed with them. We were sitting on a bus, on the way to a school activity when she told me she was watching a really good drama. We started watching it together on the bus.  Fun fact, my first K-drama was EXO Next Door, but that was a longgg time ago. I mostly like high school (romance) and action K-dramas.

 

My most memorable moment in a K-Drama:

In Twenty Five Twenty One, when Yi-jin tied Hee-do's shoes. I will never forget how 15 year old me felt after finishing this drama.

 

My favorite K-Drama actors and actresses:

Women: Shin Ye-eun, Han So-hee, Kim Hye-yoon, Go Min-si

Men: Nam Joo-hyuk,  Song Kang, Lee Do-hyun, Woo Do-hwan

 

K-dramas I still have to watch: 

Save me 

Youth of May

School 2013

Alchemy of Souls

Queen of tears

Taxi driver

 

My journey of learning Korean:

I'm pretty good with languages. I started understanding Korean and ended up wanting to learn the language. I started taking it seriously around October 2024, though I've been wanting to learn it since 2022. I can read Hangul, but I am still trying to improve. As for speaking and understanding the language, it's not the best yet, but I can understand some of it. My goal is to speak Korean fluently. 

If you're interested in learning Korean, I would recommend you to start with learning the alphabet, Hangul. I did not use any apps while learning this. I just wrote down 3 rows:

1. Consonants

2. Vowels

3. Double vowels

I just started learning them. If this is not the right technique for you, then I do recommend using apps. I recommend "Write Korean" for this. I am still very slow when reading Hangul, so I will be focusing on this for quite a long time. 

 

K-Pop:

I'm actually not THE biggest fan of K-Pop, but there is 1 group which is my comfort group, Stray Kids. I started liking Stray Kids around March 2023 and I loved them so much. I did take a break from it for a while, but now I am hooked all over again. The things I like about them the most is their friendship. It is so pure to see.

My bias is Bang Chan. Personality wise, Chan and me are similar. He is also the one who introduced me to Stray Kids. The way he is the dad of the group and loves his members so much makes me wanna cry. There was a time in my life when I was very ''attached'' to them and even wrote them all a short letter, but I thew them away sadly. I've never been to any of their concerts, but I hope I will get the chance once. My favorite songs of SKZ are: Silent cry, Domino, Venom, Lonely St, Double Knot, LALALALA, Thunderous, and Hall of Fame. 

Other groups that I like are BabyMonster, Aespa, KARD, EXO, Le Sserafim, NewJeans, MEOVV, Katseye (global girl group), and ITZY, but I just know a few songs.  

 

I would love to talk with fellow fans. If you have any advice or would like to talk to me, you could send an me an email or follow my socials. 

Email: akasyan22@outlook.com