I have a friend who used to be a fangirl of Kpop.
She is overly obsessed over it, she has a lot of Kpop merchandise, is always updated of all the Kpop news and every conversation with her will somehow or rather lead to Kpop.
She has always dreamt of having a Kpop oppa boyfriend and even went to sign up for Korean language classes to learn how to converse in Korean and always dresses and acts like one.
In short, she lives and breathes Kpop and the Korean culture.
Went to Seoul and got disappointed
On one of the holidays, she planned a solo trip to Seoul and was really excited about it.
It was her first time to Korea and she had high expectations of Seoul, thinking that everything there would be a photocopy of Korean dramas and that the Kpop culture there would be strong and everyone there would be good looking.
However, upon touring the streets, she started to go on and on in our Whatsapp group that she was disappointed because Seoul was not like what she expected.
People there in reality were not as good looking as the Korean dramas and the Kpop stars.
The supposed Oppas there were not as gentleman and nice like in the shows and in fact most of them are rude and ungentlemanly.
She said that she was going into a cafe and this Korean guy did not even bother to hold the door for her whereas in Singapore, people would normally just hold the door for the next person entering.
It was then where she woke up from her Korean ‘fantasy’.
Till date, she still keeps track of Kpop culture and all but at least she has a clearer picture of the situation and not living in her dream anymore.