I don't think it could possibly be hotter than it is today, but it will be worse in Manhattan. I will think cool thoughts for them!

Congratulations to Korean Drama Group the 1st recipient of Korean Wave Award!!!

This Korean news article covered this event "Korea, Sparkling," and briefly mentioned Korean Drama Group.
Those who attended today, how was B-BOY performance?

http://news.naver.com/news/read.php?» mode=LSD&office_id=001&article_id=0001680753&section_id=101&menu_id=101

I just got back from the Korea Tourism Organization event and have posted the first pic....
Everyone had a great time!

 

Tonight was really a LOT of fun!

While everyone else was sitting at one table, I was at a table which a bunch of big wigs. They were a lot of fun and really nice guys - particularly Mr. Moon (Korean Ambassador) and Mr. Oh (VP Korean Air). Mr. Oh loves K Dramas, particularly Lovers in Paris. He also loved the movie Musa. We spent a lot of time talking about them. Mr. Oh was so much fun I told him he had to join the group.

I think every reporter in the place stopped by to talk and I had my pic taken so many times I was going blind.

The B-Boy performance was great!

I am sure more people will come along and give lots more details. I am really tired tonight.

 

Kathy, Kathy, Kathy - don't get upset!

You are my BYJ buddy, which encompasses Winter Sonata, Hotelier, Papa, and whatever else our guy is in.

Lucas is my Winter Sonata buddy...how could he not be after the moments we shared??!! LOL!

But BYJ is so much bigger than WS, don' t you agree? We'll always have BYJ together...tee hee!

Jason -

The b-boys were amazing. I took some video with my camera. If I can figure out what to do with it, I could post it here. I guess I need to find a hosting site...I suppose some of those photo sites do video hosting too...I'll have to look at the ones I belong to and see...

I'll post photos later. I am too tired now to deal with technology of any sort!

By the way, tonight in NYC was awesome! The hotel was beautiful, the food superb and our Queen T looked fabulous accepting the award. Hooray for Theresa! She deserves so much credit for all she does to promote this board - it's great her efforts were recognized.

She never stops promoting koreandramas.net - even on the train on the way home! If we end up with three new members from Atlanta - well, we owe it all to Theresa...LOL! Or perhaps they are even now in a bar in New Brunswick, thanking their lucky stars they escaped the clutches of the crazed korean drama fans they found themselves in company with, trapped on a train with for over an hour...

Just goes to show, you can dress us up, but you can't take us anywhere!

OMG those guys who work for Oracle were hysterical. They either went to that bar in New Brunswick and thanked their lucky stars they wouldn't see us again or they went to that bar and decided to join our group. They really made the trip back from NY fly!

 

Oh man - the Rain thing was funny too. I will let someone else tell that story.

 

Wow, Jason!! I just got about thirty minutes ago from the event and you've already found an article on it. I have no clue what it says -- but that is truely amazing.

The B Boys where GREAT. They were truely amazing!!! I would say they were the hightlight of the evening -- It was nice because our table was right up front next to the stage. Those guys are seriously talented and they have SO much control. It was also fun to watch them becuase they looked like they were enjoying themselves.

The other highlight was seeing Theresa get the Korean Wave award. (It's a pretty statue made by a Korean artist who is based in Manhatan -- but I'll let Theresa explain it in more detail.) And she got to smooze it up with the big wigs, too. It was a very nice evening.

There were lots of reporters and photographers. I think some people got interviewed by them during the "cocktail hour". A tall photographer with a black beret and an earring took lots of pictures of us. I'm not sure what organization he was affiliated with.

The ride home was pretty fun too. Theresa might have recruited a new member from Atlanta whose probably never seen a Korean drama in his life.

Just wanted to say I had a great time. I sent a Thank You to Sung from the Korean Tourism Organization.

They did a wonderful job. I have been to a lot of tourism functions in my 17 years as a travel agent and that was the best.

It was so great to finally meet some of our members from the New York Area and of course Hammycatt.

Maybe Sung will do a trade show in Philly and everyone can go. They are very imformal most of the time.

The award was created by a Korean artist named Jae Hi Ahn. It is a beautiful award....


Award Certificate:

 

(The border is actually gold but it didn't scan very well).


Award:

 

Base:

 

 

Today was great ..we felt so special sitting at table 1..We had so many pictures taken of us ..
I feel proud to be a part of this awesome group that Theresa started and works so hard
to keep the board what it is today ..getting this award is indeed a huge achievement .. had
a wonderful time, food was good .everything was great ...We all looked nice all dressed up
and it was hot super hot in NYC ..I just got off phone with Paula i was keeping her company
because when she got home her electricity was out so she will post tomorrow ..pictures
to follow shortly ...

Ah, it sounds like so much fun! I envy you!

This really is quite an honor - especially for Theresa, who has taken a small Yahoo mailing group, and almost singlehandedly, turned it into an organization which has literally gained international recog